Prussia - HOI4 - Three Front Successes

06 May 1918: 20 divisions of 11th Army have now arrived in Hejaz via Jeddah and are now attacking to the north and south.
10 May 1918: Progress in the northeast too. I'm moving 3rd Army nearer to the front line.
11 May 1918: The Ottomans are not fairing well.
13 May 1918: Good, the British are staying quiet.
20 May 1918: We sink another 4 merchants.
24 May 1918: The Zeppelin V Class is ready to go into production. The breakthrough from Armenia is getting much larger.
I select the Fokker D.VII fighter aircraft next.
29 May 1918: The war is causing equipment shortages again. Large Turkish forces in Skopje, Macedonia are risking being encircled.
02 Jun 1918: We sink 6 merchants near Malta.
09 Jun 1918: Hejaz has capitulated....
….and we capture some of their equipment.
16 Jun 1918: I start wooing Egypt and our forces in Hejaz are attacking northwards.
17 Jun 1918: I order most of 1st Panzerarmee to Hejaz.
19 Jun 1918: Italy isn't taking advantage of the situation to attack Austria-Hungary. Also good news.
Turkish casualties are increasing enormously.
22 Jun 1918: Turkish forces are still holding on to Skopje.
29 Jun 1918: More breakthroughs in NE Turkey.
30 Jun 1918: Another merchant sunk....
….and 3 more on 07 Jul 1918.
09 Jul 1918: The battle for Skopje is nearing its end.
15 Jul 1918: We have captured Trabizon and our forces are heading southwest towards the Mediterranean. Let's cut the Ottoman Empire in two.
We are making excellent progress but there is still a long way to go. Bis bald.

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