Fri, 14 Jul 2000
by "Rick, Jen, And Eleanor"
<lists@ripost.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: GR: Classic
Setup N/D 1939
J/F
1940 M/A 1940 M/J 1940
J/A
1940 S/O 1940 N/D 1940
J/F
1941 M/A 1941 M/J 1941
J/A
1941
S/O
1941 N/D 1941 J/F 1942
SUMMARY
M
/ A 1943 M / J 1943
Classic with GBA, and the
following options:
Flying Boats, Emergency HQ
Supply, (Limited supply across Straits?), Off city Reinforcement, Lend Lease,
(Bottomed ships?), SiF Task forces, Amphib Rules, Strat Bombing by CVs, (Carpet
Bombing?), Tank Busters, Mot Movement Rates, Bomber ATRs, Large ATRs,
Restricted Invasions, DSB, HQ Support, Chinese Attack Weakness, Allied Combat
Friction, Extended Aircraft Rebasing, Variable Reorg Costs, Partisans,
(Isolated Reorg Limits?), Territorial Conquests, USSR-Japan Compulsory peace,
Night Missions [70-CAP covers day and night], Twin engined fighters, Fighter
bombers, Internment, (Kamikazes?), O-Chits, The Queens.
Mark Benyon
Rick Post RU, FR,
CCH First game newbie
Ron Wheelhouse
GE More Experienced
Mark Wheelhouse JA, IT Ron's Son,
somewhat experienced
US: all three chits against
S / O 1939
Phase 1:
DoW
GE Land, JA Naval, It Comb
GS Lodz,
GS CC forces, all failed
NAV protection flights flown.
GE Blitz 2933 19-3,
*/1B
GE Blitz 2936 6-1,
*/2B
GE Assault
Polish DesFlot rebased, flipped.
Phase 2:
DoW
Occupy
Fr, CW Naval, CH Land, RU/US Comb
French fleet moves to cover Med and
CW covers Convoy lanes
FR GS versus v. Leeb and Ftr fails,
Trans takes Syr 5-3 to West Med.
Phase 3:
JA DOW RU, +1 Chit,
JA, GE Land, IT Comb Weather =4, clear worldwide Invasion Vs Vlad, 4-1+1 with
both Mar and HQ/Mot. in
GE assaults
(DARN! Forgot to sortie the
Sub when I saw the JA fleet offshore)
Phase 4:
CW,
FR Inf from
RU rails West. Inf/CAV filters across
Gort and Mot land in
Phase 5:
All Combined, Weather =4,
All Clear.
GE DoW
GE moves High seas fleet to
Phase 6:
RU,CH land,
RU rails more forces east
(west border nearly bare)
Phase 7:
All Combined., Weather=4,
all clear.
Germans shift more forces
west, and position against
Phase 8:
RU, CH, CW land, FR, US
Comb.
FR rail ex-Syrian Inf from
Marseillaise to North border.
RU Attacks Cav at 0413
(resource in north
LND-3 shot down, attack is
at 3-1, 1/1, hex taken
CH attacks lone Inf at
EOT (on a 2!)
Builds:
RU (8) 2 Inf, 1 Gar
JA (10) 2 Inf, 1 NAV2
FR (5) Preleat (HQ-I)
IT (3) CV-Aqualia FD
GE (16?) 1 ARM, Inf,
2Mil, 1 Sub (fu)
CW (10) Accel HQ-I, Ftr2
US (10) Mtn, BB, Sub (fd)
CH (4) Mtn (Comm)
N/D 1939
Axis Dr=5, Allied=8, Allied
leads off.
Weather=8 (ugh!)
Impulse 1:
CH, RU Land, CW Naval, US, FR Comb.
Brits/French Cover Convoys, and the
Brits start to cover their periphery, Russians surround
Impulse 3:
GE, IT, JA Comb.
Japan Covers Convoys, And Germans
sortie to
Impulse 5:
Weath=3+1, Rain in
FR, RU, CH
(I don't have anything written down
as happening)
Impulse 7:
JA, GE Land, IT Comb.
GE DOW NE (dr=7,
ne). 7-1 Attack
on
JA marine takes the resource next to
Vlad.
Impulse 9:
Weath=3, finally clears....
RU, CW, US, FR Comb, CH land.
Russian Sub Sorties to Cent Pac
(Japan forgot to cover), Finds, and aborts Convoy! (only 1 surprise
point. Follows up with a strat bomb of Sapporo, -1PP (YAY!!! These
HAVE to hurt, in conjunction..)
EOT Dr=2. +3 Chits Japan (one
for turn, 2 for convoys)
Builds:
RU (8) 2 Inf, 1 Gar
FR (6) 1 Mil, 1 Ftr2
JA (7) 2 Mil, 1 Inf
IT (3) Amph (fd)
GE (16?) Arm, Mot, 2Mil, Sub (fd)
CW (9) Inf, Ftr3 advance
US (9) Mar, CV
CH (4) 2 Mil (1 Each)
J/F 1940
Allied mistakes, and the US
wakes UP!
Axis gain initiative...
Impulse 1: (the allied mistakes...)
Weath=6
GE, JA, IT=Comb
GE,IT DOW USSR (+1 Chit) (IT now
Active????)
Finland Aligned (+1 Chit)
GS Leningrad (oops, forgot to place
the new garr in Leningrad) dr=1, success!
5-1 Vs Leningrad with SB and snow
neutralizing swamp. Dr=2+1, Leningrad Falls! (Ouch! Shows
that I'm enough of a newbie (first game) to forget to place the new build in
Leningrad, instead of on the frontier)
GE flies Nav to Empty north sea,
cuts supply to Brit 7 point Inf in Brussels, and Kills it without a loss (Brits
forgot to leave a naval presence in the North Sea for supply and DSB).
Balbao railed to Warsaw
Impulse 3:
CW Naval, RU, CH Land, FR, US
Combined.
USSR Rails out Odessa, brings
garrison unit back in from Siberia.
FR moves new builds to front, CW
Covers convoys.
Impulse 5:
Weath=3+1
IT, GE Land, JA Nav.
RUM Aligned, +1 Chit
DOW Lithuania, +1 Chit
GE reaches Brest-Litovsk and
Prepeits.
Impulse 7:
RU, CH Land, FR, US Comb, CW Naval.
Kiev railed to Samarkand, More sent
from Siberia. Advancing Cav from Rumania Killed.
Impulse 9:
Weath=8, All go Land.
JA forces surround resource north of
Vlad (Defended with two units and and Ftr, home of the Russian Lnd4).
EOT (Die roll lost, +1 Chit Japan)
I had forgotten that without LOS, I
could have run the sub out again this trun, supplied from Archangel, instead of
waiting for good weather. Ah, well, that's what comes from being a
newbie, just like the Leningrad fiasco.
Builds:
RU (25) 1 Inf, 2 Gar,
8 Mil
FR (11) Gar, 2 Ftr2
JA (15) Ftr2, Mar,
Inf, CV (fu)
IT (4) Inf
GE (20) Arm, Mech, Mar, Lnd2
CW Mot, Mil, CV (fu), Ftr2
US HQ-A, San Diego
CH HQ-I
M/A 1940
Allies regain Initiative
Impulse 1: Weather is clear worldwide.
UK, FR Nav, US, RU Comb, CH Land.
Russia moves the lead Cav to ZOC the
RR to Port Arthur, and an Inf to cut the RR to Vlad. With supply to
Harbin cut, and a GS (both remaining Lnd3) to flip it, Harbin becomes a Russian
holding.
Russian Sub sails to Pacific, but
fails to find the Convoys to the US.
French sub finally makes it to New
Caledonia.
Convoys covered. The french
fleet is divided between the 3 range units in Casablanca (2) [prepared for a
dash to the Pacific], some fast cruisers in Brest (3), and the remainder (all
BBs) in Nice. The Trs is in Bordeaux, waiting for specialized units to
take to safety when the ball falls....
Impulse 2: All Land.
JA 10-1s the lead Cav that had cut
supply to the Harbin pocket.
GE DOW Belgium, +1 Chit
Brussels falls to a paradrop, and
Liege sinks under a 10-1+ wave.
(paradrop without notional means no
advance into the city)
Impulse 3: Weather=10
RU, FR, CH Land, CW, US Combined.
Allies take what land is left in
Belgium, and do not get enough units (or guts) to take out the lone
paratrooper. (French player forgets Brussels is the Capitol)
Russia oozes the line forward
towards a defensible point.
Impulse 4:
IT, JA Combined, GE Land.
