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Schneller, schneller! - 4/22/2012 2:03:31 PM   
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Today we initiate the attack against Poland. The West will react, and we are likely to have a broader conflict. Our goals are rather limited, but unless the political system can limit our exposure we may be at war with France and England while we are tied up in the East. Our answer will be to strike quickly. If we can take Poland quickly enough then perhaps negotiations can start.

(This AAR is based on the Third Reich mod Razz created.)






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/23/2012 3:34:49 AM   
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Our troops are performing well. England has declared war on us. Did the national leadership expect this? In prewar conferences this contingency was allowed for, but, perhaps not expected. There has been no activity in the West and we have been able to campaign in the East in fine fashion. We have only taken 9,000 casualties, and we are pushing the Poles back on their capital.

We must assume that we are in a larger, and longer war. The USSR has been molified with the Ribbentrop treaty, and we will turn our eyes westward as soon as we can. The wear and tear we have experienced should be counteracted by experience. Our troops have seen the elephant now, and the Western forces seem reluctant to engage. We will not be reluctant.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/23/2012 3:57:52 AM   
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We have unlocked reserves in the West, but have not attacked. This is near Saarbrucken, and French armor is attacking there. We are impressed with the individual French tanks, but not with their unit strength and doctrine. Our panzer units have an important doctrinal advantage which makes them significantly more powerful than the components would suggest. Our analysis seems to show that the French would not have anywhere near the success we have obtained in Poland, if they were in our place.

This does not mean we will match up against them as well as we do against the Polish Army, but it gives us hope. We are sharing the experience of combat among as many units as possible.








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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/23/2012 7:20:24 PM   
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Re your plan to minimize losses during Case White:

Better watch out if you're thinking about attacking in the West immediately after taking Poland. There will be a major hit for wear and tear during the Poland campaign, causing you much greater losses.

By the way, why is that unit in Warsaw shaded light gray? Weird.

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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/24/2012 3:40:01 AM   
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24 September 1939

Our fast movers have reached the suburbs of Warsaw. Unless the Poles block us we will assault it next week.

We must now start planning for the fall of Poland. In the attached map our intentions will be clear. The 1. Panzer Division has moved near the Dutch border. We have discovered the planning sessions done by the Low Countries and the French and British. This compromise to their "neutrality" cannot be allowed to continue. We are ready to push on even if our troops are not perfectly ready. The Wermacht is the loyal tool of the state and must answer the call of events, ready or not.

(Good to be back, Gary.)






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/24/2012 3:58:30 AM   
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We expect to complete the conquest of Poland next week. We feel driven to prepare for a long war. We now will turn to the West, prepared to campaign, unless peace comes. Europe could easily slide back to conflict rivaling the Great War, and we must win this time.

There are voices inside the Wermacht saying we should rest, and repair, but we are driven to strike while the momentum is ours. We feel the enemy is no more ready than we are, and our experience will be valuable.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/24/2012 4:12:16 AM   
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A slashing attack, predicated on the reluctance of the Belgians to come to the aid of the Netherlands. We want to keep the enemy off balance. They know the value of surprise, but we do too. We want to be ahead of their decision cycle at every point.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/24/2012 4:43:54 AM   
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We are perhaps 2/3 through with our campaign in the Netherlands. The French and British have not reacted significantly, and our losses are low.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/24/2012 4:47:24 AM   
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Strategic overview map.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/24/2012 4:58:29 AM   
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Despite our desire for speed it takes awhile to conquer a nation. The Luftwaffe has lost 51 aircraft thus far, the British and French losses are less, but they have not been supporting an actve ground campaign. The roads in Western Europe are all-weather and we intend to continue campaigning through the winter, not wanting to give the enemy respite.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/25/2012 4:12:36 AM   
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The Dutch are finished.

We have been engaged with French forces, but not to any great degree. Our morale is high, and we have not seen anything that shows we can't do the tasks assigned. We wait on the National Command (political) for our next orders.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/25/2012 4:31:42 AM   
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A pause is called for ... but we are tasked with a campaign in the West. We are to attack the Allies on 1 December 1939, three months after the attack on Poland. Our forces are not as strong as we might wish, but we know all generals have felt this way before battle.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/25/2012 4:33:37 AM   
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We are upgrading some infantry to mechanized/motorised units. We have seen the value of speed.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/25/2012 4:37:49 AM   
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Our assault is next week.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/25/2012 4:53:24 AM   
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We attack.

