Roger's Scenario Thread
-
From The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers.
"The territory occupied by Germany held 64 percent of French pig-iron production, 24 percent of its steel manufacturing, and 40 percent of the coal industry, dealing a serious blow to French industry."
A serious blow to French industry, but not to the French army. Was there a campaign where the French faltered for the lack of equipment?
-
@rogercooper said in Roger's Scenario Thread:
From The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers.
"The territory occupied by Germany held 64 percent of French pig-iron production, 24 percent of its steel manufacturing, and 40 percent of the coal industry, dealing a serious blow to French industry."
A serious blow to French industry, but not to the French army. Was there a campaign where the French faltered for the lack of equipment?
From encyclopedia.1914-1918
"A Shortage of Raw Materials
The outbreak of the war shrank the industrial capacity and led to massive devastation and destruction. As early as August 1914, France was one of the most devastated countries. Following the invasion and occupation of northern and eastern France by German forces, France lost 14 percent of its industrial output. Before the war, this area produced 75 percent of the French coal production, 81 percent of the iron, 63 percent of the steel, 85 percent of the linen, 94 percent of the wool, and 75 percent of the sugar.
The frontline crossed the coal basin in northern France so that the colliers of Bethune had to work several days and nights under enemy shelling."
For example Britain had a shell crisis in 1915 despite being 3.rd leading steel producer in the world. I don't think France was unaffected of this lost. Though it would be good to find a reliable source about its effect to the French industry and how beneficial was to occupy Burgundy and Belgium for Germany.
-
@schulz said in Roger's Scenario Thread:
@rogercooper said in Roger's Scenario Thread:
From The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers.
"The territory occupied by Germany held 64 percent of French pig-iron production, 24 percent of its steel manufacturing, and 40 percent of the coal industry, dealing a serious blow to French industry."
A serious blow to French industry, but not to the French army. Was there a campaign where the French faltered for the lack of equipment?
From encyclopedia.1914-1918
"A Shortage of Raw Materials
The outbreak of the war shrank the industrial capacity and led to massive devastation and destruction. As early as August 1914, France was one of the most devastated countries. Following the invasion and occupation of northern and eastern France by German forces, France lost 14 percent of its industrial output. Before the war, this area produced 75 percent of the French coal production, 81 percent of the iron, 63 percent of the steel, 85 percent of the linen, 94 percent of the wool, and 75 percent of the sugar.
The frontline crossed the coal basin in northern France so that the colliers of Bethune had to work several days and nights under enemy shelling."
For example Britain had a shell crisis in 1915 despite being 3.rd leading steel producer in the world. I don't think France was unaffected of this lost. Though it would be good to find a reliable source about its effect to the French industry and how beneficial was to occupy Burgundy and Belgium for Germany.
Compare that to the effects of the blockade on Germany culminating in the food shortages that played a major role in causing Germany to collapse in 1918. Securing the East, would have secured Germany's food supply (as well as access to other natural resources). By the time Russia collapsed, Eastern Europe was in too much chaos for Germany to benefit from controlling it.
-
Name Hearts of Iron-Fatherland
**A hypothetical, alternate-history, post-WW2 conflict with a 3 way struggle between the Axis, the Western Allies and Communist China/Siberia
link
Good Points
- Interesting hypothetical situation
- Many unique unit types
Bad Points
- Most of the new units aren't useful
-
Yes, the blockade of Germany had a bigger impact but they couldn't predict that the Schlieffen/Moltke plan won't succeeded and the war would last years. With this plan they had a realistic chance to finish the war quickly.
It is also hard to predict how deep could Germany advance in the Eastern front if the front was prioritized. Maybe Britain/France could have more effort in Dardanelles campaign to knock the Ottomans out of war to establish supply route through Russia in this scenario.
-
@schulz said in Roger's Scenario Thread:
Yes, the blockade of Germany had a bigger impact but they couldn't predict that the Schlieffen/Moltke plan won't succeeded and the war would last years. With this plan they had a realistic chance to finish the war quickly.
Actually the failure of the plan was inevitable. They had already wargamed out that it would impossible for the right flank to envelop Paris. It was simply not possible for the soldiers to march that far and there were not . And then the Germans did not change their plans. Take a look at Terence Zuber's scholarship on German war plans.
