THE THREAD!!!

[Orm]

Morning, Gentlemen. Ladies.

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

[Zovs]

Good afternoon folks!

The Great War Today: November 26

1914 (Thursday)
H.M.S. "Bulwark" destroyed by internal explosion in Sheerness harbour.

1915 (Friday)
No major events.

1916 (Sunday)
Second German naval raid on Lowestoft.

French battleship "Suffren" sunk by submarine in the Bay of Biscay.

German raider "Moewe" sails from Kiel on second cruise.

1917 (Monday)
No major events.

1918 (Tuesday)
Last German troops recross Belgian frontier.

French troops cross German frontier.

Allied fleet arrives at Sevastopol and takes over remainder of the Russian Black Sea Fleet from the Germans.

United States force enters Fiume.

[Zovs]

Good afternoon again folks!

World War II Today: November 26

1938 (Saturday)
Poland renews nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union to protect against a German invasion.

1939 (Sunday)
The Soviet Union charges Finland with artillery attack on border. The Soviet government claims that an "incident" had taken place on the Karelian Isthmus and demands the withdrawal of Finnish troops. In fact Soviet artillery had fired seven shells at the village of Mainila, on the Soviet side of the border, and then blamed the Finns.

Polish liner Pilsudski, under charter to the Royal Navy, sunk by U-boat.

1940 (Tuesday)
The Western Desert Force, begins Training Exercise No.1. This was a dress rehearsal for ‘Operation Compass’. Surprise was vital and so not even the troops involved were told of the rehearsals significance.

The half-million Jews of Warsaw, Poland, were forced by the Nazis to live within a walled ghetto.

Britain announces that after Christmas, bananas will no longer be imported.

RAF carries out raids on Cologne, Berlin, Rotterdam, Flushing, Antwerp, Calais, Boulogne and Turin.

Luftwaffe carries out day and night attacks on Bristol.

1941 (Wednesday)
Due to Rommel’s bold move, General Cunningham wants to halt the offensive and fall back to the frontier. General Auchinleck overrides him on this and replaces him as commander of the Eighth Army with General Ritchie.

U.S. secretary of state puts his final proposal to the Japanese. The United States demands that Japan withdraws from China.

Japanese 1st Air Fleet sets sail for Pearl Harbor, from its anchorage in the Kurile Islands. Commanded by Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, its consists of 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, 9 destroyers and 8 oil tankers and has strict orders to observe strict radio silence. They await the signal “Climb Mount Nitaka”, the order to attack Pearl Harbor. (source 1)

All 6 of Japan’s first-line aircraft carriers—Akagi, Kaga, Shōkaku, Zuikaku, Hiryū, and Sōryū—steamed into history when they left the Japanese Kurile Islands (annexed by the Soviet Union in 1945) under the command of 54‑year-old Vice Adm. Chūichi Nagumo. With 441 embarked planes, the flattops constituted the then most powerful carrier task force ever assembled. (By October 1944 all 6 enemy flattops lay on the ocean bottom, courtesy of the U.S. Navy.) The Japanese Pearl Harbor Striking Force (Kidō Butai) also included 2 fast battleships, 3 cruisers, 9 destroyers, 23 submarines, and 4 midget submarines, with 8 tankers to fuel the ships during their passage along a seldom-used route of the Pacific Ocean. (source 2)

Tobruk garrison links up with the main army close to Sidi Rezegh.

Lebanon declared to be independent.

1942 (Thursday)
President Roosevelt ordered nationwide gasoline rationing, beginning December 1.

The Germans make the first large deportation of Jews from Norway.

The Russians throw Germans rearguards back across the Don.

William "Bull" Halsey is promoted to full admiral.

1943 (Thursday)
The largest USAAF raid so far on Bremen. Eighth Air Force Heavy Bomber Mission No. 138: 491 aircraft sent to attack port area at Bremen and 128 to attack Paris, supported by 14 pathfinders. 29 aircraft lost. A fifth consecutive night raid on Berlin by RAF.

German forces of Army Group Centre evacuate Gomel in Byelorussia.

