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Actually there are two game histories, the history of running the game and of what happened during the game. The former is the shorter. Dave Clay began improving the “60th Anniversary Replay” campaign to launch in 2004 what became to be known the “WW2 Open War” game. Dave quitted umpiring end of 2006 to concentrate on his new WW1 campaign game, and Jens took over the job. But now to what happened all these years:

 

April 1943

·         Gibraltar laid to siege, almost captured.

·         Hitler appoints new Armaments Minister.

·         RAF inflicts heavy damage upon Ruhr area.

·         Germans capture Kalinin.

·         Partisans ambush troop train.

March 1943

·         America declares war upon Germany, Italy and Japan.

·         Athens falls to Italy.

·         Romanian government crisis.

·         Japanese port strike on Brisbane.

·         Japan conquers Anshan.

February 1943

·         French Fleet destroyed.

·         British bombardment of more targets in Occupied France.

·         Japanese Navy raids Indian Ocean.

·         Finnish advance in Karelia stalls.

January 1943

·         America mobilizes.

·         Japan bombs Chunking.

·         British Bomber Command levels Lille industries.

·         Franco-Italian battle in the Aegean Sea

December 1942

·         Great Britain and U.S.A. sign Atlantic Charter.

·         Germany takes Cadiz, Spain.

·         Russia starts Partsian Movement.

·         First air raid over Saarbrucken fended off by Luftwaffe.

November 1942

·         French raiders destroy supply bridge across the Corinthian Channel.

·         Vladivostok holds against Japanese landing force.

·         Seoul falls to Japanese attack.

·         Karlsruhe devastated by British air raids.

·         Mutiny in French Foreign Legion, HQ sacked by Italians.

October 1942

·         Hannover luckily evades aerial destruction.

·         Kursk holds against massive Germans assault.

·         So does Dnepropetrovsk against the Hungarians.

·         Japanese Marines invade Korea and land next to Vladivostok.

·         Greek forces attacke Italian beachhead at Patras but are repelled.

September 1942

·         RAF bombs Hamburg to rubbles.

·         Russia defends Crimea, drives off Romanian tanks.

·         Germany takes Smolensk and Stalingrad.

·         China closes ring around Hongkong.

·         Italy invades Patras by sea.

August 1942

·         Russians withdraw to bunker line around Moscow.

·         Japan strikes crippling blow to Royal Navy.

·         China conquers Canton and pushes towards Wuhan.

·         Germans strike hole between Tula and Kursk.

·         German offensive against Cadiz stopped.

July 1942

·         Germans inflict heavy casualties upon British in Spain.

·         Roosevelt calls upon the nation to fight fascism.

·         RAF bombs German industries.

·         Japan loses Manchuria.

·         Germany invades northern Norway.

June 1942

·         KMT make slow but steady advance against weakened Japanese.

·         German offer of peace to western allies

·         Russia gains further ground in East Asia.

·         Italy loses 3rd time in a row in Greece.

May 1942

·         Russians pay high toll in tank losses against panzers.

·         Britain falls back on Gibraltar.

·         China advances on Hongkong.

·         Germans break through Russian lines north of Kursk .

·         Standoff in Greece.

April 1942

·         Russians occupy Pusan and drive towards Peking.

·         Portugal surrenders to Germany.

·         IJN and RN clash in Java Sea, first major Carrier Battle of the Pacific.

·         Germans stall their drive on the east, blaming the mud.

·         Greeks push Italian invasion off the beaches.

March 1942

·         Russians occupy Seoul.

·         Cartagena falls to Germans.

·         Germans start their eastern offensive, Novgorod occupied.

·         Italian Fleet thrashed by Royal Navy.

·         Japanese pull out of Haiphong.

February 1942

·         Russians drive on Pusan and Peking.

·         British start evacuation of Cartagena.

·         French openly question Churchill’s leadership of the Allied Alliance.

·         Italians push towards Athens, whilst amphibious attack upon Crete is a disaster.

January 1942

·         Russians occupy northern Korea and much of eastern Manchuria.

·         Japanese fail to take Hanoi and severely disable their army in the region.

·         British drive on Madrid halted by Germans.

December 1941

·         Winter sets in throughout Europe, grounding all major air operations.

·         Russians complete coupe.

