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[Kaije]

July '44:

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Due to weather and the alps, the invasion of Switzerland was delayed until mid May. The Swiss were resilient, but us Romanians prevailed. The terrain and fortifications caused a great many casualties, but manpower growth has been greatly improved this year thanks to a new minister granting more bonuses. Thanks to him, the invasion of Vichy is scheduled for the month of August.

 

The US secured the beachhead in Dax, France, and then zig-zagged across the Iberian peninsula in the 'Great Portugese Hunt'. The Soviets launched an amphibious operation of their own against the Italians in Spain, while the Brits initiated a food for guns campaign in N. Africa. As you foresaw FA, Italy didn't last long and was promptly annexed into the SU. It's not easy to see in the pic, but the Soviets now have a presence in Africa with an isolated chunk of useless desert, while the UK received the rest of Italy's African holdings. Portugal is the only nation that remains of the Axis because of the VP province of Macao on the coast of China.

 

I must say that the highlight of these past six months was April 1st when Slovenia declared war on the Axis, which also happened to be a few days after they were kicked out of Europe

[FullAuto]

What a wonderfully useless province for the SU to own.

 

And oh, poor Slovenia...

[Kaije]

October '44

https://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/Kaije3/HoI2/44-10Europe.png

 

Neither the army or air force of Vichy were able to withstand the horde of Romania invaders... Their navy though? Oh hell, they actually do have a navy and they pinned down my troop transports while at port in Podgorica. None were sunk, but they took a fair bit of damage and shot down the prospect of invading the African colonies. Since Vichy offered me several chances for peace, I managed to structure a deal that netted me some IC, manpower, and resources.

 

On an unrelated note, it appears the SU has kept the bulk of their German invasion forces stationed in Western Europe. Oh my.

 

Although that image is of October '44, I'm currently in January '45 and see no visible changes with the other major powers. Hopefully someone else does something interesting within the next year or two... personally I'd like to see Japan and the SU bump uglies

[FullAuto]

Any developments in the Holy Romanian Empire?

[Kaije]

The Czechs were annexed in '45 - Slovakia liberated to get belligerence down a bit.

 

I think I've played into the autumn of '46 with no other major developments... I was gearing up my military for an end all be all war with the SU tentatively slated for spring of '48. Suicide? Yes! But maybe WWIII will spice things up

 

 

 

UPDATE!!!

 

I have spoken, and so it shall be done.

 

The first and most crucial stage of the upcoming war will be a suprise attack against an unsuspecting DDR as illistrated here:

https://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/Kaije3/HoI2/Objective.png

*Please note that due to the ever growing need for manpower, the war room is primarily staffed by displaced orphans.

 

The idea is to annex DDR as quickly as possible to cut the SU's supply lines to Western Europe... Then there's also hoping that they don't have enough transports to adequately supply a gazillion divisions they have stationed along the Atlantic coast.

 

If those hopes happen to become reality, then I'll need some luck to get the SU to commit reinforcements to this bottleneck on the eastern front:

https://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/Kaije3/HoI2/Defense.png

 

If all of this comes together in a perfect fashion, I may have a chance... and reason to devise the second stage

 

So what kind of military does the Holy Romanian Empire have at it's disposal to even dare undertake such a glorious endeavor?

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The army is modern at '47, no upgrades required. Air Force is as modern as it can get with the exception of some Escort Fighter upgrades in progress. I've not done any rocketry research to open up jet engines.

 

Unfortunately, my puppets won't ally with me, well at least not the ISR who's sittin' pretty with 50+ inf divisions to spare. But it's not so bad if they don't join in I suppose, I still have military access which could be beneficial for raiding, withdrawing, or regrouping.

 

My intelligence agency, which happens to be ran by prostitutes (superb intel-to-cost ratio, really), suggests that my Comintern rivals have:

https://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/Kaije3/HoI2/Intel.png

 

Poles, Germans, and Bears, oh my! Please keep in mind that these are guesses, not estimates or knowing...

 

Holy hell though, 900+ infantry divisions supported by 80+ armor divisions? I think Conan the Romanian said it best...

 

"It does not matter if we were good men or bad, just that few stood against many..."

 

 

 

UPDATE!

 

Resistance is futile:

https://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy123/Kaije3/HoI2/Failure.png

 

Seven bloody days was all the steam we had. About a dozen DDR divisions magically showed up in Potsdam to stop my push to the Baltic. Bastards. All those damn rivers slowed the western groups thrust just enough to prevent us from being able to seal off that edge. And there was no attempt to breach through my fortifications on the Eastern front...

 

So it appears that Romania will not rule the world. We'll chalk this campaign up as a stalemate... Was loads of fun until the past few years, and I chose this ending just to see if I could pull it off. All-in-all time well spent.