Next War: Poland End Game Summary

 

Turns 11 and 12

NATO forces advance towards the north east edge of Poland and also into Lithuania from Kaliningrad. Russia uses a nuclear strike on the remnants of the RRC as they push up, but they are swiftly replaced by French forces, which are also struck with nuclear weapons. In response NATO destroys a nuclear weapon facility inside Russia.

Spanish forces rapidly advance liberating the major Lithuanian cities and eliminating the Russian general command. The Russians are also pushed completely out of Poland and have very few combat units left.

Final VPS

Russa 249

NATO 333

Overview

The Russian attack started relatively well, clearing and attacking without major losses and on schedule. The southern attack with Belarus was slower, and the Polish airborne and airmobile units were able to delay any push on Warsaw.

The biggest early failure were the constant disappointing results of the Russian SoF, though they mostly survived, and the early naval disaster. The NATO air defence level also survived which reduced the effectiveness of Russian strikes.

The turning point came when the Russian attack on the newly arrived RRC in the south was stopped and then pushed back with heavy losses. Along with this, the 3 turns that Augustow, a city on a key road, took to be cleared slowed the Russian advance.

As more NATO forces arrived the situation started to change. As Russian losses mounted and NATO land forces increased it became a question of if Russia could hold on to its seized territory to force a draw, but even the use of nuclear weapons could not stop the NATO advance in the end.

This concludes this play through of Next War: Poland.

March 27th New York Times “Ceasefire announced in Europe”

After short negotiations, a ceasefire has been declared for Europe. Russian forces are expected to withdraw from the Baltics, followed by a withdrawal of NATO forces from Kaliningrad. The fate of this agreement is still in flux as reports of fighting between different Russian forces in and around Moscow. The fighting began shortly after the ceasefire negotiations ended and appears to be a preemptive arrest of military leadership by the Kremlin to prevent a coup. Already the Hague as issued arrest warrants for much of the Russian leadership.
 

March 25th, BBC News

“The Polish government has confirmed that the last occupied city in Poland, Swalski, has been liberated by British forces. This follows the rapid advance of Spanish forces into Lithuania and the liberation of Kaunas and the Lithuanian capital, Vilnus. NATO forces also confirmed that there is no plan to advance into Russia, and no further strikes against Russian nuclear forces will be carried out as long as there are no more nuclear attacks.”

 

March 22nd, China Daily “More Nuclear strikes as NATO pushes world towards the abyss”

 

Russia has carried out further nuclear strikes as NATO's brutal attacks threaten not just the Russian people, but the whole of the world. The Chinese premier has called once again for a ceasefire and negotiations on the future of....

Next War: Poland Turn 10 Summary

 

Clear, contested

Russia makes one last push in the skies to keep NATO aircraft occupied and not striking, but the cost is almost all the Russian air force.

Russian support units, which escaped across the river into West Lithuania inflict losses on NATO units in Kaliningrad via strikes.

NATO catches some Russian units fleeting east from Kaliningrad. Germain and French attacks west are not effective at 1-1 and 0-1, but the Spanish inflict a massive 3-0 and clear the way into Lithuania.

Russian units fall back to river crossings in Lithuania. Many of the trapped units in Kaliningrad start to surrender.

The end is near.

March 19th, Guardian Newspaper “Mass surrenders reported as Russian lines collapse, but nuclear threat remains.”

 

 

 

Russian forces, cut off in Kaliningrad appear to be surrendering to NATO forces in a series of videos released yesterday. At the same time NATO forces are advancing in all directions. While NATO leadership has made it clear they do not plan to cross into any other Russian territory, the spectre of another nuclear strike by Russia looms large.

 

Next War: Poland Turn 9 Summary

 

Overcast, NATO initiative

Russian SoF and NATO SoF have some results against airbases and SAMs respectively, but the remaining teams for both sides are lost.

Russia does not attempt to contest skies and has no naval units

A Russian Nuclear strike at sea destroys the stack of NATO ships that had just conducted the Latvia landings.

NATO advances from the south and into Kaliningrad eliminating many Russian brigades and well as some HQs. One Russian counter attack against French forces pushing east is shattered by NATO air support 0-2. Many Russian support units are cut off in the Kaliningrad peninsula. The Danish brigade is lost during this process.

NATO clears Kaliningrad.

March 17th TV2 (Translated from Danish)

 

"After being at the forefront of the battle for Europe, The Danish mechanised brigade has been withdrawn from the front lines. After leading the push into Kaliningrad and weeks of heavy fighting the brigade is no longer combat effective according to sources. Despite this Denmark can be proud of the commitment our soldiers made in the defence of Europe."

March 16th, NHK World News

 

"...the Russian use of an atomic weapon to destroy the NATO fleet in the Baltic. NATO forces have continued the attack and have today captured the capital of the Kaliningrad region. Large numbers of Russian soldiers are believed to be cut off and already there are reports of mass surrender. The potential for.."

March 14th 09:42, NBC Breaking News

 

"There are reports that just moments ago there was a nuclear detonation somewhere off the coast of Latvia. There are no details at this time, but this is the area where a large NATO fleet is conducting landings. If confirmed this will be the first use of nuclear weapons since World War 2. We will keep bringing you new information as we get it."