Germany- 1939 Historic World War - Day by Day Report

30 Jan 2021, 06:44

Hi I saw a few of you guys were doing these day by day report things so I thought it would be cool to do one of my own. At this point the game is already 3 days in so I will fill in what has happened so far.

Day 1: I started by making a coalition called 'League of Nations'. Soviet Union and Italy both wanted in and they were in a good spot so I let them in. Soviet Union was level 40 with 0.60 KDR and Italy was about the same. I could tell by their stats that they were not the best players but I didn't want to have to worry about their borders (for now at least) so I just approved their applications. I also got share map with UK and sweden. My plan was to invade Poland and France early on and gain control of Europe. I moved the 2 light tank divisions near netherlands and belgium to belgiums border and took down belgium with ease. (somehow one tank division dropped to half hp while I was sleeping but I'm not quite sure how that happened). For productions, I went with medium tanks, tac bombers, and motorized infantry. From what I have learned by playing so far, stacks of medium tanks and motorized infantry are kinda op and paired with sp anti air it is almost unstoppable. Anyways, Poland was mostly defeated by day 1, Belgium was occupied and now I had to develop a plan to take france. Plan A: throw my freed up units from poland through Belgium to outflank the maginot line like how germany did irl. Plan B: Me and Italy would pincer France's border in an attempt to get his units in the maginot line to either move to the border, allowing me to make a big push through the center, or to get his units to move forward and attack my fortified units (more of a trap) where his units would suffer high losses and then I could make a counterattack towards his fortifications. France was level 50 with a 0.90 kdr so I was not so worried about losing the war. In the end I decided with a hybrid strategy that involved pelting his units with artillery while Italy would attack from the south and I would attack from the north. Oh yeah I forgot to mention France made a coalition in response to seeing my and italy working together called the 'resistance pact'. USA joined who was level 49 but I did not think he was a threat at this point.

Day 2: I moved my attacking army in belgium straight to paris to confuse him and try to draw out his units. I found most of his air force sitting in the city and i attacked their planes with my planes before they could get in the air. I made a big push deep into france gaining lots of territory and reaching all the way to spain border. The artillery attacks were slow, and I had to pull back a few artillery divisions (since they were also getting attacked by french artillery). However, France could not let his units sit there while their hp slowly went down. He removed his units from the fortifications and retreated them. That was his first big mistake as I was able to rush his defenses. Italy attacked its border with france by rushing the fortifications and suffering huge losses. i was like wtf italy you have to go around. Then a possible turning point for France occured. Spain joined his coalition and began moving units into france to help defend. Spain was level 90 with 4.0 kdr so I was scared of him. I was also basically 1v2ing them since Italy was being useless. Overnight I lost a lot of territory resetting me to where I was in the morning (basically paris and a few provinces behind it). I had overextended a lot since I did not expect Spain to get involved. I tried to see if France was willing to surrender already but he replied "no surrender".

Day 3: Bringing reinforcments through the collapsed maginot line, I made another push this time towards the southern part of france. Within 24 hours I had most of France occupied and a strong line of reinforcments coming. Spain was moving his units around capturing undefended land and I was chasing his units trying to regain the land. Eventually Spain brought his units back towards core spain (I think to regroup but im not sure why exactly). I captured almost all of france and began invading Spains south coast. Unfortunatley, I lost quite a bit of territory due to uprisings. I also found US transports heading towards occupied france but luckily I had subs in those spots to sink them. I began a new tactic to try to demoralize the resistance pact with propaganda. I came up with 6 articles aimed to deplete their morale and get them to quit. #1: Resistance Pact couldn't defend france. #2: Spain cares more about his own land than his ally. #3 USA is terrible strategist, his movements have resulted in high casualties for nothing. #4 usa doesnt care about its units. #5 france defense plan and maginot line failed terribly. #6 resistance pact isnt even a resistance. These propaganda articles focused on high casualties and how my army was way more powerful than it actually was. I also lied that I knew where all their armies were and they were inflitrated with spies (which was partially true except the spies werent doing much). It worked way better than I had planned. Spain basically started spamming that I was using gold which he didnt have (i never used gold) and France surrendered. Spain quit and I planned to take his land. I let France chill in africa with a limited army cap and told him we can eventually be allies maybe. USSR and Italy im pretty sure were both afk as well as uk. Day 3 was a huge success and gave me access to roll through southern europe with little resistance.

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5 Feb 2021, 10:45

AH. here i was thinking he used paint

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5 Feb 2021, 17:47

Map of Germany:

Armies are a little unaccurate. Yellow is fortifications, black is sectors. Each sector provides units only for that sector unless there is emergency. Spain and Italy sectors are unused. Germany sector provides to both French or East sector. France sector is resposible for fortifying border with troops and making paratroopers. East sector is holding the line against soviets until reinforcments can arrive.

5 Feb 2021, 18:19

Nice plan

Comrade genz| Master of Forum Major General

6 Feb 2021, 00:25

If France is your puppet, get him to attack Spain. When he burns out his troops and nearly dies, TAKE IT ALL

6 Feb 2021, 02:09

Why so conservative? The English Isles should be yours already.

There's no point in trying to force your way through the English Channel. That takes too long. All those fortifications and Rail Guns. Come on. Who are you, André Maginot?