The HMT Rohna, a British troop transport, is attacked in the eastern Mediterranean by a Luftwaffe plane using a radio-guided bomb, sinking the ship and killing 1,015 American GIs and 135 British and Australian service men. It is the largest loss of U.S. servicemen at sea in the war. The disaster is kept secret, as the Allies did not wish to disclose that the Germans possessed such an intimidating weapon. Consequently, the destruction of the Rohna will remain virtually unknown to the public for many years after the war.

German submarines U-542 sunk with all hands off Madeira by a Wellington from No.179 Squadron.

1944 (Sunday)
The Russians advance in Slovakia.

US 491st Bombardment Group loses 16 of 28 B-24 Liberators over Misburg, Germany in only 15 minutes.

The Port of Antwerp is opened for shipping, despite still being under fire from V-1 and V-2 weapons.

1945 (Monday)
Gen. Douglas MacArthur confirms that Japan’s emperor will not be required to abdicate.

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

[Orm]

Morning Gentlemen. Ladies.

[Zovs]

Good morning folks!

The Great War Today: November 27

1914 (Friday)
General von Hindenburg promoted Field-Marshal.

Battle of Kolubara — Despite sustaining severe casualties, the Austro-Hungarian Army resumed attacks on the Serbian army and stretched defenses thin south of Belgrade.

A schooner carrying 50 German navy men from the landing party of the destroyed SMS Emden were allowed entry in the port of Padang of the Dutch East Indies, but under strict terms so the Netherlands could maintain their stance of neutrality during World War I.

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Lefkada, Greece, killing 14 people and damaging or destroying many homes on the island.

1915 (Saterday)
No major events.

1916 (Monday)
German airship raid on East coast of England: airship "L.-34" destroyed by aeroplane off Hartlepool and "L.-21" destroyed by aeroplane off Yarmouth (night 27th/28th).

Bad weather, equipment problems and improved British air defenses frustrated raiding goals for eight German Navy Zeppelins targeting industrial complexes in the British Midlands. One airship struck West Hartlepool, killing four and injuring 11 people. Royal Flying Corps Second Lieutenant Ian V. Pyott of No. 36 Squadron shot down an airship over Castle Eden, killing her entire crew including her famed commander Max Dietrich. Another three-aircraft squadron led by Flight Lieutenant Egbert Cadbury shot down L 21 off Lowestoft, England.

British airship R.9 began operation.

Battle of Bucharest – A combined Central Powers force of 250,000 under command of August von Mackensen began to advance on the Romanian capital, where 150,000 Romanian troops dug in to defend the city.

1917 (Tuesday)
Members of Supreme Council appointed - General Sir H. H. Wilson, General F. Foch, General Cadorna and General Bliss.

First meeting of Russian and German delegates behind German lines to arrange for armistice.

Battle of Cambrai – The British 62nd Division made one last push to take Bourlon Ridge using 30 tanks but were forced back by a German counterattack.

Battle of Jerusalem – Ottoman forces launched a wave of counterattacks against the British in an attempt to break the line at Beit Ur el Tahta, Palestine.

1918 (Wednesday)
Most of the Imperial German Navy High Seas Fleet arrived at Scapa Flow off the coast of Scotland.

[Zovs]

Second good morning folks!

World War II Today: November 27

1939 (Monday)
The Scharnhorst and Gneisenau put in to Wilhelmshaven after returning from their successful sortie in to the North Atlantic.

The Finnish government deny that any incident has taken place, but suggest a mutual withdrawal of troops on the Karelain border.

Small scale engagements take place east of the Moselle.

Dutch liner Sparndam is mined.

Australia and Britain establish the Empire Air Training Scheme.

1940 (Wednesday)
Romanian extremists, “Iron Guard”, begin a murder campaign with 64 executions.

Royal Navy and the Italian Navy clash off Sardinia. The British Admiralty decides to send the Battleship Ramillies and 2 Cruisers from the Mediterranean fleet to reinforce the Atlantic fleet. They are to sail to Malta with a supply convoy, link up with Force H and then sail onto Gibraltar. Just as the reach the rendezvous point, Ramillies, the 2 Cruisers, the Aircraft Carrier Ark Royal and 10 Destroyers are intercepted by Admiral Campioni’s squadron of 2 Battleships, 7 Cruisers and 16 Destroyers. However, as soon as the Battleship Renown from Force H joined in, the Italians withdrew with 1 Cruiser and 2 Destroyers damaged, while the British suffered damage to the heavy cruiser HMS Berwick.

