The Co-Prosperity Sphere
- Thread starter CountofDooku
- Start date
Chapter 555: The Jungles of Hell
Chapter 555: The Jungles of Hell
The increasing number of Co-Prosperity Sphere Armies in New Guinea (Niugini/Niu Gini/ Papua) was a problematic situation for the Allies as the Japanese also pushed forward in the Solomon Islands and had even invaded Australia. This had forced parts of the Australian forces to withdraw from New Guinea and increase the coastal defences of Australia against further Japanese invasions. This left the bulwark of the defences in New Guinea to the increasing numbers incoming Americans . One of the major problems on the island was the dense jungle and mountai, toether with a lack of true roads and railways. Small pathways and trails existed, but that was not enough to keep up the supply for whole armies. Because of this various soldiers an even whole divisions were forced to ration their food and supply themselves from the surrounding area. This led to the use of native auxillary foces as militia and scouts, as well as for food supply, while others simply raided local settlements to rob what they needed. The lack of roads also limite the use of motorized trucks for supplies, as well as the use of mechanized transports or tanks. The two enemy sides quickly entrenched their positions, even if sometimes the frontline was very confusing and not a simple line from one side of the island to the other. That often lead to confusing scout raids and blind fireing by artilley and mortars, into supposed enemy territory under the cover of the night, or dense jungles.
This prevented direct assault on enemy positions most times, even if they were not deeply entrenched and fortified. While the Allies were mostly American, New Zealand and Australians, their opposing enemies of the Co-Prosperity Sphere were mainly Japanese Chosen (Korea) and Taikoku soldiers, alongside native, often tribal auxillary militia. New Guinea was also the first place, were the Allies massively encountered the later famous Japanese Banzai Charges, assaults during whose the Japanese forces, themselves short on supply and ammunition attacked on mass using only their bajonet or wooden spears. Their goal was to overrun the Allied positions to conquer food, ammunition and other supplies, as well as use them to further advance and push the Allies out of the whole island. The increasing use of camouflague, booby traps, trenches and fortifications led to a very slow push of the front in either direction, sometimes making huge changs of territoy even slower then during the First Great War in the Western Front. Hundrets of thousand of soldiers faces one another and in the so called Hell of New Guinea, with the ten thousands dying from disease and starvation, sometimes leading to cannibalism of the death or even of enemy prisoners.
The dense jungles of New Guinea also preented both sides not only from shelling each other with artillery and mortars, but also prevented major asaulty from fighters and bombers on enemy positions, as both nearly always risked hitting the own forces in the chaos of the Battle of New Guinea. What the Allies soon learned, was that while they had more supplies and industry, it was hard bringing these all the way to the frontlines in New Guinea, leading to many supply issues as the trails and pathways in the islands. On the other hand the Co-Prosperity Sphere forces, mainly the Japanese often denied to surrender, even if they were completely out of supply and ammunitions. The Japanese simply started eating those dying from hunger and even supplied and armed themselves in the surrounding jungle with rather primitive methods, but their improvised booby traps and even makeshift bombs proved to work quiet efficent, letting the Allied forces fear them, even when their supply situation was majorly similar problematic and they both were in bad shape during the New Guinea Campaign. Over time with their air superiority over the southeast of the island, the Allies start to massively supply their forces by air, over a few newly buid airfields, increasing their supplies and ammunitions greatly, threatening to push the Japanese and Co-Prosperity Sphere forces back. This forced the Japanese to increase their own fighters and bombers on the island to intercept the Allied ones and bomb their airfields, who were so important for their continued supply.
