From dreats@hal.rescomp.berkeley.edu Mon Dec 7 15:36:35 1998
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 12:02:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Andre Schmidt <dreats@hal.rescomp.berkeley.edu>
To: wif@lists.pipex.com
Cc: ptobias@uclink4.berkeley.edu, glamonte@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Subject: Game Report -- WIFC
 

 
This is the first report of an ongoing WiF Classic game in Berkeley, California. This is my first Global War campaign; my opponent has been
playing for quite a few years and is proving to be quite a challenge. No cute nickname for this campaign yet :)
 
WiFC with options
8,12,13,15,16,18,22,26,30-40,42,43,46,47,49-55,58,60, 61,63,64
 
Allied player : Andre Schmidt
Axis Player : Greg Lamonte
 
Setup 1939  1940 1941 1942
 
Setup: Germany sets up France first, with only 5 units facing the Poles.
IT sets up Balbo + 2 corps in albania. JA sets up heavily against china, with several units on the RU border. RU puts 2 weak INF in Vlad, while Zhukov and another INF set up in Chitka near the resource. FR draws poorly, with her best units in Syrian and Algeria. CW places units in Rabul and Gibraltar to forstall sneak attacks.
 
(Good notes don't start until '40)
 
1939
 
S/O 39
GE DOWs Poland, moves a MTN to the far south resource. Von Leeb and the other 3 corps set up as roadblocks against a suprise Polish trip to Berlin. Second Impulse FR and CW groundstrike Von Bock and Rundstedt in the suprise impulse, stalling the offensive yet to come. GE DOWs Belgium, and a solid line forms on the Antwerp-Brussels axis. JA DOWs RU, landing around Vlad, which is promptly surrounded by the Manchurian troops. The Nagoya militia advances toward the Chitka resource, as the Soviets are loathe to attack with Zhukov. Horrid weather (2 10's) stops major offensives this turn. IT DOWs Greece and slowly moves south toward Athens.
 
N/D 39
Not much better weather. JA kills 2 Chicom corps outside Si-An, leaving Mao alone in the city; Mao dies on a 1:1 assault the next axis impulse.
GE groundstrike attempts near Metz fail, with a GE LND killed. A JA corps moves next to Lan-Chow, keeping ChiCom reinforcements from appearing. IT moves around the Greek troops, which are based on the resource in the middle of the country.
 
1940
 
J/F 40 Axis initiative (+1)
Impulse 1: Weather roll 6
The Konigsberg MIL moves into Danzig, aborting the Polish cruiser to London. Japan takes Vlad on a 7:1 assault , with a 10 rolled. RU and JA come to peace, with JA gaining 4 resources (!)
 
Impulse 2: 
China shortens its line, concentrating in the mountains around Si-An and farther south. RU rails Zhukov to Leningrad, beginning the buildup
against the Finns. France takes a land to send more corps to the Belgian line, while the CW transport a 7-4 INF to France. The greeks move the MTN toward Athens, but are OOS and flip. It looks like the Italians will beat them there.
 
Impulse 3: Weather roll 9 (3**)
GE makes its first naval move of the war, sending out everything to the Faroes Gap. Luckily they don't find the undefended 10 CP. JA rails
troops in Vlad south to Nanking, while other troops march south down Manchuria. IT reaches the outskirts of Athens with 2 corps.
 
Impulse 4
The CW fleet sallies into the Faroes, seeing the GE fleet as a sitting duck. Unfortunately, only the GE fleet finds, gaining 9 suprise points.
GE gleefully chooses surface combat with its suprise points, sinking the Illustrious and Carlyle (CL), while having a CL damaged and the Gniseau
and Deutschland aborted. Royal Navy lookouts are chastized in the press.
RU takes the Baltic states, and rails a LND to Leningrad from Chitka.
ChiNats move toward Cheng-Tu
 
Impulse 5 Weather roll 7 (3*)
IT assaults the 3-2 Athens MIL at 5:1 thanks to fleet assistance, takes it on a 9 and Greece falls. The Greek CL is destroyed and the 10 CP aborted to Malta. The turn ends on a 2
 
Partisans: none
USE: none
FR builds Pretelat, saves 2 BP
CW builds fd TRS, CL, rebuilds Q.Elizabeth from the repair pool
CH rebuilds Mao
 
CW, RU get 1 INT
 
M/A 40 The turn that wouldn't end!
Allies init (+0)
 
Impulse 1 Weather roll 4? (2)
The Chinese form a line around the Cheng-Tu - Si-An line. CW puts part of its fleet, mostly BBs and 2 CVs, into the Faroes. The SwordFish and Blenheim run naval air in the North Sea. France moves the Chevalier ARM and Metz MIL to the Belgian line. RU moves 2 INF toward Leningrad on foot.
 
