Germany - HOI4 - Deep Trouble

25 Dec 1940: Merry Christmas! We receive Centimetric Radar from Santa.
I decide to research the Jagdpanther tank destroyer.
26 Dec 1940: I submit strategic objectives for the four armies on the Russian border so they have plenty of time to draw up plans. I also create a 2nd Army Group using the 3 Panzerarmeen.
27 Dec 1940: This is one option for my next focus - the other is Westwall opposite the Maginot Line. Decisions. I choose the latter. I also receive Fritz Todt as a Fortress Engineer. He might be useful one day.
02 Jan 1941: A New Year and a new surprise - not my problem though.
Happy New Year to you too, Josef! Not only is he laying claim to a piece of MY Romania he also justify war goals against Finland to be ready in June '41. I was hoping for more time to prepare. But I can't sit back and allow Finland to be overrun by the Soviets.
The problem is that Finland doesn't want to join my Free Europe faction. I need more time to think about it. The last thing I want is for the Soviets to start massing troops on my border.
Now a whole bunch of countries start joining the Allies. The Netherlands,
Liberia,
Belgium,
France(?),
Luxembourg,
Ireland(??),
and finally South Africa. I have no idea why....
07 Jan 1941: I cancel this army's garrison mission and transfer trained troops to Rundstedt's German armies bringing them up to full strength.
I also start moving my air wings eastward and assign most of them to the armies.
09 Jan 1941: I expend 25 PP to expand the Oil fields in Libya.
11 Jan 1941: So the production bonus disappears - great timing....
13 Jan 1941: My Baltic Fleet appears to be large enough to deal with the Soviet Baltic fleet.
15 Jan 1941: The doctrine Ground Support Integration is very useful.
I select the Narvik-class Destroyer because my Kriegsmarine is all 1936 designed.
It will be available in 33 days.
My other research projects.
16 Jan 1941: I now have 170 divisions on or near the Russian border.
20 Jan 1941: What the f**k! Stalin must have a claim to a piece of Finnish territory. At the top of the screen there is an alert that someone wants to join my faction (the two flags). Probably Finland
It is Finland and France is guaranteeing their independence!!! If I say no Finland will join the Allies and I shall be left out of the action.
I'm almost totally unprepared for this because most of my troops are still arriving and are short on the new equipment. I need a vodka (Polish) to think about this. Bis bald.....

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