"The Paprikans are at it again" Topic

"Chris is running helter-skelter towards publishing NQM and is trying to make sure he tests everything he needs to ahead of publication. And show off his Hexon terrain in the process. This week (and possibly for a week or two to come) the Tibians were launching an assault on a key naval port controlled by the Paprikans. In order to achieve this they have rolled up every single heavy gun they can lay their hands on…"

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"The British War Ministry had no illusions about how the situation in Europe would develop, even in 1938. The policy of appeasement was adopted to postpone the inevitable large conflict, which the kingdom's military was not prepared for. The situation continued to escalate in the summer of 1939, but the British were still not ready for a full blown war. Cruiser tanks only entered service in 1939, and infantry tanks, with the exception of the Infantry Tank Mk.I, were not even in production. Meanwhile, observers from across the Atlantic Ocean monitored the situation in Europe carefully. The United States began production of the Medium Tank M2 and trials of the Light Tank M2A4. They knew that if a war broke in Europe, they would be drawn into it sooner or later.

Similar sentiments were not uncommon in Canada, but hardly any preparations were being made for war. Unlike the United States or Great Britain, Canada had no tank building tradition. The Canadian armoured battalions that were established during the First World War came too late to take part in the fighting. The Canadian army was not mechanized during the interbellum, and had almost no tanks of its own at the start of the Second World War. Nevertheless, a proposal was made to create a Canadian tank force once more after the fall of Poland in 1939. Mechanization of cavalry units, both of the Permanent and the Non-Permanent Active Militia, was on the table. It quickly became clear that it would be impossible to arm a tank force without setting up domestic tank production. 219 obsolete M1917 light tanks that were purchased from the United States at scrap value, but they were useful for training and not much else…"

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DA BUG!… AGAIN!!!….

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Do not despair.

OK, not a Paprikan in sight, but that is an interesting intro to Canadian Armour development in WWII. I think we never hear enough about the Canadian contribution, other than the obvious Dieppe and Airborne in Normandy. (and that only applies to ground forces. Without them in the North Atlantic there might have been no Normandy

Thanks my good friend…

Armand