Impulse 2
the GE fleet bravely sallies into the Faroes, avoiding the planes in the north sea. The CW finds them, calling naval air to avenge the Illustrious. The Schliesen (a floating damage repository) is damaged, with the Gniseau and Deutschland aborted again. JA groundstrikes the ChiNats in front of Si-An, killing the CHI FTp on a 2 and flipping 1 unit. IT moves its units toward Salonica for evacuation to Italy. GE rebases planes to the front lines in Belgium. 
 
Impulse 3 Weather roll 9 (1), clear everywhere
 
CW portstrikes Kiel w/ the Blenheim and the Swordfish, shooting down the GE 2 factor FTR, also killing 5 CP. 2 ships are aborted in the Faroes in air combat, leaving the sub alone. Gort and the 7-4 MOT move 2 hexes behind the GE line, acting as backup. FR moves a 5-3 WP Inf into the line, while RU sends an INF and LND toward Finland.
 
Impulse 4 
 
An O-Chit gets cracked on Rundsteadt, as GE attempts to blow a hole in the Frech line. An air battle kills a SpitFire and the HE-11B. GE assaults Metz at 4-1 and takes it, flipping in the process. There are 3 french units (3-3 INF, 2 3-1 GAR) isolated getween Metz and the Maginot line now. Brussels falls to a 4:1 assault as well, with 2 corps lost on each sides. GE looks to be flanking the French on 2 sides.
 
Impulse 5 Weather roll 7 (2)
 
The BE corps are retreated into Calais. Billotes reorgs the French air force north of Metz, knowing an air battle is coming next turn. The
London MIL is transported to Malta, while RU continues to mass on the Finnish border. 
 
Impulse 6 
 
the IT Mot and INF in Greece are transported back to Rome. Air battles over France claim the French Potez FTR, while the ground support for GE leads toa 5:1 Blitz 2 hexes SW of Brussels, the */1B killing both units as there is no room to retreat (8 rolled). the French line is crumbling.
 
Impulse 7 Weather roll 3 (3)
FR moves the 6-1WP GAR in Paris to the front. CW transports the Belgian CAV and Inf to a port near Calais. RU moves a 4-3INF to the Finnish border.
 
Impulse 8
JA passes, as the weather is too nasty to attack. GE moves troops up to cover the holes created by advancing. The front is now at the FR-Belgium border. A GE PARA drops into Calais, flanking Gort and the CW troops. GE attempts a 3:1 Blitz onto Gort's stack, getting a 1/- result for their troubles. The turn can end on an 8, but a 9 is rolled.
 
Impulse 9 Weather clear
 
2 Belgian corps move near Calais, killing the GE PARA while killing the Belgian MIL. The turn can end on an 8, a 10 is rolled. The allies are
contemplating making a trip to the church across the street to beg forgiveness for poor rolling.
 
Impulse 10 
 
GE retakes Calais from the flipped 5-2 Belgian INF. on a 2:1+1 Blitz.
Turn ends on an 8, a 9 is rolled. Will this turn ever end?!?
 
Impulse 11 
 
All the Allies pass, the turn ends automatically on a 10
 
a 1-2 PART appears on the southern Polish resource
USE: option 18 is taken (resources to Western Allies)
 
JA, with many extra build points, buys 5 multiples and gains 20 Intelligence. God help the Chinese
 
Thoughts:
 
After 10 impulses in M/A, France went from resonably solid to in serious trouble. She is being flanked around Calais, keeping Gort and several large FR units from backpeadling to Paris. Next turn there will be a massive withdrawl toward the capital. If France can hold out another
torn, 2 WP INF (6-3 and 5-3) and Pretelat are compng in, which could save their bacon.
 
Japan is running wild in Asia. With 4 extra resources, she's build most of the 40 force pool and is using Intel to bring in the 41 force pool as well. USE sems geared toward Ge, so JA will prove a tough nut to crack. China is sticking to the mountains, which may be their saving grace.
There is a scary amount of red fleet on the production spiral.
 
CW has spent its time building as much fleet as possible, at the expense of land and air units. When france falls (probably J/A at the latest),
production will shift to strat bombers and land units for Malta, Gibraltar and the Suez (where wavell is sitting alone).
 
I hope you've enjoyed this report, more will be coming as gets played. It looks like 3-4 turns a week at this pace, faster if there are fewer 11
impulse marathon M/A turns. 
 
M/J 40 Axis init
Impulse 1: Weather roll 7(1)
GE tries to groundstrike a 9 stack outside Metz, flipping 1 unit at the cost of a FTR. An attack on the hex at 3:1+1 kills 1 unit on each side, causing the german units to flip. Lille is taken on a 4:1 attack, surrounding Gort and the BEF on 5 sides. JA takes Si-An.
 
Impulse 2
The remaining French units move to around Paris. A French GAR outside Metz, cut off from the rest of the army, forces a GE LND to rebase and flip. The ChiNats form a line around Chunking, while RU decides that summer is not the time to take Finland, and begins to move forces toward Rumania.
 
