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The Commonwealth Declares war on Germany [X(]

"This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government a final Note stating that, unless we heard from them by 11 o'clock that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us.

I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received, and that consequently this country is at war with Germany.

You can imagine what a bitter blow it is to me that all my long struggle to win peace has failed. Yet I cannot believe that there is anything more or anything different that I could have done and that would have been more successful.

Up to the very last it would have been quite possible to have arranged a peaceful and honourable settlement between Germany and Poland, but Hitler would not have it.
He had evidently made up his mind to attack Poland whatever happened, and although He now says he put forward reasonable proposals which were rejected by the Poles, that is not a true statement. The proposals were never shown to the Poles, nor to us, and, although they were announced in a German broadcast on Thursday night, Hitler did not wait to hear comments on them, but ordered his troops to cross the Polish frontier. His action shows convincingly that there is no chance of expecting that this man will ever give up his practice of using force to gain his will. He can only be stopped by force.

We and France are today, in fulfilment of our obligations, going to the aid of Poland, who is so bravely resisting this wicked and unprovoked attack on her people. We have a clear conscience. We have done all that any country could do to establish peace. The situation in which no word given by Germany's ruler could be trusted and no people or country could feel themselves safe has become intolerable.
And now that we have resolved to finish it, I know that you will all play your part with calmness and courage.

At such a moment as this the assurances of support that we have received from the Empire are a source of profound encouragement to us.

The Government have made plans under which it will be possible to carry on the work of the nation in the days of stress and strain that may be ahead. But these plans need your help. You may be taking your part in the fighting services or as a volunteer in one of the branches of Civil Defence. If so you will report for duty in accordance with the instructions you have received. You may be engaged in work essential to the prosecution of war for the maintenance of the life of the people - in factories, in transport, in public utility concerns, or in the supply of other necessaries of life. If so, it is of vital importance that you should carry on with your jobs.

Now may God bless you all. May He defend the right. It is the evil things that we shall be fighting against - brute force, bad faith, injustice, oppression and persecution - and against them I am certain that the right will prevail."

NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN

The Dominions and Colonies of the Empire rally to the side of the mother country.

The Americans don't like that development...

Ge/It Entry Level = 14
Japan Entry Level - 5

Merde! The French declare war too (there is no second US Entry throw for this).

For the 2nd Impulse we have the following action types:

China - Land
CW - Combined
France - Combined
US - Pass
USSR - Combined

I would make a habbit of selecting combined impulses or land impulses instead of pass when the reason for passing is that you do not have any actions you want to perform. Passing should be reserved for when you want the turn to end faster. The reason for this is that you might later on, during the impulse, realize that you overlooked something you want to do.

But what do I know. [:)][:D]

ORIGINAL: Orm

I would make a habbit of selecting combined impulses or land impulses instead of pass when the reason for passing is that you do not have any actions you want to perform. Passing should be reserved for when you want the turn to end faster. The reason for this is that you might later on, during the impulkse, realize that you overlooked something you want to do.

But what do I know. [:)][:D]

warspite1

Good point!![:)]

For the CW combined I thought I would give port attack a go to see what happens. There are no German fighter defences and only one Allied aircraft, but there are a lot of German ships so.....

The Germans are surprised (as this is the turn that the CW declared war). The CW use their 11 surprise points to reduce the AA fire by 5 columns.

Not surprisingly therefore, the AA is ineffective.

The Gneisenau and Scharnhorst were both disorganised. The Ugly Sisters won't be interrupting my convoys for a while [:)]

In the naval phase, the French begin the process of bringing colonial troops from Syria and Algeria to Metropolitan France, while the CW click on the green button before remembering to send the BEF to France [8|]With no undo that I can see, I think more haste, less speed is the order of the day in future.

Otherwise this is a quiet impulse for the Allies. The only other thing of note was that I flew the two Polish aircraft to Lithuania to be interned - thus gaining two pilots for the CW [:)]

Onto impulse three and the Germans have a couple of aircraft to try and ground strike the Polish forces in Lodz - neither are successful.

Having got the delaying units out of the way previously, the stage is set for the Wehrmacht to move onto Warsaw and Lodz - both of which are needed for a Polish surrender.

I don't know about you, but my money is on the Germans here...

I use HQ support from von Rundstedt too.

The attack on Lodz is made first. The Poles choose the Assault table to try and inflict some losses on the attacker - and besides, there is no where to retreat anyway.

It does not matter - the roll was high and the Poles are destroyed for no loss.... Smigly-Rydz goes into captivity and, unless Warsaw can perform a miracle, Poland is about to enter a new dark age...

But there is no miracle... Warsaw falls to the Nazis [:(]

thanks for posting all this - for someone like me building up to starting a solataire game (and not having played the boardgame) they are very helpful

Not much happening in the Allied turn - although I do remember to start the process of getting the BEF to France [:)]

Meanwhile, Stalin decides to invoke a secret protocol of the Nazi-Soviet pact, and moves the 2nd Cavalry Corps into Eastern Poland. He follows that up by ordering the 2nd Mechanised Army into Kaunas - thus annexing the Baltic States too.

There is a US entry roll for this and one chit is removed = the levels are now:

Ge/It Entry Level = 10
Japan Entry Level = 5

ORIGINAL: sanderz

thanks for posting all this - for someone like me building up to starting a solataire game (and not having played the boardgame) they are very helpful

warspite1

No problem. As you will see, I am learning as I go - and making loads of mistakes, but its good fun! Any questions, queries, please feel free to ask [:)]

Its all going to be okay lads - the BEF has arrived [:D]

Gort sets foot ashore with the 15th Mechanised Corps, ably supported by two Spitfire Mk I counters, one in France and one in the UK.

Amazing aar [&o]

ORIGINAL: lecrop

Amazing aar [&o]

warspite1

Thank-you sir!

Impulse No.5

I stupidly pick a combined action with the Japanese [8|] which limits my land moves, but I am slowly building up for an attack against the Chinese Communists in the north.