Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Allies) vs DimitryN (Axis) Full game 1939 (9/18/2021 6:46:54 PM)
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From Abyssinia General Graziani launched a major offensive. After taking Djibouti, they attacked Berbera in British Somaliland. The situation in Egypt is calm: an Italian Army is defending Tobruk and the other Italian Army, after occupying Mersa Matruth, advanced no further. No other Axis troops have been detected in Libya, except for a couple of Italian garrisons that entered Tunisia and were pushing north pass Gabes. With no immediate danger to Egypt, Mr. Churchill decided to send major Allied reinforcements to Massawa in Italian East Africa. If Berbera fell the Axis would have 3 ports (Djibouti, Berbera and Mogadishu) to resupply from and vessels and U-Boote could create havoc in the Indian Ocean and control the critical Gulf of Aden. Already 2-3 U-Boote and 2 German CAs assisted by Italian DD Nazario were operating north of Madagascar interdicting our convoy supply lanes from Australia. The Admiralty decided not to reroute the convoy lanes around Capetown and this forced the Axis raiders to move north around the Seychelles to operate. Thus, the Bomber Command Strategic Bombers from France, the tac bombers and the O’Connor HQ from Egypt and the NZ Infantry corps from India were transferred to Massawa. Not much was left defending Egypt, where French engineers were building forts. As a precaution, all Libyan ports were sieged to avoid the Axis sending any reinforcements to North Africa. [image]local://upfiles/23459/24143C17A1434C748C6160E3D5F76A67.jpg[/image]
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