Making History 2. A 9-front war broke out, and I just about gave up. I powered through it though, and had a great time.
The Glorious American Empire, controls the bulk of North America-- from the old borders of the USA in the north to the yucatan in the south. Fresh off its annexation of facist spain, America heard the rumblings of the german war machine. War between France and Germany had broken out-- and the French were woefully unprepared for the onslaught. A military access treaty quickly signed, the glorious American tank and infantry divisions poured to the german border and halted the invasion, then quickly surrounded the bulk of the german army in the Sudetenland. The american army was insufficient to operate alone, but with the french reinforcing the lines and chasing stragglers, the germans were contained and bombardment of their territory had commenced. As my tanks mopped up eastern resistance up to the Polish border, something strange happened.
Quebec declared independence from Canada.
WELL! Thought American Emperor Thiosk. We can't have strife that close to our northern border! Our friendly canadian friends provided military access, and we seized Montreal within the week, squelching most of the rebellion-- a few northerly provinces remained, but posed little threat to the united states. The majority of troops loaded up on boats and departed for Spain, leaving only a few brigades to protect all of the heartland.
But the Quebecois speak French. France immediately allied with Quebec, and declared war. With our armies enmeshed and surrounding the Germans, the French betrayal created an opening that allowed the germans to seize about a third of their previously occupied territory. The French were not alone in their betrayal-- the British Alliance accepted France and Quebec as full members, instantly terminating hostility between Canada and Quebec, and pitting the bulk of the planet against the emerging American Empire.
So lets count fronts: the canadian front, mexican front, french front in spain, american germany pincered between france and germany (2 fronts), german front west of american occupied germany, with germans coming west from poland, and the UK in southern spain.
I count nine fronts.
The british forces poured out of belize and gibralter, seizing central america south of Mexico City and only a few territories in northern spain remained. A brigade of new super heavy battletanks were able to split up and chase down the british and surround gibralter just in time for the french to invade the iberian peninsula from the north. Meanwhile, the canadians poured into Maine, seizing maine, vermont, new hampshire, and the industrialized boston. It was too late-- tanks had to be fabricated and thrown piecemeal at the invaders while the militia slowly called up. The tide didn't take long to turn, the canadians simply didn't have the kind of force to sustain an invasion but...
the british were trouncing all of mexico. We had to stem the tide with a single unit of tanks, and mexico had to be won the in the same way it was won in the first time: on horseback.
With french and american resistance crumbling in germany, we pulled our forces back to berlin in the hopes that the germans would push west into france, rather than into our forces. Water finds the path of lowest resistance, and they went west, while we swept a few tank divisions around switzerland in an effort to cut off lines of french reinforcement, both to the german side and to the invaders heading into spain.
For a time, it looks like America was occupying germany, germany was occupying france, and france was occupying spain. Luckily for me, I didn't give up when the 9 front war broke out, because it looks like america is going to be running europe from spain to hungary.
The italians seem to be getting restless.
And the soviets HATE me.
Muahahahaha.
