The Italian Job (2) - Comments from the Allies

[mc3744]

ORIGINAL: sven6345789

actually, The LB-30 Liberator was a transpot version of the Liberator II, build for the RAF Coastal Command (Churchill had one named "Commando")

The description of the picture it's not mine. It's from a site about Liberators.
It says indeed that Churchill had one converted to his own personal transport. But according to the site the name refers to the 'Liberator Bomber' (LB) not to the transport version. They may be wrong of course, but I found the same description in other sites too, while looking for pictures.

Cheers

[mc3744]

ORIGINAL: Gem35

It's still wayyyyyy too early in your war against GH to worry about victory points MC, just keep doing what you are doing, attrition damage will catch up to him sooner or later. So much war material is headed your way..... [:)]

Hi Gem, [:)]

Yes you are right. Still I'll have to recover many points. And I don't see many ways to do that, the end of '42 is - somehow - approching, at least under this point of view.

Anyway the war will be slow till the end of August ('05) because we are both away on holiday.

Cheers [:)]

[Gem35]

have a happy holidays then, will look forward to more reports after you return.[:)]

[mc3744]

I haven't hear from GH in over a week.
I'm getting a bit worried, just a bit. [:(]
it's the first time he's been off line so long. I really hope we'll keep going.

[Tom Hunter]

Isn't he still on holiday?

Also the current worm outbreak seems to have had some effect, in one of my games a turn was delayed about 5 hours, and I have not heard from Blackwatch for 3 days either.

[DuckofTindalos]

I thought it mainly attacks Windows 2K?

[Tom Hunter]

Terminus,

That is my understanding as well but there can still be plenty of side effects to other machines for example:

Routers getting shut down to help solve the problem

ISPs with lots of Win2000 machines on thier networks going down

Routers getting clogged by attack related traffic

Severity can vary, but all of this happens.

Of course Blackwatch and Hoepner are problably coping with all this by going to the beachm chasing women or sipping Chianti somewhere, possibly all 3.

[DuckofTindalos]

Heh, they just don't have the proper dedication to WitP.[;)]

[mc3744]

[:D]

Yes, he is still on holiday, till early September.
He was however replying, albeit slowly, now he has stopped completely.
I already had a bad experience with RobRobertson, he disappeared 1,5 months ago and that PBEM went cold [:(]

It'd be the third PBEM to end by "opponent MIA", I hate it when it happens. Such a waste of time [:-]

Anyway I'm still confident, just a little tiny bit worried. [:)]

[Speedysteve]

mc

Best just to wait until he is OFFICIALLY back. May just be enjoying holiday

[Gem35]

Look at it this way, maybe he's just afraid of losing [;)]

[mc3744]

Somehow I find it hard to believe that to be the reason [;)]


... cool avatar btw [8D]

[mc3744]

GH is back and we are back in business [:)]

I have to remember where we left. I'm a bit at loss right now. [&:]

I was considering that I'm writing an AAR on the WORST (by far) game I'm running.
Sounds a bit stupid on my part, doesn't it?
I should be writing my victories [:'(]

I'll soon be back with news.

[mc3744]

I have a question for those of you reading my AAR.

Speedy has rightly - IMHO - asked for suggestions for his AAR.
Well I'm doing the same.

I'm somehow restarting, so any suggestion would be welcome.

My idea was to post every time a pictue of an Allied plane with the historical description of the model. Possibly a plane that has engaged in the last turn.
I've been sufing the web during the summer and I found some nice sites.

I will of course keep posting screenies, but I thought that maybe you could tell me, time by time, what you want to see.
It's not so easy to guess what you can understand without screenies and what you can't.

My request is strictly related to this AAR and to the fact that you can see the combat reports in GH's one.

Thanks for your feedback [:)]

[Speedysteve]

Hi MC,

Sounds like a good idea to me. Perhaps (what I plan to do more of) post pictures and photo's of action areas for that day?

For example if there was a lot of action at Guadalcanal then post a couple of historical photo's that relate to the day in hand...........

Just my initial thought.

I alos like to read about people's plans and thoughts on stuff. So perhaps post on your thoughts or future plans.

Steven

[mc3744]

ORIGINAL: Speedy


I alos like to read about people's plans and thoughts on stuff. So perhaps post on your thoughts or future plans.

Steven

I thought I was doing that already [8|]
Thanks Speedy [;)]

[Speedysteve]

You are indeed MC [;)]

I just thought i'd say that it is interesting to read them and as such no need to change that IMO

[mc3744]

We've fought a couple of days and I'm not yet back 'in' the game and in the AAR.

Anyway here's an update.
Operation Freedom Australia has initiated.
The following units are marching towards Daly Waters.
7th Australian Div
4th Australian Div
5th Australian Div
3rd Australian Div
25th US Div
Sparrow Force
23rd Australian Bde
Gull Force Bn
6th Australian Cav Bde
3rd Australian Bde
2nd Australian Cav Div
AUS II Corps
193rd US Tank Bn
3rd Australian Tank Rgt
2nd Australian Tank Rgt

Recon reports 13 Jap units in Daly for about 80.000 men.
I can't take it with the forces I have today.
But I'm betting on one thing: he doesn't have the some forces in Darwin.
Hence I'll engage only as little as required in Daly Waters, the biggest part of my force will go around it and attack Darwin.
If he retreats to avoid the encirclement I'm happy because I get an airflied to pound Darwin. If he stays I leave him there surrounded, I'll try to take Darwin and then come back to finish the job.
It sounds simple, hence it'll probably won't work [;)]

[Tom Hunter]

I have enjoyed this AAR as written and though its nice to try to improve it your doing a fine job as is. Glad to see this game back in action.

[mc3744]

ORIGINAL: Tom Hunter

I have enjoyed this AAR as written and though its nice to try to improve it your doing a fine job as is. Glad to see this game back in action.

Thanks Tom, I really appreciate it [:)]