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Hi everyone I am still working on this TL, but I've been working my arse off recently with extra shifts at work and so I've only had a fraction of the spare time I used to have. This means that I haven't been able to finish off the next updates yet. Bear with me, as I hope to have something...

colds and the flu are unfortunately daily hazards when you work on a ski slope, and I've caught the bug going round once again. I am still hard at work however on the next two updates which have grown out of all proportions to what I originally intended, so at least you can look forward to the...

Quick update, and you probably won't be happy about it: The girl I'm covering for at work has called in to say that she'll be off for another couple of weeks, so once more the next chapter will have to be postponed. Many apologies guys....but I have a couple of ideas in mind to make up for...

I haven't had a chance to start because I'm covering shifts at work for a couple of weeks for a colleague who is sick, and I'm working quite late into the evening, which including travel time, doesn't leave me with much free time for writing. I have my rough outlines done however, so hopefully...

Optimistic as ever I see ;)

It depends which army you want really, as I've used a lot of sources online and I could certainly recommend some good reading on certain subjects. If its just the orders of battle you are after: This site is just brilliant: World War 2 Orders of Battle For British and Empire Troops...

No, there were just a few corrections that were made and its the same with a new update... ...except Theodore Roosevelt will remain dead this time ;)

Thanks for both of those links Chris S...there is some good stuff there that I will definitely have to think about working into the TL. :)

Just so that everybody knows and nobody misses out on those updates I am so frequently asked for, this TL has been restarted on a new thread named "The Major and the General" with a new update for March 1941. Hope you all enjoy it

Ethiopian Front, East African Campaign “I would say that [Operation] Appearance must have been the most successful enterprise of the entire war; opening new supply lines for [General] Cunningham’s drive north against opposition that was barely worth the name. We learnt a lot about the nuts...

Eritrean Front, East African Theatre “Words cannot describe the gallantry shown by my troops during the superhuman struggle in which they have taken part. Before destroying the radio I send to Your My Royal Highness the loyal greetings of my troops and myself. Long Live Italy!” – Message...

Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre “Egypt has been saved in the last three months, the Suez Canal will not be Italian, 600 additional miles of the shores of "the Italian Lake" have passed into British care. Kenya, the Sudan and the Somalilands are rid of Italians; their hold on...

Southern Europe “Duce, events force me to give to you by this, the quickest means, my estimate of the situation and the consequences that might result from it. From the beginning I have regarded Yugoslavia as a dangerous factor in the controversy with Greece…for this reason I have done...

Western Theatre “The army had to protect us with fixed bayonets against the public because they tried to throw stones at us. Liverpool was being heavily bombed at that time, and many of those there had lost relatives at sea. They were furious at these German submarine sailors. We said...

East Africa “The curse of this war is Lawrence in the last!” – Lieutenant General William Platt With Agordat now in British hands, Lieutenant General Platt moves up to the front on the 1st of February to examine the battlefield and confer with his divisional commanders about the...

Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre “The Italians stared with wide-open eyes, but otherwise were dumb. Where, I wondered, was their proverbial animation and enthusiasm? After the Panzers had passed there followed a long line of Italian tanks. There was an immediate cheer from all sides...

Western Theatre “Will he [Henry Margesson, Secretary of State for War] assure this house that our troops overseas are equipped with tanks at least the equal of the Panzer 3 in terms of armour and armament?” – The Honourable Richard Stokes, Member of Parliament for Ipswich The Air...

East Africa “Not only do I want Agordat quickly, but I want it cheaply” – Major General Ivan Mackay General Platt and General Mackay agree in advance not to commit the 6th Australian Cavalry Regiment to the East African Campaign, so that instead in can be converted into an armoured...

Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre “If the mind is to emerge unscathed from this relentless struggle with the unforeseen, two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light that leads to truth; and second, the...

Southern Europe “We must precede the Germans in the task of annihilating Greek Resistance if we are to avoid incalculable damage to our [national] Prestige, preferably before politico-military agreements agreed at the forthcoming Berchtesgaden meeting can be implemented” – Benito Mussolini...