News from the Axis community

Luxembourg brewery under control

2010-07-01T23:59:00.000-07:00

Kommandeur Zeroace, XXO, 2. Kampfgruppe, 33. Infanterie Division reported: " Luxembourg Brewery is Axis! And there was much rejoicing. We now have the fuel we need to push west!"
Thread: Luxembourg Brewery is Axis!

Before the taking of the brewery a great battle of Viaden opened up for the Axis offensive. Gagamel, KGW: " Insane battle, simply insane. We broke the can open with a 15 man hotdrop on the well defended NCP and when that fell allies got squeezed in more and more. It dragged out though, untill we started presuring SAB and ECP at the same time. Amazing night, havent seen 55kill/min before in EU TZ this map, and it kept goign like that for an hour. Stats say we kileld about 3.000-4.000 allies on ground. With air it must have been many more."
LtData: " The Vianden battle tonight was an allied disaster supported by AHC. Early in the battle it was clear that it was a lost battle.I suggested for AHC to pull back and prepare defenses at the next towns and add defence to neighbouring towns. Instead AHC kept on with adding ressources and feeding the axis. Even when we where down to one camped AB a fresh armour brigade was added. Which of course was slaughtered within the AB.Result of this was that next towns in line became low on supplies and axis rolled town after town with ease in the area. Last before I logged was Luxembourg."

Oberstleutnant takes down Dinant

2010-06-29T23:32:00.000-07:00

Oberstleutnant Fallen left the fb of Ciney-Dinant on june 13th in his PzKpfw IIIf to attack the rivertown of Dinant. Supported by shelling from the western cliffs of Dinant, the officer managed to take down 78 enemy soldiers and wounding several before leaving his damaged panzer. One bofors and 77 enemy infantry was reported killed and official reports state that Fallen was back in duty just 10 minutes after the battle.

How to join OKW

2010-03-04T03:37:00.001-08:00

Joining OKW by XoomXoom

Fallschirmsjager raids Wiltz

2010-03-04T03:27:00.000-08:00

(February 27th) Gefreiter Jager00 reported: " We took off from Verviers for a para drop to Wiltz to stop enemy planes and paras from leaving base. Dropped high and landed near Hangers/AB as i was running towards the AB a spitfire Vb flew overhead i raised my SMG and shot it down, then I proceeded into the armybase and waited for enemy troops. An enemy officer ran in and we both killed each other. It was over in fifteen minutes."
Started Feb 27, 2010 in a German Airborne SMG from Verviers. Ended with 2 kills and 0 captures.

Axis forces victorious!

2010-02-14T12:35:00.000-08:00

The victory of the Axis forces in Campaign 58 lines up to a three in a row. Join the Axis in Campaign 59 starting february 22nd.

The new Achsenmächte staff (Axis leadership) is:

CinC = Imarock
CoS = Csudet
DCoS = Vondoosh
Country CO = Thorg
Country XO = Xoomxoom

How to sap the Souma

2010-01-16T12:31:00.000-08:00

S35 by Teclas503abt

Iron wolves

2010-01-16T12:22:00.001-08:00

Hit by a hurricane

2010-01-05T08:48:00.000-08:00

Generalleutnant Rhogan, OKM,reported january 4th: " Left Oost wit five of my squad buddies on three ships lead by me. They where local25 and tsetse. Led them North of Dunk where i hoped to find EDDs didnt find any. The squad buddy who was crewin my ship left leaving me no acses to the AA guns torpedoes or rear guns. Headed towards the docks and was about 6000m due north when the gay FN started spawning in edds. Local25 was hit by a hurricane and his engine stoped and he eventualy sunk. I sunk 2 edds when tsetse sunk. I had sunk 3 edds before my forward gun stoped firing. I switched to my 37mm guns and severly damaged another edd before ship sunk like a glorios rock becuase of taking a massive pounding from 2 blens and the last edd. In total i got 3 kills and 6 damages."
Started Jan 04, 2010 in a Type 1934 from Oostende. Ended with 3 kills and 0 captures.

Last stand at Somzee bunker

2009-12-22T02:46:00.000-08:00

Hauptmann Bagir reported: " 9 enemy men down in Somzee bunker. In Somzee Axis has no brigade, so only I and Flash99 spawned there via Philipville-Somzee depot. I run to bunker, and Flash99 stay in Charleroi-Somzee CP. Allies drop paras from low altitude, and after second of that their plane was downed by our AI.
I'm ran out of bunker, try shoot to the droped paras from LMG till they was in air (may be hurt two of them), and then began defend bunker. I got 8 of them, include Maj Gen Karelean, and then die. Flash99 also got 4 of them (I saw that in his log after battle). Hope there was good price that they paid for Somzee."
Started Dec 21, 2009 in a German LMG from Somzee. Ended with 8 kills and 0 captures.

Allied airborne attack on Couvin repelled

2009-12-22T02:43:00.000-08:00

Hauptmann Whipperman reported from the battle of Couvin: " I read the announcment, issued by axis high command, that a para attack on Couvin was about 1 minute away. At the time, I was guarding the Andenne cp in Huy and not much was happening. So I aborted the mission I had created in Huy and made a defence mission for Chimay cp in Couvin, Chimay cp being the only ei spawn cp at that time in Couvin. I set myself up in Chimay cp at the top of the stairs watching the 'back' entrance. After about 3 or 4 minutes I heard the drone of a C47 approaching and the sound of our own aaa firing. I ran down the stairs and outside to look up towards the sound only to see 5 parachutes open, and dropping my way. As I ran back inside the cp , to take up a defensive position again, I noticed yet another parachute further of. I will never know for sure how many there where exactly. I readied myself at top of the stairs facing the back entrance. I could hear atleast 2 sets of footsteps, nearbye, approaching the cp from either entrance. A first para came in from the porch area and as he ran passed, I fired and saw the blood effects and then a muffled scream, a second para came in via the back entrance and again i fired. I am not sure if he died on the spot or continued on to attempt to cap. I reloaded as I could hear more footsteps approaching. A third para came in from the rear entrance and I fired on him as he hesitated just inside the doorway, and he died very quickly! Another para and I can't tell you which door but I got a couple of rounds of on him and saw the blood but he continued through into the room containing the radio. I hesitated for a second as I realised that I had killed 2 outright and that 2 were only possibly wounded and could be capping. I waited a few seconds more but could here no further movement, so, I ran down the stairs, out through the porch and looked inside the "radio room" to realize that the radio was actually up close to the near wall and that any capper would be hard up against the wall for protection. I then approached the back entrance to find that there were 3 ei para bodies, but still one un-accounted for. I ran into the doorway of the radio room to see a capper hard up against the wall and next to the radio, I looked at him, took aim and fired headshots, I don't know if he was watching the percentage on the cap or what, but he did manage to fire atleast 2 rounds, off which none made contact.I am only sure that if anyone took that long to aim at me, in a cp, they would have been very dead. It was then that a radio announcement came across, that city cp had been capture, and I realized that they would be on the spawn cp very quickly. I heard footsteps in a building across from the cp and saw a para heading up to the second level, I sprayed and prayed with no effect. I ran into the bottom floor area of the building and concidered my next action when It was announced that the enemy attack on Couvin had been dropped. A single word was spoken by the enemy, "why". I always thought that all enemy words were jumbled?????? I could hear his footsteps as he came back down the stairs and I didn't have to worry about determining my next action as he never made it across the floor to the back door. That was number 5 para. I went back to Chimay cp and began telling my tale to the only other defender I could see, Krater, when i heard another set of footsteps in another building adjacent to the cp. I didn't want to go back up stairs as a shot could be made on me through the four upstairs windows from the surrounding buildings so I decided to hold out in the now vacant radio room, ( vacant except for the bodies).I lay in wait for about 3 minutes but then a burst of gun firing, none of which hit me, came from amongst the dead bodies in the doorway to the radioroom, para number six had crawled in and was after revenge. I opened fire in the aproximate direction, as I still couldn't define my target,and then heard a short burst of gunfire and my life was ended. Para number 6 had killed me. But much to my satisfaction, I found out in the post summary that I had also critically injured number 6 and caused his death."
Started Dec 21, 2009 in a German SMG from Couvin. Ended with 6 kills and 0 captures.

