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Denmark Plan.

I.Opposing Force
1.Navy Naval Units.
2.Land Units.
II.Strategic Position
III.Plan of Action

1.Navy Naval Units.
Denmark's fleet is large and fairy modern.
There battleships are potent units that we cannot counter.
There coast defense units are equal to our Battleships and we don't see a reason for Danes employ them early on for our ships too have a chance to meet them in combat.
Heavy Cruisers are equal in over all terms with the Lew class but but outnumber ours two to one.
Danes Light Cruiser force is numerally equal to our destroyer force with again makes it impossible to combat in any meaningful way.
Destroyers in bought A and B also have big number advantage.
Submarine force number are more or less equal still with the Danes fleet around our ASW forces will have hard time tracking them, plus deploying them with in our area of operations will play in our hand and the enemy is unlikely to do that, and the overall gains will not overweight the risks.
Aircraft carriers are another asset that we have no counter for. Denmark can use them as another airfield but they have no need as the Bornholm island is big enough to field any number of aircraft the Danes choses.

2.Land Units.
Danish army unit of comparable size equal to our own.
Our army is however larger. Land war with Denmark will end in Danzig region. With successful invasion Danes can take our coast line and hold it at high cost if established defense position is achieved. They will hold a short front line and flanking maneuver by us will be impossible with both side of the border belong to Germany.This however is unlikely as our coast is well defended and a rapid amphibious assault with no warning is highly unlikely.
Prolonged preparing action will result in our defenses being stronger each day and will basically trigger a war of attrition in the air and on the sea. The latter we cannot win the former we will give a good showing with home field advantage.

II.Strategic Position

From a strategic point of view Danes can lock all of our merchant marine with field howitzers from leaving the Baltic. If in event of a war our freighter will be locked in harbor as no trade sea routes can be maintained.
Danes industrial potential is over twice as big as ours but there manpower is twice as big.
This disparity, will force as, in a prolong war to use sub quality equipment to fight on equal terms. This offset by the fact that war of maneuver is not possible, we can forget most of the motorized units production. We don't need more that railroad and horse driven transport while the Danes will have to transport all of there men and supplies via air and sea. Our industry can be more focused on war machines and not more secondary things.
No of the advantages that Danes have will force us to desperate measures, like man wave assaults chemical weapons and "Zywe Torpedy" plan.
Prolong war is favorable to us the enemy simply doesn't have enough numbers for that sort of operation.

III. Plan of Action
If the military is ordered too there are three actions we may take.
First is a offensive action with Poland being the aggressor.
It is virtually impossible for us to undertake this action with hope of success but if ordered too we can try to invade Bornholm.But only if we manage to catch Danish fleet unprepared, any prepared resistance by the Danes will slaughter our ships on route, if surprise is on our side then after the initial landing we are to supply the invasion forces by air and by night with fast transports day time operations will be meet with strong air and sea defense.
Bornholm is outside of our fighters range.
If ordered too we can try but chance of success is close to none. We do not recommend it.
Second action is sneak attack from the Danes. With them launching a full scale invasion at day one. In this scenario our forces will be of equal quality at the get go. Our naval units although outnumbered are to launch a full scale counter offensive, our battleships are to beach them selfs close to enemy points of entry and act as added defense batteries. Heavy torpedo units are to strike the enemy flank with transports being the main target. MTB are to remain in protected area of Danzig Bay and be held in reserve. Suffice mine warfare forces are to begin defensive mine operations in the Danzig Bay while submersible and air units are to launch offensive mining of enemy points of entry.
With early equality in land units a battle of counter offensive and faints is to be implemented. Armor units are to strike the enemy out side of there naval fire support. Danzig is to be fortified and fought over to the last men, best situation if of us to force the enemy to lay siege to the city. If the command believes it is possible to repel the invaders it is to launch an all out offensive. The entire peace time are can be used as sacrificial force, with mobilized units preparing defenses behind the Chojnice Krzywidz line.(See picture)

That will be the line of further defense operations if the peace time army fails in there attempt to repel the invaders.
If we know that the war is coming then we are to begin serial production of MTB and MTB only as any submarine production will be too late to be used in the war.
The coast is to be fortified and mined extensively.
Suffice units are to operate under our air cover and be held in reserve for the coming invasion.
Bombers production is to be given priority for coming night bombings of industrial centers and offensive mining of enemy coast. Submarines are to ready them selfs for the war by sailing as far away from the area of operations as possible with a Pomocnik class ships acting as submarine tenders. The enemy will be forced to hunt down those ship diverting there units form the main theater of action.
There will be not time to begin construction on proper coastal bunker capable of surviving heavy battleships guns.Thats why only ground work is to be undertaken.
Nothing bigger that a HMG nest are to be created on the beaches and a leveled defense is employed.

Finishing Notes:
Danes can give us hell but the possibility of them taking our independence or forcing us to a unconditional surrender are small.