The greater war (HoI II ''1914 mod'' MP AAR)

[HunterICX]

Me and Raptor are playing a online Grand Campaign in the HoI II ''1914 mod''

Raptor1 as:

The German Empire

HunterICX as:

Austria-Hungary

Pre-war:

starting of in 1911, we just went on increasing our military might and research the latest technology available at those times.
Discussing how we should take on the ''Tiple Entente'' when war should break out (august 1914).
We followed the interesting events of the Italian invasion of lybia, Spain in war with France due a incident in Morroco and after a long campaign France annexed Spain. The Balkan League who had trouble with the Ottomans.

The Ottoman Empire managed to crush Bulgaria, fend of Greece and annexed Serbia. Now on the expected date Franz Ferdinand was assasinated by a Serb who has no country. As Serbia was gone so I had no country to punish. first days of August nothing happend...no-one declared war, there wasn't going to be a Great war?!

but on the 5th of August..

''THE GERMAN EMPIRE, WITH AUSTRIA-HUNGARY DECLARE WAR ON THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE''

Kaiser Wilhelm - ''THEY STOLE OUR WAR!''
Franz Josef - ''It was my right to crush the Serbs! damn you Ottomans!''

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Suprisingly no-one else cared what we did to the Ottoman Empire.
So we could re-deploy some of our troops to increase our numbers to fight against the Ottomans.

in the first days I was fighting over the territory of Ragusa, and with the help of the Germans we marched into Uzice:



I took Ragusa and immedialty chased the retreating forces and attacked the province of Cetinje, meanwhile the German forces where marching into Nov Pazar.



Belgrade was to be mine so I attacked it on many fronts at the same time with the support of German forces.



The forces in Belgrade where quikly crushed but the Ottomans reinforced the province of Nis which I attacked immediatly to prevent it from reinforcing the province of Belgrade.



Too late, they reinforced Belgrade, no matter with the help of Germany we attacked Nis.


With the forces in Nis retreating and our forces taken control over the province we had Belgrade surrounded.



With the victory over Belgrade we where marching towards Constatinople to cut of the troops that where north of Greece. The German troops where racing towards Kavala.



The Romanians joined our side and attacked the Ottoman Empire from the North their goal was to head out to Varna.



The Germans marched into Sofia then they would go to Plovdiv and then Kavala. while the Romanian troops and my troops mopped up what was left in Pleven and Varna.



With our goals reached and having trapped quiet some Ottoman divisions North of Greece we halted our offensives as Winter came.


HunterICX

[Raptor1]

Atlas of the Balkan War 1912-1914, or, 'Why Can't Those Idiots Make Up Their Minds Already?'

[Raptor1]

"ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK!"

Winter, 1914

With the halting of the offensive in the Balkans, the combined Austro-German army faced the Ottomans on 2 fronts, with the Balkan pocket on one side and the rest of the Ottoman army across the Bosphorus from occupied Constantinople. Though while the front was relatively calm, the newly arrived German High Seas Fleet was mercilessly hunting the Turkish navy around the Aegean.



In a bid to speed up the war, and grab more territory for themselves, the Germans land a force of cavalry from the Black Sea in Eastern Turkey. Though meeting no opposition in the landing, the German cavalry is too slow to exploit the breach effectively due to lack of infrastructure and is bogged down in and around their beachead.





Even though the winter is still making warfare difficult, German High Command orders an attack into Izmit, a battle which would prove as the longest and bloodiest of the war.



While both sides reinforce their armies in the Battle of Izmit, the landed cavalry force pushes west in order to outflank the Turkish army and force a crossing of the Bosphorus. 2 cavalry divisions join the attack, but it proves far from decisive.





Meanwhile, the Italians, unwelcome members of the Central Powers, have decided to carve up the Ottoman Empire for themselves and landed in Palestine. Despite surprise and superiority, the Italians manage to botch their campaign in a typical fashion and only progress as far as Damascus.