Top ten capture sorties

2009-11-25T10:29:00.001-08:00

1.	Maj Rote3	DE Air Force	Sapper	23 captures	Nov 13 2319
2.	Pvt Harley65	DE Army	Para LMG	12 captures	Nov 24 1754
3.	Capt Propaganda	DE Army	LMG	12 captures	Nov 24 1657
4.	Pvt Wkdwench	FR Army	Rifleman	11 captures	Nov 24 1811
5.	Maj Rabitldr	UK Army	SMG	9 captures	Nov 09 0536
6.	Col Sgt Vid	UK Army	SMG	9 captures	Nov 09 1603
7.	Lt Col Antonof	DE Army	Para SMG	9 captures	Nov 05 1622
8.	Lt Rectumn	DE Army	LMG	8 captures	Nov 24 2058
9.	Col Sgt Surim	DE Air Force	SMG	8 captures	Nov 09 0547
10.	Col Sgt Teruel	UK Army	Para LMG	8 captures	Nov 18 1507

Supressed counter-assault

2009-11-25T10:18:00.000-08:00

Hauptmann Unclebob left Betheniville-Val-de-Vesle FB Nov 23 17:42 in order to hold of a british counter-attack from Reims and reported after the engagement with enemy troops: " After holding back the enemy offensive I rentered the area and investigated a reported enemy artilary position. With my trusty LMG in hand I located a battery of 3 6lbs guns firing in sucsecion so as to limit their visability to counter fire. I eliminated the battery of guns only to have them return three more times. Each time I once again destroyed the guns and their transport until they finaly gave in."
Started Nov 23, 2009 in a German LMG from Betheniville. Ended with 7 kills and 0 captures.

250 hispana

2009-11-24T12:07:00.000-08:00

250 hispana by manups60

Bf 110F-B vs 2 Hawk 87

2009-11-24T11:52:00.000-08:00

Bf 110F-B vs 2 Hawk 87 by bgeFreeb1rd
A one in a million mission in Battleground Europe - at least for me - 2009-11-21. Here's the story: I was bounced by 2 Hawks. I managed to evade the first pass, then the first hawk turns around and i turn into him. See what happens next..."

Before the night falls

2009-11-22T06:51:00.000-08:00

Majoren Kbahr, Luftwaffe, reported: " I took up a F-4 out of Betrix a little while before night fell. Had someone on mission channel yell about being jumped by someone around 5-6 around Montherme. Decided I would head that way at 7k. As I made the turn west between Montherm and Charleville I see a grey circle heading east at 6k about on my 10 o'clock. Engage and it is a Hawk. We did a head to head, doubt I hit anything. I yanked the first turn to hard and black out, decide it's better to climb and hold the alt advantage. I think the Hawk driver lost Situational Awareness and I was able to briefly get some shots on his 6, don't think any hit. I end up overshooting him in a climb and he is able to get on my 6.

We both were in a low E state but I seem to have a little more than him, he does get some hits on me before stalling out. I start leaking fuel and start thinking about a run for home on the deck. As I stall I search for him and see him coming out of a shallow dive and I point my mose his way. I start spraying and praying as we do another head on both of us have our guns blasting. He starts a turn to his left before we pass and I see fuel streaming out of him. I saddle up on him and lead him with my guns while we are in a shallow dive. I score a hit every now and then and after about 15 seconds he disappears into nothingness. I head for home but eventually ditch near a freindly town due to a knocking in my engine."

Started Nov 21, 2009 in a Bf109F4 from Bertrix. Ended with 1 kill and 0 captures.

The battle of Turnhout

2009-11-17T20:19:00.001-08:00

PIIc versus Hurricane

2009-11-15T07:07:00.000-08:00

RDP raid november 11th

2009-11-12T06:17:00.000-08:00

RDP raid november 11th by Bersi

2 more videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtVB8OIoR8Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkhifJhta7w

Panzerkampfwagen38(t)

2009-11-08T02:23:00.001-08:00

Panzerkampfwagen38(t) by clone9cz

Panzercolumn rolls Revin

2009-11-08T02:04:00.000-08:00

Hauptmann Kpfzer reports:

Long time I didnt see any panzers columns out there, so I decided to lead one my self.
We were 15 panzers rolling togheter by the river side road of haybes to revin, ahead of us were two 232 scouting the area and searching for possible targets. we regrouped 2 times to make sure everyone would strike together, and so we did. Supported by 3 88s on the top of west hill and tons of infantry the panzer column invaded the city of Revin.
We didn't expect that much resistence, but the allies spawned infantry as never before, a great fight was setup. after several minutes of brutal street combat we manage to cap the ab before the allies moved a new flag in.
6 panzers survived to the battle and returned to base safe.
Started Nov 05, 2009 in a PzKpfw IV D from Haybes. Ended with 40 kills and 0 captures.

Nov 05 23:33

Panzer column strikes revin

Capt Kpfzer (DE/AR)

Ode to the infantry

2009-11-03T00:09:00.000-08:00

Video from july made by Matamor, 1775th

Change of CinC

2009-11-02T06:21:00.000-08:00

Katonka, Retired Axis CinC:" Team Axis as a soldier and will see you all on the battlefield for campaign 56. Let us all make Frantish term as CinC as enjoyable as mine was. GO TEAM AXIS."
Thread New CinC Staff

Maastricht post liberation

2009-10-31T04:07:00.000-07:00

AAR from 91st Luftwaffe Officer Cadet Acegacek: " Sgt Major Acegacek lifted from Gladbach Airfield alone to check out enemy air presence over Maastricht, it was said over radio from ground chat that there were multiple bombers flying in and around the town. After I arrived, I was greeted by s sight of 6 RAF/FAF fighters chasing one lone bf109G6. With altitude advantage, I dove down to try to bugger the Spitfires and Hawks off my friendly. After damaging multiple and shooting down one, the 109 cam crashing down. After him, I was alone and called for help. I weaved my way to Maastricht FlaK guns which took out two of the Spitfire Mk IX's. Soon after, fellow pilots Sgt Major Signasty and Corporal Kev came in to my aid. We were over the bridges South of town, keeping in mind that we had FlaK guns set up not too far away. One by one, the allies sent bombers in to try to knock out 4 bridges. We encountered Blenheims, DB-7's, Hurricanes, P-39's and a few Spitfires in the few minutes we were over the target zone. Most bombers were shot down before they were able to release, sadly a few passed the three FW190's before we could get a guns solution on them. During our time protecting the bridges, we did not need to use our FlaK support, but still thanked their presence. The RAF had taken out one bridge but at a loss of supplies. A pair of bombers were let to run to base, to tell their comrades of the terror awaiting them over the bridges. Sgt Major Acegacek and Corporal Kev made their way back to Gladbach Airfield after their cannon ammo had depleted. Sgt Major Signasty chose to chase down a P-39 that had try to drop his bomb on the bridge, but was unable to. The P-39 pilot was in sight of his AA guns. Just a while later, Sgt Major Signasty sent the P-39 crashing to the ground, landing kilometers from the airfield. After Signasty left his present for the FAF, he returned to Gladbach Airfield for ammo and to meet up with his fellow pilots.

