THE THREAD!!!

[btd64]

Good afternoon everyone ....GP

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

[Platoonist]

Just hanging out.

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[RangerJoe]

Just hanging out.


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Yes, it really happens . . .

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If they get enough altitude . . .

[btd64]

Good morning my friends....GP

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

[btd64]

Good afternoon everyone ....GP

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

[Orm]

Hey.

[RangerJoe]

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The anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.
Payback was a bitch for the Japanese.
Don't get mad, get even and then some more.

[Grollub]

Hello guys,

Long time since I looked at THE THREAD!!! At least a couple of years or so (my profile says 2021 ) and it's nice to see this is still ongoing, with all the old paraphenalia (UNPs, INPs etc) still ongoing.

There's even a couple of guys whose handles i remember from the old times, cheers to you (you know who you are)! To all "newcomers", welcome to THE THREAD!!!

This post is loosely aimed at Chickenboy (André) who I was supposed to play a game with when I was supposed to retire this year. If CB don't reply to this I will send it as a PM instead. Alas, I'm afraid I have to postpone the game for a little while longer. I was supposed to go into retirement on June 30th this year from my (supposedly) nice and cozy spot as the Chief Development Department at the Swedish Artillery School. However, some silly bastard in charge of our long time eastern enemy started to have delusions of imperial grandeur in 2022 which put a little wrench in my retirement plans.
I have moved up my retirement for two years (until 30th June 2026) and I am currently working as a military advisor to our (mostly civilian) defense material procurement agency.

André, I hope to be able to honor our game agreement in 2026. Just to let you know, I'm still planning to do a coast-to-coast trip in the USA when I have retired and hope to be able to drop by and have a couple of beers with you. I will try to combine this with (hopefully) attending to see the Indy500 en route so I guess I'm talking about 2027 (as Indy500 is always in the end of May every year, which means that 2026 wouldn't work)

Cheers, Per

[RangerJoe]

Hello guys,

Long time since I looked at THE THREAD!!! At least a couple of years or so (my profile says 2021 ) and it's nice to see this is still ongoing, with all the old paraphenalia (UNPs, INPs etc) still ongoing.

There's even a couple of guys whose handles i remember from the old times, cheers to you (you know who you are)! To all "newcomers", welcome to THE THREAD!!!

This post is loosely aimed at Chickenboy (André) who I was supposed to play a game with when I was supposed to retire this year. If CB don't reply to this I will send it as a PM instead. Alas, I'm afraid I have to postpone the game for a little while longer. I was supposed to go into retirement on June 30th this year from my (supposedly) nice and cozy spot as the Chief Development Department at the Swedish Artillery School. However, some silly bastard in charge of our long time eastern enemy started to have delusions of imperial grandeur in 2022 which put a little wrench in my retirement plans.
I have moved up my retirement for two years (until 30th June 2026) and I am currently working as a military advisor to our (mostly civilian) defense material procurement agency.

André, I hope to be able to honor our game agreement in 2026. Just to let you know, I'm still planning to do a coast-to-coast trip in the USA when I have retired and hope to be able to drop by and have a couple of beers with you. I will try to combine this with (hopefully) attending to see the Indy500 en route so I guess I'm talking about 2027 (as Indy500 is always in the end of May every year, which means that 2026 wouldn't work)

Cheers, Per

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Well, I don't know where you can get surstromming around here but maybe some lutefisk . . .

[Grollub]

To be honest, even though I eat both, I can also live without both Surstromming and Lutfisk.

As long as there's beer I'm fine.

[Orm]

Morning Gentlemen. Ladies.

[RangerJoe]

Morning Gentlemen. Ladies.

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I am enjoying such beautiful fall weather here. It is in the low 70s F or about 23 C, nice and dry. The cats really appreciate it as well, they don't like to leave the apartment!

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

[Zovs]

Good morning folks!

I was away and missed several days of updates. No use in going back and adding them so will just continue from this point onwards.

The Great War Today: December 9

1914 (Wednesday)
Battle of Kolubara — The Austro-Hungarian counter-offensive around Belgrade failed and forces retreated towards the city centre.

Battle of Qurna — With British now able to cross the river, the Ottoman command negotiated a surrender that would allow the troops to leave the town of Qurna in exchange for handing it over to the British. However, British command ordered an unconditional surrender that the Ottomans reluctantly accepted, leading to 42 Ottoman officers and 989 soldiers to be taken prisoner.[64] The British losses were 29 killed and 242 wounded.

German submarine U-11 struck a mine off the coast of Belgium and sank, killing all 26 crew on board.

1915 (Thursday)
Battle of Kosturino – The French repulsed an attack that left 400 Bulgarian soldiers dead before regrouping at Bajimia.

General Castelnau appointed Chief of Staff to General Joffre.

General Sarrail demands withdrawal of Greek troops from Salonika.

British cargo ship Orteric was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 140 nautical miles (260 km) southeast of Gavdos, Greece by German submarine SM U-39 with the loss of two crew.

The French tested the Breton-Prétot machine on the former battlefield of Souain, France. The machine was designed to maneuver over trenches and shell craters while cutting through barbed wire.

1916 (Saturday)
War Cabinet formed in Great Britain. [The War Committee which held their last meeting on December 1st ceased to function on the formation of the War Cabinet which undertook the duties of the War Committee.] First Meeting held.

U.S. Navy destroyer USS Shaw was launched by Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California but would serve the bulk of its time with the United States Coast Guard until it was struck in 1934.