At the same time the Japanese themselves developed another tactic and strategy, one that had worked quit well during the First Great War in the trenches of the Western Front; to dig tunnels below the enemy line and into their trenches and positions. Together with their own hidden bunkers and fortified positions, the Japanese soon became quied good at this, as did the American, Australian and New Zealand soldiers. The Japanese however not only secretly stole supplies and ammunition out of enemy camps during the cover of the night, but also people, to interrogate and torture them for informations. One minut a Allied soldier could talk with his comrade or wish him a good nights rest after a long guard duty, the next he could be missing out from his tent or bunk, in the middle of a camp or trench. Sometimes the Japanese also used such tunnels to Banzai Charge a enemy position behind their fortified lines, directly assaulting the living and sleeping area, mess hall, or even the military hospital, with horrifying devastating, deadly results, even if their own losses during such Banzai Charges were often also quit high. Sometimes dig up earth proved that the Japanese had tunneld into the position, other times they covered their tracks so good, their point of entry was never located and they apeared as ghosts or wraith. This was quickly leading to shocking rumors inside the Allied ranks about evil animals and demonic spirits on the island, just like some native tribes talked about in their stories and mythology. Also unlike the Allies, the Japanese often used their soldiers to transport even their heaviest equipment like artillery, guns and even small tanks disassembled into smaller parts to get it over small trails and pathways to use them all across the frontline.
The increasing number of Co-Prosperity Sphere Armies in New Guinea (Niugini/Niu Gini/ Papua) was a problematic situation for the Allies as the Japanese also pushed forward in the Solomon Islands and had even invaded Australia. This had forced parts of the Australian forces to withdraw from New Guinea and increase the coastal defences of Australia against further Japanese invasions. This left the bulwark of the defences in New Guinea to the increasing numbers incoming Americans . One of the major problems on the island was the dense jungle and mountai, toether with a lack of true roads and railways. Small pathways and trails existed, but that was not enough to keep up the supply for whole armies. Because of this various soldiers an even whole divisions were forced to ration their food and supply themselves from the surrounding area. This led to the use of native auxillary foces as militia and scouts, as well as for food supply, while others simply raided local settlements to rob what they needed. The lack of roads also limite the use of motorized trucks for supplies, as well as the use of mechanized transports or tanks. The two enemy sides quickly entrenched their positions, even if sometimes the frontline was very confusing and not a simple line from one side of the island to the other. That often lead to confusing scout raids and blind fireing by artilley and mortars, into supposed enemy territory under the cover of the night, or dense jungles.
This prevented direct assault on enemy positions most times, even if they were not deeply entrenched and fortified. While the Allies were mostly American, New Zealand and Australians, their opposing enemies of the Co-Prosperity Sphere were mainly Japanese Chosen (Korea) and Taikoku soldiers, alongside native, often tribal auxillary militia. New Guinea was also the first place, were the Allies massively encountered the later famous Japanese Banzai Charges, assaults during whose the Japanese forces, themselves short on supply and ammunition attacked on mass using only their bajonet or wooden spears. Their goal was to overrun the Allied positions to conquer food, ammunition and other supplies, as well as use them to further advance and push the Allies out of the whole island. The increasing use of camouflague, booby traps, trenches and fortifications led to a very slow push of the front in either direction, sometimes making huge changs of territoy even slower then during the First Great War in the Western Front. Hundrets of thousand of soldiers faces one another and in the so called Hell of New Guinea, with the ten thousands dying from disease and starvation, sometimes leading to cannibalism of the death or even of enemy prisoners.
The dense jungles of New Guinea also preented both sides not only from shelling each other with artillery and mortars, but also prevented major asaulty from fighters and bombers on enemy positions, as both nearly always risked hitting the own forces in the chaos of the Battle of New Guinea. What the Allies soon learned, was that while they had more supplies and industry, it was hard bringing these all the way to the frontlines in New Guinea, leading to many supply issues as the trails and pathways in the islands. On the other hand the Co-Prosperity Sphere forces, mainly the Japanese often denied to surrender, even if they were completely out of supply and ammunitions. The Japanese simply started eating those dying from hunger and even supplied and armed themselves in the surrounding jungle with rather primitive methods, but their improvised booby traps and even makeshift bombs proved to work quiet efficent, letting the Allied forces fear them, even when their supply situation was majorly similar problematic and they both were in bad shape during the New Guinea Campaign. Over time with their air superiority over the southeast of the island, the Allies start to massively supply their forces by air, over a few newly buid airfields, increasing their supplies and ammunitions greatly, threatening to push the Japanese and Co-Prosperity Sphere forces back. This forced the Japanese to increase their own fighters and bombers on the island to intercept the Allied ones and bomb their airfields, who were so important for their continued supply.
