Yes, but a bit later - and it will include something from Ceasar as well
In March GeoSurvey Sensors are completed, research into Pressurised Water Reactors is started by August Roth (PP 10%).
At the beginning of July Italy completed improved weapons and tactics for their ground forces (GSU 12), Montrelle Castelnuovo (LG 25%) tries for additional improvements.
In August Japan completes research into ways to expand its civilian economy and Yoshioka Teijo (PP 30%) starts to look into TN materials.
At the end of October German completes research into Improved Command and Control and construction of a Sector Control is started. Hans-Joachim Neubauer (PP 10%) starts to look into lowering fuel consumption by 10%. In addition the US get their second improvement of the weapons and tactics (GSU 14). Salvatore Casady (DS 30%) starts to look into Mobile Infantry next since the US hopes that this will help with integrating TN materials into the C&C as well.
The die is cast!
On January, 19th Germany attacks France. While the majority of German units are TN based, most other powers still are mainly using conventional units, which are hindered much more by the winter weather. Especially reinforcements and replacements will be harder to get to the front. It is expected that it will take the French allies at least 10 days before the first troops arrive in the theater. And with the Kriegsmarine blockading the ports in Western Europe there will most likely be no reinforcements from overseas at all.
Likewise it is expected that a potential attack on Germany in the east will take at least 10 days to materialize. But High Command has positioned the III. Infantrie Division consisting of 3 light brigades (8 Mobile Infantry, 1 low tech INF) at the eastern border already. Those units will have priority for the new Mobile Infantry or Garrison units soon under construction. The attack in the east is expected to be lead by Russia (about 40 low tech INF), supported by China (about 20 low tech INF), the US (about 25 units, largely low tech INF but some ARM as well), 6 low tech INF from Japan and about 10 low tech INF from an assortment of minor nations.
Different Ground Unit Strength levels are taken into account by adding a factor to the number of units (e.g. US gets 1.4 times its number of units due to having GSU 14). It is expected that if will take a couple of months before all units arrive in the theater.
In the west the I. and II. Infantrie Divisionen will launch the attack on France. I. consists of 4 full brigades of Mobile Infantry (16) under the leadership of the best German officers while II. consists of 4 full brigades as well, but with a mix of units (7 Assault Infantry (3 more under construction), 2 Mobile Infantry, 3 low tech ARM and 4 low tech INF). France is expected to field 10-11 brigades of mainly low tech INF with some Mobile Infantry and low tech ARM between them. Italy is expected to reinforce the French, their army is thought to consist of about 35 units, mainly low tech INF. It is expected that all Italian troops will be in place in 1-2 months.
Initially the German forces have a close to 2:1 advantage, but this is not expected to last. All nations on Earth declare war on the German Kaiserreich following its renewed aggression. After 10 days of fighting France gets its first replacements and Germany moves 5 replacement battalions to the front in the west while the remaining 5 are deployed in the east. In addition the first 5 Italian fast reaction forces arrive in France (4 INF, 1 ARM). At the same time 5 low tech INF from minor nations and 1 from Japan arrive in Russia just in time for the Russian offensive. But the Russian offensive in the east grinds to a stop as soon as it has begun, it is estimated that they are outguned by the German defenders at a ratio of roughly 3:1. The attack is stopped for now and will only resume once all allied forces are in Russia. In France the situation is slightly improved, but the German attackers still enjoy a substancial advantage.
Italy manages to move 10 INF to front while in the east the first 5 US units (ARM) arrive, together with the remaining 5 Japanese units and 5 from China (all INF). The French frontline is stabilized further, but Germany still holds an advantage while in the east there is a miscommunication and the Russian attack only comes to a hold 5 days after the initial orders to stop the attack were issued.
Forgot to stop the attack, but this might be a good representation of the untested Russian officer corps They will get a couple of additional replacement unitsTwo weeks later additional reinforcements and some replacement battalions arrive on all fronts. Another 10 Italian INF bolster the French defense while the US is able to establish a steady stream of 5 INF each 10 days to Russia, in addition 5 Chinese INF and remaining INF of the minor nations arrive on the eastern front. But the Italian support has barely any noticable effect. Even German High Command is suprised by the large advantage their troops enjoy due to better equipment, morale, C&C and better leadership due to experience.
By the middle of March Italy manages to bring its last units into France 9 INF into France into addition to 1 Italian and 1 French reinforcement battalion. Overall Italy has moved 33 INF and 2 ARM units to France, but it seems unlikely that they will be enough to hold the line without additional help. Pleads for help are send to the other allies, but without breaking the German blockade additional reinforcements would have to be moved by land, which would take a lot of time. The Russians still want to try another assault once the coalition forces are assembled, if this attack fails they will try to move the coalition forces into France by land. In the east 7 Chinese INF and all but 4 US INF have arrived on the battlefield, together with 3 replacement battalions. In another 2 weeks all military units of the world will face each other along 2 separate frontlines. 1 French Research Lab is destroyed in the fighting, a very heavy blow considering that there are only 2 of those left now.
By April, 4th the final coalition forces have arrived in Russia (4 US INF and 6 Chinese INF) together with 3 replacement battalions. The overall number of coalition units on the eastern front is 100, with most of them INF. They start to attack.
Facing them are 9 German veteran units lead by experienced officers.
When Generalmajor Emma Lindenbaum realized that this human wave would be unable to threaten her positions she orders her troops to make themselves appear weaker than they really are and refrain from counter attacks. She wants the coalition forces to bleed themselves dry on her positions for as long as possible. She estimates that for every percentage point of lost combat power her units manage to inflict twice that number to the enemy.
In the west the situation looks even bleaker for the allies, here they bleed combat capability at a roughly 3:1 ratio. Without reinforcements from the east the war in the west will be lost, but when the eastern front were to be deprived of too many units the Germans might be strong enough to successfully attack Russia.
Again pleas are send to Russia to stop the attacks and keep enough units at the front to stop a German attack, but send everything else to the west as soon as possible. It takes another 5 days before the message arrives and Russia is able to stop its attacks. Russia will keep it own units at the eastern front and the remaining coalition forces start to move towards France. When the Germans realize what is happening they send one of their Mobile Infantry brigades together with 4 of the 5 replacement battalions to the western front. And since they are able to use the German railway for the transport they will arrive nearly 1 month before the bulk of the coalition forces from the eastern front will reach France.
That's it for today...