1917 (Sunday)
Battle of Jerusalem – The British Egyptian Expeditionary Force accepted a letter of surrender of Jerusalem delivered by the mayor, Hussein al-Husayni, on behalf of the Ottoman Governor of Palestine.

Romania signed an armistice with the Central Powers, withdrawing from participation in World War I.

German submarine SM UB-18 was rammed and sunk in the English Channel by a Royal Navy patrol boat with the loss of all 24 crew.

Italian naval raid on Trieste harbour (night 9th/10th). Austrian battleship "Wien" sunk.

1918 (Monday)
The Young Finnish Party split apart, with National Coalition Party established as the liberal conservative arm in Finland.

World War II Today: December 9

1939 (Saturday)
In friendly fire incident near Metz, France, Cpl. Thomas Priday becomes the first British soldier killed in WWII.

New Soviet offensive on the Karelian Isthmus is repulsed with fierce fighting on the line Kuolajarvi-Suomussalmi-Kuhmo.

British steamers Brandon and Corea sunk.

German ship Henning Oldendorff captured.

1940 (Monday)
The Western Desert Force which is 30,000 strong and under the command of Wavell takes to the offensive ‘Operation Compass’. The 4th Indian division captures the Italian camps at Nibeiwa, Tumar East and West, while the 7th Armoured drives south of the camps at Sofafi and Rabia and turns north towards Buq Buq on the coast road. As column also advances along the coast road from Mersa Matruh towards Maktila as British warships bombard both Maktila and Sidi Barrani. Italian troops eating breakfast at Nibeiwa in are interrupted by British and Indian tanks crashing through their camp. The Italian commander ignored a report of approaching tanks given earlier by a scout plane. Graziani's army cut off at Sidi Barrani.

German submarines U-75 and U-76 were commissioned.

Italian military officer Major General Pietro Maletti, 60 (killed in action in North Africa)

1941 (Tuesday)
President Roosevelt gave a fireside chat on the U.S. declaration of war on Japan. Franklin D. Roosevelt tells Americans to plan for a long war.

The Red Army recaptures Tikhivin. Zhukov issues an order forbidding frontal attacks, in favor of envelopment and outflanking maneuvers, as he says frontal attacks merely allow the Germans to withdraw in good order.

China declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy.

Bangkok is occupied by Japanese troops as they to push through Thailand towards the Burmese border. The Japanese also continue to land troops along the Kra Isthmus in southern Thailand and at Kota Bharu in north eastern Malaya.

Japanese aircraft attack Alor Star airfield, Malaya. From the two squadron of Blenheims based there, only one aircraft survives; its pilot, Flt Lt A S K Scarf single-handedly overcame strong enemy defences to attack Singora airfield in the North. After recovering to Alor Star, Flt Lt Scarf died from his wounds, and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross five years later when the full facts of his heroism were established.

Japanese troops land on Tarawa and Makin in the Gilbert islands.

New England and New York City have first air raid alert; schools and defense plants are evacuated.

Soviet forces captured Yelets south of Moscow.

China formally declared war on Japan, Germany and Italy. The Second Sino-Japanese War had been undeclared up to this time despite being in its fifth year.

Cuba and Guatemala declared war on Japan.

British Commandos conducted Operation Kitbag, a raid on the Norwegian town of Florø.

German submarine U-659 was commissioned.

Cleveland Indians pitching ace Bob Feller enlisted in the United States Navy Reserve.

1942 (Wednesday)
Fresh US troops relieve the besieged 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal.

A German counterattack near Stalingrad is repulsed.

Soviet troops capture thirteen German strongpoints inside Stalingrad.

Australian troops capture Gona.

The RAF bombs Turin.

The British destroyer Porcupine was torpedoed and damaged beyond repair northeast of Oran, Algeria by German submarine U-602.

The British corvette Marigold was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean by Italian Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 aircraft with the loss of 40 of her 85 crew.

German submarine U-276 was commissioned.

1943 (Thursday)
The Establishment of the Council of Freedom in Denmark is announced in Britain.

The Chinese retake Changteh in Hunan.

Italian troops are now in the Allied front line.

Torokina airfield on Bougainville becomes operational. The rapid speed with which the Americans can open airfields on captured islands plays a major role in their victory in the Pacific.

Soviet troops capture the rail junction at Znamenka.

Prime Minister Churchill informed Lord Louis Mountbatten, the Supreme Commander of the Royal Navy's South East Asia Command, that the Allies had agreed to cancel "Operation Buccaneer", the planned British and Indian assault on the Japanese-occupied Andaman Islands.

The Battle of Kočevje began in the Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral.

1944 (Saturday)
The Russians reach the Danube north of Budapest.

The American submarines Plaice, Redfish and Sea Devil torpedoed and damaged the Japanese aircraft carrier Jun'yō in the Strait of Formosa. Jun'yō was withdrawn from service and scrapped after the war.

Bulgar and Yugoslav armies drive last German forces from Serbia and Macedonia. The month-long Battle of Knin ended in victory for the Yugoslav Partisans.

German submarine U-387 sunk with all hands off Murmansk.

German submarine U-650 sunk with all hands in the North Atlantic.

German submarine U-862 shelled the Greek tanker SS Illios off the southern South Australian coast.

The Royal Navy corvette Bamborough Castle depth-charged and sank the German submarine U-387 in the Barents Sea.

1945 (Sunday)
General George S. Patton broke his neck in a relatively minor auto accident near Mannheim, Germany that left him paralyzed from the neck down.

[Orm]

Hey.

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

[Orm]

INP.