!S to all three pilots who took 30 minutes to secure bridges. In the next hour, the HEER was able to push into Gent and Bilzen, Making the Maastricht west side secure for the time being.

One bridge was down, three still standing. RAF/FAF lost multiple planes, and many more severely damaged."
Sgt Major Acegacek--Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-4: RTB
Sgt Major Signasty--Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-4: RTB
Corporal Kev--Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-4: RTB

One shot one panhard down

2009-10-31T04:04:00.000-07:00

Leutnant Tharik reported: " Our town was about to be overrun so I spawned a sniper and thought I might get a few kills before dying. I found a building to hide in and looked out the window. A Pan drove up less than 100m away. I shot his driver through the viewslit and then shot his commander when he popped the hatch. Pan then despawned, I must have hit his gunner too."
Started Oct 30, 2009 in a German Sniper from Heinsberg. Ended with 1 kill and 0 captures.

Two french fries and an EMS

2009-10-25T01:19:00.000-07:00

Unterfeldwebel Semrdar reported: " I was being sneaky and malicious during the night when we were defending Julich. I was heading South along the main road to the right side. Saw my first victim, an LMG with my binocs. He was on the left side of the main road to the south with his binocs out looking towards east side. I snuck behind him, jabbed him two times and he's out. I haven't made my position yet. I then decided to keep on my route being sneaky. I then wished I had gotten an rifle instead, since it's wide open. As I was continuing on, I stopped to take a break and rest. While in my break, I took out my binocs out again, looked towards the west side of the road. I saw my next victim. Again with an LMG. I figured he was the same guy looking for revenge. So just to mess with him again, I stalked my prey. He was running parallel from the road to the north. I got up, and chased him down to a bush, he still hasn't noticed me. He got down in a bush and looked at his map. I got my knife out and jabbed him once, then he started to move forward, I then jabbed him again. He's dead. Shortly after, I hurried southward again so I can lose him if he spawns back. So after 20 minutes of nothing, I saw two French soldiers running towards the city from a bush. I wondered if that is were the MS was. It was still night, and I managed to get a different vantage point, and alas it was the enemy MS. I then hasted towards it and an enemy truck spotted me, he was towing an ATG with him. He was going to run me over, I then managed to go under the enemy MS and he took a sharp turn and the ATG unhooked and he tilted over, he soon then despawned. The truck kept on his way hoping I wont shoot him. But I didn't want to give away my position to everyone. So then I asked in 'Mission' and 'Target' on how to kill an EMS. (Since I never actually killed one before and I wanted to do it right.) They told me that either 5 rounds from a rifle to the engine will do it, or a nade. So that only leaves one option since I have an SMG. (Keep in mind that I haven't shot off one round from my SMG.) So then I popped a nade while I was under it, ran away from it, and BAM! EMS down. Hurrah! I then noticed a tank looking at my general vicinity trying to figure out what happened. I then hid in the bush where that same EMS was, he then just looked back towards the town. I waited about 10 minutes to see what I can do, if I see anymore victims for my blade. But nothing happened. It was quiet around me, the battle was being waged over by the east side of town now. So I carefully ran back towards the town vicinity to RTB. Good Sortie. :)"
Started Oct 24, 2009 in a German SMG from Julich. Ended with 2 kills and 0 captures.
AAR Sortie Logbook

4 enemy brigades defeated at Prum

2009-10-25T01:14:00.000-07:00

Generalmajor Oliver35, Luftwaffe reported from the Airfield of Bitburg after returning his He111 from a bombing raid over the allied held town of Prum: " On the Oct 20 we started in the early afternoon close to 3 o'clock with CAP/CAS Prum from Bitburg. I took the LW OiC from Bitburg and i was proud to present more then 30 axis pilots in the air to prum. After 1,5 hours of time for coordinating with the heer, time for advertising for pilots and organisation of the flying korps, we kicked the allied troops out of prum. The attack on Prum was started with two allied brigades in Prum, then after 45 min, the allied moved in 2 more flags, and at least we kicked 4 flags outta there. We made a lot of hits on the enemies and took no prisoners, because we killed all enemies in Prum. Mission complete. S!"
Started Oct 20, 2009 in a Heinkel 111 from Bitburg. Ended with 1 kill and 0 captures.
AAR Sortie Logbook

How to aim

2009-09-24T21:26:00.000-07:00

How to aim with a Kar98 by Ball4981401

How to aim with the Mortar by Ball4981401

Here she comes

2009-07-28T00:37:00.000-07:00

Generalleutnant Imbrutus, Propaganda Korps CO, CinC Staff, announced:
YES! that's right, you heard correct. Right here on TEAM AXIS is history in the making with the first ever lady Commander in Chief! You know her, you love her.... KATONKA

I know, we haven't had our Official change-of-command-ceremony.. but I couldn't wait !! Team Axis - now more than ever is the time to pull on your boots, grab your rifles, call your buddies and get them off the inactive list! Team Axis we are rolling out to campaign 54 in style - it all starts this Wednesday! Besides...Who wouldn't want to play with a woman on top? :P

Come celebrate the Team Axis Way!! Feast and Drink!! Oktoberfest is early this year, as Team Axis opens a new page in WWIIOL history !! Let's make history together! !S

The Battle of Ieper

2009-07-24T23:21:00.000-07:00

Feldwebl Vanowen reported:

I spawned in a nice StuG III Ausf. G, one of my favorite tanks, er I mean assault guns. I headed WNW from the FB and there were mutliple reports of ATGs, ET, EI, and EA coming at us. Oddly we were supposedly the ones attacking the town but the allies were trying to push us into the FB. I sprinted West in an attempt to get away from the main fight and flank some enemies. On the way I made many sprints to cover and used the commander to liberally spot for targets. I managed to travel all the way from the FB to NW of Leper without a single enemy noticing me.
On the way to the town I spied a Laffy trying to sneak through the trees down South about 1.75 km away. I reported the contact and turned to face him. He was doing some circles and weaving probably avoid fire and contact from other friendlies that I couldn't see. From this distance and my cover there was no way he could see me. Just as he is about to head South and get out of view I decide to try for a miracle shot and fired 1 AP round off. Amazingly, I saw 2 tires go flying off and the Laffy spins out and stops. He despawns and I get a good chuckle from a kill that I really got through total luck. I set up on an angle about 1.5km from the Southern most AB about due west with a good view on the southern exit. I did a few ranges to make sure I had the proper range and was rewarded with a Sherman crawling out of the AB and stopping right in plain sight. I fired one round off and hit his turret from 4 o'clock. I fired another round and hit the engine compartment from 4 o'clock as well. The Sherman exploded in a immensely satisfying fireball. right after that a ATG gun crawls around the same spot oblivious to the fact that it might be wise. I repeat the process eventually killing the ATG but, that smaller target made me fire about 6 rounds to be sure.
At that point I reverse out of my position and move NW and then N and then E to a new position. I spot another ATG and fire a few rounds into him. He despawns but I get no kill for it *shrug*. At this point someone knows I am there so I back out and repeat the looping tactic West, N and then east.
I come back into a position where I can see at least 1 ET sitting in the bush waiting for targets. This tank is only 600 meters away. I line up the gun and fire a round only to have it hit the berm that I am hiding my StuG behind. I decide to risk it and charge up the slope to quickly kill the ET. I drive the 3 feet up the berm and immediately start taking fire from ANOTHER ATG or ET hiding N of my target.
I quickly lose all of my crew expect for my driver. I back out and run like hell cursing my bad luck with that small berm. I raced all the way South past a few startled EI and RTB using the cover of night to slip back home.
Started Jul 21, 2009 in a StuG IIIG from Lille. Ended with 3 kills and 0 captures.
AAR Sortie Logbook

Lmg downs H75

2009-07-11T06:28:00.000-07:00

a lucky lmg shoot and a poor h75 hawk pilot
Black hawk down by Oggurke

PzKpfw IIc clears Aubenton

2009-07-07T13:33:00.000-07:00

Feldwebel Vanowen reported: " The AO on Aubenton had been up for quite a while and I spawned in as a MkII to avoid grabbing all of the good gear that I would probably waste anyway... I headed NW from the FB and sprinted away to avoid any EA for possible EI leaking up the the FB. Things were surprisingly quiet on the ground. There were some EA overhead dog-fighting with 109s but they did not care about us for the time. I was no enemy contacts and no reports were appearing on the map.

