cpdeyoung -> RE: GD1938 AAR (SRCL) (9/28/2021 3:02:45 AM)
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General Staff Situation 24 June 1940 War has come to the world, but not for France or Great Britain. The alliance issues and logistical problems thus continue. Germany, and only Germany, has attacked the USSR. Germany has full alliances with Italy and Japan, who stand on either side of the belligerent ready to come to her support if we declare war. A DoW by either Great Britain or France on any Axis nation would allow us to ally, but this would not give immediate succor to the Soviets as all Axis nations have ample naval interdiction assets available. France has asked the Soviets for an alliance which would allow some aid from the French to the USSR. Britain has not yet asked for such an alliance. The French and British did an awful job of diplomacy, and the Axis did very well. Germany controls all of Central Europe. Japan not only controls Persia, but she gained Czechoslovakia which she gave some of to Germany. Japan has reduced China to rubble. Japanese fleets have been seen transiting the Indian Ocean. Without a counterbalance from China Japan is a huge threat. Italy has a serious presence on the French border, and we suspect her Regia Marina is built out. America is handicapped by such a long period of "peace" penalties. She has a huge amount of catching up to do. Ridding herself of isolationism will still take an unknown amount of time. The Axis is stronger than we ever anticipated. This will be a very hard war, when it comes to us.
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