Carnage Al Dente
Chapter III - Plenty of Ingredients for a Rich Carnage Pasta Sause
Human Players: Germany*2, Italy, Japan, UK, France, Poland, Soviet
Recap: There are lots of war going in. Germany is war with Allies with Poland on one side and France and UK on the other. Italy is attacking Spain and the Japs are fighting the Chinese.
May 22nd, 1939
About three weeks after the Italian declaration of war on Spain, and the Italian attacking army is fully deployed. During this time, the Italian transport detachment has shipped 5 army groups with a corresponding HQ hierarchy across the Western Mediterranean and been into one naval combat which resulted in one (empty) transport lost. Of the three attack-points, two have secured big harbors. The middle, which is the crucial one aiming for Madrid, is the weak spot. The harbor is fairly small and need to support armor and motorized units. Still, it is not likely to be a very long campaign.
June 2nd, 1939
Still, the Spanish defense was clearly overwhelmed. It took less than two weeks to reach the outskirts of Madrid. The only resistance was some weak thrusts by remnants of Italian Expeditionary Forces from the Spanish civil war. The Spanish officers controlling the divisions had obviously managed to deceive the soldiers of who the enemy really was. Nevertheless, their counter attacks were futile. The spearhead of the Italian attack-force could brush off the attack with few losses out in the open land.
Authors note: I forgot to try and retrieve those exp forces before the war and it was apparently not possible in the middle of the fight. Well well. More training for the troops
June 4th-6th, 1939
Roughly one month after the declaration of war on Spain and Poland, these tiny nations succumbed. For Italy, the war was over for the time being while Germany turned against France and United Kingdom.
In reality, the battles in Spain had been few and short, and only once had they met any real resistance. It meant that most soldiers had had very brief and fairly harmless experiences of war in summer-Spain. It did not stop all these happy and un-injured troopers to have at least one story each about their own heroism. Half of Spain would be killed fearsome soldiers if all the stories were true. Still, it served Il Douche well as these glorifying tales of war made the average Italian citizen dream of more victories and long lost greatness.
Authors note: Polish player now switch over to Canada
June 3rd-10th, 1939
Finland was attacked by the Big Bear the 3rd and about a week later, the Baltic States caved in to Soviet pressure – not very eager to go the Finish hardball-way.
June 11th, 1939
With Nationalist China defeated (now puppets), only one of her Allies remained. Obviously, it was only a matter of time until Japan would finally win.
June 15th, 1939
With Poland defeated, Germany is quickly shifting front, sending everything against France to retake the lost parts of the Fatherland. The frog-eaters and tea-drinkers would soon pay the blood price for their insolence. Still, the Allies had positioned themselves skillfully and it might prove difficult to dislodge them.
June 30th, 1939
In Italy, however, things were peaceful. Some of the victorious troops from the campaign in Spain were sent home where they were received as heroes. A lot of Italian civil servants were sent the other way to take up key positions in the new Spanish regime, filled with handpicked men of “high quality” to help the poor Spaniards who had been so mistreated under Franco’s rule.
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