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Correction The last installment was written without my main map in front of me. I wrote that detachments of the Pasubio had crossed the Sava; this is incorrect, they have crossed the Kupa. I also wrote that the Taurinense has moved around the right flank of Ljubljana; this is incorrect, they...

Thanks all for the encouragement; prevents me from slackening off. Next installment is up. After two weeks the Italian invasion has made reasonable progress; the weaker Yugoslav Air Force and Navy have been rendered hors d'combat and the main force in the center is up against the first river...

Oct 15 - 18 After nearly two weeks continually engaged against the JV 13th Inf Herzegovacka the RE 14th Mtn Inf Bergamo was in no fit state to pursue the Yugoslavs to Andrijevica. The Bergamo had been pinned in its positions fighting an often desperate battle against a committed foe that would...

Next installment is up: the JV have moved their reserve divisions up. Croesus

Oct 12-15 Following the destruction of the Yugoslav air force, or rather what passed for an air force, in the first few days of the invasion, the reserve divisions despatched to Croatia, Slovenia and Kosovo by Simovic were forced to move by night in order to avoid detection by the wide ranging...

The Belgians were too clever for their own good, but got away with it. They knew the French knew the Germans would come through Belgium irrespective of fancy conceptions of Belgian neutrality. The French knew the Belgians knew this but played along. Georges warned about the wisdom of putting...

Well then, in keeping with my last post on this topic, and following your point about a French threat to the flanks, WI Gamelin had made the decision to defend on the Escaut/Sheldt rather than the Dyle? That gives 2 DLM's and 5 motorised divisons available to reinforce the Meuse...

It's a lot of fun to read up on though as things develop I have to be more careful. I know what I want to happen, but have to guard against such sentiment. One thing I'm learning during my Balkans reading is to use multiple sources and then take a conservative line when making TL...

Well, I should've done this a lot earlier... am surprised no other contributors have done so. Lots of mention of better radios and that blasted German plane getting shot down... and always a lot of talk about tanks... and some nice posts about lots of rain...

Redbeard: as ever, an excellent post... however I want to take another look at your accentuation of over-offensiveness. Previously I pointed to over-defensiveness as a problem and have since come around to the view you summarise well: 'The general French concept was using the Maginot line as a...

... but wait, there's more!... I'm on fire today. The Anglo-French position revealed... completely in accordance with the feelings of the board too, how nice. Croesus

The Anglo-French Position Following the German invasion of Poland the Anglo-French surprised themselves and each other by quickly getting in step. Surprising because the Anglo-French relationship could not by any stretch of the imagination be called friendly. The mesentente cordiale was amply...

Another update: the crappy situation faced by Yugoslavia and how they propose to defend. Croesus

Belgrades Strategy Things went rapidly from bad to worse for the Yugoslav Prime Minister Cvetkovic. His career as Prime Minister started well enough as he negotiated the fine print of a federal structure for Yugoslavia and seemingly created a positive solution to the long running issue between...

As I understand it so far Halifax took himself out due to the fact that he was a peer, a member of the House of Lords rather than the Commons. Curses be, but I've returned the book that covered it off. And your Norway point is pretty persusasive. Croesus