August 14th, 1939

[Mannstien]

Interesting date for the team to pick as a second start date, any revelations from PDX as to why?

http://ww2db.com/event/today/08/14/1939


14 Aug 1939

• Germany sent a message to its embassy in Moscow, Russia, ordering the ambassador to push Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to make a quick decision on the future of Soviet-German relationship. In Russia, the British-French delegation negotiated with Kliment Voroshilov for a potential treaty to contain German aggression; Voroshilov wanted the western powers to convince Poland to agree to allow Soviet troops to move into Polish territory to counterattack a potential German invasion, but the British and the French knew it was something the Polish leadership was adamantly against.
• Adolf Hitler announced to his top military commanders that Germany was to enter in a war with Poland at the end of Aug 1939, and that the United Kingdom and France would not enter the fray, especially if Poland could be decisively wiped out in a week or two.

 

[henzington]

The idea is to do it after the annexation of Czechoslovakia but before the start of the war. 2 weeks is enough time to max the German planning bonus if I had to guess.

 

[MonkeyFuzz]

Playing Silent Hunter 3 with the GWX mod gives a 1939 start date of August 1. After moving to your patrol area, that's a lot of waiting around with its time compression for September 3.

 

[Evan05]

I guessing an August start date was picked over a September 1st date was to allow the German player to make some last minute preparations before basically starting WW2.

Why august 14th specifically? I would not be surprised if they just randomly picked a date somewhere in august and that date was the 14th. Maybe they thought August 14th would allow the German player to gain sufficient planning time, which would ensure they have a higher chance of beating Poland and France which makes the WW2 much more interesting and intense.