10-1 on defenders of Vilna (Garrison
and WP militia), LARGE speed bump.
GE try a 3-1 blitz on French in
1132, DR=1, 1/-, most of front line flips (air force flipped as well)
GE paratrooper flees Brussels
Impulse 5: Weath=3, bad weather returns.
RU, CH, FR Land, CW, US Combined.
Not much happens across the globe.
Impulse 8:
GE Air, IT, JA Combined.
GE reflips heart of airforce with
last HQs.
Impulse 11: Weath=1
RU, CH Land
US, FR, CW Combined.
Russians send flipped Inf to ooze
around all the Japanese flanks, coming adjacent to Vlad again, and thoroughly
severing all land links to the city.
Realizing the expected fall of
Belgium, the Belgian Inf are replaced on the line with French, and the Belgian
Air Force is flown to the UK.
DR=1, EOT
US GEARS UP! (reveals 29
points in both pools)
Builds:
RU (24) Mech, HQ-I, Lnd2, Mil, Para,
Inf
FR (12) 2 Mil, Mar,
Inf
CW (15) 2Mil, Para,
CV (fd), Amphib
US (19) Para, CP, BB (fd) Ftr2
CH (5) Gar, Inf
IT (5) Mar
JA (14) CV(fu),
CV(fd), Mech, Gar
GE (15) Arm, Mech, Ftr2
M/J 1940
The Mighty French Armor and
Stalin's Blunders...
Axis Init (10+2, 2), Axis
go first.
Impulse 1: Weather good all over the
world. Axis all Land.
Align Hungary, +1 Chit.
Rum GS stack in 1830, ne.
Germans crack O-chit in Rundstet,
paradrop on Metz (FR Ftr shot down intercepting).
3-1+1 Assault Metz (with FR bomber
support aborted). 3+1, 2/1, 2GE Inf dead, Metz taken.
5-1 Assault 1132, Paris Mil dies,
Inf to Circle.
5-1 Assault Minsk, */2S, Gar and Inf
lost.
Japanese begin to withdraw from
Manchuria, IT Rail/rebase to Rum front.
GE Reorgs stukas.
Impulse 2
FR, RU, CH Land, CW, US Comb.
France/GB Tighten line, retreating
out of Belgium (except for Hex 1131).
Russia rails from Asia, and
Kills Petsamo at 3-1 (dr9, */2S, 9-4 GBA arrives). Unfortunately, lack of
sleep takes its toll, and Russia forgets some west front shuffling (and will
PAY).
Impulse 3
Weather Ideal, All take land
IT GS on 131 fails, GE Shuffles on
FR Front, and Axis reach FU lines.
Impulse 4
RU, CH Land, CW Naval, US Comb, FR
AIR????
FR reorgs air force, and actually
has superiority in the air!
Russia rails more from Siberia, and
regrets letting Vitebisk get caught (part of the RU moves forgotten in Impulse
2). Forgets still more.....
Impulse 5 Weath=2, Storm/rain in Arctic/Europe.
GE, IT Lnd, JA Comb
Axis ooze around lines, and JA
begins to set up pacific defence.
Impulse 7
FR Naval, CW, US Comb, RU, CH Land.
FR Fleet, seeing the beginning of
the end, begin to scatter, and take a Alpine to Africa (as it does not look
useful as a casualty, and can be air transported...
Impulse 9 Weath 4+1, mostly good...
All Land
GE machine-guns the attacks, with
poor luck...
3-2 Blitz with French TAC support in
1232, 1/- (French Armor wins their first battle, loss is Inf)
3-1 Blitz vs 0929, 1/- (Maginot
lines holds for now, loss is Garrison in Germany)
2-1 Blitz vs river line in 2242
(Russia), 1/1 (Berlin Mil, Russian Inf)
5-1 Assault on Vibetsk, (with
Russian Tac support from Kiev) */2S. (Cav, Gar) Destroy Factory.
(and we see again one of the Russian
mistakes in forgotten moved units, which would have replaced the Cav with
another Inf.
Impulse 10
CW Land (ran out of Ships) with RU,
FR, CH, US Comb.
Allies Counterattack!
CW vs line Mech in 1233, 3-1
Assault, 8+1, */2S, takes hex with Mech and Mil. (Lone stukas aborted at
+6 FR vs 0930 (Leading edge of GE Penetration, flipped from attack on
0929), 2-1+2, HQ support takes, 3-1+2, DR10+2=12 */2S (2 Inf, the FR Armor rack
up even more kills..)
Impulse 11: Weather same. All Land.
JA GS vs 0534 with two planes,
failure.
Pskov falls at 7-1+1 (second unit
for Pskov forgotten to move in due to distraction with rule argument after Gar
pulled out last turn. The lack of sleep for Stalin takes its toll...)
GS 1233 Brits at 1233, both flip
(all Brit Air flipped due to attempt to kill 6 point Stuka in Brit
attack.) Turns to a 2-1+2 Blitz, */1B. Armor forces a wedge in the
French line gap behind, London Mil Killed, Mech to Spiral)
Impulse 12
CW Assault Belgian border coastline
(only one Inf left due to casualties and reshuffling). CV GS do nothing,
and a German Nav from Kiel flies support unopposed. HQ support turns it
into a 4-1, -/1, Inf dies (CW remain in France)
FR Assault lead German 7 point armor
(only unit in France, other than Metz) 4-1, DR=10, Arm dies, line reformed
(Another kill for the troubleshooting French Armor/Mech stack! That's 3
Inf and a Armor for battles that include this stack, with no losses!)
Impulse 13
Weather ideal, JA, It Land, GE Comb.
JA GS (again) and fails.
GE Deutchland attempt to pass
through North sea, intercepted, sunk with air, despite having surprise.
GE slaughters flipped oos Russians
in Swamp (Inf, Gar)
EOT (finally!)
US takes move fleet to Pearl, give
resources to Russia.
This turn saw HORRIBLE attrition to
the Germans, with 1 Arm, 1 Mech, 1 Ftr2, 1 Gar, and 5 Inf for 1 CW Mil, and
France's losses of 1 Ftr, 1 Mil, 1 Gar (30 BP to 10, the French are running out
of units to build, having only a 4 point Mot and DeGaulle in their land
pool). Usually, the casualties of the French front determine the strength
of Barbarossa, but this time the draw of units in Russia may keep France alive
far longer than desired...
Builds
CH (5) Ftr2
CW (15) Mar, 3Mil, CV (fd)
US (19) BB (fu), CP,
Amphib (fd), Lnd3
RU (26) CL (fu), Arm,
Ftr2, 2 Mil, Gar, Inf, 2 Cav
FR (17) Mech, Advance 41 Inf, Gar,
Mil, Ftr2
IT (5) Mech
JA (13?) 2 Mil, 2
CV(fd), Amph(fd)
GE (17?) 2 Mech, Inf,
Ftr2
J/A 1940
Allies get Initiative-
Impulse 1: Weath=5 (good except south
Monsoon)
RU, CH, FR Land, CW Nav, US Comb
Failed Russian GS versus v Bock
(would have halted offensive ops in the north-is the only HQ in Russia north of
Prepeits)
RU moves in force adjacent to
Helsinki from Petsamo, 25-11, waits the extra impuse to base a ftr north for
the 3-1 (mabye a + for GS)
French reshuffle to a defensive
position after their counteroffensives last turn..
CW Covers convoys and North
sea China shifts Nats forward, Comm forces cover an additional hex of
line to allow this...
Impulse 2:
JA, GE Comb, IT Land
GE fleet sorites to Baltic in force
(all but old pre-BB, Trs, and Amph).
DSB possibilities throughly
secure Helsinki. (now max at 27-17, even with maximal Russian positioning...)
GE GS 1030, both Georges and Inf
with him flip (ouch!)
IT GS 1631 (fail)
Rum GS 1629 (flip one WP Militia)
Germany regrets not having
used O-Chit for land, and attacks 1030. Loses Lnd-3 in air battle, but
the 2 Stukas clear, for a 2-1+1. Result 1/R (GE Mil dies, Hex cleared, GE
does not take hex due to having to either put 1 flipped unit in hex (learned
not to do that last turn), or leave a hex with flipped aircraft empty (never a
good idea.)).
GE runs over 3-3 inf
(Russian) in 2145 (wasted speedbump. Had not predicted him taking a
Combined and not being able to move anyway).
Impulse 3: Weath=6 (same) Wierd phase choices!
