Leopard

11-26-39 Poland and Low Countries surrender. Germany operates armies West. [ July 19, 2003, 12:59 AM: Message edited by: Leopard ]

Both U-boats sunk. Polish airfleet attacks panzer group.

Warsaw occupied by Germans, Poland fights on knowing the USSR has their back. Brussels surrounded, but no attack on French. U-boat breaks engagement.

UK fleet locates 1 U-boat, which survives attack from 2 BB, a Cruiser, 2 Carriers at 1.

U boats live-they rarely last to see 1940. 2 Polish armies and 1 corps destroyed. Invade LC, corps reamins at 3 in Brussells.

Polish units scatter into countryside.

Denmark attacked by Cruisers. Northern Polish army destroyed, Southern army at 2. Operate troops west. [ July 19, 2003, 12:22 AM: Message edited by: Leopard ]

Hi Mom.

PENG thread! I am also new here, but got lost in the PENG dimension for a decade last week while we were slow at work. I would stay away from there if I were you. Just say NO. I found myself in an aberrant post-PENG state, naked (sans a gray clip-on fabric bow tie attached painfully and yet artistically to an appendage that was not in current use at the time) and quoting Poe's A Tell Tale Heart from my balcony with my cats miming out the more visual passages, meowing the more vocal ones in support. I was nothing like this pre-PENG, as I always had performed the Raven before. Nothing to see in the PENG thread folks, just move along to the next thread. It is just an urban legend. P.S. Hi mom.

Poland did indeed fight hard against long odds, as the Finns did in the Winter War with the USSR. I myself have always wondered if there would have been a WWII in the first place if Czechoslovakia had not been emasculated by Politicians. Without a recently exposed southwestern flank of Poland, would there have been an invasion of Poland? With the Skoda works producing munitions to fight against the Nazis, not for them? The Czech army and air force, organised and opposing the Nazis, on the flank? Would Hitler have attacked Czechoslovakia across the mountains? The Fall Weiss attack on Poland had a very short time for success due to limited supplies (6-8 weeks). How long would Czechoslovakia have taken to subdue? And without Skoda, would Germany have had the munitions and especially tanks to conduct Blitzkrieg? I agree with your excellent post Curry.

Corps in Algiers destroyed. USSR at 80%. Spain fights on.

Axis DOW on Spain and Portugal as USA readies for War. Sink UK transport in mid-Atlantic

[ July 06, 2003, 05:52 PM: Message edited by: Leopard ]

Thunderstorms here in Dallas-electricity is coming in and out. I will need to re-connect Comrade Trapp.

Germany reports Vichy France has been late in their occupation payments. Film at 11. Still no Yugo in June 1940. Greece neutral. USSR at 54%, US at 60 %.

Draw in the MED battle. All Axis partners aboard. UK airfleet killed in MED attack on German arifleet. Transports pull away from Algiers after UK BB attack.

Bergen left for Germans after surrounded by 3 armies. Germany anti-tank L-1. New Italian sub sinks a badly wounded (2) UK BB off coast of Southern Italy. Italian airfleet destryed near Alexandria-first non-naval loss for Axis. German army moves into hex west of alex. [ July 06, 2003, 05:54 PM: Message edited by: Leopard ]

No losses, but UK BB was at 9 and hit 3 times by German airfleet. Bet there is an oil trail at least.

Heavy losses each turn-sink a UK carrier and battleship, reinforce MED airfleets.

Italians avenge lost BB by sinking a UK BB and cruiser. UK naval reinforcements arriving.

Italian navy and large German air force attack British med fleet/corps west of Alexandria-no sinkings, all damaged.

Sweeden surrenders. German presense detected near Alexandria. Pocket Protectors came in and scientists are more productive.

Sweeden down to Stockholm, not yet surrounded though. Has Italy met a similar fate as Atlantis?

8-25-40 Sweeden invaded, Sweedish airfleet destroyed. 2 German curisers pound coastal targets.

8-11-40 USSR annexes Baltic States. No attacks by Axis this week, though increased radio traffic near the Sweeden/Norway border.