[Boh] The Lion V The Bear
Bohemond4
DISCLAIMER: Everything I say in this article and comments I do as a private citizen and not as a member of the government
With the recent move by Poland to declare war on Russia and possible Hungarian intervention alongside Poland there has been talk about the British Lion engaging with the Russian Bear in a head on conflict.
Is this a sound strategic move? On the surface of this, it would seem that, with Poland and Hungary crashing in through the front door we may as well snip of some more territory in Scandinavia. We can occupy, and, potentially, hold down regions of Norway. If they rebel, well, its only Norway who we can beat head on. Russia will be too distracted to worry about fighting us.
These all sound like good reasons, and, initially, this formed the basis of my view in favour of the war.
However, this view is, and was, flawed on a fundamental level for several reasons which I shall explain in this article.
The first is our ability to actually take territory from Russia. This is difficult as Russia remains one of the more powerful nations with powerful allies, such as the USA, Brazil, Chile, Bulgaria. In pure damage terms, we are outclassed. Whats that I hear you say? We have Poland, Spain, Serbia and Hungary? We have Chile, Bulgaria too? Nope. The damage from these nations will be going into their own invasions, lost in the lost MPP's or is used to keep control of their own empires keeping nations like France out of our nation, or even Canada.
This means we are the weak link in TWO's invasion should we get involved, and the point they should focus on if war comes in order to quickly crush us and hide out in the UK's region from Poland. If anything, at least it would be a moral victory for Russia over TWO.
Secondly, we face a tough diplomatic climate, one that Poland can easily whether, Hungary has no problems at all. This is, fundamentally, the USA question. The Current US President Vanek26 has stated that: The United States will be standing with Mother Russia against Polish Aggression. (can be found in this article here
Now, why might the United States stand with Russia? Well, this is due to the following treaty signed recently by the Presidents of Russia and the USA:
Russia and USA Treaty
Bear and Eagle Engagement
This accord stands as a testament to the renewed and lasting love between Russia and the United States. With the formation of Terra, this Bromance grew during World War V and through this accord, the Bromance will be made official to signify their commitment to each other from now, until the end of days.
-By signing this agreement, both nations agree to defend each other from threats both foreign and domestic.
-Both nations also agree to work together towards military goals that are beneficial to both parties, as well as the individual.
-But this game is more than just war, and because of that both Russia and the United States agree to lend as much aide as possible during times of domestic PTO.
-Additionally, both nations agree to shelter the official commune holders in times of economic hardship, so that both nations may share in the bounty.
This friendship, that has been forged in times of despair, as well as triumph is formally recognized on this day 1,833 of the New World by President s.t.g of Russia and Cerb of the United States of America:
The Last Kaiser of eRussia
s.t.g
President of Russia
Cerb is war
Cerb
President of the United States
While attacking Poland is probably less likely, again, under these conditions we could be the target due to being the weak link. We will also have lost most of our CoT MPP's meaning the USA will not lose anything in attacking us
So, what does a Wipe mean if we fight Russia? Simple, while Poland is busy cleaning house in Russia, they have to come back and help us out - once again - trying their patience even further. Is this something we really want to do?
Next is the question of resource bonuses, we have no benefit from attacking Russia. For starters, we cannot hold down Russia so even if there was a bonus nearby, we could not take advantage of it for long. Therefore, from a long term perspective the invasion if actually of no benefit to our economy other than via True Patriot medals which we can organise TW for.
The final issue in our war is that Noway is now independent and we have no border with Russia. Had we maintained Sorlandet we could have easily lost the border with Russia had the war gone badly. To take on Russia involves smashing through Noway and ASGARD. Once we control Norwegian regions, we face the threat of ASGARD borders due to Sweden and Finland aiming to win free of Poland, something they will be able to achieve with an overstretched Poland. Importantly, too, we will have a clear line back into the UK for any aggressor to follow unless we act to cut Vestlandet.
TL
😉R? Basically, Russian war is pointless due to diplomatic repercussions and no real advantage to us. It is better to look elsewhere for a war.
Also, I would like to thank Dr Hugh Jardon for the fancy new banners and dividers I am using in The Daily Knight!
Cheers
Bohemond4
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Comments
Voted. Cracking article o/
Any suggestions as to where another war might be available? We don't have that many borders with potential victims.
My suggestions would be to look at a Training War with either Belgium, France or Ireland. The France NE a few days ago was not a planned TW for the record...
alternatively, we can always wipe Norway again around Congress time, especially if Poland has already conked out most of Russias regions in the area. Finally, there is a Germark option, or even a Denmark option we could look at in order to think about war depending on the political ramifications overseas.
Voted Excellent points!
Some very tasty points made here and it is nice to see some common sense instead of the usual 'We need a war at all cost'`
We have to stand back and realise we are not a strong nation and we rely heavily upon our allies, We can not rush head long into a war when our allies interests are served elsewhere because (as always) we end up needing to be bailed out. Being wiped through impatience will lead to less resources and a lot of players getting bored with the game also.
I urge everyone just to hold fire for a few days and let the experienced heads sort something that won't lead us to either draining our allies damage when it should be going elsewhere, and where there won't be any consequences.
I am all for war...but not at all costs tbh. In our current situation, we might be able to take Norway again making it into our own endless war, especially if we ally with Germany over this.
One solution, and will cause us no real issue due to no resource bonuses, is occupying Norway bar Vestlandet, except just before Congress, in order to have a point where a hostile force has to stop before they can hit the home regions and go through Norway, or just end the fight. Vestlandet is our border there, and if we lose it we lose resources, but we also cannot be followed. That said, its not like we need the Norwegian resources...in fact the only resource we can take and hold onto is fruit in Louth either through force or a region swap.
We wouldn't even be able to hold Louth by force...
Yes we would Wayne.
If I remember rightly, we have done it before, last year around this time.I think
Second thoughts - last summer would probably be right.