1941 (Thursday)
German Panzer’s only 19 miles from Moscow. Some armed patrols have penetrated in to the western suburbs of the city and managed to get a good look at the Kremlin.

The Tobruk garrison links up the New Zealand Division of the Eighth Army at El Duda. Rommel forces, now under constant attack by the RAF are forced to turn his forces around in order to deal with this new development. Gondar, the last Italian held town in East Africa surrenders to British forces after a tough battle. The Italian commander, General Nasi surrenders 23,500 men, while the British suffer 500 casualties.

Japan rejects the USA’s demand for their withdrawal of forces from China.

US Pacific forces put on war alert.

Italian garrison at Gondar (Ethiopia) surrenders.

1942 (Friday)
Continuing their occupation of Vichy France, German troops take the naval base of Toulon.

As promised, the French sailors scuttled their ships rather than let the Germans take them over. The French scuttle 79 warships docked at Toulon as German troops enter the City, but four submarines manage to escape.

Army Group Don under Manstein is formed to relieve Stalingrad.

British troops are only 22 miles from Tunis.

1943 (Saturday)
The British 8th Army begins an offensive across the Sangro river.

US 10th Air Force attacks Rangoon.

1944 (Monday)
The Red Army breaks through the German-Hungarian defensive lines and captures Mohacs.

The German ship ˜Rigel’ is sunk. Over 2,570 are drowned, most of them prisoners of war.

B29 bombers from Saipan again pound Tokyo, but this time the Japanese reply with raids against the U.S. airbases on Saipan.

B-29s bomb Bangkok.

After 74 grueling days Peleliu was declared secure, although isolated pockets of Japanese resistance took many more days to exterminate. The battle for the island, ironically codenamed Operation Stalemate II, turned out to be the costliest amphibious operation in U.S. history: 2,336 Americans out of nearly 48,000 service members who took part in the invasion lost their lives. American wounded numbered 8,450. A staggering 10,695 Japanese perished on Peleliu and surrounding islands. Between 200 and 300 Korean and Okinawan forced laborers survived the carnage as did 19 Japanese soldiers.

Cordell Hull resigns as Secretary of State. Edward Stettinius is nominated to replace him

1945 (Tuesday)
UN Charter is now ratified by twenty-nine nations.

[BBfanboy]

Here is a write-up on the Rigel sinking:
https://www.norwegianamerican.com/the-rigel-disaster/

[RangerJoe]

Here is a write-up on the Rigel sinking:
https://www.norwegianamerican.com/the-rigel-disaster/

old tower.jpg (118.43 KiB) Viewed 377 times

It probably should have been announced to the Allies and marked which could have prevented the disaster.

[Zovs]

Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!

Due to the Holiday this will be a combined TGW (WW1) and WW2 day by day play.

The Great War Today: November 28

1914 (Saturday)
Affair of Miranshah (North-West Frontier of India) (28th/29th). [First outbreak on North-West Frontier of India caused by German intrigues.]

The German landing party that commandeered a schooner after SMS Emden was disabled at the Battle of Cocos left Padang port in the Dutch East Indies rather than risk having the schooner confiscated by authorities. The commanding officer left a message with German merchant fleet in the area to meet them at a rendezvous point away from Dutch territorial waters.

The annual United States Army-Navy football game was played at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, with Army beating Navy 20–0. (Go Army Beat Navy!)

1915 (Sunday)
The Russian submarine Akula struck a mine and sank near the island of Hiiumaa in the Baltic Sea with all 35 crew on board.

1916 (Tuesday)
Battle of Prunaru – A Romanian cavalry force of 5,000 men desperately charged into enemy lines at the village of Prunaru outside of Bucharest, resulting in only 134 survivors. The charge did allow Romanian infantry time to regroup to defend the city against advancing forces of the Central Powers.

A German aircraft struck central London for the first time during World War I, dropping six bombs near Victoria station.

The German air squadron Jagdstaffel 25 was established in the Luftstreitkräfte (German Air Force).