I decided to be a bit bolder and raced west ahead of the main infantry and trucks to a point NNE of the target town where I could observe some of the town and the road that leads into the town from the North. From there I could and did kill 2 AI mg nests to make the infantry able to get into town easier. I decided to creep closer to town, using the trees and humps in the ground as cover. I managed to get the attention of a AI AT nest and backed off without taking any damage from it. I maneuvered a tad East and worked down a line of trees and humps until I was in the town perimeter. From there I cleared the remaining AI MG and ATG nests on the north side of town.
At this point I have no idea how I am still alive, as I am in a cardboard armored MkII. A squirt gun could rip this thing in half, yet there is a very helpful dirth of enemy activity so far. I position my MkII overlooking the main square where I can cover the AB and the vehicle spawn and start calling for the infantry to get into town. A few guys come running in and go scurrying for the radios. Of course... the radios aren't ready yet so we have to wait for 10 minutes. After a while a Havoc goes flying slowly over town avoiding our bf109s. I manage to take a few pot shots with my mg and cannon as me circles the town very low and slow. Guess who got the kill for that Havoc... go on... guess. That's right me. Funniest thing I have seen in a while. I think he died of laughter.

By now the radios are just about ready to appear and so far, no enemies (expect for the odd EA). At this point more friendlies are getting to the town and getting into good spots. 2 EI spawn into the green 2 story huts right near me. I apparently picked a GREAT spot to park! I turned the turret and hosed down the EI and let everyone know that things are about to get hot there. The radio start to spawn as more friendly infantry and truck start to filter in and more and more EI spawn in. There are so many, that I can't shoot them all and they all KNOW that I am there being a pain the neck. I see 2 of them sprint north around a building looking to place charges on my tender person. I throw it into reverse and pull out of town while traversing the turret. I manage to barely get the 2 EI that were sprinting to get in behind me but, I am now 150 meters out of town.
I pull back up to the town a bit West to cover another angle, moving to a new spot is a good idea now that they know I am there and where I am. From this new spot I can kill EI that try to infiltrate the buildings North, and lay down over to our guys trying to get in closer. By now another MkII has taken up my old spot and a truck has brought up much needed ammo. We continue the slaughter until all the radios are capped. We then spend another 5 minutes making sure all the EI are cleared from the area.
At that point a couple of EA drop bombs on the town (out of spite) but kill nothing. I despawn to the depot with a mere 13 kills, one of which was a British heavy bomber."
AAR Sortie Logbook

Fallschirmsjäger liberates St. Truiden

2009-07-07T13:23:00.000-07:00

Unterleutnant Kuery reported: " After the call for paratroopers for St.Truiden liberation, I quickly answered and boarded the JU. After a few minutes flight we were ordered to get ready and then to jump out. Shortly after about 15 troopers landed in direct surroundings of the last building occupied by the enemy. We quickly ran for cover started securing the position killing whatever tried to breach our defenses. About thirty seconds later we claimed the area secure for the gloreh of Axis."
Started Jul 05, 2009 in a German Airborne SMG from Verviers. Ended with 1 kill and 1 capture.
AAR Sortie Logbook

Squad video by Osasto Lagus

2009-07-07T13:17:00.001-07:00

Osasto Lagus by Dowly
Dowly: " Osasto Lagus (Detachment Lagus) is a Finnish WW2OL squad, that has been in action since day 1. It is the biggest Finnish squad and has received recognition of doing what was agreed and at times a little bit extra. Osasto Lagus operates on the axis side."
http://www.lagus.org/

The defense of Oostmalle

2009-07-04T23:11:00.000-07:00

Leutnant Himwho reported: " I defended as long as I could, being on the outskirts of town and not being noticed by the enemy tanks trying to push to the army base helped me secure a few extra kills then I usualy would have. The defense failed, but I hoped I personaly put a dent in their time and resources."
Started Jul 04, 2009 in a Pak 38 from Oostmalle. Ended with 10 kills and 0 captures
AAR Sortie Logbook Persona

Successfull raid by Luftwaffe

2009-07-04T22:59:00.000-07:00

Gefreiter Vanowen reported from the skies over Europe: " This was a major RDP raid into France. I was one of over a dozen He111 drivers plus a dozen fighter escorts. We formed up on the ground and let the escorts lift off first. We then lifted the He111s and headed to the rally points. We climbed as a group and headed S then W to the rally points.
Along the way we lost 1 bomber to a system issue and 1 to a enemy EA. There was some EA along the way but no concerted effort to stop us. These were mostly individuals trying to bust past our escorts and get to us. I managed to shoot at one EA as he flew by and then he was prompted flamed by a friendly escort.
As we neared the target the FL split is onto our targets. I happily dropped all 8 eggs right into the factory. We all RTB and had a great old time."
AAR Sortie Logbook

How to: Divebomb in He111

2009-07-04T22:54:00.000-07:00

How to: Divebomb in He111 by Bierbaer

My cool

2009-07-04T14:05:00.001-07:00

Axis squads by Svedala

Jagdverband 44 on the hunt

2009-06-28T00:53:00.000-07:00

Fw190 2 bersi by r0te3 (Campaign 52)

Alphie new Axis CinC

2009-06-27T00:16:00.000-07:00

(OKA) From the Community report:

S! Axis Forces,

What a difference a new campaign makes in the fight against the Allied forces. There have been some great gains this week and more importantly better communication on the chat channels during attacks and defenses. Axis soldiers have been doing the important work of checking the CPs and attacking in a more coordinated fashion. The battles in the villages, towns and cities have been impressive, but not as spectacular as the hard fights on the country side and at the firebases. The fights in these areas really make or break the movement for the map!

We are seeing a better educated and smarter officer core on each side that provides great battles for everyone. Each side is looking for the other to make a mistake and capitalize on it; our goal is to make the other guy make the first mistake.

The Axis soldiers are fighting smart and attacking with proven tactics in a majority of the battles with the Axis squads doing the lion's share of coordinating their units with great efficiency. I would like to personally thank the dedicated Axis squads and players for stepping up and taking the fight to the Allies this week. I would also like to thank all the squad CO's who have contacted me personally. Working together we can achieve anything.

I would like to point out that the OKW officer core is currently 75% staffed. That is a remarkable achievement and I would like to personally thank each and every cadet who has applied to Officers Candidate School (OCS) and made it through to their command. There have been so many applications recently, our IKW training staff has had to work overtime to ensure these cadets are taken care of, so I tip my hat to the trainers for stepping up and doing whats needed. Just so you know, OCS training is just the beginning for these individuals as more advanced training in maneuver warfare, game mechanics and attack/defense tactics are offered to OKW officers. It truly is an eye opening experience be an OKW officer and to see how the game actually works. If you haven't tried it and have been curious, I suggest you apply and see what its all about. Besides, lets hit that 100% staffed mark!

