I’ve been researching France in World War 2 recently, and I stumbled upon this article on JSTOR:
Unfortunately, my regular free JSTOR account cannot access this.
Please let me know if you have access to this article in any way. Thank you!
East Africa
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You may have seen Spartan_Soldier’s thread about Greece. I’m working on a similar A&A Express game-About East Africa. Any historical information on Military is appreciated, as wikipedia gives very little location detail
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This is what I found so far… Hope it helps
From the BBC History Site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/timeline/factfiles/nonflash/a1057547.shtmlNaval History Site (Great resource)
http://www.naval-history.net/WW2CampaignsNearEast.htmMore useful info:
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/East_African_Campaign -
Useful map
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Order of Battle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Battle,East_African_Campaign%28World_War_II%29
Good Luck!
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Interestingly, during WW2, Egypt was technically independent
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Useful map
If you look at my map, Funnily enough it seems to have all of these borders. Coincidence? Nope :-). But thanks anyway
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Nobody cares about Africa, that’s why you had a hard time finding out what happened there.
It’s one thing to play a “battle style” game. But atleast choose a turning point battle, not a complete side-show.
Why not pick make a “battle game” for Greenland? The nazi’s made a few weather stations there, and the Americans tracked them down like a “Where’s Waldo” and torched them.
Nice of FMG to help you out though…
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You could package a few of these games together in one battlepack titled: Insignificant battles of the Third Reich!
You get after-thoughts such as:
- the skirmish in Somaliland
- The Seabees of Alaska -battle as either the US Seabees or as the dreaded perma-frost! :lol:
- Gargantua’s Greenland weather station torching
what else could we add?
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VERY FUNNY! :-D
B :-D But honestly, this was an important episode of the early War.
I would REALLY like to see some EXPRESS Games on the Early Early war…. Like
Spanish Civil War
Winter War
Invasion of China
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Had East Africa Not Fallen, Egypt would have been between the hammer and the Anvil. North Africa would not have been a Theatre, and World War II not a WORLD war. The world is made of tiny bits and pieces, and if any one were altered, the world as we know it would be a very different place
“If it is captured by the Nazis the armies of darkness will march all over the face of the earth.”
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The Invasion of Luxembourg would be an interesting game.
I think a german soldier broke his arm during the 1 day conflict.
82 km by 57 km.
Why not?
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Total Luxembourgish casualties amounted to 75 police and soldiers captured, six police wounded, and one soldier wounded.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_occupation_of_Luxembourg_in_World_War_II
Yep one day.
No German casualties. A french Retreat. No deaths. Only police resistance.
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Still pretty decisive. Imagine if it had lasted 10 days instead of 1. :-o
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