Cold War Nation Sheets

[Jannah]

All sheets for this go here.

Nation's full name: German Democratic Republic
Population: 18 mil
Current leader's name: Wilhelm Pieck
Allegiance: Warsaw Pact
Military strength: 80,000 troops

[Ozymandias]

Nation's full name: Republic of Finland
Population: 4,000,000
Current leader's name: Urho Kekkonen
Allegiance: Neutral
Military strength: 40,000

[HeySeuss]

IDF numbers are hard to come by. I mostly did math, but I hedge the bets. On the other hand, it's hard to get a real sense of the numbers. I tried to be as faithful as I could to the accounting.

Nation's Full Name: Nation of Israel
Population: 1,370,000
Current Leader's Name: Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion (Coalition: Mapai• URF• Progressive• S&O• DLN)
Allegiance: Aligned with the French, for the moment, but has considerable support within the United States as well, though this has not come to full fruition yet. Update: Agreement with the US to exchange support in the region and Eastern Europe (Mossad) for economic and military assistance. Israel is now quite fully in the US Orbit thanks to recent events in Poland.
Military strength: ~70,000 active and reserves + trained militia/kibbutznik home defense forces. Israel is heavily mobilized with a conscription system and lots of reservists. The country is dotted with stronghold communities that can, and have done so in 1947-48, fend off attacks by a hostile military.

IDF Numbers

IDF Numbers, based on TO&E for the Sinai Campaign.
15 brigades were mobilized during the 1956 war: 11x Infantry 1x Para Brigade 3x Armored Brigades

Infantry Brigade: 3,200 men
* HQ
* 4 Infantry Battalions (800 men)
** 4 infantry companies
** 1 Heavy weapons company:
*** Machine-gun platoon
*** 81mm Mortar platoon
** 1 Heavy Mortar.Battallion: 12x 120mm.mortars
** 1 Anti-tank Battallion: 12 6-pder AT guns
** 1 Artillery.Battallion: 12 155mm.Guns

Armored Brigade: 3.000 men , 45 tanks
* HQ
* 3 Armored.Battallions, each:
** 3 Armored Companies: 13 tanks each.
** 1 Mechanized Company: with M3 half-tracks
** 1 Reconnaisance Platoon: 7 jeeps
** 1 Self-Propelled Artillery Battery: 4 M-7 Priest SP Howitzers
* 1 Motorized Battalion
Source: Avalon Hill’s magazine “ The General”

Circa 1956, the Israeli Navy consisted of two destroyers, seven frigates, eight minesweepers, several landing craft, and fourteen torpedo boats. Per wikipedia research.

Circa 1950 (couldn't use 1956 due to changing aircraft types and expansion) the IAF has 13 squadrons, primarily P-51D mustang fighters, DC-3 transports and one of B-17 bombers, though the IAF is obviously very interested in jet aircraft. Per wikipedia research.

[MagnificentOne]

Nation's full name: People's Republic of China
Population: 554,760,000
Current leader's name: Chairman Mao Zedong
Allegiance: The Great Helmsman
Military strength: 5,570,000

[Pepschep]

Nation's full name: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Population: 182,321,000 (1951 census, closest I could get)
Current leader's name: I.V. Stalin. (I know who that was aimed at, filthy Trotskyist :P)
Allegiance: Me, Myself and I.
Military strength: 2,800,000 in all services.

[gowia]

Nation's full name: The Italian Republic
Population: 47,515,537 (1951 Census)
Current leader's name: Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi
Allegiance: NATO
Military strength: 49,250 (Worked out from number of active Italian Battalions, not sure what are standing down.)

[Byrd Man]

Nation's full name: The United States of America
Population: 150,697,361 (Based on the 1950 US Census)
Current leader's name: Harry S Truman
Allegiance: NATO
Military strength: Approx. 800,000 thousand

[Rare]

Nation's full name: France.
Population: 42,000,000.
Current leader's name: Vincent Auriol.
Allegiance: NATO.
Military strength: 222,215.

[AegonVI]

Full Name of Nation: The United States of Brazil (The Second Republic of Brazil)
Population: 51,944,397 (1950 Estimate)
Current Leader: Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Allegiance: Neutral (Leans NATO)
Military Strength: 70,000

[Jonesy]

Nation's full name: The Republic of Cuba
Population: 5,913,000
Current leader's name: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
Allegiance: Neutral at time of Revolution.
Military strength: 56,500 Soldiers. ~230,000 Militia. (Technology extends to transport trucks, jeeps, and Technical trucks.)

[Brutus]

Nations Full Name: Union South Africa (Under UK)
Population: 13,683,000
Current Leader's name: Daniel François Malan
Allegiance: NATO (Under UK)
Military Strength: 20,000

[flylittlecat]

Nation's full name: Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Population: 9,000,000
Current leader's name: Kim Il Sung
Allegiance: Non-Aligned
Military strength: Aprox 135,000 men

[Maxwell500]

Nation's full name: Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
Population: 12,338,400
Current leader's name: Klement Gottwald
Allegiance: Warsaw Pact
Military strength: 145,000 men

[Giant]

Nation's full name: People's Socialist Republic of Albania
Population: 1,218,943
Current leader's name: Enver Hoxha
Allegiance: Warsaw Pact
Military strength: Approx. 20,000 men

[EmbraceViolence]

Nation's full name: United Kingdom
Population: 50,000,000
Current leader's name: Clement Attlee (May soon change to Winston Churchill though.)
Allegiance: NATO
Military strength: Approx. 823,800 personnel