I want to emphasize that the OKW is here for the Axis players. We work for you, the Axis players!

S!
-Alphie, Axis CinC

The chronicles of Vanowen

2009-06-11T08:19:00.000-07:00

Gefreiter Vanowen reported: " Took off in a HE111 NE of Antwerp.I flew due west then due South and then finally Due west to line up on the target bridge. (*!@#%!@# auto-pilot cuts out 5 seconds before bomb drop screwing up my angle. I re-align too late and drop on the town just after the bridge, hoped to kill some ETs. I turn in around and try again to have the autopilot do the same thing AGAIN. By this time the radar is red all around me. I drop my 2 bombs and head to base. Amazingly no EA contact, RTB without incident. Tactical bombing of bridges is a pain without a copilot or LOTS of time to setup on the target."

Jun 09 11:38 Tactical Bombing Mission on Br...
Jun 09 11:35 CAS over contentsed Town Over ...
Jun 09 11:34 CAS over contentsed Town Over ...
Jun 08 13:42 CAS over contentsed Town Over ...
Jun 08 08:37 CAP over contentsed Town
Jun 08 08:35 Strategic Bombing Mission Over...
Jun 08 08:33 CAS over contested town
Jun 08 08:30 Crashed after takeoff
Jun 04 09:05 CAS over Channel
Jun 04 08:59 CAP over channel
Jun 04 08:57 CAP attacking Ships in Channel
Jun 04 08:52 Strategic Bombing Mission Over...

Laffly ambushed

2009-05-07T03:22:00.001-07:00

Ambush on Laffly by ShelledyJ

Von Wiggle versus Spitfire

2009-04-25T10:36:00.000-07:00

Boom and Zoom

2009-03-23T14:23:00.000-07:00

Astruyk, Luftwaffe: " Boom and zoom attacks on a hawk and hurricane. The hawk goes in from a friendly, but the hurricane is killed by me"

Bounce Hawk and Hurricane by Astruyk

Twelve air to air kills

2009-03-23T14:11:00.000-07:00

Oberstleutnant Shifty, Luftwaffe reported from the air theatre: " 1 re armed oncestill had 100 cannons left on the second go around but my fuel was too low."
The sortie started Mar 22, 2009 in a Bf109F4 from Mendig and ended with 12 kills.

AAR Sortie

Axis forces Victorious!

2009-02-22T10:29:00.000-08:00

Finally an Axis victory, Campaign 50 ended with the Axis forces Victorious! Read more!
Generalfeldmarschall Fiambra takes over the head position as CinC of the OKA after Toro who served his term, Congratulations to both of them!

Campaign 50 - Axis Victory
Campaign 49 - Allied Victory
Campaign 48 - Allied Victory
Campaign 47 - Allied Victory
Campaign 46 - Allied Victory

Ending With A Bang by TheoMelon

Spitfire downed by rifle

2009-02-19T08:54:00.000-08:00

Lieutenant Mailman2 reported from the battlefield outside Bouchoir: " The Spit was flying low over our FB. Since we didn't have AA guns up yet he was strafing the deck. I fired my rifle at him several times and got the pilot with a lucky skilled shot."

AAR Sortie Started Feb 17, 2009 in a German Rifleman from Bouchoir. Ended with 2 kills and 0 captures.

Update on breakthrough

2009-02-15T09:10:00.000-08:00

Yes loyal freinds, the axis are surging towards the coast as we speak, witht he cowards in green running back towards their Island as fast as their trucks can carry them.

Morale has risen, battles are being won and the allies are ont he run after a superb breakthrough over the last weekend when the allies were crushed, the campaing could have been won by now but for the fact our HC in their wisdom decided to be kind to the allies and 'allow' them a way back to their factories as we wanted to win the map with a fight and not softcapping like the other side does as we all know

We at propaganda have been given much information of the weekend breakthrough and the reactions of both sides and wish to update the troops on the field to the situation.

Many a question has been asked about how a breakthrough happened apart from our battling effort and crushing attacks to the enemy, well here we have an exclusive picture from Brussels the morning of the attack:
Written by Bigdavej (february 1st 2009)

Populated overpopulation

2009-01-30T00:33:00.000-08:00

KarlHenz posted in Playskewls: " People often quote the Allies as having a greater overpopulation. Now as an Axis I have to admit this is not true the Axis do have a greater amount of time. However a vast amount of this time is dead time. What do I mean by this well if you check the stats on towns taken it only happens during the peak hours of high population. After around 6.00 AM GTM the map goes dead the only caps you will see are softcaps or if you are luckly the odd dock in kamperland. Until around 4-5 pm when we start to hit the European peak. This time is quite interesting it swings between allied and axis over population until around 8pm in the evening this is when the Axis kicks into full gear. They tend to have overpopulation until 12pm when it balances out until around 1pm when the population kicks into really high gear with the USA players. Their over population carries on till around 4-5 am before tailing off."

Responses from Playskewls:
Emerux: " Do the forums have a .ignore command like in game?"
Planck: " Angriff = Old and Busted. Karlhenz = New Hotness"

Read the whole article here. Read another KarlHenz thread here.

Oberst halts enemy advance

2009-01-10T00:29:00.000-08:00

Oberst Pablin, Das Heer left the Launois Armybase at 19:39 january 7th 2009. During the mission that lasted 42 minute, the Oberst and his panzercrew managed to kill and destroy 29 enemy targets at the grim cost of his Pz VIe Tiger.

Maj Huskerne, BEF was on the recieving end and reported on the mayhem in a captured dispatch to AHC: " This was a great mission. It involved great thinking from our OIC at the time and then great driving/flanking skill to get behind you. Then it was an easy sap considering you were a Tiger Commander and thought no one could kill you so far away from the FB you were camping like a little girl. Great number of kills though. I am pretty happy with my 1 kill (YOU) since it took some skill and ruined you weak weenie fun.Thank you for at least NOT ALT-F4'ing like the majority of your commanders do. I give you partial credit for that.S! see you at the next camping........."

Sortie Dispatch

Fallschirmsjäger attack Givet, Dinant and Charleville

2008-12-30T02:17:00.000-08:00

Summala, XO Osasto Lagus: " I would also like to thank people who joined my paradrops to Givet, Dinant and Charleville. I had LOTS of fun just flying the plane seeing you guys so excited about the jumps, and that's enough for me. I'd like to give special thanks to my allmighty JumpMaster Yallu who did damn good work calling the jump and getting paras out pinpoint accurate. And big thanks to players who joined the jumps."

Read more of PARAs on Dec 29th-30th!!!!..... over at Axis Discussions!

Soldats recieved awards

2008-12-28T04:42:00.000-08:00

Vondoosh: " I award these players The Merit Star for there deication to the axis attack on Breda on 12/26/08. Please stand and Salute the deicated soldats for the following; Rutt-For your constant deication of flying paras. dropping paras on enemy abs threw ea filled skies.
Remorti and Syxx510-For there constant Ms's running to make the player base happy and the attack endless.
Angel13, Dover, and Cobraez- for there bunker duties when everyone else was fighting in Breda."

Axis discussions

Hotfink retires

2008-11-18T01:41:00.001-08:00

Hotfink, 3rd Panzergruppe: " I have been with the HC now for well over 3 Years now this account and 1 other. I love all of you guys I really do. I have been here for alot of Cincs and I have been fired by alot of Cincs. I am known as that thing that always will be. I know I would not be a Very good Cinc face it I am off the wall and a drunk.

