The planned books to finish Armies of the Second World War will not see daylight for some time to come. However, as we research material for these books, we will be publishing it here in the CPQ, often as special supplements to the issues. This issue, our supplement is on the USAFFE, the United States Army Forces in the Far East. Next issue, the supplement will be "External!" and deal with the forces which fought along the Angola-Namibia border from 1980 to 1990. Future plans for supplements include the DAK, Spanish Civil War, an updated Gulf War TO&E, as well as other periods. This brings us to our next point-the content of the CPQ. My goal and general guideline is to have an average issue with 50% WWII, 33% post WWII, and 16% OTT/other. I want everyone to find some time period that they enjoy in each issue. I encourage everyone to send me possible articles or letters for the CPQ. We also need to do updates on the Armies of the New World Order, covering the forres of the United States, Russia, Ukraine,the Ba1tic States, the Balkans (once againthe powderkeg of Europe) and other hot spots around the world. That which needs to be done to update Combined Arms and show the upgrades in weapons systems since that set of rules was published will show up in the pages of the CPQ. Bathtub TO&Es wil1 continue, though this issue offers a change of pace. On a feedback question, we have three minibathtub campaigns which could be made into supplements if the readership so wished: "Let Them Fight It Out Among Themselves": This is a bathtub game that covers one of the most interesting what ifs of WWII. When Germany threatened Czechoslovakia in the fall of 1938, Poland stood next to Germany in order to help herself to several slices of that country. Only the Soviet Union offered to stand by the Czechs with promises of military aid. It was seriously discussed in Whitehall whether the best option might be to allow the eastern powers to battle it out between themselves, with France and England acting to settle the peace after the Eastern powers had exhausted themselves fighting. This would, after all, deal with the two problems of the 1930s: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. As a bathtub game, the sides would be Germany and Poland against Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. Each side wou1d end up with an area to defend, an area to attack and, in the case of Germany and the Soviet Union, the need to get troops quickly to the aid of their allies. It's WWII on lower level. "Red Storm Rising": Back in 1988, Frank Chadwick and I ran Red Storm Rising, the land element of the Tom Clancy best- seller. We have the TO&Es and other information for the game, and could rewrite it and put it out if the modern gamers were so interested. It would be the last time one can have the Soviet hordes overrun Western Europe with the aid of the Warsaw Pact. "The Race To Messina": This would be a semi-bathtub game based on the race of the American 7th and British 8th Armies to Messina in 1943 on a reduced scale. Players woul form two teams and alternate sides. The players running the American 7th Army would serve as the German commander in front of the 8th Army, and the players running the 8th Army would be the German commanders in front of the 7th Army. The game would include air and naval support, reinforcements, and other items. It appears that there will be a mini-bathtub "Bridge Too Far" held next September in the Midwest. KEEP THOSE CARDS AND LETTERS POURING IN! Please note that our mailbox has been changed by the Postal Service due to a remodeling of the local post office. Two questions to leave you with, the last of which was supplied by Gunther Bellows from Florida: Question: If you visited a German armaments plant from 1940 to 1942, what sound would you be most likely to hear? Question: What is the only NATO country with female tank crewmen in combat units (not school or supply)? Back to Table of Contents -- Command Post Quarterly #1 To Command Post Quarterly List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1993 by Greg Novak. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com