At the same time the Japanese themselves developed another tactic and strategy, one that had worked quit well during the First Great War in the trenches of the Western Front; to dig tunnels below the enemy line and into their trenches and positions. Together with their own hidden bunkers and fortified positions, the Japanese soon became quied good at this, as did the American, Australian and New Zealand soldiers. The Japanese however not only secretly stole supplies and ammunition out of enemy camps during the cover of the night, but also people, to interrogate and torture them for informations. One minut a Allied soldier could talk with his comrade or wish him a good nights rest after a long guard duty, the next he could be missing out from his tent or bunk, in the middle of a camp or trench. Sometimes the Japanese also used such tunnels to Banzai Charge a enemy position behind their fortified lines, directly assaulting the living and sleeping area, mess hall, or even the military hospital, with horrifying devastating, deadly results, even if their own losses during such Banzai Charges were often also quit high. Sometimes dig up earth proved that the Japanese had tunneld into the position, other times they covered their tracks so good, their point of entry was never located and they apeared as ghosts or wraith. This was quickly leading to shocking rumors inside the Allied ranks about evil animals and demonic spirits on the island, just like some native tribes talked about in their stories and mythology. Also unlike the Allies, the Japanese often used their soldiers to transport even their heaviest equipment like artillery, guns and even small tanks disassembled into smaller parts to get it over small trails and pathways to use them all across the frontline.
Helping my grandpa build a cabin in our family garden outside town and visit my girlfriend over the easter holidays, so this weekend few chapters and next week a few days nothing at all. ;D
But to tease you all: ACP and CP-S Commando Forces are coming and some fighting in the Atlas Mountains as well as other interesting stuff. ^^
But to tease you all: ACP and CP-S Commando Forces are coming and some fighting in the Atlas Mountains as well as other interesting stuff. ^^
Chapter 556: The Berber Baron
Chapter 556: The Berber Baron
Inside the Western African Front of the Second Great War, German general Hasso von Manteuffel (born 14 January 1897) was commanding the 5th Panzer Army (5th Tank Army) alongside Friedrich Freiherr von Broich ( born 1 January 1896) and the 10th Panzer Division (10th Tank Divison). General von Manteuffel had previously fought with the Army Group Centre, where he commanded a battalion in the 7th Panzer Divison during invasion of the Soviet Union, as part of the Eastern Crusade. Before the war he had been a became a senior professor at Panzer Troop School II in Berlin in 1939, after he had joined the Panzer Troop Command of the OKH in 1937. He had also been part of the Freikorps since 1919 and after this the newly created Reichswehr. His military career however began during the First Great War. Hasso von Manteuffel was a supporter of the Liberal Party and openly helped the recreated Imperial German Army form the Landwehr (home guard/ militia), von Manteuffel even came up with the name, where local militia groups like the Stahlhelm and SA were used to secretly rearm and expend the Imperial German Army numbers. Being appointed the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds after the defence of Spanish Morocco, Hasso von Manteuffel became as famous in the Northwestern African Frontline in Spanish Morocco/ Sahara , as General Rommel did on the Northeastern in Egypt. Original serving on the Eastern Front, Hasso von Manteuffel was send to the African Theatre in 1942, after the massive Allied (mainly American, United Kingdom, Free French, Canadian, Australian Dutch and Indian) forces landed at the Atlantic Coast. For some this was just a minor problem, as the African Theatre was viewed by most (with the esception of some Imperialists, Colonialists and Aristrocrats) as a secondary concern far beyond the European Theatre. This was even more true for the southern and western African frontlines, as the eastern one in Egypt at least promised to help out flank the Allied positions in the Middle East and push onto Persia and British India from there.