Taking out Belgium and Picardy hurt French production but did not directly benefit the Central Powers. In the East you had Poland, the Baltic, Belarus & the western Ukraine, whose inhabitants had no particularly loyalty to Russia and would actually been willing to produce for for the Germans.
-
@rogercooper said in Roger's Scenario Thread:
@schulz said in Roger's Scenario Thread:
Yes, the blockade of Germany had a bigger impact but they couldn't predict that the Schlieffen/Moltke plan won't succeeded and the war would last years. With this plan they had a realistic chance to finish the war quickly.
Actually the failure of the plan was inevitable. They had already wargamed out that it would impossible for the right flank to envelop Paris. It was simply not possible for the soldiers to march that far and there were not . And then the Germans did not change their plans. Take a look at Terence Zuber's scholarship on German war plans.
Taking out Belgium and Picardy hurt French production but did not directly benefit the Central Powers. In the East you had Poland, the Baltic, Belarus & the western Ukraine, whose inhabitants had no particularly loyalty to Russia and would actually been willing to produce for for the Germans.
Moltke did change the plan by reducing the strenght of the right flank in favour of reinforcing Alcace-Lorraine and East Prussia. Kluck maybe couldn't have to drive his army towards southeast if his and Below's armies had enough strength.
I don't say the original Sclieffen plan would work 100% if executed properly. Just I don't think it was doomed to fall in the beginning.
-
Name Domination 1914 No Mans Land
Description World War 1 on a detailed world map
link
Good Points
- Conflict all over the world
Bad Points
- Odd handling of communists
- Favors the Central Powers
- AI has trouble playing the US
-
@rogercooper How would you make both sides balance
-
I Think Domination 1914 NML is as balanced as chess.
-
@schulz I mean chess isn't balanced like white statistically wins more often than black
-
@board-3659 Yes. Entente in NML has probably slight edge like white in chess.
-
@board-3659 said in Roger's Scenario Thread:
@rogercooper How would you make both sides balance
I would have Bolsheviks pop up as an event as third side in Russia, rather than as a powerful enemy to Russia's east.
I would give the Americans a factory in southwest France and delay US entry.
-
@rogercooper The communists didin't seriously strategically make war against zarist Russia: most of Russia became communist and then started fighting against reactionary forces (mostly outside Russia proper): it should be the whites, not the reds, appearing as a third side waging war on Russia.
-
@cernel The whites were the tsarist russians
-
@board-3659 White Russian
Rating: 4.33 stars
61 Ratings
50 Reviews
11 Photos
A classic White Russian cocktail made with coffee liqueur, vodka and either cream or milk. -
@board-3659 said in Roger's Scenario Thread:
@cernel The whites were the tsarist russians
There never was absolutely anything like communists armies fighting a war to overthrow zarism and turn Russia communist. The regime of the zar was terminated and most of Russia eventually became communist completely bloodlessly, military wise.
-
@cernel The Whites were allied with the Entente powers and received some military aid from them. In the WW1 context, the Reds were the wild card. You could view them as allies of the Central Powers, as they did not actually fight the Germans, but they probably would have done so if the Central Powers had not collapsed.
You can also consider the various "Green" (nationalist forces) which did receive support from Central Power early on and the Entente powers later.
-
The whites were consist of all anti-Communist forces and the Tsar had already abdicated way before the Bolsheviks took the power.
The Bolsheviks quickly gain control of majority of Russia in a three months.
It would be more accurate the Communist starting on the West but then Eastern front would be screwed plus Russia could have easily took the Communist centers in the West. I think they made the most correct decision by putting them in the East.
And they lost the most ground in here;
-
@schulz If you want to show the October revolution, you need an event that destroys the Russian army and either sets up the Russian Civil War in a plausible way, makes Russia impassable (as in Axis & Allies: 1914) or dumps large numbers of neutral units in Russia.
Giving the Reds a large force with substantial income in Siberia in 1914 is a completely gamey solution which has no basis in historical reality.
This map gives a better sense of the situation
Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.
Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.
With your input, this post could be even better 💗
Register Login