Impulse 3 Weather roll 2 (2*)
 
The GE and CW fleets fight it out in the Faroes, with GE having a CL, SUB, and 2 BB damaged. The CW has a CA and CL sunk, with 5 CP
damaged and a CL aborted.. A Chinese GAR is flipped in Naning by a groundstrike. IT moves Balbo to Bartia, and also masses troops on the
French border. GE kills Georges in a 6:1 blitz in the Ardennes.
 
Impulse 4: 
 
The CW fleet fails to portstrike Kiel, and also fails to find the GE fleet in the Faroes. RU moves INF and rails a CAV toward Rumania.
 
Impulse 5: Weather roll 4 (1)
A GE unit walks into Le Havre, killling a TRS and aborting a LND and TRS.
A 5:1 Blitz kills Gort and an INF. The first serious GE incursion in Poland kills a CAV and a PART. JA kills 2 ChiNat MIL in a 3:2+2 assault
on the steps of Chunking.
 
Impulse 6:
FR completes its pullback to the Seine, while a ChiNat CAV walks into Chunking. 
 
Impulse 7: Weather roll 9 (1)
a GE 5:1 blitz gains their 1st hex on Paris, with a 9 rolled. JA takes the hex west of Chae-Sha.
 
Impulse 8:
The Richeleu and Dunkerque rebase to Dakar. The Russians move Zhuhov from Leningrad to Odessa via rail. The turn can end on a 4, the roll is a 1.
JA Intel forces a reroll, roll a 5 :(
 
Impulse 9 Weather roll 10 (1)
2 high odds blitzes by GE take 2 more hexes around Paris, only leaving 2 hexes next to it in Allied hands. The turn ends on a 3
 
A 0-3 PART appears on the Greek resource
The US interns the Bearn, putting it on the Construction pool
Allies win Intel, giving the CW 1 point
 
J/A 40 Allies win initiative
Impulse 1: Weather roll 9 (1)
CW transports the Montreal MIL to the home islands, while another TRS moves toward South Africa to get the Spitfire there. The FR fleet rebases to Oran to avoid the threatening Italians. Pretelat and 2 INF move toward Paris, attempting to relieve it. 
 
Impulse 2:
IT DOWs France. IT groundstrikes of Paris fail, but an IT Marine takes Oran, causing the FR fleet to rebase right back to Marsielles (sp, I know) GE kills a lone Polish INF, JA groundstrikes 2 ChiCom units and fails with 8 tries at 1. GE takes Paris on a 5:1+2 assault after GE sucessfully flips both units. 
 
Impulse 3: Weather roll 4
Pretelat sucessfullly supports a FR counterattack on Paris, making it a 1:1 assault. Bad luck reigns, as a 1 is rolled for the 3/- result. 
 
Impulse 4:
GE Mech and ARM rail to Memel, starting the general shift to the Eastern Front. JA loses 2 units, the Chicoms 1 in 3 attacks. 
 
Impulse 5: Weather roll 1 (1)
 
A GE MTN is killed by the poles. RU moves 2 INF to the Rumanian border.
 
Impulse 6:
GE DOWs the Netherlands, who are aligned by the CW. 2 7:1 assaults by the Germans take Amsterdam and Warsaw, the former of which sends the Ne Cl, TRS and CP to Plymouth. a ChiCom CAV N. of Cheng-Tu is killed. 
 
Impulse 7: Weather rooll 3 (1)
RU demands and gets the Rumanian borderlands. With the north of the Soview Union undefended, the Soviets begin to redeploy yet again. 
 
Impulse 8: GE rails 3 corps to Konigsberg and Danzig. Balbo kills the Greek partisan. A 5:1+1 assault takes Lodz for the Germans.
 
Impulse 9: Weather roll 3 (1)
A CW Portstrike on Kiel gives up 9 suprise points. The Germans, for some reason, don't elect to avoid combat. A TRS is killed, at the price of the Swordfish. 
 
Impulse 10:
GE DOWs Denmark, taking Copenhagen. The turn ends on a 2
 
A Partisan appears in Nantes, France
France is Vichified, with Syria, French Equitorial Africa, and the Pacific map territories going free french. FR has 2 ships and DeGaulle to its name, with DeGaulle set up in the new French home country of Syria.
 
 
S/O '40
 
The US sends 5 resources to the CW
 
Impulse 1: Weather roll 3 (1)
 
The CW sends its fleet out on convoy duty. The South African INF is transported to Malta, while a MOT is left in the Med to land elsewhere.
RU demands and gets the Romanian borderlands, and begins to move its forces to the Dnieper, leaving some speed bumps near the border. 
 
