Threadmarks: 15 June 1942. Salisbury Plain, England.
15 June 1942. Salisbury Plain, England.
The Baron II’s trials were complete and a group of Officers, Other Ranks and civilians were having a cup of tea while trying to work out what needed to go in to the report. There was an unusually informal aura at the meeting, particularly in view that the...
All the German ships were sunk when they strayed too close to the White Cliffs of Dover, where a tank battalion of Victors were testing their new 75mm HV guns. On siting the enemy vessels, the tanks engaged the enemy at extreme range and peppered them with AP and HE shells, causing the ships to...
12 June 1942. Rabaul.
The casualties taken to capture of Rabaul had made the South Seas Detachment incapable of any further meaningful progress. It was decided to convert 36 Division, from 1st Army North China Area, to an ocean division. As it was the replacement for the South Seas Detachment...
10 June 1942. London, England.
General Alan Brooke had prepared a statement to be made at an interview with the Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov who was on his way through back from the USA to Moscow. The demand for a second front from Moscow were getting...
After the somewhat debacle of the last update, hopefully this one doesn't have so many glaring errors.
Note the fall of Crimea ahead of OTL, as well as the OTL losses of the Red Army in the Kharkov battle. As I understand it, Stalin's view of German intentions is the same as OTL.
Allan.
9 June 1942. Moscow CCCP
Timoshenko’s news to the STAVKA was not only unwelcome, but as far as Stalin was concerned, following the loss of Sevastopol and the whole of Crimea, close enough to treason.
Comrade General Fedorenko (Chief of the Armoured Forces Administration) had resurrected...
5 June 1942. Tripoli, Libya
Once the RAF’s Desert Air Force had cleared the North African coast of Italians and Germans, a degree of relaxation had been allowed to let the men rest and the aircraft be serviced. Some Squadrons and their support had left for the Far East, but there was still a...
I don't believe so, the export version of the Vickers 6 ton which the Finns bought wouldn't have any changes, certainly nothing I've thought about. Going by what is said on the Tanks Encyclopedia, without better Finnish economy, they'd still be without guns etc.
Allan
I really enjoyed that. Interesting that the investigation was more of a cover up. If done properly, and the results were taken seriously it would make Jutland much more interesting, from a Royal Navy POV. Very good work!
Allan
1 June 1942. Damascus, Syria.
General Henri Dentz, High Commissioner of Levant and GOC-in-C Levant Forces of the Vichy Regime watched helplessly as a coup unfolded around him. It was bloodless, which was a blessing, but by the end of the day he was simply Henri Dentz.
For over a year the...
Thanks.
Kharkov's update is dated 9 June, so it is written and coming.
Regarding the VK 20/40, I think the Germans are still going to develop much as OTL, just as the Americans have (so far). The reason being that nothing much has changed so far: They've encountered Matildas and French B1bis...