In the end of February, while the Battle of Izmit still rages, the German and Austro-Hungarian troops continue their offensive into the Balkans. The Austrian attack into Skopje is halted in it's tracks, but the Germans manage to push into Salonika and then west to the shore, cutting off the Greek border by mid-April.





In April, advancing German cavalry units have secured a line across Turkey itself, cutting off the main body of the Ottoman army. Soon after, the surviving Ottoman forces in Izmit retreated after over 3 months, linking the divided Austro-German forces once more.



As the German cavalry moved south to link up with the Italian divisions, the Balkan pocket was finally eliminated. German and Austro-Hungarian troops also pressed their offensive against the surrounded forces in Turkey itself, first cutting off and destroying an Ottoman division in Konya then attacking and routing the Ottoman army in Smyrna and Bursa into the Dardanelles Islands.









The Ottoman army, at this point, was completely and utterly crushed. Whatever was left of it was either running around Arabia or holed up in the Dardanelles. It was here that the Ottoman army made it's last stand. The battle was also noticable because of the fact that it saw a new weapon introduced into warfare on a large scale, the aircraft, with 8 German recon/bomber squadrons attacking the Turkish troops. Expectations were low for this newfangled machine, but it's stunning decimation of the Ottoman divisions gave hope to it's advocates that it could prove a decisive weapon.



The Ottomans, in a last bid to survive, offer peace to the Germans. But, seeing no point in sparing them, the Germans continue and secure the remainder of the Ottoman provinces.



The Ottomans are annexed, and with minor land shuffling, divided by the Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. Austria-Hungary will occupy the Balkans, all the way south to Constantinople and the Greek border. Germany will get Turkey and Mesopotemia while Italy gets the other useless places that nobody wants in Palestine, Syria and Lebanon.



With the end of the war, a massive redeployment order is given pulling troops back from the frontlines. The German and Austro-Hungarian leaders are now debating who will be the next unfortunate victim of their warmongering.

[Oberon]

I'm jealous of your manpower levels

But I don't need manpower, I have Field Marshall Blood!!

Now to crush the Panamarian Garrison with sheer numbers, Haig style

I must grab that mod you made to 1914, Raptor, it looks like it makes the game a lot harder.

[Biggles]

Great job boyos! Keep it up, but stay off Sweden

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by Biggles

Great job boyos! Keep it up, but stay off Sweden

Of course, we have nothing to look for in Sweden...except subjugating the people to our whims...We won't invade...until we feel like it...Right?

[HunterICX]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

Of course, we have nothing to look for in Sweden...except subjugating the people to our whims...We won't invade...until we feel like it...Right?

Well...*shuffles away the invasion plans of Sweden* No..why not...what has Austria-Hungary and the German Empire to look for in Sweden? We both are happy with the territory we control now *cough* we are not expansionist hungry fools.
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......we just aim to take over the world Muhahahahaha!!!!
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wait....Kaiser Raptor, did that door of our Military HQ slip open again?
we must execute that incompetent carpenter at once!

HunterICX

[TLAM Strike]

Isn't it fun!?

I picked up HOI 1 dirt cheap ($4) about 2 weeks ago and have been having a blast. (Currently playing as the Soviets marching to Berlin in 1940... got to love a good sneak attack). About an hour ago I bought Europa Universalis III Complete and the local discout store ($6). Can't want to get home and install it.

Paradox is quickly becoming my fav game pubisher.

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Isn't it fun!?

I picked up HOI 1 dirt cheap ($4) about 2 weeks ago and have been having a blast. (Currently playing as the Soviets marching to Berlin in 1940... got to love a good sneak attack). About an hour ago I bought Europa Universalis III Complete and the local discout store ($6). Can't want to get home and install it.

Paradox is quickly becoming my fav game pubisher.

HoI2 (DD) is that much better than HoI1, and HoI3 which is coming out in a couple of weeks looks like it'll blast HoI2 easily.

Paradox is one of my favourite game publishers too. They make excellent games (And not just games designed to appeal to the mass market), AND they don't put any sort of invasive copy protection on their games.