Hasso von Manteuffel however viewed the situation differently, he knew that Morocco was just across of Spain, a possible gateway for a Allied invasion of Europe and that if Morocco had fallen into Allied hands, Algier, Tunis and Libya would soon follow and Africa was lost. That however meant that the Allies then had access to the Mediterranean Sea again and could invade Europe from the south, so to General von Manteuffel, a majro part of who would win the Second Great War would be decided here in Spanish Morocco. Using his 5th Panzer Army (5th Tank Army) to defend the Atlas Mountains and the interior of the colony from the Allies, General von Manteuffel did his best to deny the mountain passes to the Allied forces, not only thanks to his tanks, but because of his good connections to the native berber tribes as well. Because of this many Axis Central Power allies called Hasso von Manteuffel the Berber Baron, as he used not only auxillary forces and scouts from the Berber people, but also because he promised them self-determination in exchange if they remained loyal to the Axis Central Powers and resisted the Allies fiercy. The idea behind this was the plan of some German aristrocrats, militars and imperialists/ colonists was to finally take Morocco for a German Colony after the Second Great War. In his position defending the Asix Central Powers in Morocco against the Allied Invasion, General Hasso von Manteuffel soon became known to the Allies by his family name; the Man Devil (or Man of the Devil), as he was so skilled he was rumored to have a deal with the Devil, or be Satan himself. Thanks to the Axis Central Powers defensive positions in the Atlas Mountains, they managed to hold the Allies back thanks to their fortified entrenched and bunker positions, hammering the Allied lines with artillery and mortar fire, while also attacking them with their fighters and bombers. A major problem for General von Manteuffel and his Axis Central Powers Armies however was the fact that the Allies, mainly thanks to the americans had managed to land massive numbers of soldiers alongside all kind of equipment. Whenever General von Manteuffel's anti-tank guns, mortars and artillery manged to destroy eight enemy tanks, ten new would replace them until the Axis Central Powers would run out of ammunition.
Inside the Western African Front of the Second Great War, German general Hasso von Manteuffel (born 14 January 1897) was commanding the 5th Panzer Army (5th Tank Army) alongside Friedrich Freiherr von Broich ( born 1 January 1896) and the 10th Panzer Division (10th Tank Divison). General von Manteuffel had previously fought with the Army Group Centre, where he commanded a battalion in the 7th Panzer Divison during invasion of the Soviet Union, as part of the Eastern Crusade. Before the war he had been a became a senior professor at Panzer Troop School II in Berlin in 1939, after he had joined the Panzer Troop Command of the OKH in 1937. He had also been part of the Freikorps since 1919 and after this the newly created Reichswehr. His military career however began during the First Great War. Hasso von Manteuffel was a supporter of the Liberal Party and openly helped the recreated Imperial German Army form the Landwehr (home guard/ militia), von Manteuffel even came up with the name, where local militia groups like the Stahlhelm and SA were used to secretly rearm and expend the Imperial German Army numbers. Being appointed the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds after the defence of Spanish Morocco, Hasso von Manteuffel became as famous in the Northwestern African Frontline in Spanish Morocco/ Sahara , as General Rommel did on the Northeastern in Egypt. Original serving on the Eastern Front, Hasso von Manteuffel was send to the African Theatre in 1942, after the massive Allied (mainly American, United Kingdom, Free French, Canadian, Australian Dutch and Indian) forces landed at the Atlantic Coast. For some this was just a minor problem, as the African Theatre was viewed by most (with the esception of some Imperialists, Colonialists and Aristrocrats) as a secondary concern far beyond the European Theatre. This was even more true for the southern and western African frontlines, as the eastern one in Egypt at least promised to help out flank the Allied positions in the Middle East and push onto Persia and British India from there.
