Group Build Description: A group build for any subject used by any belligerent in 1942, the year the Allies stopped the Axis surge.
Event Details: On January 1, 1942, the Axis were victorious everywhere, and on the move to grab even more territory. The Allies were rocked back on their heels and the possibility that Germany and Japan would actually link up in the Middle East looked like a matter of time. But by December 31 of that year, everything had changed. At Midway, Guadalcanal, El Alamein, Tunisia, and Stalingrad the Axis juggernaut was stopped and turned back. As Churchill said, it was not the end, nor even the beginning of the end. But it was the end of the beginning. This campaign is for any military subject used by any belligerent during 1942, the year the tide turned.
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My OCD is making me point out a small typo. 1042 would be a group build about the coronation of Edward the Confessor - which would be pretty cool, but hard to justify Panzers or Zeros, etc.
That said, i’d pay to see a Panzer and a Sherman jousting.
BTW, in honor of Evan’s pointing out of my snafu in titling the campaign, I will allow anything from the year 1042 as well as 1942. It’s only fair.
Now THAT is totally bonkers. Best chuckle I’ve had all day. I am honoured to have inspired you.
But surely, you jest?
P.S. Michael, thanks for extending the IDF campaign, but I’m not going to make it. I’ll post the finished project as a stand alone thread… at some point. Busy time of year between the holdays and prepping for winter.
A fellow I went to school with, who was a master of absurd puns, used to explain to innocent first years that the reason Gregorian chants were called such was because there were two Popes who both claimed onwership over the music. So they compromised and called them Greg or Ian Chants. Some folks actually fell for it. He never came up with one for the Julian Calendar.