Impulse 2:
GE aligns Hungary and Bulgaria after the partition of Romania
 
IT sends 2 corps to Libya. GE finds convoys in the Faroes, using its 6 suprise points to kill 5 CP. On land, GE sends 5 corp to N. Poland, while also killing the partisan in France. JA uses a land impulse to take low odds potshots at the Chinese, with each side losing 4 units. With JA
production at ~25 and Chinese at 0, this is not the kind of war China wants. GE sends FTRs to france, anticipating the start of strat bombing 
season.
 
Impulse 3: Weather roll 7 (2)
 
CW drops a 6-5 MOT in Alexandria, while the S.A. spitfire arrives in Britain via TRS. RU sends an INF to Brest-Litovsk and a MOT to Vitebsk.
 
Impulse 4:
 
GE strat bombs London, in the first such action of the war, killing a Hurricane and a BP. JA assaults the Chinese lines, killing 3 and
shattering 1 for the price of 2. Von Bock reorgs the 3 LND returning from the Battle of Britain.
 
Impulse 5: Weather roll 8 (2*)
 
The 3 CW CV go to the North Sea to protect convoys and engage the German fleet. RU sends more troops to the Vilna and Dnieper lines. A French TRS moves into the Western Med, to help move CW troops to/from Gibraltar
 
Impulse 6: 
 
The IT fleet sails, failing to find the french TRS. They do find and kill a FR sub and BB, taking an IT CL to the bottom while they're at it. CW
loses 3 more BP due to GE strat bombing, helped by the few fighters in the UK. JA kills another CH unit, losing one of its own in the process
 
Impulse 7: Weather roll 8 (2*)
 
The CW portstrikes Brest, where the German fleet has moved since the fall of France. The Kinigsberg and a CL is killed. The CW attempts to strat bomb Lille with no success. The Free French fleet finds the Italians, but give up 5 suprise points. The Jeanne d' Arc and a sub are killed, while sinking the Duke 'd Ostia and a sub. 
 
Impulse 8:
 
Vichy Indochina aligns with Japan. The inept Italians fail to find the Free French fleet. The turn ends on a 2.
 
A Partisan appears on the Korean resource.
The US freezes Japanese assets.
The CW loses a total of 7 BP due to strat bonbing and lack of convoys
 
N/D 40
allied initiative
Impulse 1: Weather roll 4 (2)
 
CW kills 2 German fighters over Lille, but miss the factories in the melee. Troops are send to Malta and Gibraltar, just in case the Italians feel saucy.
 
Impulse 2:
 
GE sends its subs into the Bay of Biscay and the Faroes. The Faroes wolfpack gain 8 suprise points, killing 5 CP and damaging 5 more. GW
teaches the Brits how strat bombing is done, killing one BP in London.
Japanese groundstrikes in China fail, but an attack results in a -/*1S result. The Korean partisan is swept away by the Seoul militia.
 
Impulse 3: Weather roll 1 (1)
 
Free French BBs single handedly make Malta and Gibraltar defensible, killing the 2 IT TRS in the Eastern Med, and promptly abort to Gibraltar.
The CW kills two cruisers in the Faroes, while Alexander reorgs the strat corps. 
 
Impulse 4:
 
GE goes to the well one to many times, getting 2 LND killed while trying to bomb London; The Luftwaffe in France consists of 2 old FTRs. JA kills Chiang and a Cav while taking Chunking. China is teetering on a final collapse. IT sends planes to Libya.
 
Impulse 5: Weather roll 3 (1)
 
A spitfire is sent to the Suez. The CW kill 1 more BP in Lille, while everyone passes. 10 CP die as the CW is badly suprised in the Bay of
Biscay. 
 
Impulse 6:
 
GE DOWS and conquers the 
 
No partisans
The Axis win Intel
USE gets a boost after graphic footage of the Rape of Chunking.
 
1941
 
J/F 41
 
Axis wins the initiative, making the Allies go first.
 
Impulse 1: Weather roll 6 (2*)
 
DeGaulle moves from Syria to Port Said, while a CW MOT lands in Alexandria. Mao moves into Cheng-Tu, the last ChiCom city.
 
Impulse 2:
 
JA tightens the noose around Cheng-TU and Kunming, but fain to groundstrike any of the chinese. The last GE planes in France move to the
eastern front, while subs move to the Bay of Biscay. 
 
Impulse 3: Weather roll 11 (3***)
 
the CW nave moves out into the Atlantic, but fails to find anything in the horrid weather. The Soviets send the Marat into the Baltic on a whim.
 
Impulse 4:
 
The Germans move their fleet past the waiting Commonwealth and into the US East Coast for the first time, but find no convoys. The turn ends on a 1
 
No partisans
The US Gears Up Production and chooses to repair ships for the western allies, meaning the CW CP can start to get repaired. 
the CW gets 1 intel.
 