Hasso von Manteuffel however viewed the situation differently, he knew that Morocco was just across of Spain, a possible gateway for a Allied invasion of Europe and that if Morocco had fallen into Allied hands, Algier, Tunis and Libya would soon follow and Africa was lost. That however meant that the Allies then had access to the Mediterranean Sea again and could invade Europe from the south, so to General von Manteuffel, a majro part of who would win the Second Great War would be decided here in Spanish Morocco. Using his 5th Panzer Army (5th Tank Army) to defend the Atlas Mountains and the interior of the colony from the Allies, General von Manteuffel did his best to deny the mountain passes to the Allied forces, not only thanks to his tanks, but because of his good connections to the native berber tribes as well. Because of this many Axis Central Power allies called Hasso von Manteuffel the Berber Baron, as he used not only auxillary forces and scouts from the Berber people, but also because he promised them self-determination in exchange if they remained loyal to the Axis Central Powers and resisted the Allies fiercy. The idea behind this was the plan of some German aristrocrats, militars and imperialists/ colonists was to finally take Morocco for a German Colony after the Second Great War. In his position defending the Asix Central Powers in Morocco against the Allied Invasion, General Hasso von Manteuffel soon became known to the Allies by his family name; the Man Devil (or Man of the Devil), as he was so skilled he was rumored to have a deal with the Devil, or be Satan himself. Thanks to the Axis Central Powers defensive positions in the Atlas Mountains, they managed to hold the Allies back thanks to their fortified entrenched and bunker positions, hammering the Allied lines with artillery and mortar fire, while also attacking them with their fighters and bombers. A major problem for General von Manteuffel and his Axis Central Powers Armies however was the fact that the Allies, mainly thanks to the americans had managed to land massive numbers of soldiers alongside all kind of equipment. Whenever General von Manteuffel's anti-tank guns, mortars and artillery manged to destroy eight enemy tanks, ten new would replace them until the Axis Central Powers would run out of ammunition.
Are the Germans planning on stealing Morocco from both France and Spain (their supposed allies) ? That, or making promises he can't keep (or might be unable to keep) to Berbers (which would be very in-character for colonial powers of the time...).
Also, Soviet Union really needs to fall, so that the ACP can move more troops and supplies to Morocco, and make turn the Battle of Morocco into a meatgrinder for the Allies (as well as taking Egypt for good)...
Also, Soviet Union really needs to fall, so that the ACP can move more troops and supplies to Morocco, and make turn the Battle of Morocco into a meatgrinder for the Allies (as well as taking Egypt for good)...
Some Germans plan to do that ever sicne the Mannesmann Brothers tried to do it before it was a German colony, so Morocco was a OTL WW1 wargoal in some plans and even if some WW2 ones as well as a colony, but would be seperated from Mittelafrica (same TTL), but supporters of the idea are few and unimportant, so msotly he promises things he can't keep knowing full well that the Spanish and French will have to deal with that problem anyway when the Germans don't get the area.
That is true as Russia is seen as much more important right now by most, so unless the Soviets truely are weakened and no further supply is needed there (and it allready is needed much fewer then OTL) fewer troops will arive for Africa (even if by now more have arrived there then OTL during the Battle for Tunesia).
Floor and parts of the roof still missing, also interieur. But we've build it nearly alone in two days now, so ^^
Chapter 557: One Night in Calcutta
Chapter 557: One Night in Calcutta
On orders of the Imperial Japanese High Command (IJHC) for South Asia (split from the IJHC for South-East Asia), headquartered in Rangoon was established, once Subhas Chandra Bose had established his provisonal Azad Hind (Free India) government in Sadiya and the Japanese Empire led Co-Prosperity Sphere made plans for India. For now however their mission under Kenpeitai Officer Katsutoshi Tekanada was to raise support for the pro-Japanese Azad Hind and aid overall anti-British tensions in the city of Calcutta. He was suported by Hakuguchi Kazuo genadier and explosive expert, Zung Yuhao a chinese (Yankoku) spy who spoke fluid Mandarin, English and othe languages and posed as a Chinese Trader for the United Front in the region, Bana Rishu Soyal a indian boy and thief who knew the city like no one other and hated the British Colonialists, Bui Xuan Tam (Madam Bui) a vietnamese courtesan an spy for the Co-Prosperity Sphere, Koga Naganori a Taikoku heavy weapons specialist and Yamura Boljok a Manchurian sniper. Together they secretly operated from a small house in Calutta, meeting with local politicans, traders and society members to rise up even more anti-british opinion and rise up local unrest to fullout rebellion and uprising. For the first months and year from 1941 to 1942 however, they focussed mainly on building and establishing a local network of potential supporter and sympathisers that could help them with their goals either directly, or indirectly. The British Colonial Administration and Government of British Raj meanwhile knew about some local sympathies for the Co-Prosperity Sphere and therefore monitored the local population and mostly the politicans and influential local figures the best they coul with the help of spies, local police and other pro-british or simply anti-japanese groups an individuals. Opposing them was Officer Tekanada, who attempted to create a pro-Japanese, pro-Cosprist network in suport of Azad Hind that would be able to use the local unrest and the masses of Indian refugees from Burma, who had fled from the Burmese front and fighting in south-east Asia and now crowded the streets of Assam and Bengal in northeast India.