Send an invasion force through Scandinavia, land in Scotland with stacks of regular artillery, AA guns, AT guns, and infantry. Cheap, slow units that do well in the mountains. If he gets angry and attacks, sit in the mountains and bleed him dry. If he plays defense, bombard one city after another and take it, starting with Glasgow, where your artillery can fire from the mountains.

I would never attack across the English Channel, in either direction. Unlike in real life, CoW makes it easy to take your army the long way around. Attack the English from the North, attack the Continent from the West or South.

6 Feb 2021, 03:15

z00mz00m wrote:
Why so conservative? The English Isles should be yours already.
There's no point in trying to force your way through the English Channel. That takes too long. All those fortifications and Rail Guns. Come on. Who are you, André Maginot?
Send an invasion force through Scandinavia, land in Scotland with stacks of regular artillery, AA guns, AT guns, and infantry. Cheap, slow units that do well in the mountains. If he gets angry and attacks, sit in the mountains and bleed him dry. If he plays defense, bombard one city after another and take it, starting with Glasgow, where your artillery can fire from the mountains.
I would never attack across the English Channel, in either direction. Unlike in real life, CoW makes it easy to take your army the long way around. Attack the English from the North, attack the Continent from the West or South.

could i go through iceland instead? i captured that place and it is closer

6 Feb 2021, 03:53

Yes you could. I already mentioned that trick but i think all front invasion should still come for quicker attack

6 Feb 2021, 03:59

Why do you need Iceland?

Once you are in a boat, why waste time getting off the boat and then getting on it again? Plus the sailing to Iceland. That's at least two days spent doing nothing, eating food and oil, for what.

Keep the army off shore, out of plane range. Scout the shore with a few subs to make sure there's no navy. Land the army. March down the island.

If he goes all out to kill you, use the opening to attack from the South and burn London. If he does not, take your time, conserve forces, kill him slowly.

Or just use Scotland as a distraction and wait for him to move his navy out of position.

The point is to avoid a direct flight against his navy in the channel.

6 Feb 2021, 04:02

You should be able to defeat an enemy 2-4 times your strength. That requires a high degree of efficiency. And knowledge of enemy positions. Subs make good scouts. A sub can tell you when and where a single car can cripple the enemy.

6 Feb 2021, 04:08

Ye but thats BORING

6 Feb 2021, 04:25

Winning quickly, with minimal losses, is boring?

Not to me.

Boring is huge stacks of units bashing into each other. Static front lines. Fortifications. That's boring.

Defeating a superior enemy with no losses. That's a real challenge

6 Feb 2021, 06:52

Day 8: Pushed back the Soviet Union and prepped to invade the UK.

Remaining active players: Brazil, USA, France, Spain, Mongolia, India, Australia, Turkey, UK

Construction & Production: Paratroopers and TDs.

Diplomacy: Sweden went AFK so I got the USA as coalition member. Also traded share map with India.

Research: Lvl 2 Paratrooper, Lvl 2 TD.

Espionage: Revealed Spain and USSR's armies with military spies.

USSR: Pushed back USSR a tiny bit but not much. His biggest army is in Moscow and AI keeps sending units one at a time at me.

Sweden: Sweden went AFK, then a few hours later removed right of way, next thing I know we're at trade embargo, end of the day Sweden declared war. Man, these AI really don't like me. Since I'm not directly bordering Sweden, hopefully, I can just blockade the channel.

Canada: Canada declared war and sent a ship fleet but I destroyed it. Canada is also at war with the USA.

Colombia: Colombia (or is it Columbia?) declared war but is too far away to really do much.

Spain: I invaded Egypt Spain but somehow Spain moved to Saudi Arabia and he has 13 troops left, mostly militia. Spain was really pissed off when I invaded him again. He said he memorized my name and would give me a hard time next time we met in an even match.

UK: UK attack was planned for tomorrow but I am regrouping north as z00m said. I do not have much ordnance so I will have to build some more. My plan has shifted to attacking from the north and finishing the core off from France and Ireland. As for UK's presence in the middle east, that will have to be dealt with later. I have France and Turkey down there to help out. The UK has a giant army of medium tanks, so TD's are going to be helpful.

Mongolia: I will be meeting Mongolia soon since we are both tearing apart the Soviet Union.

USA: USA is sending troops to help invade the UK. We have captured Ireland and have set up an airfield to avoid the AA guns along the channel. The USA is at war with Canada and has no core defense, lets see how this goes...

6 Feb 2021, 06:52

Let's hope you win

Comrade genz| Master of Forum Major General

6 Feb 2021, 07:06

I still dont compltetly agree with z00m but its not a bad plan. Oh and a heads up Coolombia AI sends convoys through Genoa always, once i got ambushed by 30 units dont let that happen

dont focus on Ordanance much and post pics

Im your main advisor right?

6 Feb 2021, 07:13

what if uk attacks Spain and just Rush B

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6 Feb 2021, 07:14

Rush b???

Comrade genz| Master of Forum Major General

6 Feb 2021, 07:14

He has a navy tho

6 Feb 2021, 07:15

yes, navy the main factor

Comrade genz| Master of Forum Major General

6 Feb 2021, 07:19

I dont think he can successfully subdue UK if he doesnt wipe out his navy in one go. If he holds back on the south and attacks the North, UK will have a buncha options. Plus, north to south invasion can easily fail because it takes ages to get to vital provinces and the enemy can kill you. Southern attack would kill UK before he knows what hit him.

6 Feb 2021, 07:20

Uk can go around and invade through Portugal

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