M/A 41
 
Impulse 1: Weather roll 5 (2)
 
IT DOWs the Commonwealth, flipping the spitfire in Alexandria. They take Alexandria on a 1-1 assault, killing a MOT, a TRS and a face down FTR.
The INF in Ethopia takes Suez
 
Impulse 2:
 
The CW drops an INF in Port Said, and kill the flipped o.o.s. unit in Alexandria. The Swordfish, based out of Malta, damages 5 Italian CP.
 
Impulse 3: Weather roll 3 (3)
 
The IT and GE fleets sail, covering the whole med and most of the Atlantic. The germans find convoys in the Bay of Biscay and the Faroes,
gaining 9 and 10 suprise points, respectively. 15 CP are killed, never knowing what hit them. A GE GTR rails to Brest.
 
Impulse 4:
 
An embarrased Commonwealth fleet comes out swinging into the Atlantic, but hits dead air, not finding a thing. Suez is retaken with a 7:1 assault.
 
Impulse 5: Weather roll 4 (3)
 
Few moves as the rain sets in, letting the Italians sink 5 CP in the Western Med.
 
Impulse 6:
 
The CW kills 2 Italian ships in the Eastern Med and damage 3, to 1 sunk and 3 damaged of their own. The turn ends on a 3.
 
A 2-2 Greek Partisan arrives on the resource.
 
No US Entry actions.
 
 
CW production is in the single digits due to 25 convoy points lost. The allies are giving up an average of 6 or so suprise points a combat,
Between that and high rolls in combat (bad , as we're using 2-die land combat and I'm usually on the defensive), I can't wait to use all these
9's and 10's on the offense :) The US will be repairing may a CW ship in the next year, as the repair pool is getting full. Judging by the massive
buildup in Poland, Barbarossa will be happening soon (and has, a report will come soon). China will fall soon, as she has had no production since mid-late 40 and is surrounded on all sides. Japan is running out of things to build, which will make the Pacific war rough.
 
 
M/J 41 Axis initiative, at the +2 box
 
Impulse 1: Weather roll 5 (1)
 
Germany DOWs the USSR, while Japan aligns Siam. The Italians send a lone marine on a suicide mission to Gibraltar, which only has one
defender. The 1:2 attack fails. Japan groundstrikes the surrounded Chinese near Cheng-Tu. German groundstrikes flip seven Soviet units.
 
Impulse 2: 
 
The RU fleet (1 sub and two surface ships) sails to the Baltic searching for Swedish ore shipments. The CW and Italy mix it up in the
western med, taking a damaged CV to a sunk Italian CL. Heavy bombers miss Lille in the heavy fog.
 
Impulse 3: Weather roll 7 (1)
 
Germany aligns Romania. The Italians find the Biritish fleet again, sinking the Illustrious and damaging the Resolution, Manchester and the Ajax in return for a CL and a sub killed, with a sub and 2 CL damaged. The Germans take Odessa, advancing to the Soviet line at Vitebsk.
 
Impulse 4: 
 
The Commonwealth land 2 corps in Greece, taking advantage of a beach well lighted by Greek partisans. A third unit sits in transit off of
Gibraltar. Russia moves Zhukov and two corps to the Dnieper river in the south.
 
Impulse 5: Weather roll 6 (1)
 
Germany aligns Finland. An air battle breaks out over Vitebsk, with both sides trying to support the assault. The soviets lose a LND and
FTR, taking a german bomber with them. A stack outside Vitebsk is taken on a 6:1 blitz.
 
Impulse 6:
 
The Soviet Baltic fleet damages the german CP's in the area. A third British corp lands in Greece, while two TRS are reorg'ed by Wavell in
Port Said. The Soviets move a 12 stack S. of vitebsk to shield Koniev.
 
Impulse 7: Weather roll 7 (1)
 
Italy, sensing the imminent alignment of Yugoslavia to the Allied side, moves troops to its Yugoslavian border. Germany cracks an O-Chit on Rommen outside Vitebsk. Timoshenko is overrun, while the Vitebsk force is killed on a 5:1 assault, but the Germans forget to take the city. An attack to the south of the city kills a unit on each side, slowing the advance. The Finns take Murmansk, as the Germans liberate Latvia and Lithuania. The turn does not end on a 3.
 
Impulse 8: 
 
A 6 stack dashes between the claws of the German juggernaut into Vitebsk. The CW gets a fourth corps into Greece. The turn doesn't end on a 6.
 
Impulse 9: Weather roll 4 (1)
 
Japan declares war on Russia, as she senses that the Chinese will not hold out much longer. The Germans throw themselves again at Vitebsk,
taking the city on a 4:1 assault. An attack on Koniev claims no units on either side, flipping the Germans. The romanians take Sevastopol and approach Krasnodar. The Finns take Archangel, then march onto Russia proper.
 
Impulse 10: 
 
CW aligns Yugoslavia. The allies all pass, ending the turn on a 3
 
End of Turn:
 
A partisan arrives in Greece and in France, landing into Metz.
 
