Captain Nemo Gaming World War II

Operation Market Garden Lieutenant-General  Brian Horrocks 17 September 1944     Gentlemen, this is a story you will tell your grandchildren ... and mightly bored they'll be!   My father hated his six years enforced time in the military, beating the Nazi Legions. He rarely spoke of his experiences. I was fascinated by the stupendous achievement of organising and equipping millions of men to fight and win the war.   On reaching retirement I wanted to go through each campaign and understand the different aspects of them. The blog is to record the miniature battles fought on the table-top while doing so.

Declaration of war:  Chamberlain's radio broadcast [extract] 3 September 1939 I am speaking to you from the cabinet room at 10 Downing Street. This morning the British ambassador in Berlin handed the German government a final note stating that unless we heard from them by 11 o'clock that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us. I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received, and that consequently this country is at war with Germany. The Few: Churchill's  Speech to the House of Commons [extract] 20 August 1940 Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. The Blog: The Captain's comment at the RAF Museum [extract] 13 July 2021 We need a blog to record our battles.