·         Russia joins Allied Alliance and declare war upon Japan, invading Manchuria.

·         Italians invade Greece.

·         Rabaul falls to Japanese.

November 1941

·         Spain pull back from war in Europe.

·         British sink Japanese landing force off Rabaul.

·         Leningrad falls to combined Axis attack.

·         Zhukov takes outright control of Russia, Communist error possibly ending.

October 1941

·         Italians surrender in North Africa.

·         Edinburgh devastated by German air raids.

·         Germans take over 150,000 Soviets prisoner, east of Kiev.

·         Japanese occupy Rabaul.

·         Chinese revolt against Japanese occupation.

September 1941

·         Hull devastated by German air raids.

·         Chinese hold Japanese advance.

·         Finland declares war on Soviet Union and attacks Leningrad.

·         Kiev occupied by Germans.

·         Allies close on Tunis.

August 1941

·         Germany invades Yugoslavia with Hungary, Croats declare independence.

·         KMS Tirpitz sunk by Royal Navy.

July 1941

·         Japanese open major offensive in Northern China, KMT routed.

·         Germany attacks US merchants in the Atlantic.

·         Germany occupies Denmark, Danes collapse.

·         Soviets hold Germans in south, but continue to be pushed back in north.

June 1941

·         Germans take Odessa and enter Smolensk.

·         British link up with Chinese Army around Hanoi.

·         Italians put British into flight in North Africa.

May 1941

·         Germany accepts French surrender, many fight on with allies.

·         Belgium and Holland occupied by Germans

·         British invade southern Spain.

·         Germans launch major offensive the length of the Russian Front.

·         Poles rise up in southern Poland.

·         Siam collapses, surrendering to Allies.

·         Italians start counter offensive in North Africa.

April 1941

·         US Deploys major naval group to Asiatic waters.

·         Paris and Lyon taken by Germany, France on verge of collapse.

·         Belgium and Holland invaded by Germany

March 1941

·         Germany invades France.

·         Britain and her allies declare war upon Spain.

·         Belgium, Norway and Holland declare war on Germany.

·         Germans invade Belgium and launch raids on Holland.

·         Failed German offensive in Northern Russia.

February 1941

·         Stalin killed in Military coupe.

·         French Government Collapses, military assume control.

·         US merchants sunk in Pacific.

·         Japanese invade French Indo-China.

January 1941

·         Spain invades France.

·         Portugal joins Allied Powers.

December 1940

·         British loose 750,000 tons of shipping in 3 months.

·         British and Japanese fleets clash of Singapore.

November 1940

·         Singapore falls to Japanese.

·         Tripoli taken by British Forces. 

·         Roosevelt re-elected.

·         US chooses President

·         Japanese fleet raids Darwin.

October 1940

·         Germans capture Minsk.

·         Dutch sign defence pact with Japan.

·         Hakodate shelled by Royal Navy, thousands killed.

August 1940

·         Russian withdrawal from Balkans begins.

·         Allied evacuation from Biscay ports completed.

July 1940

·         Russians declare war upon Hungary.

·         Germans, Lithuania, Bulgarians declare war upon Russia.

·         Romanians end civil war and declare war upon Russia, joining Axis.

·         Polish resistance quelled.

·         Mao Killed in Japanese advance.

June 1940

·         German breakout in West.

·         French sign terms for peace with Germany.

·         British and Free French continue to fight on.

·         CCP launches massive attack upon Peking.

May 1940

·         Germans cut deep into allied lines.

·         Chamberlain resigns, Churchill takes lead role in Britain.

·         Reynaud appointed French President.

·         Japanese land in Malaya.

·         Bulgaria joins Axis.

April 1940

·         Failed Italian landings at Marseilles.

·         German summer spring offensive opens around Metz.

March 1940

·         Germans assault Warsaw.

·         Free Polish forces enter Romania.

·         French occupy Saarbrucken.

February 1940

·         Italy declares war on Western Powers.

·         Romania erupts in civil war.

January 1940.

·         Lithuania joins Axis Alliance.

December 1939

·         Hungary joins Axis.

·         Polish troops occupy Vienna.

November 1939

·         Russia occupies Latvia and Estonia.

October 1939

·         French launch drive into southern Germany.

September 1939

·         Germany invades Poland

·         Polish army called up.

·         Britain and France declare war on Germany.