The Axis win Intelligence, and Greece is liberated.
 
 
J/A 41 Axis init +2, Axis goes first
 
Impulse 1: Weather roll 2 (1)
 
The Japanese fleet sails into the Marianas, looking threatening.
Germany groundstrikes Koniev, south of Smolensk, while the garrison in France kills the Fench partisan. A combined Bulgarian, Hungarian, and German force assaults Bergrade, killing one unit and flipping both sides. A 7:1 blitz smokes Koniev and a 6-1 GAR off the Russian steppes. Italy tries another suicide attack, this time a 1:2 assault on Malta, which fails. Japan takes Kunming on a 4:1 assault, conquering China.
 
Impulse 2: 
 
The Commonwealth meets the Italian fleet off the Italian coast, getting the Glorious damaged as a reward. The Russians pull back from
Smolensk, starting to form a ring around Moscow. The Rostov militia moves south to contain the Rumanian forces, which have run amok in the
extreme south of Russia.
 
Impulse 3: Weather roll 3 (1)
 
The Finns take vologda on a 3:1 assault, but flip. Germant assaults a Soviet stack S. of smolensk, achieving a 1/*2B result (the beauty of
two dice combat).
 
Impulse 4:
 
The CW unfortunately are suprised on the Italian coast, having their last 3 BB in the theater damaged. Strat bombing pays off, killing 1 BP in lille. The Soviets in the south blitz two german INF to the production spiral, the first pinpoint of light of the war for them.
 
Impulse 5: Weather roll 5 (1)
 
The Germans roll through the 14 stack in smolensk, rolling a 10 on a 5:1 assault.
 
Impulse 6: 
 
The CW port strikes Brest, killing the Prince Eugen in return for a damaged CV. Strategic bombing of Paris fails, but two german fighters are killed.
 
Impulse 7: Weather roll 9 (1)
 
Bryensk falls to a 9:1 assault, while Kalinin is also taken on a 5:1 assault (-/1S).
 
Impulse 8: The allies all pass, but a 7 is rolled and the turn goes on. 
 
Impulse 9: Weather roll 7 (1)
 
GE goes naval, seeing an opportunity to kill the lightly escorted convoys. SUBs damave a CV, as well as killing 10 CP.
 
Impulse 10: 
 
Naval combat in the N. Atlantic kills 2 GE and 2 CW light cruisers.
The turn ends on a 3.
 
End of turn:
 
No partisans appear. 
 
The US chooses to escort convoys of its east coast. 
 
China is conquered, total USE hit 1 (drew 3 chits: 0, 0, 1).
Excellent Japanese propaganda shows the heroic liberation of the Chinese people from the corrupt decadence of the Nationalist hordes :)
 
 
S/O 41
 
Impulse 1: Axis initiative, Weather roll 5 (1)
 
Germany kills 5 CP in the Bay of Biscay with ships left in the area from last turn.
Groundstrikes of Moscow flip one unit, killing a LND. Moscow is surrounded and taken on a 4:1+1 assault (*/2S). A hex on the Dnieper is taken, killing one unit on each side. The Germans also take Zagreb and Belgrade on two 7:1 assaults. 
 
Impulse 2: 
 
The US fails to dow the Japanese (needed 3, rolled 4). The CW sends two TRS from India to the Med, one of which is killed and one aborted by the Italians, who also damage the Edinberg. Strat bombing of Lille kills 1 BP. The Russians pull away from the Moscow line, forming a new one around Ryzan.
 
Impulse 3: Weather roll 9 (2*)
 
Italy port strikes Malta, killing one light cruiser and damaging another. Germany moves up the the Russian lines in Ryzan and Kursk, not attacking in the rain.
 
Impulse 4:
 
The allies shift around their navies, with the US sending battleships and carriers to the west coast, on their way to Pearl. A CW TRS sails to South Africa from Australia, taking the long route to the home islands. The Jean Bart sallies out to find the Italian CP, but fails to find. 
 
Impulse 5: Weather roll 5 (1)
 
The Italians find and dispatch the Jean Bart. Japan moves its entire fleet out of Truk, surrounding Hawaii. Hmm, they wouldnt be doing anything suspicious, would they? 
 
The turn ends on a 1.
 
No partisans
The US passes the War Appropiations bill and relocates the fleet to Pearl. 
Yugoslavia is conquered by Germany.
Russia get 1 intel.
 
N/D 41
 
Italy uses Intel to roll the initiative, passing a 2 to the Allies. Axis win initiative.
 
