A Time of Old Friendships, and Old Rivalries: A WW2 TL

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I really have enjoy reading this TL, very nicely written and great maps. :)

However It does seem the Bulgarians and Albanians have gone into Greece a tad bit easily. Greece is of course incredible mountainous, and the Bulgarians would have extreme trouble going through the Metaxas Line.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaxas_Line

Oh thank you for bringing this to my attention, I actually didn't know anything about this defensive line so that's obviously why I've had the Bulgarians do so well. I will go back and edit my posts in accordance to this line now. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

And thank you :) Always nice to know I'm relatively good at writing, and I hope more people bring OTL things such as this defensive line to my attention so that I can make this TL more realistic :)
 
1941

July

- The German advance into Belgium is quite slow, due to the high concentration of Allied (mainly Belgian British and Polish) forces.

- In France German troops are also being slowed up, as divisions are fighting in both Belgium and France.

- In Greece the now united Albanian front makes slow gains, with more troops being pulled out to defend the weakest border, though the Bulgarians are still being slaughtered by the Line.

- Along the Italian front the Italians make only minor progress, with a lot of French troops being poured in to halt the Italian and German progress into southern France. The French army that's surrounded fights on valiantly, with a large amount of weapons, ammunition and men to call to arms.

August

- German troops make large breakthroughs in Belgium as troops are sent to the different fronts all along France. Though a decisive battle occurs in Ostend, where the BEF was forced to take off and flee to France as German troops blitzkriegs their way to the coastline, and proceeded to heavily bomb. Soon Belgium is in German hands, and it's used to stage another front against the French along their coastline and helping the current front along the way.

- In France the German front begins to pick up pace now as the French are forced to fight along more fronts, though they're not making rapid progress this is due to Hitler's foolish obsession with destroying the Maginot Line.

- Due to the perceived incapability of the Italians to successfully fight, even in mountains, the Italian front still continues at a quite poor pace, even with more French troops being sent to the German front. The surrounded French army is pushed into a smaller area though by the Italians

- There is little along the Greek-Bulgarian front, though the Albanians make minor gains.

September

- In France the Germans make significant gains. The Maginot Line collapses after having been surrounded and thus easily destroyed from a full on attack. While from Belgium the German line increases heavily. By the end of the month the German troops have regrouped and are now ready to fully Blitzkrieg France.

- On the Italian Front the French army finally gives way, though during its time of encirclement it endured heavy losses on the Italian troops. By the end of September the Italian troops have finally made it out of the Alps, and now German divisions line with Italian troops as they prepare for a blitzkrieg through southern France.

- The Netherland are under pressure from both the Axis and the Allies. They have seen the destruction caused on their Belgian neighbor and the BEF by German forces, though this could push them into either camp. The Dutch government stays silent for the time being.

- In Greece, the Albanians continue slowly. The Bulgarians make no large expansions, apart from managing to cut the land border from Western Thrace off from the rest of Greece, which will have bigger effects later.

- In Britain, Neville Chamberlain steps down as PM. An odd event occurs afterwards, in which both Churchill and Lord Halifax 'battle it out' for the Prime Minister-ship. In the end King George VI appoints Lord Halifax as Prime Minister.
 
1941

October

- The German advance in France continues now at a strong pace, with German troops flooding into France. German troops soon surround Paris, setting up the siege of Paris.

- The Italian advance also picks up pace, as the extra German divisions among the Italians leads to a steady Blitzkrieg of southern France.

- In Corsica the Italian navy managed to unload some Italian amphibious forces, who make some good progress by the end of the month.

- In Greece the northern Albanian front halts, as the Albanians set up a defensive position. While in the south Albanian front they push on slowly. While in the eastern front of Greece the Bulgarians still struggled to push on, and the conscription age in Bulgaria is taken down to 15 in order for more people to join the military. Soon though the now-cut-off Western Thrace began to fall slowly due to the lack of land resources, though some still came from the sea so it wasn't as bad as it could've been.

November

- In France, Paris keeps going strong, though the mass-bombing of the capital of France causes numerous deaths and morale to slowly ebb away. The German Blitzkrieg of France continued at a good pace, with the Germans taking more land swiftly.

- Along the Italian front the Italians made less progress and stalled along the way, though the Blitzkrieg still managed to continue quite well.

- In some of the German occupied areas of Belgium and France the Germans already begin to annex areas into the Greater German Reich.

- The Dutch government continues to dither, and thus Hitler orders some German divisions that may be spared to line the German-Dutch border. Within the Netherlands there's much internal strife over the future of what the Netherlands should do.

- In Greece the Bulgarians take more land, with some of their fronts expanding slightly. The Albanians continue to move down the coast slowly.

- In Yugoslavia a huge internal row begins. The Yugoslavian nation is being pushed by both the Axis and Allies to join one of them in the war. The nation is ultimately split on the issue, though in Yugoslavia this is worse than elsewhere due to ethnic nationalism already having split the nation, a civil war is feared if the King goes either way.

December

- In Corsica the Italian resources dwindle as the Royal Navy destroys any further materials from Italy reaching the island. Thus the Italians are pushed of the island with relative ease.

- In Paris the people are becoming desperate, eating their own animals, though the troops defending the city fight on courageously, knowing that if the capital falls then the whole country will crumble. Along the German front the German Blitzkrieg has swept through the French countryside rapidly, with the BEF being utterly destroyed at Dunkirk when generals ignore Hitlers order to not attack the BEF on the beaches. They do this due to his perceived weakness as a military tactician over the Maginot Line which cost huge German casualties.

- Along the Italian front the Italians continue to stall, meaning the German forces have to complete the Blitzkrieging, though the Germans still manage to advance quite well for the Italians.

- In a secret meeting, the German ambassador to the Netherlands agrees with Anton Mussert that if Mussert can follow on from the 'Marches on Rome and Budapest' in the Netherlands, then the German government would help the 'NBS' keep control over the Netherlands. Hitler tells his generals (and Mussert) that if the NBS doesn't take over by the end of January, 1942, he would invade the Netherlands then.

- In Yugoslavia King Peter II declared his support for the Allies, though didn't formally declare war on the Germans yet, knowing that we would have to deal with his own internal problems after this statement.
 
I like the alternate Dunkirk and would like to see an Axis Netherlands. You're doing a great job with this. Keep it up.
 
- The Luftwaffe win numerous battles against the RAF, and thus the Luftwaffe is almost made out to be some kind of unbeatable force, that has taken on the Polish, French, Italians and British and still come out on top.
Your Air War and German wank is unrealistic.

First the Germans lose Men & Planes in Italy [Italian Planes in 1939 being the equal of any others]
Then French Planes join in, with France in 1939~40 out producing Germany in planes.
The Air Battle over France would drain German Pilots, thro Germany would get some back after the Italians surrender.

OTL It took Germany 6 months to rebuild the Supplies and equipment from the 6 week Polish campaign. Here they lose more in Italy, and never have the phony war-time to rebuild.
With the French blockade of Germany - Germany Production would Falter even more.

Then Britain which had a year more than OTL to Rebuild and Expand the RAF Enters the War.
The German Luftwaffe would be running on Empty. And with Romania having been on the other side, Germany would have had fuel problem during this whole time.
 
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