FR-Air (reflips 2 ftr-2, Ftr-3 (for
GS), and Lnd-3). All HQs used now, but France has total control of the
air, as the Germans have 1 HQ, 1 2 factor Ftr-2 face up. FR does not have
to worry about the empty hex being taken due to all adjacent units flipped, and
all possible entry hexes covered (except for paradrop. Yeah, leave it
alone in a hex surrounded on 4 sides, I DARE YOU!!!)
CW, CH Lnd
RU (!), US Combined
CW Airstrike agains last German HQ
fails.
CW starts to shuffle along empty
Belgian coast (The German is LOW on units), but stops when he realizes he
forgot to move out the Trs in Calais, which would leave him over FTC (HW in
advancing force)
RU Sub moves to Indian ocean (!!!)
Impulse 4:
GE, IT Land, JA Nav.
Largely a front shuffle, with the
GE/IT/Rum forces in the south getting nervous after the last Russian
reshuffle...
Impulse 5: Weath Stormy in South Monsoon.
FR, RU, CH
Land. CW, US
Combined.
CW CVs port strike Kiel, GE rolls a
6 on -1/4 (WOW!) and kills Glorious's component. Amph is bottomed.
CW advances 1 hex along Belgian
coast.
Impulse 6:
GE, IT Land, JA Comb.
JA DOW CW! (+2 chits) [The Japanese
have good PR, they have succeeded at every Chit roll since the beginning of the
game)
JA Cruiser (+1 CV) fleet scatters to
hit Indian ocean convoys in Storms.
JA Searches abort convoy in Bay of
Bengal, and finds w/9 points in Arabian sea, damaging Convoy and escorting
cruiser.
JA overwhelms defending garrison (NE
Mil) in NEI capitol (Mar, Inf, LOTS of Bombardment and entire CV force for GS)
Germans attack 2047 (just north of
Novgorod), lose 1 Lnd-3 on GS (no Ftr escort, defending Mig-1), DR=10, no
matter (2-1, */2B), and overruns Russian Lnd-2 face down behnd line (first
impuse GS attempt).
GE attack Maginot line at 0929,
3-1+1, */1B, clears another border hex.(Don't remember where the +1 came
from....)
GE moves 2 units to cover Antwerp (Don't
want to lose THAT now....)
Impulse 7: Weath=3
FR, RU, CH Land, CW US Comb.
RU Strat bombs
Bucharest, -1PP
Russians withdraw Finnish Expedition
to Petsamo (minus Cav, which cannot fit)
Impulse 8:
JA Comb, IT, GE Lnd
IT Strat bomb attempt fails at
Stalino.
5-1 Assault at Novgorod, */2S (Inf,
MOT dies)
10-1 Assault agains withdrawing CAV
in Finland, Auto clear.
Impulse 9: Weath=10, Rains begin!!!! (Russia sighs in
relief. Too bad it couldn't happen last impulse...)
RU, CH, FR Land, CW, US Combined
Russians Counter-attack!
Russians GS 1731, lose 1 Ftr-2 (old
I-15) to Defending IT Ftr (4 point).
GS fails anyway...
Russians Blitz 1731 (7 point German
Inf, 2 point Rum Mil). 3-1, 2-1 with rain, 3-1 with HQ support. (Rum HQ
support fails) DR=10, */2S, Multiple GBA
Promotions (11-5 Mech, 8-4
Inf). Italian plyer (In charge of this front) starts to look nervous....
Impulse 10: All Land.
GE Auto Assault
Strausberg.
GE 3-1 Blitz versus French hex in
Belgium (1131), 1/- (Ouch, not again...)
Impulse 11: Weath =10+1 (UGH! And +2 for next turn!)
Minor reshuffling, None of the
flipped hexes in Belgium look worth attacking...
Turn ends finally! Init to +2 Axis
(Ouch)
+1 Chit GE, Auto chit to
Japan for CW DoW
Resources to CW, +1 Tension
(Darn! Ends the other options)
US might be able to DoW
Japan next turn.
Builds:
RU (24+3) 4 Inf, Cav,
Mtn, Mech, Land-2
US (19) Arm, Convoy, Saratoga
Repair, Cleveland(fd), Sub(fd)
GE (17) Mech, 2 Mil, Amph
Repair, Lnd-3
CW (14+2) Mot, Inf, Gar, Conv (Rep),
Glorious repair
JA (15-1) Yamamoto (fu), Hiei
(repair), Advance Taiho (fd)
FR (16-5) Lnd-4, Gar, Inf (End of
Land pool, again..)
CH (5) Mot
(Nationalist)
IT (3) Amph
(fu)
S/O 1940
Hitler has a fit.....
Axis gains Init (+2 Axis, 2+2 Axis,
4 Allies, Axis wins ties...)
Impulse 1: Weath=4+1 (Rain in N Monsoon, Arctic.
GE Comb, IT Land, JA Nav.
JA Carrier Force moves to Marshall
sea zone, Mar+Trs to 2 Box of Bismark sea, and Amps+Trs Pik up Jap unit in
China Sea.
GE Subs attack North Atlantic, CW
Airforce Reacts. End result, 1 Conv aborted, 1 sub Damaged.
GE GS - versus 1131, GE finally
kills another FR ftr!! (2 killed so far), flips one unit.
IT GS fails dismally versus HQ+GBA
Mech (19 point stack!!) South of Kiev.
GE attacks 1131 (South Belgium),
3-1, dr=9, */1B (Paris Militia killed, AGAIN). Belgium FINALLY leared of
French units.. (CW is another story..)
GE also attacks 1029 at 2-1, down to
3-2+1 by Defensive Air Support (GE out of Ftrs again..). dr=4+1, 1/1
(Kills Another Mil)
Impulse 2: (French Armor strikes again!!!)
US DOW Japan, DR=4 (check, yes, it
DOES WORK!!!!)
US, CW, NAV. CH, FR, RU, Lnd.
FR moves 2 units into GE to outflank
hole in Maginot Line border area.
Results in FR attack versus
0929, Stuka killed on DAS, 5-1+1 Blitz finally kills GE paratrooper! (*/1B)
US fleet strikes at Ja Convoys
leading from US, fails to find (dr=8)
Impulse 3: Germany turns toward defensive...... Weath=3,
Good all over.
GE, IT Land, JA Comb.
JA Port Strikes the 2
Transports that America accidentially left in Pearl. Both die.
Germans Shift south to
cover Vitebsk (GE advance through the rain one hex away) (ONE more turn of bad
weather, and it would have been mione without a
fight...), and some of the
hole in Germany.
Impulse 4: Russian navy returns!
RU, US, CW Comb. CH, FR Land,
CW Port Strike, Germans have 8
suprise points, only abort ancient SCS+Trs.
RU Sub attack IT in Italian Coast,
DR 1,9, Sub Damaged
SU GS versus v.Bock, Fails YET AGAIN
(no Russian GS has succeeded)
FR advances another 2 Corps into the
hole in Germany.
Impulse 5: Attack Stalls Hitler Rants! Weath=8, Rain in
Arctic, N. Temperate, Storms in N.Monsoon.
JA Comb, IT Nav, GE Land.
JA pust newly reorged US convoys
into the S China Sea/China Sea.
Impulse 7: Hitler Fumes at Yugoslav
Betrayl!!!!
YU Aligned by 4 FR corps in France!
YU exp force takes Hungarian
resource, and another ventures int Rumania.
Russian defences in north shored up,
and the last units are put back into supply by advancing Russian HQs!
Impulse 9: Hitler goes mad as attacks fail!!!
Weath=1+1, Good all around. All Land.
GE rails to Bucharest, Vienna to
avoid Advancing Yugoslav hordes.
JA invades adjacent to Manila, dr=??
(lost), -/1
GE Blits 2-1 versus
1940 (SE Vitebsk), dr=3, 1/-
GE Blitz 3-1 versus 1929 (center
Maginot line [no forts]), dr=2, 1/-
Impulse 10: Fall of Ploesti
FR, US Comb. RU, CW, CH Land.
CW Blitzes 1233 in
Belgium, 3-1, HQ support makes 4-1, */B, Breakthrough overruns Me-110C, Stuka
(Ftr-3, Lnd-2) in Brussles.
Yugoslavs take
Ploesti.
Russians Walk into Novgorod.
6-1 Blitz versus 1833 (northernend
of Southern Russian front), kills Italian inf there.
Turn continues...
Impulse 11: German Desperation....
GE Considers Asking all to pass,
then reconsiders...All Land.
GE withdraws all Rum and German
units towards Rum, Italians with light GE support in pocket on south side of
marsh.
GE attacks Brit Mech in Brussles,
-/2S, Mech dies....but GE flips...