The famine that was caused by this masses and the poor and incopetent british handling of the situation let to massive protests, local unrests, strikes and even some violent small uprisings by Assamese, Bengalis, some local Chinese and even the Indian refugees from Burma themselves, who all felt abandoned by the British administration, military and civil authorities. The quick Japanese conquest/ liberation of Burma had overcrowded the streets to Assam and Bengal with retreating Allied forces (mainly British, Burmese and Indian Commonwealth forces) as well as massive amounts of refugees (16% of Burma had been Indian before the Second Great War), with over a million people fleeing from 1941 to 1942. The newly independent Co-Prosperity Sphere state of Burma never accepted this Indians ad Burmese citizens, as they would have only formed another non-Burmese group inside their new nation state. They were therefore seen as resident aliens by Burmese law and not considered full citizens, as Burmese citizenship was restricted for groups who lived in the region before the British Colonial periot. Man of these however were allowed to stay in Burma for now and in exchange offered citizenship in Azad Hind thanks to Subhas Chandra Bose, who openly welcomed this new citizens for his Free Indian state and hoped to expand his rule over all of India with their help. At the moment however the Japanese and the Co-Prosperity Sphere did not plan to directly invade and liberate/ conquer more of India, as their masses were tied down against the Soviet Union's Red Army in the North, the Chinese United Front in the West and the Allied Forces mainly in the East across the Pacific. Because of this, the Japanese Commando Unit in Calcutta under commando of Katsutoshi Tekanada was not openly calling for armed uprisings and kept their sabotage and spy activities to a minimum to not cause to much attention for now.
On orders of the Imperial Japanese High Command (IJHC) for South Asia (split from the IJHC for South-East Asia), headquartered in Rangoon was established, once Subhas Chandra Bose had established his provisonal Azad Hind (Free India) government in Sadiya and the Japanese Empire led Co-Prosperity Sphere made plans for India. For now however their mission under Kenpeitai Officer Katsutoshi Tekanada was to raise support for the pro-Japanese Azad Hind and aid overall anti-British tensions in the city of Calcutta. He was suported by Hakuguchi Kazuo genadier and explosive expert, Zung Yuhao a chinese (Yankoku) spy who spoke fluid Mandarin, English and othe languages and posed as a Chinese Trader for the United Front in the region, Bana Rishu Soyal a indian boy and thief who knew the city like no one other and hated the British Colonialists, Bui Xuan Tam (Madam Bui) a vietnamese courtesan an spy for the Co-Prosperity Sphere, Koga Naganori a Taikoku heavy weapons specialist and Yamura Boljok a Manchurian sniper. Together they secretly operated from a small house in Calutta, meeting with local politicans, traders and society members to rise up even more anti-british opinion and rise up local unrest to fullout rebellion and uprising. For the first months and year from 1941 to 1942 however, they focussed mainly on building and establishing a local network of potential supporter and sympathisers that could help them with their goals either directly, or indirectly. The British Colonial Administration and Government of British Raj meanwhile knew about some local sympathies for the Co-Prosperity Sphere and therefore monitored the local population and mostly the politicans and influential local figures the best they coul with the help of spies, local police and other pro-british or simply anti-japanese groups an individuals. Opposing them was Officer Tekanada, who attempted to create a pro-Japanese, pro-Cosprist network in suport of Azad Hind that would be able to use the local unrest and the masses of Indian refugees from Burma, who had fled from the Burmese front and fighting in south-east Asia and now crowded the streets of Assam and Bengal in northeast India.
