Historical Role Playing- World War 2

[Hitman]

World War II


This second global conflict resulted from the rise of totalitarian, militaristic regimes in Germany, Italy, and Japan, a phenomenon stemming in part from the Great Depression that swept over the world in the early 1930s and from the conditions created by the peace settlements (1919-20) following World War I .

After World War I, defeated Germany, disappointed Italy, and ambitious Japan were anxious to regain or increase their power; all three eventually adopted forms of dictatorship (see National Socialism and fascism ) that made the state supreme and called for expansion at the expense of neighboring countries. These three countries also set themselves up as champions against Communism, thus gaining at least partial tolerance of their early actions from the more conservative groups in the Western democracies. Also important was a desire for peace on the part of the democracies, which resulted in their military unpreparedness. Finally, the League of Nations , weakened from the start by the defection of the United States, was unable to promote disarmament (see Disarmament Conference ); moreover, the long economic depression sharpened national rivalries, increased fear and distrust, and made the masses susceptible to the promises of demagogues.

The failure of the League to stop the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1931 was followed by a rising crescendo of treaty violations and acts of aggression. Adolf Hitler , when he rose to power (1933) in Germany, recreated the German army and prepared it for a war of conquest; in 1936 he remilitarized the Rhineland. Benito Mussolini conquered (1935-36) Ethiopia for Italy; and from 1936 to 1939 the Spanish civil war raged, with Germany and Italy helping the fascist forces of Francisco Franco to victory. In Mar., 1938, Germany annexed Austria, and in Sept., 1938, the British and French policy of appeasement toward the Axis reached its height with the sacrifice of much of Czechoslovakia to Germany in the Munich Pact .

When Germany occupied (Mar., 1939) all of Czechoslovakia, and when Italy seized (Apr., 1939) Albania, Great Britain and France abandoned their policy of appeasement and set about creating an “antiaggression” front, which included alliances with Turkey, Greece, Romania, and Poland, and speeding rearmament. Germany and Italy signed (May, 1939) a full military alliance, and after the Soviet-German nonaggression pact (Aug., 1939) removed German fear of a possible two-front war, Germany was ready to launch an attack on Poland.

World War II began on Sept. 1, 1939, when Germany, without a declaration of war, invaded Poland. Britain and France declared war on Germany on Sept. 3, and all the members of the Commonwealth of Nations, except Ireland, rapidly followed suit. The fighting in Poland was brief. The German blitzkrieg, or lightning war, with its use of new techniques of mechanized and air warfare, crushed the Polish defenses, and the conquest was almost complete when Soviet forces entered (Sept. 17) E Poland. While this campaign ended with the partition of Poland and while the USSR defeated Finland in the Finnish-Russian War (1939-40), the British and the French spent an inactive winter behind the Maginot Line , content with blockading Germany by sea.

Thread Time

1 Day= 1 Month

A.D. 1939, January 1st

The thread can go on past 1945.

Rules

-Be Realistic

-All problems between forumers will be discussed outside the thread via E-Mail, AIM, or MSN.

-No Atomic Bombs

-Resources are very important

-Only nations actively involved in the war are open to RPing

-No changing ideologies[like Russia becomeing Democratic etc]

-If your nation is conquered you can RP a resistence movement[like the French Resistence]

-You can only have one position

-All major positions must be filled to open up minor positions

Positions

Major Positions

Nazi Germany-Hitman

Great Britian-

United States-

Soviet Union-Neo

Italy-

Japan-

France-

China-

Spain-

Minor Positions

Canada-Jadesmar

Denmark-

Poland-

Netherlands-

Denmark-

Sweden-

Yugoslavia-

Hungary-

Slovakia-

Rumania-

Albania-

Bulgaria-

Greece-

Finland-

Lithuania-

Estonia-

Latvia-

Portugal-

Ireland-

Turkey-

Australia-

Other Asian Nations-

PS: I will be active



[This message has been edited by Hitman (edited 03-14-2003 10:30 PM).]

[Neo]

/in Soviet Union

[jadesmar]

Since Canada clearly has no role in WWII.
/out

[Hitman]

The Third Reich of Germany

Ruler: Der Führer Adolf Hitler

The Reich

Capital - Berlin
Major Cities - Berlin, Potsdam, Königsburg, Munich, Posen, Turon, Breslau, Hamburg, Bremen,
Stuttgart, Leipzig, Dresden, Prague, Pilsen, Settin, Kassel, Münster, Onsabrück, Salzburg, Vienna,
Innsbruck, Hannover, Danzig, Linz, Augsburg, Nuremburg, Ulm,
Regensburg, Frankfurt, Mainz, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Klobenz, Lübeck, Brunswick, Madgeburg, Kiel, Wittenberg, Zwickau,
Freiburg, Heidelberg, Warsaw, Lodz, Ostrava, Krakow

Military

Army:
6 million soldiers. 9 panzer divisions. Each one has 328 tanks, 8 support battalions and 6 artillery batteries.

Navy:
two battleships, two battlecruisers, three armored cruisers, three heavy cruisers, six light cruisers, 22 destroyers and 59 submarines

Luftwaffe:
1,750 bombers and 1,200 fighters

Territory

Germany and German states

Diplomacy

Allies-Italy, Japan, Soviet Union
Friendly-Spain
Neutral- Rest of the World,
Hostile-Great Britian, France, Balkan Nations, United States
Enemies- none

[jadesmar]

Ok.. Canada is
/in

[CrystyB]

so can we get minor powers before all major powers are filled? If so i'd like to be Romania. Even if i mess up it shouldn't matter much!

Historical notice: Why are you hostile towards balkan powers? I think Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria were part of nazi side...

[This message has been edited by CrystyB (edited 03-14-2003 10:47 PM).]

[Hitman]

All major powers should be filled up before minor powers.

I will put Jadesmar as the United States unless he says other other wise.

[Leonidas]

/in - France

[Neo]

I object to Canada and Australia being called minor positions, while China and Spain occupy major positions.

[Hitman]

Can you guys get some people that will be active?

[Neo]

Perhaps if there was a co-mod. Seems to be the trend these days.