GE Attacks Yugo Mtn in Ploesti,
(2-1) 2/-, GE loses Mtn and Rum Inf....
Turn finally ends.
Builds:
RU (25+3) 2 Inf, 2 Cav, 1 Ftr-2, 1
ATR-3, 1 Mech, Mot
FR (19-5) HQ-A, Mil, Ftr-2
JA (14) Mil, Atago (rep),
Karyu (adv), ATR-3
IT (5) HQ-I
GE (14) MIL, 2 Inf, Sub (rep)
Lnd-2
CW (16+2) Arm, Conv (rep),
Formidable (fu), CL (fd), Ftr-2
US (24) Arm, BB (Massachusets,
fu), Conv, Trs (fd), Nav-3
CH (5) Lnd-3
RU/FR player general
notes:
The German player has been on the
opinion that, had the trun gone 2 more impulses, Germany would have been in a
hopeless situation. The only unflipped forces were 1-2 corps on the southern
russian front, the 2-3 surviving Rumanians, and the Italians (although the
Italian air force is flipped, and standing alone.....). He felt that the
French would have either wiped out too many units, or had pocketed the Western
front (given the fact that some of them are in German hexes, I'm not sure why
he was so worried, but, then again, I'm the newbie..). His airforce in
General has suffered horrendous losses, and both of the Stukas were killed this
turn (one run over with the ME-110 in Brussles and one killed trying to stop
the killer French tanks..), so his options for offence are certainly limited,
even if he still holds far more powerful stacks than the French. The
arrival of the Americans (only Ike so far, but expecting the 8-4 Mot and
Wildcat to back it up next turn...) in France leaves me with great optimism
about the future. The Japanese are looking strong, with nearly their
entire force pool built out all over, but they haven't been doing enough.
A landing in the Phillipines and the NEI are the only actions other than the
port strike that have been taken so far in their two turn war.
Fortunately for them, the strike killed two US transports, so US options are
limited, but for example the US had a (forgotten) opportunity to move a
mountain corps to Rabul, which would had basically secured this end of the
pacific. The Chinese have built their force pool to the point where they
have a Lnd-3 already, along with the two fighters, and (I think???) outnumber
the Japanese air force in China right now...
[S/O 1940 notes:]
The Axis player has taken advantage
of nearly every mistake that I or the CW has made, but has made some strategic
mistakes as well as a few tactical ones of his own. In strategic ones,
the DoW agains Russia by all sides. Japan did not position to take out the
Trans-Siberian RR, and so only got one Resource, while allowing the Russian to
take the northern one and Harbin. He also took Vlad right off the bat
(although it saved him from another 2 turns of convoy bashing, as well as some
2-3 PP in strat bombing, as witht he bomber farther back, it could only hit 1
stack targets) chose the Mar as the loss (a Mot is the wrong unit to have on
the Siberian coast, and should have been the loss), started his CVs late (none
until '40), and poorly covered his comvoys (some of the fleet should have been
mid-pacific to cover against the rogue sub, which broke the line once, and
would have again if not for bad luck...). One X result, or failed D
result would have set production SERIOUSLY behind. (playing with 5/10 point
classic convoys). The war in China has been stagnant, with the only land
attack being by NATIONALISTS against an underdefended Canton, and the routine
ineffectual GS agains Chinese positions (said hex recently reinforced by 11
points of Commies). With all 3 Japanese HQs in China, more than this
should have been undertaken.
Axis Init. Weath=6,
Ger/IT Land, JA Comb.
Japanese Assault Partisan
in Tisngtao at 7-1, Flip. Fleet moves to Bismark sea with Troops, And
lands adjacent to Manila.
Germans and Italians
withdraw en masse from Russia. (Too bad, if Allies had gotten Init, either the
Northern or Southern forces would have been cutout of supply, and probably
lost). Overrun Partisan near Minsk in withdrawl.
Minor Reshuffling in France
in the rain.
Impulse 3:
China, USSR Land, France, UK Comb,
USA Naval.
USSR Assaults Chisnau at 5-1, Flips
(AARGH! Rumania will live another turn [actually 2]) (Lost, Rum Inf&Mil)
France/US/UK transport troops from
USA (and planes). USA uses naval for ???? (don't remember, it's been a
while...)
Impulse 5: Weath=3+1, GE/IT Land, Japan Combined
Japan moves more to Bismark sea,
more troops land in Phillipines, and a 5-1 Assault on Manila yields */2S
(Macarthur dies). Continued Failed JA GS versus China.
Germany and Italy pull back farther
towards Poland (South front is all the way to Poland).
Impulse 7:
USSR, France, China Land, CW Naval,
USA Combined.
USSR reclaims more of the lost
Russian territory obligingly vacated by the Axis.
Impulse 9: Weath=5, All Land
Withdrawal fron USSR complete,
except for Leningrad (keeps the +.25 Multiple going...)
Builds:
GE 4xInf, Lnd-2
USSR Cav, 2xInf, 2xMot, Ftr-2, Lnd-3
CW Mech, K George V
& Amphib fu, 2 Trs FD
US Hornet(fu), 2xEssex Adv, Trs, Sub
(fd), Atr-3
CH 2 Inf
FR Mil, Gar Adv, Clemencau (fd),
Lnd/Atr-4
IT Inf
JA Mtn, Trs, Amph,
Hizien [BB](fd)
Losses:
Axis (5): Rum inf, Rum mil, 2x Part
Allies (5): US HQ-I (Macarthur)
J/F 1941
Allies win roll, Axis move
first.
Impulse 1: Weath=4, GE, IT Land, Japan Naval.
Germany, Italy attempt
to shore up their positions in Poland, and build a good defensive line, railing
out the last few disposable assets from Italy to make the southern portion of
the line. Hungarian units fill in the last two single-stacked Germans.
Japan moves to shuttle her units
around, and down't do much.
Impulse 3: CH, USSR, UK Land, USA/FR Comb
The French and US move more American
forces to France. Much resuffling to protect the front better, with
Enough Brits moving, along with in India and
Australia to necessitate
the Land. Russians move to cut the remaining fores in Rumania into small,
out of supply pockets. Weather keeps movement down to avoid the Russians
actually DOING anything about it.
Impulse 5: All Land. Weath=6+1
The Japanese fail their GS attempts
AGAIN. Otherise, Weather keeps anything real from happening.
Impulse 8: CH, FR, USSR Land, USA/CW Combined.
Russians Kill at 15-1+2, Antonescou
(Rum HQ-I) and the Rum Mtn. Weather doed not let them actually attack
Bucharest yet...
Allies finally garrison Rabul,
making a good forward base.
Impulse 11: Weath=3+1 All Land
German/Italians keep drifting back
in Poland. Line is now at the border river in the north, and west of Lvov
in the south.
USSR HQ-I, Mech, Gar,
Ftr-2, Lnd-2
GE Mech, 5xMil, Sub
(fu), Ftr-2
CW Monty (HQ), Rep Furious,
Glorious, Indomitable Fu, Lnd-4
US Clark, Gar, Lnd-4, Amphib, Sub
(fu), 2xEssex (fd)
FR Mech, Para, Lnd-3,
Ftr-2
CH Gar, Mot
IT 2xMil
JA Inf, Shokaku [CV],
Amph (fu), Ftr-2
Losses:
Axis (10): Rum Mtn,
HQ-I
M/A 1941
Allies 2+1, Axis=6.
Axis win, Allies move first.
Impulse 1: Weather=5+1, China, USSR=Land, France/USA
Combined, CW Naval.
French Strat on Berlin fails
(beginnng of a long series of failed Strats) on th 4 table (highest strat roll
for the next 3 turns is a 5)
US/CW subs fail to find in the South
China Sea.
Russians run around the south end of
the river line, trying to find a weak point. Hits the newly formed Mil in
the northern Rumanian city at 5-1, 1/1.
Impulse 3: GE/IT Land, JA Combined.
Germany reshuffles for the coming
spring in the west, attempts to shore up the line in Poland. JA GS fails
again....
Impulse 5: CH, FR, USSR Land, USA/UK Combined. Weath=1)
Not much happens in the
Grim weather. Russia gets a 7-1 on Bucharest, in the Blizzard,
dr=1. Sigh. Ends up trading Militia again.... (should have 4-1+1ed
it (or 7-1+1ed it) when I first had the chance, several turns ago (even if it would
have resulted in France conquering it instead, at a time when I was worried
about imminent Vichification). Soviets strat Rumania, fail again.
Impulse 8: GE, JA Combined, IT Land.