The famine that was caused by this masses and the poor and incopetent british handling of the situation let to massive protests, local unrests, strikes and even some violent small uprisings by Assamese, Bengalis, some local Chinese and even the Indian refugees from Burma themselves, who all felt abandoned by the British administration, military and civil authorities. The quick Japanese conquest/ liberation of Burma had overcrowded the streets to Assam and Bengal with retreating Allied forces (mainly British, Burmese and Indian Commonwealth forces) as well as massive amounts of refugees (16% of Burma had been Indian before the Second Great War), with over a million people fleeing from 1941 to 1942. The newly independent Co-Prosperity Sphere state of Burma never accepted this Indians ad Burmese citizens, as they would have only formed another non-Burmese group inside their new nation state. They were therefore seen as resident aliens by Burmese law and not considered full citizens, as Burmese citizenship was restricted for groups who lived in the region before the British Colonial periot. Man of these however were allowed to stay in Burma for now and in exchange offered citizenship in Azad Hind thanks to Subhas Chandra Bose, who openly welcomed this new citizens for his Free Indian state and hoped to expand his rule over all of India with their help. At the moment however the Japanese and the Co-Prosperity Sphere did not plan to directly invade and liberate/ conquer more of India, as their masses were tied down against the Soviet Union's Red Army in the North, the Chinese United Front in the West and the Allied Forces mainly in the East across the Pacific. Because of this, the Japanese Commando Unit in Calcutta under commando of Katsutoshi Tekanada was not openly calling for armed uprisings and kept their sabotage and spy activities to a minimum to not cause to much attention for now.
Last edited:
Chapter 558: The German Commando Operations
Chapter 558: The German Commando Operations
The German Empire not only use special armed forces like the colonial troops, climatic elite foces with equipment fitting the surrounding terrain and climate, as well as special elite forces like the Stormtroopers (Sturmtruppen) Geman Knight Orders with their superior training and most modern equipment. Legends like the German Comando Otto Skorzney soon rose to fame during the Second Great War, thanks to a little support by the propaganda newspaper and the propaganda movies showing their heroic tasks to the Axis Central Power public. However, even with some of their mission portraied them in this way, the vast majority of their missions and operations remained unknown even to the own public, as many of these were ongoing and revealng them could risk the success of some of these. Their efficincy and overall missions however greatly depended on the frontlines, they were deployed at. During the Estern Cusade for example, their missions mainly involved the infiltation and extraction of enemy command orders, stratgic maps and sometimes even the assassination of high ranking enemy commanders, because of the masive Red Army numbers. In Africa and the Middle East however they faced not so much a mass in soldier numbers, but a mass in equipment, so naturally their missions there ofteninvolved sabotage or distruction of allied equipment, or their overall supply lines. Here their main stratgy was not so much concerned with enemy mass assaults, but their overall movement mobility and massive supplies to reinforce their losses faster then the Axis Central Powers were able to kill their soldiers or destroy their transport, tanks, fighters and bombers.
During this operations, the German and Axis Central Powers Commandos often sabotaged enemy supply lines, by blowing up bridges, railways and even sabotaging local airfield, factories and other infrastructure to cripple the enemy supply lines and ability to reinforce their frontline forces. However the Allies used the same strategies and tactics for their special forces and commando opeations, mainly in Africa and the Middle East too, knowing how much the Axis Central Powers dependet heavily on their supply lines in the area too. However the Allies mainly used bombers to sink Axis Central Powers transport ships on their way to Africa, or attack the transport trains over the so called Bagdad Railway. Similar to the Allied Foce in New Guinea, the Axis Central Powers in Africa and the Middle East, as well as in parts of the Eastern Crusae Front started to rely more and more on transport plains, as well as fighters and bombers to protect them from enemy fighters and anti-airplane guns. The Japanese and the Co-Prosperity Sphere started to rely on similary ideas and technoloy with their seaplane transports and transport submarines, to supply even far away island outposts and bases. But just like the German Commando Forcs raided Allied outposts in Africa and the Middle East, Allied Commandos raided the far spread Japanese and Co-Prosperity Sphere island outposts in the Pacific.