Impulse 1: Weather roll 5 (1)
 
Japan DOWs the US and the Commonwealth, dropping an O-Chit for the super-combined. A port strike of Pearl kills 4 BB and aborts the CV. The German and Italian navies stream into the Atlantic, killing 10 CP. Japanese groundstrikes succeed in Singapore, but fail on Mac in
Manila. Rabul is invaded by a MTN. Honolulu is invaded and falls on a 7:1+1 assault. The US dropped the ball and forgot about Hawaii, only having Nimitz there. The Ranger is aborted to SF and 2 planes are killed, including the Catalina. 
 
Impulse 2: 
 
The US fails to DOW the Germans. The CW begins to move its 4 corps out of Greece and to the Suez. A night bombing mission into LiLLe kills 1 BP, with Alexander reorganizing the returning planes. 
 
Impulse 3: Weather roll 3 (1)
 
Germany takes Kursk on a 5:1 assault on a beautiful winter impulse. Japan moves more troops out of China 
 
Impulse 4: 
 
The US sends a MAR and NAV to Pago Pago. A second raid into Lille kills 0 BP and 1 GE FTR.
 
Impulse 5: Weather roll 10 (3**)
 
The weather turns, slowing the German advance in Russia. Italy damages a CW cruiser in a port strike of Malta. Japan fails again to Groundstrike Manila, and sends another NAV to Hawaii. The Finns surround Leningrad, and launch a 2:1 assault that gets them nowhere
(result -/-). 
 
Impulse 6: The US sends a NAV to Pago Pago, and the turn ends on a 1.
 
A partisan appears on the Chita resource
The US chooses to send escorts in the N. Atlantic, and in a shocking turn, occupy N. Ireland. 
The Axis win Intel.
 
1942
 
J/F 42 
 
The US send 5 res to the CW, and the Allies win initiative.
 
Impulse 1: Weather roll 3 (2)
 
The US fails again to DOW the Germans, but align Central America. The CW sends a Marine to Gibraltar and the US sends one to Pago Pago. Yet another strat of Lille kills 1 BP.
 
Impulse 2:
 
The German fleet covers the Atlantic, but fails to find anything. THe Italians fail to groundstrike British units in the Suez. The Japanese use Intel to move the last tension chit in the German pool to the Japanese, ending US DOW attempts for the turn.
 
Impulse 3: Weather roll 3 (2)
 
CW tries to assault the Italians outside Alexandria, failling miserably (1 rolled, 1/-) and flipping. With the CW fleet all but kicked out of Malta, the flipped units can be put o.o.s.with an effort by the Axis. 
 
Impulse 4
 
Sub combat in the Atlantic kills 1 German sub and damages an Italian, but damage 5 CP. The Germans rail troops out of Yugoslavia to the Russian front. Italian troops ooze around the flipped CW and French troops in Egypt. Japan invades the Phillipines 2 hexes south of Manila. Italy kills Wavell in Egypt, but flips.
 
Impulse 5: Weather roll 1 (1)
 
The CW goes naval to put Egypt in supply, while the rest of the allies pass. Strat of lille kill 2 BP and a GE FTR. The turn doesn't end.
 
Impulse 6: 
 
An Italian port strike of Malta kills a CA and damages a CL. A CL and a TRS are killed in the E.Med by the Italian fleet. Japan groundstrikes MacArthur finally, making Manila ripe for conquest. 
 
Impulse 7: The allies all pass, ending the turn.
 
A partisan appears in Paris. 
The US closes the Panama canal and declares unrestricted naval warfare.
The US get 4 intel.
 
 
 
M/A 42: 
 
US sends 5 resources to the CW, Axis init.
 
Impulse : Weather roll 9 (1)
 
Japan aligns Madagascar. An INF and a HQ are on amphs outside India.
Germany flips one unit in Tula. The Italians bring their army to bear onto the flipped o.o.s allies in Egypt, overrunning one CW MOT and
killing DeGaulle in Suez, killing the last Allied units in Egypt but flipping. The Germans assault Tula and Kharkov, killing 4 SU coprs and 2 planes but flipping at Kharkov. The finns take care of a menacing Russian CAV outside Archangel. The Parisian partisan is mopped up in France.
 
Impulse 2:
 
The US fails yet again to DOW the western Axis. They take out their frustration on the Japanese, however, invading Honolulu with 2 MAR and
the entire US fleet minus 1 CV and 2 CA on the east coast. Hawaii is retaken on a 2:1+1 assault , killing a lonely Yamamoto. The Japanese
fleet steamsinto Truk, flipping. The CW fleet goes out on convoy duty. Strat of Lille kills a Hungarian FTR and 1 BP.
 
Impulse 3: Weather roll 7 (2)
 
The Japanese pop a Naval O-Chit on the HQ in Truk, and the fleet sails right back to Honolulu to asset its dominance. Outnumbering the US by
about 3:2, the Japanese navy kills 1CV, 2 cruisers and 1 SUB, and damages 5 CV, 1BB and 1 CL, aborting two other ships. She loses 2 CV
damaged and 1 sub aborted, before the US fleet skedaddles into Pearl. The US now only has 1 CV on the map, on convoy duty in the Atlantic.
An Italian port strike on Malta damages 2 CW CV.
 