1917 (Wednesday)
German force under Captain Tafel surrenders to the British in the Mwiti Valley (German East Africa).

Battle of Cambrai – British forces dug in and shelled German defenses in Bourlon Wood.

Battle of Jerusalem – Ottoman forces forced the British out of the village of Beit Ur el Foqa.

British armed passenger ship SS Apapa was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea by German submarine SM U-96 with the loss of 77 lives.

The Estonian Provincial Assembly declared Estonia a sovereign power from Russia and called for elections of a new Estonian Constituent Assembly.

Bashkortostan established itself as the first Autonomous Soviet Republic within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

1918 (Thursday)
German Revolution – After settling in Amerongen, Netherlands, Kaiser Wilhelm II formally abdicated the throne with the statement: "I herewith renounce for all time claims to the throne of Prussia and to the German Imperial throne connected therewith."

Narva (Estonia) captured by Bolshevik forces.

Estonian War of Independence – Russia invaded Estonia when the 6th Rifle Division of the Red Army struck the border town of Narva, occupying it the next day.

The Kingdom of Montenegro was formally absorbed into the Kingdom of Serbia.

The General Congress of Bukovina voted to dissolve the Duchy of Bukovina, formerly of Austria-Hungary, and unite with Romania.

World War II Today: November 28

1939 (Tuesday)
The Soviet Union denounces the 1932 Treaty of Non-Aggression pact with Finland.

The Australian Cabinet agrees to the sending of Australian troops overseas.

RAF fighters attack the German seaplane base at Borkum.

British steamers Uskmouth and Rubislaw sunk.

1940 (Thursday)
Anti-Semitic film Der Ewige Jude (The Eternal Jew) is released in Germany.

Heavy Luftwaffe raid on Liverpool.

1941 (Friday)
Overextended and short of supplies, the III Panzerkorps evacuates Rostov and withdraws to the Mius river, 30 miles to the West.

The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise departs from Pearl Harbor to deliver F4F Wildcat fighters to Wake Island. This mission saves the carrier from destruction when the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

German submarine U-95 sunk off Almeria.

Soviet troops force the Germans out of Rostov.

1942 (Saturday)
While the Battle of Stalingrad was still being fought, 12 Free French fighter pilots and their ground crews, flying from newly liberated Syria in the Eastern Mediterranean, landed at their Ivanovo training center, 125 miles/201 km northeast of the Soviet capital, Moscow.

Russian offensive begins on the Central Front.

1943 (Sunday)
The Teheran summit conference opens with Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin, who discuss the future of post-war Germany and Poland.

The Eighth Army offensive on Sangro continues, with a second bridgehead being established.

Start of the Tehran Conference between the "Big Three" allied leaders (to 1 December).

German submarine U-86 lost with all hands in the Atlantic.

1944 (Tuesday)
The U.S. Ninth Army reaches the Roer from Julich to Linnich. The French First Army closes its pincers at Bumhaupt, but only part of German 63rd Corps is trapped, 17,000 prisoners and 120 guns have been taken since 14th October.

Allies open port of Antwerp, Belgium as first convoy of supply ships arrives. Albania is secured by partisans as Germans evacuate.

German submarine U-80 lost in an accident off Pillau.

British actor Arthur Treacher agrees to be raffled off at a series of bond rallies to the person buying the largest number of War Bonds. Treacher, who has made a career of playing the perfect butler, will work as a butler at an occasion of the winner’s choosing.

1945 (Tuesday)
The official Hiroshima and Nagasaki casualty figures are announced as between 110,000 and 165,00 dead.

Japanese relocation center at Poston, AZ closes.

[Skyros]

Happy Thanksgiving and happy gaming!

[btd64]

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate this holiday....GP

[btd64]

Good morning my friends....GP

[RangerJoe]

Happy Thanksgiving and happy gaming!

shot my first turkey.jpg (50.73 KiB) Viewed 346 times

It is good to see you posting!

thanksgiving poem.jpg (42.52 KiB) Viewed 346 times

I hope that everyone has a nice day!

[Orm]

Morning, Gentlemen. Ladies.

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

[Orm]

Morning, Gentlemen. And Ladies.

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good evening!


Leo "Apollo11"

[btd64]

INP....GP