1939 July-1939 December
The Royal New Zealand Air Force
The German Kriegsmarine
1939: The year the world went to war
On June 9th Germany declared war on Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands, Denmark, Luxembourg and Belgium. As it was already at war with France, Britain, South Africa, Ireland, New Zeeland and Poland the war had truly become global.
Denmark and Luxembourg fell fast, being annexed and puppeted respectively. The Netherlands and Belgium however put up a good fight and invaded Germany. They made progress because Hitler had declared war to soon and the troops were still redeploying from Poland to the Western boarder. As The Dutch and Belgians got pushed back disaster struck Germany.
The Kriegsmarine North Sea battlefleet encoutred the Home Fleet and was severely mauled. KMS Schliesen and KMS Schlesweg Holstein were destroyed by HMS Hood and HMS King George V. The biggest disaster was KMS Tirpitz, which was struck in the magazine by a shell from HMS Royal Oak
The German Baltic battlefleet met the Swedish Navy the next day and was suprisingly mauled. The Bismark was sunk and four more Heavy Cruisers also were sent to the bottom. This dashed any hope for Germany to invade Scandinavia.
The same story was not unfolding on land. The Dutch and Belgians were pushed back and soon the Germans were in France. The war turned very ugely from there on, in a repetition of World War One there were huge battles fought on the river Marne. By September 20th Paris fell, the French however fought on and on and on......
It was only on December 26th that France surrendered.
In the mean while the Red Army had been developing docterines; Mechanised offensive, Tactical Command Structure, and Assaukt consentration to name a few.
After the development of these new docterines and by studiing the campaign in France the Red Army noticed the importance of combined arms operations and for that reason 40 new light armoured brigades hgad been ordered to upgrade the Motor Rifle divisions. Also 12 new Inantry divisions were beying formed.
Diplomatic Developments
July 22nd
October 28th
The Royal New Zealand Air Force
The German Kriegsmarine
1939: The year the world went to war
On June 9th Germany declared war on Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands, Denmark, Luxembourg and Belgium. As it was already at war with France, Britain, South Africa, Ireland, New Zeeland and Poland the war had truly become global.
Denmark and Luxembourg fell fast, being annexed and puppeted respectively. The Netherlands and Belgium however put up a good fight and invaded Germany. They made progress because Hitler had declared war to soon and the troops were still redeploying from Poland to the Western boarder. As The Dutch and Belgians got pushed back disaster struck Germany.
The Kriegsmarine North Sea battlefleet encoutred the Home Fleet and was severely mauled. KMS Schliesen and KMS Schlesweg Holstein were destroyed by HMS Hood and HMS King George V. The biggest disaster was KMS Tirpitz, which was struck in the magazine by a shell from HMS Royal Oak
The German Baltic battlefleet met the Swedish Navy the next day and was suprisingly mauled. The Bismark was sunk and four more Heavy Cruisers also were sent to the bottom. This dashed any hope for Germany to invade Scandinavia.
The same story was not unfolding on land. The Dutch and Belgians were pushed back and soon the Germans were in France. The war turned very ugely from there on, in a repetition of World War One there were huge battles fought on the river Marne. By September 20th Paris fell, the French however fought on and on and on......
It was only on December 26th that France surrendered.
In the mean while the Red Army had been developing docterines; Mechanised offensive, Tactical Command Structure, and Assaukt consentration to name a few.
After the development of these new docterines and by studiing the campaign in France the Red Army noticed the importance of combined arms operations and for that reason 40 new light armoured brigades hgad been ordered to upgrade the Motor Rifle divisions. Also 12 new Inantry divisions were beying formed.
Diplomatic Developments
July 22nd
October 28th
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