@ABWorsham4 Currently I’m reading False Flags, Disguised German Raiders Of World War 2.

@The-Pripet-Martian said in What are you reading:

@ABWorsham4 The more I read, the more I learn that American neutrality pre-Pearl Harbor was extremely nuanced, to say the least. Very interesting stuff.

No doubt, escorts were taking an active role in the Battle of the Atlantic. American made jeeps, trucks, tanks and planes were operating in North Africa, firing munitions fabricated in the States.

@ABWorsham4 I’m currently reading George Marshall, Defender of the Republic.

I finished Hitler’s Secret Pirate Fleet by James Duffy. Also I read a 1955 classic, The Secret Raiders by David Woodward. These two books finished my quest for knowledge of German Commerce Raiders.

@Wittmann I took the family to watch the film. It was great.

@Caesar-Seriona We play a homemade version of A&A that has Canada as it’s own nation, allied with Great Britain. The British Far East and ANZAC are Independent. The Communist in China are also represented. It’s a fun game.

The game also rolls for French territory and Navy units after the fall of Paris. With a D-20 dice, 1-4 goes to Allies, 16 -20 goes Germans, 4-10 is scuttled, 10-16 goes to Vichy France.

@ABWorsham4 I’m currently reading H.W Schmidt’s With Rommel In The Desert.

It’s a great read. Its interesting to see the war in the desert from a staff officer and company commander’s view.

@CWO-Marc good to hear from you

@The-Pripet-Martian I have read two books concerning Atlantis, The German Raider Atlantis and Ship 16. I’ll look for this book.

False Flags doesn’t cover Atlantis much. It covers the lesser known raiders and supply ships.

I didn’t realize the US Navy actively hunted for the raider Komet. The raider entered the Pan American Zone in the Pacific near the Galapagos Islands sinking 3 Allied vessels.

@captainwalker Thanks for posting. It’s my father’s favorite chapter of WW2.

I’ve got to play on a different device. My smart phone runs on chrome.

@Tall-Paul Just how many books?

I recently read that the giant French WW1 era railway gun, Obusier de 520 modèle 1916, was used at Leningrad for several months before a misfire damaged the gun by the Germans.

I could not find any information of the history of the gun while at Leningrad. How many rounds was fired? Was it targeting the Red Navy? Only that it was captured by Soviet forces.

Does anyone know more on this gun?

@axis_roll I have not watched the History Channel in years. It became to heavily involved in reality TV.

We cut the cord.

@Panther Thanks for the reply.

@CWO-Marc good to hear from you

Have I overlook a tab for creating a poll question? Or has the new site layout done away with that feature?

@Caesar-Seriona We play a homemade version of A&A that has Canada as it’s own nation, allied with Great Britain. The British Far East and ANZAC are Independent. The Communist in China are also represented. It’s a fun game.

The game also rolls for French territory and Navy units after the fall of Paris. With a D-20 dice, 1-4 goes to Allies, 16 -20 goes Germans, 4-10 is scuttled, 10-16 goes to Vichy France.

@General-Hicks said in Second stand in france:

so hypothetically if the germans have a very poor turn one and lose lots of ground units in the capture of Paris and even maybe lose a plane or two in wiping out the British navy. has anyone tried to support the remaining french units in normandy, you could stack 3-4 allied fighters and move 2-4 land units into normandy aswell. so i am just wondering if this scenario has ever happened to someone or just your overall thoughts on the idea

I’ve consider it before but have not applied the move in a game. I played a 1936 Global War game where I stacked Paris with eight to ten AA guns to discourage German planes from tipping the scale of the battle.

@captainwalker Thanks for posting. It’s my father’s favorite chapter of WW2.

@CWO-Marc The publicity of the Channel Dash and the embarrassment of the R.N caused the English Channel to become off limits to German Commerce Raiders.The raider Togo was mauled attempting to run the Channel.