The German Empire not only use special armed forces like the colonial troops, climatic elite foces with equipment fitting the surrounding terrain and climate, as well as special elite forces like the Stormtroopers (Sturmtruppen) Geman Knight Orders with their superior training and most modern equipment. Legends like the German Comando Otto Skorzney soon rose to fame during the Second Great War, thanks to a little support by the propaganda newspaper and the propaganda movies showing their heroic tasks to the Axis Central Power public. However, even with some of their mission portraied them in this way, the vast majority of their missions and operations remained unknown even to the own public, as many of these were ongoing and revealng them could risk the success of some of these. Their efficincy and overall missions however greatly depended on the frontlines, they were deployed at. During the Estern Cusade for example, their missions mainly involved the infiltation and extraction of enemy command orders, stratgic maps and sometimes even the assassination of high ranking enemy commanders, because of the masive Red Army numbers. In Africa and the Middle East however they faced not so much a mass in soldier numbers, but a mass in equipment, so naturally their missions there ofteninvolved sabotage or distruction of allied equipment, or their overall supply lines. Here their main stratgy was not so much concerned with enemy mass assaults, but their overall movement mobility and massive supplies to reinforce their losses faster then the Axis Central Powers were able to kill their soldiers or destroy their transport, tanks, fighters and bombers.
During this operations, the German and Axis Central Powers Commandos often sabotaged enemy supply lines, by blowing up bridges, railways and even sabotaging local airfield, factories and other infrastructure to cripple the enemy supply lines and ability to reinforce their frontline forces. However the Allies used the same strategies and tactics for their special forces and commando opeations, mainly in Africa and the Middle East too, knowing how much the Axis Central Powers dependet heavily on their supply lines in the area too. However the Allies mainly used bombers to sink Axis Central Powers transport ships on their way to Africa, or attack the transport trains over the so called Bagdad Railway. Similar to the Allied Foce in New Guinea, the Axis Central Powers in Africa and the Middle East, as well as in parts of the Eastern Crusae Front started to rely more and more on transport plains, as well as fighters and bombers to protect them from enemy fighters and anti-airplane guns. The Japanese and the Co-Prosperity Sphere started to rely on similary ideas and technoloy with their seaplane transports and transport submarines, to supply even far away island outposts and bases. But just like the German Commando Forcs raided Allied outposts in Africa and the Middle East, Allied Commandos raided the far spread Japanese and Co-Prosperity Sphere island outposts in the Pacific.
Last edited:
Sadly will not make a new chapter before returning from my girl in 3 days, sorry about that.
But after that:
But after that:
Last edited:
Sadly will not make a new chapter before returning from my girl in 3 days, sorry about that.
But after that:
Sadly will not make a new chapter before returning from my girl in 3 days, sorry about that.
But after that:
I just hope Disney survives after this. If Disney survives anime might exists in this timeline.
More likely he gets a spin-off, and doesn't die at Stalingrad like in canon. Probably lives to the end of the war, and is publicly honored as an example of how GERMAN SOLDIERS ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD!
Disney will survive (maily in the south) thanks to some of their more political motiated cartoons/ messenges in them (woth a racial black stereotype of Duffy Duck, who will be popular in the Northern US Remnant State. So yes, Anime in a form will totally be a thing TTL too, but with other genre. Same goes for architecture (think Kenzo Tange's city block/ skyscrapers modelled after old Japanese houses/ architecture instead of a westernized and influenced Japanese modern architcture).