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Fish02 Dec 2016 11:27 a.m. PST

Gemigabok (in Helsinki, Finland) began a Winter War Chain of Command campaign.

Here is the battle report for the first game:
link


This Finnish victory was later reported by the Soviets in the following manner:

"Comrades!
Yesterday the glorious liberators of the Workers' and Farmers' Red Army were greeted with open arms by the population of the village of Rajajoki. Two oppressors of the people were apprehended at the border before they could carry out their dastradly plan of executing the peace loving inhabitants of the village who were greeting our brave lads with the traditional Finnish offering of bread and salt.

Our soldiers of the border guard force then showed purity of mind in the most glorious tradition of the party of Lenin and Stalin in giving the ultimate sacrifice in their attempt to protect the infrastructure of the liberated area from the devilish attempts at wanton destruction in the hands of the white bandits. They freely gave their blood to the altar of the untarnished glory of the Red Army but were unable to wrench the plunger of fiendish bombs from the hands of the enemies of the peace loving people. The hooligans of the enemy torched the property of the people and blew up the bridges and railroads while sobbing mothers held the lifeless babes, bayoneted by these criminal bandits.

Tannerite gang of white bandits, be sure the vengeance of the peace loving masses of the proletariat will be swift and decisive. The name of lieutenant Ivan Ivanov, shot in the back while valiantly exhorting his men to even greater efforts, will be on our lips as we take back the ground wrenched from the people!

Political Worker
Oleg Nabokov"


Just in case, here is also the link for the campaign's announcement:
link

Fish02 Dec 2016 11:51 a.m. PST

"We komink peace"

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batesmotel3403 Dec 2016 6:23 a.m. PST

Thanks for a good report. Looks like it should be an interesting campaign if the Soviets can find some leader without targets on their chests (backs?)

Chris

JLA10503 Dec 2016 7:03 a.m. PST

Great table, report and write-up!

Fish08 Dec 2016 4:36 p.m. PST

An AAR from the GM:

link

Redcoatphil10 Dec 2016 6:57 p.m. PST

great idea for a campaign!

Fish18 Dec 2016 3:46 a.m. PST

Our club is actually planning on doing quite a few (short-ish) CoC campaigns in the chronological order. Poland was the first one.

Nice to see how the equipment etc changes during the years.

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