Its just time to hang it up. I have been in positions from DCOS to 12th CO even Heer CO To finish up my Career I am Luftwaffe 2 XO. It was a Great Ride Guys. I wanna just play the game with the new RO rule that came out i couldnt just fly anymore which is what i want. I dont like ground attacks much I used to but gave it up. People have Suggested a Demotion but I really dont wanna work my way up the ranks again done it 5 times now. I have been fired by alot of Cinc's even asked to leave quite a few times. I wish the Current Cinc would just fire me Hint Hint Gaspipe so I wouldnt retire it would be a Firing.In my Tribute all I ask is Great Youtube Videos as a send off. Lets See what u got Guys. See You all on the battlefield! S!"

Thread in Axis Discussions

Wake em'up call

2008-11-18T01:24:00.000-08:00

(November 18th - Nachrichten Blitz)
(OKA) It appears that Drakhl a retired High Commander, known for beeing very active in his timezone, posted threads in the Axis open forum which have been moved to the Axis secured forum, governed by the OKA. Not many Axis players enjoy access to he secured forum and the same goes for the Allies. Those who plays all sides are not allowed access to the any secured sections so these threads are moved and not openly discussed, and they revolv around the OKA High Command. It is very rare that threads and/or posts are deleted in the Axis open forum and they appear so when they are moved.

Drakhl, 1st Fallschirmjager Regiment: " I've made several posts now that have either been closed or moved to other forums about the problems in GHC. I have been informed via PM by some high ranking OKW that any more posts I make in axis discussions will be deleted or locked, because my "attitude creates bad morale".

Well guess what GHC.. you work for the players. You are not enhancing their gameplay by repeating the same mistakes over and over. You are not enhancing their gameplay by ignoring and crushing any dissenting opinions.
We have had three separate incidents of brigades being trapped and routed in the opening two weeks of this campaign?
We have had the CinC and staff suspending HC members, and many leaving because of new policies instated by them.

I know we have had hard times, I was in HC during them and did my best to pick up the pieces. But you're entirely out of excuses now. "We're still learning" and "we just dont have the people" aren't going to fly. You have multiple retired HC and the playerbase to draw on for advice even in the wee hours of the morning. You have squads ready to fight for you if you would just give them something in return. You have more people leaving than new people joining because you refuse to look for the cause and only address the symptoms.

Consider this a wake up call, because you are losing axis players daily. Despite all the crap I take, I am still playing axis because I believe in the cause. Now convince the players that you still do."

Thread in Playskewl.

One thousand satchels

2008-11-12T01:27:00.000-08:00

Matamor, XO 1775th reported: " It's all about the thrill that brought me, number of kills is just a stat. Over 1k armors sapped. 1159 allied tanks sapped in career. Many missions 3/4, few with 4/4. And stills sapping. Long life to sapper S!"

Report to the thread in Playskewl.

Open letter: To the Playerbase

2008-11-12T01:14:00.001-08:00

Open Letter: TO THE PLAYERBASE

S! Soldaten.

In recent weeks, the focus has shifted onto our low pop times and inevitably, some players have grown disgruntled with the Officers who operate during this time zone, or indeed sometimes the lack thereof.

As is always the case, some players are more frustrated by this than others, and there has been one or two 'heated' discussions regarding the situation. Some comments, oft repeated whenever there is a problem, are to be frank, insulting and more damaging to the games well being than most of you know. And it is on this subject I write to you all.

I do not represent the Axis Command when I write this, and my letter to you, is at it's heart, purely based on my own personal opinions and ideas.

Key to the most recent spate of debate, is the following points: [1] Axis Officers in the low-pop time zones are inadequate to the task or don't do their job properly, [2] There is not enough officers in these time zones, and finally, [3] insults, accusations and general disparaging and disdainful remarks aimed -broadly- at the GHC.

What a lot of players may not realise or in some cases, even wish to consider, is that we HC Officers are not an elitist group who play only for themselves. The very essence of our job is contrary to that. As an Officer advances higher through the chain of command, that Officer must devote more of his/her time to administrative duties, filling reports, officer evaluations, training of junior officers etc - and all of this is in addition to leading you the playerbase successfully in the field.

In short, we're here purely FOR the players - despite what some may wish to believe. But, at it's core, we too are players ourselves. And it is folly to believe that we would willingly permit actions that would ruin the game in any way intentionally. We're human and we do make mistakes.

But back to my point. TS3 is my time zone. I am the resident IKW[OCS] trainer for this time zone also. And of late, I have made a concious effort to provide more intel and communication to the Axis players. But, like many other officers - seeing comments on the forums that impune our intelligence, and often our integrity - turns a lot of Officers off.

TO be honest with you all, I did not log one single sortie during the 'mini-campaign' that went through so quickly. In fact, I did not log into the game at all. Because I felt the playerbase did not deserve my time.

Tragically, while I only took this stance for 3-4 days, some officers - indeed officers of a MUCH greater calibre than I could hope to be - have taken this stance permanently. They have resigned, they have even unsubscribed from the game simply because they, like me, have volunteered their time, changed their routines in real life in some cases etc, to willingly GIVE of ourselves to you the players. Even worse, is that most of these Officers were TS3 - our low pop.

Further for your consideration, I wish to point out that low-pop for us is also the Allied high-pop, and our Officers in this time zone, must defend hard often with VERY limited numbers, and throughout all of this, we must referee the chat channels to keep them from becoming a ceaseless spamfest of derision from disgruntled players. It is a glaringly obvious fact that we require more Officers during this time zone.

What might not be glaringly obvious to many of the more vocal advocates for GHC being drawn and quartered, is that their comments cause two negative reactions: [1] They cause the morale of the existing HC officers to plummet. Not many of us enjoy being called names and insulted or accused of being corrupt or unethical in our roles, and, [2] It lowers the enthusiasm of prospective recruits to the HC - after all - would you volunteer to do a job where you KNEW you were going to get yelled at, abused and insulted.

In closing, I would ask that players apply some more thought to their postings on the forum, MYSELF INCLUDED, and try to refrain from posting imflammatory or rude comments regarding either fellow players OR the HC communities. We are human as I said before, and we WILL make mistakes and we WILL ruin things from time to time just when you're getting into the swing of something. But the solution can't, and will never be, abuse, intolerance, ignorance or spite.

Teamwork, understanding, enthusiasm and a bit of tact might not be THE solution - but it's certainly a lot more productive.

As always, I am available in game during TS3 most nights for a few hours and, as always, any player on the Axis side may PM me in game and request intel or assistance from the HC.

Regards,
Praevus8

The anti-tank rifle

2008-10-31T13:36:00.000-07:00

Solitaer: " I use the ATR almost exclusively. I love the difficulty of it and the challenge it gives to use. I also prefer its more flat trajectory for shooting inf at long distance. Now I am usually in the top 10 on the ATR top 100 list.

Playing Axis I hardly ever get a kill on an ET. Even the allied armored cars are not easy to kill. ALL the allied Tier zero stuff is hard to kill. Somua is nearly impossible and the CHAR is unkillable period. Then there is the matty in many years of playing this game I have killed ONE of them with the ATR (poor wolfie69 had her drivers hatch open). The fairly easy kills for an EXPERIENCED ATR'ist are, A13, Dalmer, Vickers, Pan, Hotckis. Of course the ATGs and Trucks are easy pickens. Once you get past tier zero it is a whole other story. You might as well have a sling shot if your trying to kill Tier1-3 allied tanks with ATR with the exception of the Stuart and if you are an expert the Crusader. Playing ATR as allied. I can KILL every single German tank minus the Tiger, PIIIH and Stug G. The Stug B, PIV, 232, 251, HT, Opel, PIVG, P38t, PII, PIIIF are all EASY kills for the experienced ATR'ist and most are easy kills for the ATR noob.