GE convoy raid, Aborts 2 5-point
convoys, and gets one sub aborted. Turn ends before hole can be plugged.
US Pass War appropiations Bill
USSR Arm, Inf, Mot, Trs (fd), Lnd-2
Adv
GE Mech, 3xMil,
Ftr-2, Lnd-3
IT Gar, Inf
JA Mot, Para, Junyo
[CV](fu)
FR Mot, Mot Adv, CV
(fd), Lnd-3
US Mech, Gar, BB
(fu), 2CV (fd), Trs (fu)
CW Inf, Ftr-2, Lnd-4, CV (fu), Rep 2
Cruisers
CH Mech
Losses:
Allies (4): RU 2 Mil
Axis (4): GE 1 Mil,
Rum 1 Mil
M/J 1941
Axis=8, Allies=1+1, Axis
Win, move first.
Impulse 1: (Weath=8+2, Germany, Italy Land, JA Naval)
France finally heats up again.
O-Chit cracked on Rundstet. GS Maginot Hex, escorted, unopposed,
Fails. 5-1 Blitz versus center Maginot Hex (no fort, taken earlier in the
war), takes the hex (don't remember the method, I was fighting 5 hours jetlag
at the time), and took 1030 (resource west of Metz) at the same time (after an
extensive air battle that results in 2 French Ftrs, 1 French bomber, and 2
German Ftrs dead). In Russia, another GS versus Zhukov kills a defending
fighter, and again fails. Japan sees the Subs in Rabul, and puts a CV and a nav
in each of the China seas.
Impulse 2: China,USSR Land, FR, USA, CW Combined.
US attempts to DOW
Euroaxis, and fails due to a miscount (missed an extra 5 in the Japanese
Tension pool which pushed it up a row). Russia stages a 4-1 Blitz versus the
facedown Italian immortal fighter (only Axis FTR on East Front), HQ,
Mech. Kills the defending Italian bomber/Atr (weak, but still a plane),
and then rolls dr=1, 1/- (ARRRGGHH! I'm sick of these 1s!). US moves the
Carrier force from Pearl to the China Sea, and ambushes the forces there.
Kills the CV and a CL, and damages the convoy (5), taking out a CV air
component in the process (darn good AA), and aborting another in Air-to-air
combat. The remaining Convoy (5) flees with the defending Nav, fighter,
and the last CL (unwilling to face even 3 CVs, with attending cruisers).
The Brits ambush a Japanese force in
the Bay of Bengal, killing a Transport with a Mtn on board.
The US moves a Trs to the Italian
coast with a FR Mtn on board.
FR takes an air, and reorgs their
remaining airforce.
Impulse 3: (The French Armor survive again!) Weath=6, GE
lnd, JA Nav, IT Comb.
Italy DOW USA, FR, moves their fleet
out to catch the US Trs, and fails.
Their subs hit the WME
convoys, killing a French convoy (5) (The Brits have another)
Germans stage a 2-1 Blitz (after
another air war resulting in a French Lnd-3 and German Ftr-2 dead) on the
strongest French stack (7-3 inf, 7-6 Armor), get a 1/R, and clear out 1231 (the
end of the French line). A 2-1 Blitz on the hex south of Metz has only
moderate success (-/1).
The Japanese drive off the US CV
force with no losses on either side.
Impulse 4: CH, USSR Land, FR, UK, US Combined.
French reorg slightly, and move more
Americans to France.
US attempts to DOW, and fails with a
9.
UK DOW Norway, take most of the
southern ports. Russians walk into Narvik from Petsamo.
Impulse 5: Weath=2, GE,IT Combined, JA Land.
Rains halt further attacks.
IT DOW CW, hit convoys in WME,
damaging one with a sub. (no convoys remaining in WME. 8 Resources
shipped from Russia and Middle east to Western allies through here). The
remaining Convoy aborts, with the Russian and French Navs.
Impulse 7: US, USSR, CH Land, France, UK Naval
French fleet, with the help of the
Ark Royal, moves out to hit the Italian Subs/Nav in the WME. The French
succeed in driving off the Nav and Aborting the Ftr, and then kill the two
Italian subs in the second round of combat (who committed in the hope of hiting
the new convoys that went in).
US DOW (finally!), and move to guard
the convoy routes even more securely (CV-4 in North Atlantic).
Impulse 9: Germany Combined, Italy/Japan land
Germany and Italy hits Zagreb at
2-1, gets a 2/1 result, and Zagreb holds.
Japan stages a 1-1 on Singapore, 1/-
result ends ambitions there for a couple of turns.
Germany hits the resource next to
Lille at 2-1 Blitz, gets a */1B result (AAARRRGH! Lille is now ZOCed out
of resources!)
Impulse 10: USSR, China Land, France Air (again), USA/UK
Combined? (I think)
USSR GS a Hungarian/German stack in
north Poland, flips one, and then gets a 1/1 in the 2-1+1 Blitz (not useful,
only the Hungarian Cav died).
In Hungary, the USSR shows the flaw
in the defences, as a cav runs around the end of the line, and occupies the
capital. A para flown in at the end of the impulse secures
everything. (with the Hungarians out of supply, and most of the Germans
and Italians flipped from the attack on Zagreb). They also run a strat
bombing raid on Prague, and hit nothing.
French reorg key elements of the Air
Force, and the French Armor (handy part of having 4 French HQs, along with 2 US
and 2 CW in France....)
Impulse 11: Weather=2 Germany Land JA, IT Combined IT
move a TRS port-to-port with the Marine to Sardinia, who then walks to south
Corsica, killing the flipped French NAV (oops! I was hoping he would
invade, and I would have a chance to at least bleed Italian units in the process,
thus the reason for putting them in Corsica undefended) Due to rain, the
remaining units in Hungary are OOS, and a few units shuffle around on the
Polish line to secure it when the Hungarians die, and to minimize the paritsan
possibilities.
Japanese Align Siam.
Impulse 13: CH, USSR, UK, FR Land, USA Combined.
USSR CAV finish putting Axis in
Hungary out of supply, and squish a Hungarian Inf at 12-1 or so (getting a
Banner Cav in the process). French line gets reformed , and more troops
get dropped off in Norway for the eventual attack on Oslo. French again
run two strat bombing raids, and get no results.
Turn ends, Hungary joins the ranks
of conquered countries. USA in total war.
USSR HQ-A Adv, HQ-I Adv, Mil, Ftr-2
GE Mil, Inf, Mot,
3xFtr-2
IT Ftr-2
JA Inf, Rep Conv
FR 2xMil, Inf, Amph (fd), 2xFtr-2
US Arm, Mech, Inf, Mil, NAV-4,
Lnd-3, Rep CV, 2CV (fd), Trs (fu)
CW Mech, Nav-3, Trs,BB,CV (fu), Rep
Conv.
CH Mech (adv)
Losses: (and the Bleeding begins)
Allies (58):
FR (39) 2 Ftr-2, 1 Ftr-3, Lnd-3,
Nav-2, 3 Inf, Mil, Conv (5), Sub
RU (8) 1 Ftr-2, Cav, Mil
CW (4) 2 Conv (5) Dam
US (5) Mech
YU (2) Mil.
Axis (62):
GE (19) 3 Ftr-2, 1
Inf, Gar, Mil
JA (25) CV, CL, Mtn, Trs, Inf, Dam
Conv (5)
IT (15) ATR-3, 2 Sub, Inf,
HU (3) Cav.
J/A 1941
Allies 6+1, Axis 3, Allies
Move first.
Impulse 1: China, USSR Land, France Combined,
UK/USA Naval.
France mvoes her fleet to the 2 Box
of the Italian Sea, where Italy has left her fleet at sea from the last turn
(now in the 3 box). The disadvantage in boxes is made up for by the
presence of the Ark Royal, and Bearn, and the Russian Nav operationg from
Corsica, and the Brits also fly out the 5 Factor Beaufighter in Tripoli (just
flew fron the UK). The Italians fly out their Ftr to cover the convoys in
the reaction step.
The Americans Align Brazil (and kick
themselves for not doing it sooner), and the Russians blitz the lone German Mot
holding the south end of the south end of the Polish lines at 12-1 or so.
Impulse 2: GE Comb, IT Lnd, JA Nav.
The German 2 range (read useless)
sub fleet sorties into the North sea, and catches a Brit Trs with the Mech on
it (on the way to Norway), killing it for a damaged Sub and a Dead sub
(promptly scrapped). They also stage a 4-1 Assault on Bratislava (should
have moved the para here), clearing the Hex. The Italians call a 2-1
Assault on Zagreb trying to free a hole in the line to resupply Hungary, and
fail (1/-).
