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May 24th, 1940

Diplomatic channels report that the Greek government has requested help from the British and that it is like that this request will be granted.

June 1st, 1940

The going in Russia has become tough...

June 1st, 1940

Not shown any more but Turku is still being held by the remnants of the Finish army.

June 9th, 1940

The is some movement in the southern portion of the Russian front and of course in Estonia. But our strong forces in the central sector are having a very hard time due to the excellent Russian defense.

June 9th, 1940

Just as an update on the not so visible air and naval war: Italy looses raiding submarines operating in ever changing sectors of the Med. Germany However was recently very successful in Baltic waters and could sink a quite a number of Russian vessels. Once Finland falls, we will withdraw again.

June 16th, 1940

We invest all we have into the Russian campaign.

June 16th, 1940

Turku in Finland has fallen. While this is sad news we have to congratulate our opponent for the well conducted campaign. The rest of Finland will resign any day now.

June 24th, 1940

The grid in the central front sector continues..

I'd like to be optimistic, but the more it goes, the more it looks like you ****** with the wrong guy... Good luck, you'll need it [;)]

June 24th, 1940

Nobody should have any doubts as to the final outcome of this game - no amount of luck will get this baby going again. That being said, Gary is not the wrong but entirely the right guy to play Tow with. One couldn't ask for a better opponent. For all those that get tired of beating (the quite respectable) AI over and over, I would like to recommend a PBEM game since there is no comparison in the level of excitement it creates and there are few things that I find more rewarding.

As to the current game status, I am sure I made many mistakes. But I don't find the outcome all that a-historic either. Quite possible that this would have happened if the Russians hadn't deployed in risky forward positions in Poland and stayed back in their prepared defensive lines as they should have (and as Gary did) and if they had an un-purged, capable officers corps as the game Russians do enjoy.

Despite the situation I find it interesting to continue and see where it ultimately turns around - if I don't bore Gary too much that is.

I'm just wondering whether the Tsarina will choose to execite the Führer personally.[:D]

ORIGINAL: Tomokatu

I'm just wondering whether the Tsarina will choose to execite the Führer personally.

If you mean excite, I doubt that the Fuehrer is so inclined. But if you mean execute (as I suspect) then the Fuehrer is a very proven executor himself and requires little assistance.

Aargh - tripped up by rheumatic fingers again! [:D](Well, you know what I meant![&:])

Not a problem - my own texts are much worse riddled with spelling mistakes. I avoid re-reading my own older posts because of it.

July 1st, 1940

Estonia will fall soon and we open the last bottle of Champagne in our HQ. Even though we currently hold the very production facilities in our hands, it will not be required to order fresh supplies from France as we foresee little demand.

July 1st, 1940

The Western Allies block successfully any further advance on Athens. We will try to be creative here in the future but are not sure if we can advance further with the RN and the French fleets ruling the seas.

July 9th, 1940

Estonia formally surrenders and taking advantage of the good weather, we advance a few miles on Minsk.

July 9th, 1940

This game looks more and more like the entire WWII in fast forward. The Western Allies land in Sicily. We have to transfer back Italian forces from Greece where most are not needed any more since we can deploy only four at a time at the choke point anyways.

July 16th, 1940

The Russians have started to adopt a more aggressive stance after being purely passive against the Axis so far. This shows how strong they feel. While they are certainly strong enough to hold comfortably, it may be still too early for the counterattacks. Individual Russian units leaving their dug-in positions become easy prey of Axis second line units. On the other hand can the USSR easily afford these losses and gains valuable information on our dispositions.

July 16th, 1940

The battle for southern Italy and Sicily continues.

August 1st, 1940

As the initial fast paced campaigns in Europe come to an end and move into a slower gear we switch to a bi-monthly report.