Now lets do the math. Thats 5 tier 0 allied units killable by the ATR NOT including ATGs or Trucks. And 6 tier 0 units axis killable by the ATR NOT including ATGs or Trucks. So the allies have twice as many units counting both countries and have less units killable by a weapon meant to kill tier 0 units?
Either the French armor needs a nerf or the German ATR needs a boost to its effectiveness. I say French armor because the matty is the only non killable unit for the Britts where the french have many more. Frankly the whole inf verses tank game needs a TOTAL revamp but thats another post all together. We need our antitank rockets."

Read the thread over at The Barracks.

An OKW Officer Speaks Out

2008-10-31T05:35:00.000-07:00

(October 31st - Oberkommando die Luftwaffe)
(OKL) Keld4r, Kommandeur 1. Gruppe, 2. Jagdgeschwader: " S! Soldaten. Let me be the first to apologize to you for the tumultous events that transpired and ultimately lead to our demise. i KNOW my apology isnt worth 2 cents to you, but you deserve it nonetheless. I was online when the allied breakout occured, and i held my tongue. not to prove a point or any crap like that but out of negligence. I failed you, the axis playerbase by not speaking up and taking control of the situation. You see me sig, yes i am a luft officer. I am however an ex cinc and was the most experienced officer online when things went south, so ultimately the excuse that im luft holds no bearing, i failed in my duties as a senior player and officer within the okw to try and turn things around. I see a lot of my fellow axis players on here speaking out about equipment imbalance. Gentlemen, i was cinc at a time when i had to do rdp, crs didnt do it for us. therefore i speak with facts, not inuendo, nor rumor. yes, the allied armor is superior to ours. however..... and this is an important caveat here.... we have the capability to offset that created imbalance with our own kit in the form of the 88 and the stuka. It just takes a willingness to do so on our parts, and that is our, as a whole sides, failing. that "imbalance" is not a design flaw, it is there for purpose because that is how it was at the start. gentlemen, victory is up to us. if we want it we have to go get it. asking crs for a knee jerk reaction equipment wise isnt going to get us anywhere, that is basically asking for a crutch, and that crutch would taint any and all future accomplishments. tier 0/1 are our hardest tiers, without doubt. however it is because we as a side have given up trying to overcome a percieved allied advantage that we fail, not because of the equipment. quite simply put, tanks cant cap a town. i well realise our leaders of past are gone, plastic, dutchmon, schilling, zz etc. trust me, i was here, i learned under their tutelage, and i well recognise i will never be the leader they were to you. that does not mean however that we do not have leaders of equal capability within our ranks today. we just have to get those leaders to step up and lead, whether hc or not. my only goal since i have joined the hc is to increase hc/squad relations, to put the onus back on the squads to get the jobs done, and to basically, for lack of a better term, cater to our squads. Why do you ask? because it is not opinion but proven fact that the squads make or break the game. as an hc officer my job is to assist them and let them do their thing with as little interference as possible.

In closing: i, as an hc officer apologise for failing you. it will not happen again. i am prepared to stay up the hours required to offset our skilled foe in the wee hours if it is needed. i am willing to take every bit of knowledge i have gained, as a cinc, as an axis player of 7 years to any and all junior officer or senior officer willing to listen and learn. i am willing to try my utmost to instill the respect of squads and the ideaology of servitude to our playerbase within those i can. make no mistakes axis players. it was not some marvel new strategy of the allies that cost us this map. it was the mistake of your hc, and we have addressed it internally. i can not speak for everyone, but as the most experienced officer online during the break out it is my responsibility to respond to you and be held accountable to you. i will try my utmost to restore your faith in your high command. if you need anything while online, if you have suggestions while online, or think you see an opening or potential whlie online please feel free to pm me so it can be addressed. all i ask, even though to be honest i have no right to ask anything of you, is that you do not unsub, nor give up on us. we need you to log in. we need you to help shape the future of the axis side. we may be the "high command" but in truth we are nothing without you. the axis squads, the axis playerbase. the true strength of the axis side, always have been, always will be. S!"

Read the thread over at The Barracks.

Achtung Luftwaffe!

2008-10-29T09:32:00.000-07:00

Keld4r, Jagdflieger Jagdgeschwader 51 "Molder" and Retired Commander-In-Chief of OKA: " An unsere Jäger: Die feindlichen Bomber werden starten sobald die neue Kampagne begonnen hat. Es ist unsere Pflicht, die alliierten Horden zurückzuschlagen. Mögen sie unsere Fabriken nie in ihren Bombenvisieren erblicken. Sie sollen bittere Tränen vergiessen und mit den Zähnen knirschen, wenn wir ihre Bomber dezimieren. Lasst sie uns so hart bestrafen, das sie nie wieder unseren Luftraum betreten wollen. Zwingen wir sie, mehr Jäger als Bomber mitzubringen. Wir, die Luftwaffe, sind für Sieg oder Niederlage verantwortlich. Es wird keinen alliierten Vorteil im RDP mehr geben, NEIN; die Aliierten werden einen Messerschmitt 109 Sommer erleben." (all credit to rote7 for the translation)

In english: " To your fighters, enemy bombers will be inbound as soon as the server is reset. It is our duty to repel the evil allied horde and never let them see our factories through their bombsites!!!!! Let there be weeping and gnashing of teeth as we decimate their raids!!! Let us punish them so that they refuse to try and enter our airspace again!!!! Let us force them to bring more escorts than bombers due to our diligence!!!! We, the Luftwaffe, are what stands between victory and defeat. Let there not be any tier imbalance, nay, let the allies suffer a 190 summer!!!!"

Read the whole thread over at The Hangar.

From Intermission

2008-10-28T23:33:00.000-07:00

Campaign 47 over Intermission starts

2008-10-27T05:31:00.000-07:00

(October 27th - From the Front)

(BE) It is now official with the fall of Aachen, Allied forces are Victorious and Campaign 47 the second victory in a row for the Allies. Campaign 48 starts this wednesday 29th after intermission. Team Axis wishes to thank ALL of you who joined us in fighting for Germany this campaign and welcomes you to our ranks in Campaign 48! Read the whole article here.

Armoured warfare
Axis vs. Allies
October 27th 0,81
October 10th 0,65
October 7th 0,61

Infantry warfare
Axis vs. Allied

October 27th 1,00
October 10th 1,03
October 7th 1,05

Air warfare
Axis vs. Allies
October 27th 1,03
October 10th 1,06
October 7th 1,05

Naval warfare
Axis vs. Allies
October 27th 0,87
October 10th 0,96
October 7th 0,88

Combined warfare
Axis vs. Allies
October 27th 0,96
October 10th 0,95
October 7th 0,93

Generaloberst Xfire1, Kommandant des 6'ten Armee: " I hereby welcome (recognize) you in the name of the OKW. After day upon day of bitter fights/battles the weapons/guns on all fronts have now fell silent. You have fought/struggled (against) the enemy by land, by sea, and by air; bravely and completely without regrets/remorse! You have succeeded in forming a western front against the Allied troops, and were even able to expand and make progress. However, by means of powerful/strategic reservation of resources, the Allied troops have finally succeeded in driving this front to our domestic borders (the borders of our homeland). Unfortunately, we had to surrender (our cause) to the powerful, Allied "Vormasch" (war machine or Juggernaut).. Soldiers of the armed forces;You should indeed be proud of yourselves! In the most intense battles, you have fought side by side with your teammates (comrades), in divided/dispersed foxholes; and still yet, when the battle often seemed hopeless, you never gave up.. I am proud of you all! With superior/overwhelming force, we will smash the Allied powers in Campaign #48! With full motivation, we will rise up as the ultimate victor! I salute you all!"
World at war Gazette Playskewl thread Axis Discussion

