GD1938 Game 14 AAR

[cpdeyoung]

Hard to reply with a mouth full of sausage!

Here is the damage done by the Germans.

[cpdeyoung]

Mogadishu is cut off.

[cpdeyoung]

Damage we caused to the Axis forces.

[ironduke1955]

1938 April German

Antwerp was taken against strong opposition British and French certainly mean business.

[ironduke1955]

1938 April German

A battalion of French sightseers were escorted out of Stuttgart by the German 1st Army, after being relieved of what they insisted were souvenirs, the sausage they keep.



The Italians report that Tripoli will fall shortly a blow to Italian pride. But in the light of French and British Naval superiority inevitable.

Mogadishu has been relieved.

[Vic]

Meanwhile in the Far East... China (Vic) and Japan have agreed upon a tentative peace accord.

[Jeffrey H.]

ORIGINAL: Vic

Meanwhile in the Far East... China (Vic) and Japan have agreed upon a tentative peace accord.

Smart move for both.

[cpdeyoung]

More sausage and Belgian chocolate are on the menu this month.

The Axis is coming at us fast and furious. It is certainly easy to imagine how Great Britain felt during
the early war in reality. One sees threats everywhere and there is never near enough of anything.

[ironduke1955]

1938 May Germans

War was declared on Holland and Norway, landings were made at Bergen Trondheim and Narvik also a unsuccessful landing attempt was made to assault Oslo. No pics available as this is a ongoing operation.
Amsterdam was shelled no direct assault was attempted due to stretched resources in other operations. Stuttgart and Antwerp were retaken for no loss.

Italians Front Tripoli fell as predicted, the Italians were content to shell Marseille and launch a bombing raid. Messina was shelled by the British navy who still rule the waves.

[ironduke1955]

oops wrong war

[cpdeyoung]

May 2nd, 1938

Amsterdam was evacuated after the Germans overran the rest of the Netherlands.

Great Britain and France are holding on as best they can. The Axis is having a fine hour.

[RufusTFirefly]

ORIGINAL: cpdeyoung

Great Britain and France are holding on as best they can. The Axis is having a fine hour.

But clock is already ticking for Axis. Can you hear it ... tick, tack, ... tick ,tack ....

[ernieschwitz]

Question is, is it ticking towards Victory, or defeat...

[ironduke1955]

"Fine Hour" "Tick Tock" Think not for whom the bell tolls it tolls for you. Muahaha [:D]

[ironduke1955]

June 1938 German and Italians

Antwerp Stuttgart retaken (: Amsterdam Copenhagen and Oslo were taken this month, A large Anglo French tactical air attack targets German artillery the loss was heavy but the Luftwaffe made the attackers pay heavily. British air raids on the Ruhr Valley intensify.

The Italians endure the shelling of the RN with their usual stoicism.[:)]

[Vic]

Newsflash: China declared war on GB and France and countless columns of militia are pouring over the borders with India.

[cpdeyoung]

The declaration of war by the Asian nations took the British by surprise and perhaps this surprise can explain part of the horrors of this month of shame.

The sortie of the French transports from Saigon was blocked by the small fleet off the port. Transports and small, old aircraft carriers were all that were positioned there. This rich, vulnerable target caused boilers to light off in Singapore. Admiral Phillips was wrong footed from the first, as he dithered over the old destroyers, and if they should accompany his modern powerful ships. He decided against sailing with the slower, older ships. The modern forces sailed along the coast but ran into submarines and a destroyer was lost. Circling the sub infested area Phillips sailed to certain glory off Saigon.

When the weak Japanese force was insight the mighty main guns of the Prince of Wales and Repulse rotated to targets as a tiny force of Japanese aircraft buzzed overhead. Phillips seemed very nervous about the planes, but his junior officers invoked him to press on. Phillips vacillated and the Japanese torpedo planes began to score hits. Phillips began to worry about fuel, to worry about submarines, to worry about imaginary fleets, Phillips worried.

He forgot all the grand history of the Royal Navy. The arrival of the old destroyers did not change the picture. The Royal Navy took disastrous losses including the Repulse. The Prince of Wales and a few destroyers milled about as the Japanese did not suffer a single loss. It was certainly the worst defeat of the RN in modern times.

Churchill was in shock, the Nation was in shock, but the news of the valiant defense of Hong Kong helped to alleviate the pain. Across the Empire men rose to the colors and prepared to meet the new foes with hearts of iron.

[ironduke1955]

June 27th 1938

Germany takes a breath after the last frantic 3 months, consolidating and replenishing, Italy launched a successful attack From the Milan Turin area across the Rhone, the French showed their usual elan but the Italians proved to powerful.

[ironduke1955]

played two turns suffering from PTSD posted in the wrong thread again.

[Vic]

Newsflash: After Japenese coastal bombardment China captures Hong Kong