Impulse 3: China, USSR, France Land, UK, USA Combined.
Weath=10
The Italian sea finally finds, with
the first round being an air, killing a IT CA and a CL. The second round
is a surface, with the Italians having a few suprise points. The spare
French BPs pay off here (the Paris has entered the battleline and the Italians
haven't gotten their old BBs out yet), and the French get a CL dead and the
Paris aborted for two damaged CAs and a few aborts. The third round is
again air, and the Italians finally abort the Russian Nav, but the Bearn and
Ark Royal still damage and abort the Littorio. Now, with a CA, a CL, and
a WWI era BB remaining, the Italian fleet runs for home with the Convoys (were
moving the resource from Turkey to Germany, along with Pola and Sardinia to
Italy). The USA makes a raid on the BOB, to catch the Japanese light CV
force there, totally forgetting the storms. In the resulting battle,
there is some light US cruiser damage, and an old Japanese CL is killed.
The US aborts to zone to avoid further contact. The eastern front heats
up. In Hungary, a Russian group surrounds and eliminates the Italian HQ
giving supply at 6-1 (*/2B). The Yugoslavs eliminate the flipped pair of
German bp Inf (oos) at 4-1+2, getting a */2S. In south Poland, a stack of
Italian HQ and mech is blitzed at 4-1, yielding a */1B, and the Mech is sent to
the circle (only GE HQ in the east, 1 IT HQ-A in the French Alps, and 3 GE HQ
in France/Belgium [2 HQ-A!]). The USSR, seeing the Italian Ftr flipped,
run a strat bombing mission to Milan, and again fail.
Impulse 4: Euroaxis Land, Japan Combined.
Japan conducts her
obligatory groundstrikes against the Chinese, and actually flip the stack they
are hitting! Under a "now or never" type philosophy, she stages
a 3-2+2 on the northern desert river bend, and gets a 2/1, losing a Mot and an
Inf for the Chicom Militia. She immediately starts plotting to get
another infantry up there and repeating the attack. The Germans hit the
French line at theresource next to Metz, flip the US res Mot (stacked with the
Paris Mil), and succeed in sending them both to the circle (and therefore the
Mot to the US) with a */B.
Impulse 5: China/USSR Land, France Air, USA Naval, CW
Comb. Weath=4+1
France flips up a
substantial part of her Airforce, but due to the German 7-factor fighter,
realize that they are still severely outclassed. In Poland, the German/Italian
lines have tightened, but the Russians see a single stacked Italian Mot behind
a river in front of a Warsaw with two flipped Italian planes in it (the entire
east front AF). After rules consultations, it is realized that one can
blitz INTO a city, even if one cannot stage a blitz attack on the city, and off
they go! Unfortunately, the characteristic Russian luck leaves them with
a -/1R, good to take the hex but not to go anywhere from there, and the
opportunity is lost.
Impulse 6: All Land.
The Japanese shuffle their land
units alont the line to get a second unit in the north, and flip in the
process, but their HQ in the north unflips both the infantries to use in the
next attack. The Polish front steps back a couple of hexes, and the
Germans/Italians stage a desperate attack on the bridgehead 1 hex south of
Warsaw, getting a 1/1 (3-2 or so, I've lost the info). A Russian GBA Mech
goes to the circle, with a GE inf?
Impulse 7: CH/USSR Land, UK/USA Naval, France Combined.
The Chicoms, not willing to
look a gift horse in the mouth, run a 3-2+1 assault on the mountain hex north
of Si-An. A /-1 is enough to take this key hex, but they were not able to
send a unit north to support the lone Cav in the river bend, to be attacked
next inpulse. ?3-1 Assault somewhere? 1/- on the east front?
Impulse 8:
The Japanese have another go at the
river bend, this time taking it at 2-1+1. An 8 factor inf moves into the
hex to solidify the gain.
3-1+2 Assault on the Northern Polish
front, -/s moves a Mot and the Moscow Mil to the Circle.
Impulse 9:
? 4-1 assault -/1 somewhere on the
east front?
The French again run two strat
missions, both on the 4 table, and hit nothing.
USSR Arm, Mech, Cav,
Inf, Gar, 2xFtr-2
FR Gar, , Trs (fu),
CV-Joffre (fd), Ftr-3, Nav-2
CH CAV, Inf, Sub
US Bradley,Para,Ftr-2 (All Adv),
Mech, Inf, Rep Conv, CA, CV (fd).
CW Inf (adv), Arm, Ftr-2, Trs (fu),
Rep Conv, CA.
CH Cav, Inf, Sub(fd).
GE 3 Inf, Mil, Lnd-3
IT Inf
JA Shinano (CV, fu)
Losses: (and the Bleeding continues..)
Allies (43):
FR (6) CL, Gar
CH (5) Mil, Cav
CW (16) Mech, Trs, 2
CL Dam
RU (16) 2 Cav, Ftr-2,
Inf, GBA Inf.
Axis (73):
GE (21) Mot, 3 Inf,
Mil, Sub, Sub Dam
IT (36) CA, CL, Dam 2
CA, BB, 2 HQ, Mot
JA (14) CL, Mot, 2
Inf.
S/O 1941
Allies 5, Axis 1, reroll,
Axis 4, Allies 1, Init goes to +1 Allies
RU lend 4 to FR, 2 to CW
US lend 5 BP to RU, 4 Res to CW
FR lend 2 BP to CW
CW, FR lend 1 to China
Impulse 1: Weath=6, GE, IT Land, JA Comb
Germany tries a GS versus Paris (3
Bombers+HQ-A to Flip), Allies stop the Stuka and the FW190 Escort with no
losses on either side.
GS versus 1130 results in the HS123
and the French D510 dying (cleaning out some of the old planes, French vow to
rebuild theirs, Germans scrap)
Attack versus 1130, GE loses Ftr, Fr
lose Bomber, Attack drops to a 2-1 Blitz, dr=2 (1/-). 3-1 Blitz versus 1029, dr=4
(-/1). 2-1
Assault vesus Katovichz (sp?), dr=4 (1/-) in an attempt to halt the surge up
Czechoslovakia.
JA GS fails AGAIN.
IT Inf in Ethiopia walks to Somalia,
flips (oos, oops....).
Impulse 3: CW, US, FR Comb, RU, CH Land
FR Fleet moves to the
WME. CW Strats
Essen (-1PP), Cologne. Bearn GS Tripoli, fails. The Bolo GS 1930, fails, and a Russian 4
value GS the oos units in 2725, and fails. Russians walk into 3030 at
15-1, squishing a Mil.
Impulse 5: Weath=2. GE, IT Land, JA Comb.
JA GS Partisan, fails
GE GS 1029, Lose a Ftr in escort, GS
driven off.
2-1+1 Blitz versus 1029, dr=10+1,
clears hex.
Impulse 6: FR, RU, CH Land, CW, US Combined.
FR Strat Cologne, fail (we continue
to see a trend)
Ground Support in Brno, Italians
clear bomber at -1/+1 (allied advantage.What good ARE these Russian ftrs?)
3-1 Assault, dr=3
(1/-), Mil dies.
Impulse 7: Weath=2. GE, IT Land, JA
Naval.
JA fleet enters Bay of Bengal, No
Combat.
JA CVs GS Singapore, No Effect.
GE blitz 0928 at 2-1,
dr=6, 1/R (mil)
GE Blitz 1130, dr=7
(-/1R, Garrison dies)
Impulse 8: CH, RU Land, FR, US, CW Combined.
RU Strat Prague,
fails
RU 4 value GS 2725 (again), Flips
one.
5-1 Assault Brno, dr=8, */2S (Mil)
US Pacific fleet finds in SCS, 8
suprise pts, the Battleships sidle up and eliminate the convoys.
US Para drops in a oos hex in
Sardinia.
Impulse 9: GE, JA Combined, IT Land.
JA fail to find in the Bay of
Bengal.
JA finds in SCS with 8 suprise
pts. Akagi and Ranger Damaged, Enterprise dies.
JA CVs GS Singapore, fail.
Turn ends.
Builds:
FR (16) Gar, Inf,
Guichen (CL)(fd) Ftr-2, Lnd-3
RU (27) 2 Arm, 3 Cav,
2 Mil, Mar
GE (19) 4 Mil, Inf, 2
Ftr-2
IT (3) Inf
JA (7) Karyu (CV)
US (40) O-chit, Ftr-2 (adv), Inf,
2CV,CL (fu), Rep CV.
