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From the desk of the NZ PM, the Right Honourable Mr Bruce. 28 November 1943 Philippines liberated!  Western China captured!  Japanese army c...

From the desk of the NZ PM, the Right Honourable Mr Bruce. 14 February 1943 The naval invasion of central Philippines launched (1).  Initial...

From the desk of the NZ PM, the Right Honourable Mr Bruce. 9 July 1942 ANZACs have moved from defence to offence against Japan, both at sea ...

From the desk of the NZ PM, the Right Honourable Mr Bruce. 3 January 1942 Japan declared war on the Allies.  With years of war experience in...

From the desk of the NZ PM, the Right Honourable Mr Bruce. 18 March 1941 Italian East Africa is entirely conquered!  Australia suggested one...

From the desk of the NZ PM, the Right Honourable Mr Bruce, who has now caught up with all his paperwork. 16 May 1940 The Axis forces in Ital...

From the desk of the NZ PM, the Right Honourable Mr Bruce. 16 May 1940 The Axis forces in Italian East Africa are now much reduced.  More im...

From the desk of the NZ PM, the Right Honourable Mr Bruce. 19 February 1940 New Zealand swept south from British Somaliland towards Mogadish...

From the desk of the NZ PM, the Right Honourable Mr Bruce. 23 November 1939 Germany forced the remilitarisation of the Rhineland, the Anschl...

From the desk of the NZ PM, the Right Honourable Mr Bruce 2 September 1937   The industrial build up in Australia and New Zealand has procee...

Bruce and I started a new session of Hearts of Iron where we play pairs of mutually supporting countries.  In the past we have done Germany/...

This games has been a bit of a bugger to play, and that's before adding in Internet and computer problems.  However I have prevailed, ...

The first challenge is to get all those American Divisions over to France.  I'm short of generals (you need Political Points to get more...

After recovering the game, I ploughed on. 2 October Japan declares war on British Malaya.  Britain calls us as allies and after a delay to...

I continue to persevere with this game... The situation in January 1941. As the year starts, we take a pessimistic view and start str...

November Five factories are switched from airplane production to rifles as there is a critical shortage of small arms which is limiting ou...

This post has been a while in coming, the reasons for which will soon be apparent, The light green is areas held by Belgium, light blue...

Session 11 We are across the Rhine! The Spitfire arrives.  We licence it from the UK and commence production.  Our air force has been pu...

Session 9 Fighting rages on the Rhine and in southern Italy, where the Italians, now devoid of German support, look like collapsing.  Inde...

Session 7 The Situation September 1939 Army reforms start with improving the colonial troops fighting capabilities, which is effec...