Defending Germany

2008-10-25T07:47:00.001-07:00

Last stand at Kreuzberg

4 remaining lmgs holding bunker at Kreuzberg

1. Panzerdivision rolling into Kerpen

17. Infanterie Division holding the bunker at Kerpen

Flamerige and Etain Axis

2008-10-20T12:13:00.000-07:00

The little Panzer that could

2008-10-13T11:46:00.000-07:00

Kommandeur Drakhl reported: " During the axis attack on Paal, I rolled a Pz 3h from the FB straight into town (against all my instincts no less). I parked in between some buildings and proceeded to mow down infantry. I will now tell you the story of how my little panzer survived an unbelieveable amount of damage. While sitting in this spot, I had a sapper run up to me and place one satchel, which did no damage. I decided to relocate to a safer position near the AB. While sitting near the AB gate I began to take ATR plinks from the spawnable depot, which I counted to be no less than 15, possibly even 20. When the ATRs were frustrated by my MGs, they began to roll out 57mm ATGs, from which I took three shots to my frontal armour before killing them off with AP and MG. No damage. While sitting here, a 500lber bomb dropped right next to me, shaking me with concussion and hitting hard with shrapnel. I thought I was dead, and was happy to see that my little panzer had taken no damage whatsoever.

Once the depot was captured, I rolled out of the AB after a report of an S-35 nearby. I engaged the S-35 at point blank range, taking a total of three rounds to the front before I killed him. No damage. I then relocated to a hull down position behind a steep berm. As soon as I arrived a char b1 engaged me from point blank range, who had been hiding in a bush nearby. It took approximately 12 shots into my front for me to locate him, as it was so close the tracer did not render before the explosion hit my tank. I turned my turret and engaged him, firing about 8 AP until I killed him.
While I sat there I was mortared repeatedly, as well as ATRed some more. My commander now dead I was blind, and a sapper managed to get all four of his charges on me. He then shot about 2-3 clips of ammunition into me in frustration before a friendly infantry killed him. After being ATRed, ATGed, shot by two ETs, bombed, strafed and sapped, I RTBed at Paal for a total of 16 kills. Kills included 3 ATGs, 2 ETs and 11 EI. I am invincible!"
Sortie Motor pool thread

Last stand at Remich

2008-10-13T00:46:00.000-07:00

(October 12th - Axis Discussions)
(OKH) Unterfeldwebel Kenki reported from Remich: " I join up in the naval river town of Sierck-les-Bains to liberate the town of Remich from enemy hands. We arrive on the scene and other then the enemy finishing thier captures we find the city oddly quiet other then sparce engagements. I leave the opel driver wielding my light machine gun. Wile most of the main force attacked the south end I flanked from the north and gained three captures seeing the occational corpse of a british soldier. I head near the dock when anouther opel driver appears but when I join him as he heads to the city instead of the east armybase which was my intent. Mean while Prt. Supremus captures the dock which was critcal in the defence of the town, I advance tword the east army base. As I cross the bridge I encounter enemy sniper fire, rather countless times, non-of which hit me but it was very unnerving. I send out communications about the sniper and a friendly tank comes, but as I was on a time limit I had to cross anyway and continued to take sniper fire as I headed east, south of my final target.

As this is going on reports of enemy fbs are screamed on the communication channels, heavy infantry brigades and armor headed for the town as well as a para op of four men. We lacked the man power to hold the town and rapidly began losing men.

I arrive to the Armybase, steathfully expecting resistance yet not finding any and begin my capture when the Pvt comes to help. Enemeys are gaining a lot of cps and our resistance is faiding due to fatuged supplies. The Pvt and I secure the armybase. After five minutes of resistance eventually we had to give up and pull back. However I told them I would stay and defend untill our reinforcments arrive. The Pvt considered the city lost and abandoned his post.

Anouther 10 minutes later the defences of the east army base take out a few of the enemys inexperenced personel but I begin the hear the sounds of bedferd trucks. I set up my Light machine gun and mow down an enemy soldier. Lucky they wernt expecting a defender in the army base.

Anouther 5 min pass. They gained over three quarters of they city. Occational enemy officers and bedferds come but the armybase defence takes them out I sigh I relief. Being jumpy as hell after reports of more CPs are captured.

Four more mins pass. The enemy tries agian to get into the army base. First one enemy officer charges full blazen into it and I mow him down like the first one.. but my drum is out, I quickly replace it seeing two more enemy soldiers rushing in.. lucky they were sloppy and didnt have enough reaction time to take me out and I mowed both of them down.

Agian Sighing in relief.. Paratroopers have arrived, reinforcements at least.. they regain some ground but unfortunatly it was just a small moment as they took them out.. leaving me alone once agian.

Para forces heading to enemy fbs try to arrive to stop the enemy from flooding the city but it is too late. They captured the last standing structure before my position.. The docks...

Two mins pass after the docks are down. A few of what was left of frendlys took out some of the enemy force but were overran, leaving me trapped. Supplies never arrived in time. The ground rumbles... enemys begin to try to kill me by placing satchel charges. They try agian and agian but fail. Eventually the sapper trys to rush me but I got the drop on them and kill them before much dmg was done.

The enemy thought enough was enough... My was sweat dropping extrealy bad and I had began to be afraid hearing the rumble of enemy tanks firing on the bunker. It was shaking wildly, they made shots from the door, moving down the coridor slowly.. aganizidly slow... trying to hit me in my position... I find the rounds becomming way to close and I pull away... unfortunatly this ended in disaster as I had remade my position below the stairway not knowing an enemy soldier had enemy snuck in.

I ready my light machinegun knowing I will die, and in a quick burst of smg bullets I die.. Shot in the back by Enemy Officer Lt. Imded. They captured the city after my death."

After Action Report Sortie

Generalmajor Veygar new writer

2008-10-12T10:10:00.000-07:00

Generalmajor Veygar Commanding Officer of 1. Kampfgruppe, 33. Infanterie Division have decided to join the Axis team on From the Front. I am pleased to welcome him to write with us and look forward to his future contributions.

S!
Svedala

Editor-In-Chief

From the Front

Axis teamspeak in need of funds

2008-10-12T05:17:00.000-07:00

(October 12th - Oberkommando der Achsenmächte)
(OKA) General der Truppe Colt1945, CO XVIII Armee Korps announced the need for fund to Teamspeak: " I have spoken to Greatone, and we are in DIRE need of donations to keep the Server up and running! We have 9 days until it goes down, unless we get sufficient donations to keep it running! We need 150 dollars donated, it is no fair to have the server owner paying it out of his own pocket, FOR US!PLEASE guys, chip in and do the community a favor, you won't regret it. Send all donations to Paypal hce97@bellsouth.net. Thank you once again! "!S"
Read the thread over at Axis Discussions here.

From the Front expands

2008-10-10T10:42:00.000-07:00

(October 10th - From the Front - Svedala)
(FTF) The From the Front Newspaper will now include a section for the Axis players. We are currently looking for a cooperation with the German High Command so they can write their own news. The section will be tied to the frontpage for easy navigation within the newspaper.

As for now, From the Front's Svedala will update this section.