CW (23) Mtn,Gar,Ftr-3
(All Adv), Arm, CL(fu)
CH (6) Mil, Inf(adv).
Losses:
Allies (30)
FR (17) Lnd-3, Ftr-2,
2 Inf, Gar
US (11) CV, CV Damaged
RU (2) Mil
Axis (36)
GE (25) 2 Ftr-2,
Lnd-2, Mech, 4 Mil
JA (8) Conv-5, CV Dam
IT (3) Inf
N/D 1941
Lending:
RU Lends 4 to France.
US lends 2 BP to Russia, 5 BP, 4 Res
to CW.
FR lends 1 res to CH
CW lends 1 res to CH
GE lends 1 res to IT.
Init: Allies 3+2=5, Axis=2,
Allies win.
Impulse 1: Weath=3, US, CW Combined, FR, RU, CH
Land. (RU forgets to use O-chit)
FR Strats agin, fails.
RU GS 2935, v.Bock flipped.
GS 2725, last oos unit flipped
US Para walks on the fd IT Nav in
Cagliari.
RU squitches oos GE Inf and Mil in
2725 at 12-1, gets the GBA Mot.
FR Marines land in Pola
Impulse 2: GE,IT Land, JA Comb.
JA restores convoy lines, and sets
up some protection. They also initiate combat in Bay of Bengal, and
damage 2 BB.
GE GS Lille, loses Stuka to A2A.
Defensive Air Support claims 1 GE
Frt in attack on 1331, yielding a 3-2 Blitz (1/-).
DAS aborts GE Air Support at 1129,
2-1 Blitz, dr=8 (-/1R, Mil dies)
Impulse 3: Weath=5 FR,US,CW Combined, RU,CH Land.
Strat bombing attempts on Essen and
Brussles Fail.
French Marines scoot around Trieste,
and close in on Venice
US lands in Amsterdam, GE Nav-2 and IT Lnd-3 die in DAS, dr=5+1 */2S
Varous Reorgs including FR Air
Force.
Impulse 5: JA Comb, GE,IT Land.
GE pulls back a hexrow, allowing RU
into Warsaw, in order to tighten lines. Also, rail/move units to try to
contain landing in Netherlands.
JA GS vs Singapore fail.
Impulse 7: Weath=5 RU,CH Land, FR,US,CW Combined.
FR Strats Metz (-1PP) and Cologne.
US Drops FR Para in Nertherlands,
for no resistance.
IT CAP over Prague keeps Russian
Para off of city. (Dang, looked too long at the hex..)
CW Marine walks from Corsica into
Italy, US Para drops on them (dropped by French LND/ATR). CW also kills
the fd, oos IT inf in Somalia.
FR Marine walks into Venice (at end
of turn, FR 6-3 Inf RTB in Venice, making it a formidable hex).
Impulse 9: IT, GE Combined, JA Nav.
JA puts convoys in
IT sneaks the Marine past the French
fleet, and brings it from Sardinia to
GE sneaks TRS past CW fleet in the
North Sea, and gets Marine to
Turn ends,
Builds:
FR (18) Mil, 2 Inf, Clemancau, Lnd-3
Adv
RU (25) Mech Adv, Arm Adv, Mtn Adv,
Lnd-4 Adv
GE (19) Mil, 3 Inf,
Ftr-2, Lnd-2
IT (4) Mot
JA (7) Rep Convoy, Convoy
US (38) Mech, 2Inf, ATR+Ftr-2(All
Adv), 2CV(fu), Rep BB(CW), Trs (fd).
CW (26) O-chit, Ftr-2(adv), CL(fu),
Trs(fd)
CH (6)
Losses:
Allies (10)
CW (8) 2 BB Dam
FR (2) Mil
Axis (33)
GE (19) Inf, 2 Mil,
Lnd-2, Ftr-2, Nav-2
IT (5) Lnd-3, Inf
JA (7) Convoy-5, Conv Damaged
J/F 1942
Init Allies 10+2, Axis 1,
Allies win.
Impulse 1: Weath=10, CW,US Combined, RU,CH
Land, FR Nav.
FR Fleet sorties worldwide. No
real attacks due to miserable weather. (US fleet sortied into SCS, did not
find)
Impulse 4: JA Nav, GE Comb, IT Land.
GE Fleet sorties into North sea,
Finds w/8 Suprise points. GE loses a CL, CW Loses a CL, US, CW have CL
damaged. (Surface, due to storms)
Ja Fleet sorties into South China
Sea, no one finds.
JA CVs GS Singapore, hit one
(Finally)
Impulse 7: Weath=4+2 FR,CH,RU Land, CW Comb, US Nav.
US Port Strike and kills TRS in
Batvia.
?? Strats Germany, -1PP
FR GS 1130, NE.
RU GS 2836, Flip Inf with v.Bock.
RU 3-1+1 Blitz 2836,
dr=1 1/- (RU Mil)
RU 3-1 Blitz 0130, GE
Lnd-3 on DAS dies, dr=9, */1B (GE Mil)
RU Reorgs units attacking 2836.
CW Unescorted Air aborts GE Convoy
in Baltic, despite 2 defending Ftrs.
Impulse 9: GE,JA Comb, IT Land
GE replaces Convoy lost in Baltic.
(has 5 Convoy-5s!!!)
Finally finds in SCS, US CV loses
air component due to AA.
Impulse 11: Weath=7+1
RU, CH, FR Land, CW Naval, US
Combined.
FR Strat Metz, failed.
CW Strat Cologne,
fail.
RU GS 2836, fail.
2-1 Blitz 2934 (lucky
DAS) dr=2, 1/- (RU Mil)
2-1+1 Blitz (Defensive
HQ Support) 2836, DR=2, 1/- (RU Mil)
Prague falls anyway, due to earlier
breakthrough.
CCH 2-1 Blitz in
China, dr=3, 1/- (CCH Inf)
Turn Ends, Czech
Falls! (another Minor Down!)
Builds:
FR (15) Armor, Amph (fu), Ftr-2Adv
RU (33) HQ-I (Polish) 3 Mil (1 Polish), Lnd-2 (Polish), Ftr-2, O-chit
GE (15) Mil, 3 Inf,
Ftr-2
IT (3) Inf
JA (9) CV-Taiho (fu), Convoy-5
US (38) Arm, Ftr-3, Lnd-3, Lnd-4,
2CV (fu), Rep CV.
CW (34) HQ-I, Arm, Lnd-4, Ftr-3, Rep
2BB, BB(fu)
CH (8) Inf, Sub (fu)
Losses:
Allies (19)
US (5) CL Dam, CV Dam
RU (7) 2 Mil, GBA Inf
CW (7) CL, CL Dam
Axis (17)
JA (5) Trs
GE (12) CL, Lnd-3,
Mil
Summary:
Germany conquers Poland and eventually forces France to a harsh surrender - with Italian help. A small group of French territories and military units fight on from West Africa and Madagascar. Belgium is also conquered before the Wehrmacht launches Barbarossa. Stubborn Russian forces - notably in the Ukraine hold this operation. However, an early break in the weather in 1942 leads to the destruction of much of the Red Army.
Turkey also takes the chance to throw in with the ascendant Axis forces in the region.
Following the defeat of Metropolitan France and its Mediterranean colonies, Italy attempts to seize Egypt. With the assistance of the IJN and the Luftwaffe Italy captures Suez - opening up the Middle East. Iraq and Persia align with Italy - leading to the capture and retention of Baku. A brilliant campaign planned and completed by Graziani allows Italian forces to capture Athens and bring Yugoslavia in as an ally.
Japanese aims at building an Asian Empire are initially blunted by a stubborn Chinese defence, although in the south Kwei Yang is captured for a short time. Seeking easier conquests, the IJN and IJA launch attacks on the largely undefended CW and Dutch possessions. The NEI, Malaya, HK and Rabaul are captured easily - Ceylon and Burma following later. With the Red Army pre-occupied the IJA launches a surprise attack on Siberia. However, an early failure to capture Vladivostock leads to a prolonged conflict.
The USA launches an unprovoked attack on Japanese merchant shipping and withholds vital resources from Japan. The IJN prepares to lure the US Navy into a trap and win the Battle of the Pacific.
With the Wehrmacht gallivanting in Russia, the CW and USA manage to successfully invade in NW France and form a bridgehead. Massive support by the Royal Navy and newly arrived US ground and air forces leaves the Axis on the defensive.
Despite US/CW forces in France, Germany captures many Russian cities -only Leningrad, Sevastopol, Rostov, Kalinin and Gorki stand between total German domination of European Russia.
