Just a month’s worth of action in this report, which almost completely centres around action in and around the Mediterranean.
To 20th December, 1940: North Africa
The two months following our recapture of Egypt are spent pushing into Libya and generally making life difficult for the Italians. Germany, meanwhile, is making life hard for us in the Atlantic. Things are also kicking off in the Middle East.
To 4th October, 1940: El Alamein
Finally, it’s time for the decisive battle against the Italians in North Africa. Troops have been building up on either side for a long time now for what will doubtless be an epic confrontation.
The Ethiopia Campaign: 7th February to 28th June 1940
As previously reported, hostilities broke out with Italy on 12th January, 1940. The initial fighting, and Britian’s first land battles of the war, happened in a small pocket of Italian-held land in British-dominated East Africa: a pocket called Ethiopia.
To 14 August 1940: The Fall of France
Well, it’s been an eventful four months. The highlight (and low point), is Germany’s Declaration of War against Belgium, the Netherlands and poor old Luxembourg: an echo of the First World War’s Schlieffen Plan, bypassing the Martinot Line and quickly bringing France to its knees.
But first…
To 20 April 1940: Various naval disasters
In the two or so months since our latest report, we’ve made decent inroads into Ethiopia but have had several disastrous naval encounters, mostly due to the rank stupidity of our Supreme Leader.
To 25 January 1940: War with Italy!
Matters proceed apace over the next few months, with British and German naval forces playing cat and mouse with each other in the North Sea.
To 22 November 1939: First Blood
So, the fighting commences, although it’s bound to be low intensity until Germany vanquishes Poland. Our Supreme Leader was wise enough, for once, to set up naval and areal patrols before war was actually declared. They look something like this:
1939: It Begins
So, we finally come to it. Herr Hitler has pushed Germany to war. Will the free peoples of the rest of the world be up to defeating the Nazi menace? We think so… but first, a few events of note during the year.
1938: Rising Tensions
Well, rising tensions are an understatement. Herr Hitler is clearly serious in his stated ambitions for the German people. It begins with the Anschluß of Austria in March 1938:
The British Empire 