The combat has not been intense yet, but we have made progress. We have hopes for some incurisions through the Maginot Line, but that will depend on the enemy reducing the garrisons.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/25/2012 8:19:53 PM   
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The French, and Belgians, get their first taste of real war. We think the French will regret the three months of phony war. Troops do not want to sit unused. By taking the battle to the enemy our forces show their sense of superiority. If the French show a vigorous defense we will be well matched, but if they let us have the initiative we will run with it.

War goes through phases. In the 1914 war the defense had a big advantage, but we now feel that the offense has come back into its own, and we want to be on the attack.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/26/2012 4:25:30 AM   
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We have lost three U-Boats, but we are not being aggressive at sea. We are not doing any special spending there.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/26/2012 4:48:50 AM   
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We are progressing on schedule. We have greater losses than the French, but are pleased with the strategic gains.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/26/2012 5:55:01 AM   
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The enemy cannot maintain a front against our drives. When the Belgians lay down their arms we will engage the French fully. Our forces are not overwhelmingly strong, but we can pick and choose our targets. the enemy must react to us.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/26/2012 6:06:21 AM   
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Each loss for the enemy means one less unit that can meet us in the next line. The winter weather stops us from going ahead as quickly as we like, but penentrations will be limited in any case. The weather stops the enemy from crucial lateral moves that they must make to meet our shifting threat. We think the winter campaigning is better for us than them. In any case Spring is coming.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/26/2012 6:17:57 AM   
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France must be desparate for British help, but thus far we have seen very few Britons.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/26/2012 6:33:01 AM   
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France is a large country, for Western Europe anyway. Taking Paris will not end her warmaking, but it is a great psychological focus, and it is our second objective now. The French army, the Allied armies, are our primary target. Everything comes if the enemy is weak, and continual attrition, in the crucial sectors, is the source of their weakness.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/26/2012 6:49:09 AM   
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(When I saved this turn I captured the Finns, and fog of war had to be turned off to see the French positions.)

It is time to address the Russo-Finnish war. The Soviets attacked Finland, which promptly manned the Mannerheim Line. They also prepared to defend their northern positions from Soviet incursions. The Soviets hve their hands full.

In France we are running a bit ahead of our supplies.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/26/2012 4:01:22 PM   
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The national command authority (political) informs us that the Italian military will begin a campaign in the South of France. This broadening of the war is not an unmixed blessing. Italy has North African and Mediterranean concerns that do not mesh well with our war efforts. The Italians can certainly help us, but we must be careful to not be drawn into their battles too deeply.

We are very close to Paris now, not in great strength. All our production is directed to the military, leaving the naval forces of the Reich to act as a fleet in being. Just now we are concentrating on ending the war with France in our favor.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/26/2012 9:44:09 PM   
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We will soon get to test ourselves against the British. They have crossed the channel in force, and will surely be a thorn in our side. With the fall of Paris we must begin to think of the endgame, and weakening the British will be important. Our Italian allies will find the British active in defending their Empire, and every British Tommie left in France is one less in Egypt. We must also consider a possible attack, an invasion, of Great Britain itself.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/27/2012 1:01:54 AM   
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Things are going well, and we seem to be moving too fast for the enemy to react. The British newspapers are full of shock, almost doom filled. The British PM is floundering, and at the Admirality Churchill has begun making stirring speechs, but he is not in control. The French have engaged the Italians near Tripoli, but the British are still not visible near Egypt.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/27/2012 4:10:03 AM   
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Things go well. We are rebuilding rail lines as we go, and pushing as quickly as is prudent. Metz is invested and will fall eventually. The Germans and Italians are nearly in touch with one another. Dunkirk and Orleans have fallen.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/27/2012 5:01:22 AM   
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The Italians are getting ready for the British at Bardia. Supply is very difficult in the Med, especially with Malta in British hands.

Our Germans are grinding away, doing the business of winning a campaign. We know of no grand strategic moves that will help us win now. We just have to execute competently.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/27/2012 2:20:59 PM   
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We are doing well enough in the west to look in another direction. See the next post.






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RE: Schneller, schneller! - 4/27/2012 2:30:59 PM   
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16 March 1940, continued.

We attack south into Yugoslavia. We do not any longer hope for Great Britain to fold their cards when France does. This southern campaign will threaten their interests more directly. As resources free up we will increase our forces here, and perhaps drive into Greece. Britain has ties to Greece that will make any attack there very sensitive for them. We may even be able to prepare for Balkan campaigns beyond these.






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