In the desperate circumstances the Soviet High Command manage to negotiate a peace settlement with Japan - Mao vows never to trust Europeans again.
Despite the peace settlement, German forces capture Kalinin, Gorki and Rostov (on a second attempt). Rommel leads his armoured spearhead towards Sverdlovsk.
Italy occupies Riyadh (conquering Saudi Arabia) and Tanganyika.
Following this with a DoW on Portugal, as Il Duce’s forces enter Mozambique. The Portuguese throw in with the US.
Meanwhile, in southern France, an under-strength garrison in Bordeaux is overwhelmed. Germany collapses Vichy in order to put a strong force between the US forces and Turin.
In the F.E. Japanese Marines manage to land near Calcutta and capture the city before CW forces can reinforce the defences. In the Pacific theatre, some US carriers just manage to evade the IJN and flee to Honolulu.
Early 1943 sees the Allies begin to strike back. The CW with US naval support captures Tripoli in Libya – Il Duce demands German action.
Meanwhile, US radar developments lead to the destruction of a small Japanese taskforce near Guam.
M/A 1943
Lending resources
US 3 BPs to FF
US 1 BP to CW
US 3 Oil to CW
US 1 RES to CW
FF 1 RES to CW
CW 1 Oil to CHI
ITA 1 RES to JAP
ITA 4 Oil to JAP
ITA 9 BPs to GER
Initiative Allies 2+1/5 Axis 5/4
Impulse 1
Storms and rain linger in the Northern Hemisphere
As German forces withdraw from the coast towards Paris, US armoured forces cut-off the rearguard and only motorised forces breakout (GAR lost and MOT to Production Spiral) – Hex 1628.
Impulse 3
Italian naval bombers strike at US shipping in Tripoli
Italian naval bombers surprise US troop transports in Tripoli and wreak havoc (TPT lost). Italian success continues as the Marine Corps occupies Muscat in the Persian Gulf. Japanese forces withdraw across the Yangtze into Shanghai under pressure from large Communist forces.
Impulse 5
Blizzards hit the Arctic
In the snow, US forces swing south around the Massif Central in France.
Toulouse is liberated from the Axis.
Impulse 8
Axis withdraw into mountains in southern France
Axis forces in Siberia push on towards Sverdlovsk, despite the blizzards.
In southern France Axis forces withdraw in the face of the massive US armoured presence.
TURN ENDS
Trucial States/Oman conquered by Italy.
Factories destroyed Kharkhov and Saratov
Production Allies 93 Axis 97
CHINA (6) LND4
CW (25) ARM GAR LND3x3 TPT (fd)
FRANCE (3) AMPH (fd)
USA (49) MECH INFx2 FTR2 LND3x2 FTR3 (Adv) CV (fu)
USSR (10) INFx2 GARx2
GERMANY (65) O CHITx2 ARM (Adv) MECHx2 FTR3 LND3 TPT (FR-rpr) SUB (fu)
ITALY (2) SUB (fd)
JAPAN (30) O CHIT INF (Adv) FTR3 (Adv) SUB (fd)
Losses Allies 5 Axis 2
GERMANY (2) GAR
USA (5) TPT
M/J 1943
Lending resources
US 8BPs to FRA
US 1BP to CW
US 1RES to CW
FF 1 RES to CW
CW 1 Oil to CHI
ITA 1 RES to JAP
ITA 4OIL TO JAP
ITA 9BPs to GER
Initiative Allies 4 Axis 5
Impulse 1
Clear skies and sunshine apart from the North Monsoon
Italian submariners locate a major CW convoy due to a tip-off and sink some allied merchantmen (5 CPs). Other half of the convoy runs for home.
Escorting corvettes damage some submarines in the conflict. Further south, in the Gulf of Guinea the FF cruisers turn japanese subs back from a convoy.
A patrolling light cruiser squadron (Curacoa) off the coast of South Africa is caught by the Italian battleship fleet and sunk.
In Siberia the clear weather allows Axis Strategic Bomber Command to do considerable damage to Soviet production (-4PPs). At the same time Manstein unleashes a major offensive to capture Soviet cities. Kazan holds out (DR2 INF/INF), but Perm falls (DR9 INFx2). The last Soviet oilfields fall into Axis hands !
Impulse 2
US continues to push on in southern France
With a major German force still in Siberia, US forces can push on in southern France against only limited opposition.
Impulse 3
Skies are clear everywhere
Axis bombers do still more damage to Soviet production (1PP). In Siberia, Rommel launches a second major offensive. Kazan falls into German hands (INF), but near Sverdlovsk (Hex 2549) Soviet forces beat off German armour (DR3 -/INF). Italian forces continue to dominate the Indian Ocean and
Southern Africa, with the Italian Special Forces storming ashore near Karachi, and Cape Town being captured. The South African government flees muttering about lack of English and US support.
Impulse 4
Battle for the skies over France begins in earnest
The US Strategic Bomber Command launches a series of raids on southern and central Germany (1PP). Newly trained, long-range German fighters are caught by surprise due to the heavily armed US bombers (FTR3). With the arrival of the elite Canadian Armour Corps and Typhoon tank-busters in France the CW and US fighter wings try to clear German aviators from the French sky in order to break the German lines. However, the crack German pilots evade the massed fighter cover and decimate these newly-arrived tactical fighter-bombers (FTR2 – Typhoon).
In the Pacific, the
US fleet arrives in the Marianas in order to wrest control of the Sea Zone.
Reinforcements – including marines and amphibious craft from the US set out for Honolulu.
Impulse 5
Rain returns to the North Monsoon region
The IJN launches a series of long-range raids to clear the Sea Zones around Hawaii. In the Mendocino Japanese carriers spot the US amphibious craft and accompanying marines and sink them (AMPH + MAR). Due to lack of radar, no other shipping is spotted.
Activity in Siberia slows down, although German bombers partially disrupt Soviet forces approaching from Karaganda. German armour pushes the Soviet mechanised forces back to Sverdlovsk, despite losses (INF), but remains disorganised. In France Kesselring and Runstedt work to reorganise essential elements of the Luftwaffe there.
Impulse 6
Free France occupies Liberia!
Free France – with US connivance – annexes the only independent African nation, Liberia! Meanwhile, in Europe, the CW launches its strategic bombers against Germany (1PP) and reorganises many Air Groups.
The Pacific theatre sees US naval bombers damaging the carrier Akagi, although the skilled japanese fighter pilots shoot up many of the escorting US fighters (P-51Ds – FTR2).
Impulse 7
Rain returns to the North Monsoon
German mechanised forces begin the encirclement of the Soviet Red Army concentration around Sverdlovsk.
On the Western Front, the Axis forces hold their lines in the north, but fall back into Italy in the south.
Impulse 8
German forces pushed back in Central France by US armoured Forces
CW bombers attempt to surprise the German Invasion Fleet in Kiel, but heavy AA (DR9) drives most of bombers off.
Tactical CW bombers in Central France are more successful – disrupting two German Corps. US armoured forces, supported by US parachutists, force these Corps to retreat. In the air-battle overhead, German pilots inflict heavy losses on US bombers (LND3 – Mitchell).
Impulse 9
Weather clears again.
Encirclement of Soviets in the Sverdlovsk region continues. Further south, in the Middle East, the Italian marines arrive near Aden.
Axis forces in France are re-distributed after the US success in Central France.
Impulse 10
US launches successful attack in Italy
Stalin strongly urges for aggressive action on the Western Front. US forces bomb Axis units on the Franco-Italian border and launch a successful assault – again including US parachutists. Il Duce insists on the destruction of all US paratroopers by his fighter pilots – special training is begun!
TURN ENDS
Production Allies 78 Axis 102
CHINA (5) MAR
CW (24) FTR2 NAV2 LND4x2 TPTx2 (fd)
FRANCE (8) INF LND3
USA (41) O Chit MAR FTR2 LND4 AMPH (fd) TPT (fd) CVx2 (fd)
USSR (0)
GERMANY (61) O Chitx2 MTN FTR3x2 FTR3 (Adv) SUB (fd) Bearn (Rpr) Jean Bart (Rpr)
ITALY (17) O Chit MIL
JAPAN (24) FTR3 (Adv) NAV2 (Adv) SUB (fu) Akagi (Rpr)
Losses Allies 52 Axis 20
CW (16) 5CP Curacoa FTR2 INF
USA (21) AMPH MAR LND3 FTR2
USSR (15) INFx5
GERMANY (13) FTR3 INFx2 MIL
ITALY (4) MIL SUB (Dmg)
JAPAN (3) Akagi (Dmg)
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