German and Italian Marines, backed by a PARA, invade Malta. The 4:1 assault takes the island, leaving Gibraltar the only CW holding in the
Med.
 
Impulse 4: US DOWs the Western Axis on a 3.
 
The CW strats Paris, killing a GE FTR but losing a LND, 0 BP killed.
The Russians in the south retreat to Stalino.
 
Impulse 5: Weather roll 10 (1)
 
Japan portstrikes Honolulu, damaging the South Dakota. The German fleet damages 2 CW CAs in the North Atlantic. On the US East Coast, 2 GE submarines are damaged, but 5 CP are killed. Italy steamrolls into Syria from Egypt with no opposition. Japan invades India E. of
Hyderbad w/3 corps. Manila is taken on a 7:1+1 assault.
 
Impulse 6: The allies all pass, the turn doesn't end
 
Impulse 7: Weather roll 3 (3*)
 
A 3:2 assault w/ support from Manstein fails, flipping the attackers (-/-). Italy conquers Syria, and Japan takes 2 the two minor ports near Hyderbad.
 
Impulse 8: All allies pass, turn ends on an 8.
 
A partisan appears on the Nantes resource.
A Yugoslavian partisan appears on the mtn resource.
Allies win intel.
Free France makes its new home country Fr. West Africa, as Syria was conquered.
 
M/J 42
 
Axis init
 
Impulse 1: Weather roll 6 (?)
 
GE pops an O-Chit for a Super-Combined. GE and Italian NAV and FTRs move into the W. Med. Japan surrounds Honolulu with its fleet. The German fleet kills 10 CP in the N.Atlantic. Massive groundstrikes in Russia flip both SU HQs in the north and 3 other units. German
assaults kill 8 Russian coprs, taking Leningrad and surrounding Dneproptovsk. Von Bock reorgs parts of the Luftwaffe in N. Russia. A
Hungarian corps takes Athens.
 
Impulse 2: 
 
CW naval combat in the N. Atlantic kills the Adm. Hipper and a GE BB, at the cost of the Danae and a TRS, a CV damaged, and 2BB aborted. CW/US Strat of Lille kills 2GE and 1 CW FTR, but get 0 BP. A 2:1 Soviet attack E. of Tula retreats the Germans there, but causes the Soviet corps to flip. The Greek partisans try to liberate Athens, but flip and fail.
 
Impulse 3: Weather roll 3(?)
 
A Japanese port strike of Honolulu is avoided by alert American sailors. CW sailors pull the same coup, avoiding an IT strike of nGibraltar. Two German attacks occur, one east of Ryzan (2:1, 1/R) and N. of Stalino (5:1 -/1). Timoshenko is killen in the latter assault.
 
Impulse 4: 
 
The CW sends a TRS to New Zeland to get the MOT there. Strat of Lille fails.
 
Impulse 5: Weather roll 5 (1)
 
The French partisan is killed yet again, to resurface another turn.
Japan takes 2 Indian resources. The Russians are encircled east of Tula.
 
Impulse 6: The US and CW shuffle transports around.
 
Impulse 7: Weather roll 5 (1)
 
The Italian surface fleet braves the mines of Gibraltar, losing 2 CL and 1 damaged, but Gibraltar is o.o.s. Groundstrikes of the Rock
fail, however, so the Italians pass the time killing CW convoys (5 CP). Japan invades and takes Batavia and the NEI.
 
Impulse 8: 
 
All except the CW pass, who send CP to the Bay of Biscay. The US aligns Mexico. The turn fails to endon a 5.
 
Impulse 9: Weather roll 7 (1)
 
Italy aligns Iraq and kill 10 more CP outside Gibraltar. Two more Japanese corps land in India, including some armor.
 
Impulse 10: Us aligns Brazil. All pass, turn ends on a 3.
 
No portisans. Japan finishes its second o-chit, producing at 37 (Ge producing at 45)
 
The Axis win intel by 4 after the Allies roll a 4 with 5 dice.
 
Greece is permanently conquered.
 
 
The US sends 5 Res and 2 BP to the CW
The allies win initiative.
 
Impulse 1: Weather roll 8(1) CW Naval RU Land US Naval
 
A US Fleet consisting of 8 CV and 3 plands on transports sails to Pearl. CW strat of Lille kills 2 GE and 1 CW FTR in the air battle,
but fail to kill any BR. The USSR makes a 3:1 assault on Stavopol, trading 1 unit for 1 unit. 
 
Impulse 2: IT air GE Land JA Naval
 
GE subs activate in the Bay of Biscay, but one is damaged by the Brazillian ships there. A black print unit is flipped in Gibraltar.
Two attacks are launched in Russia: a 4:1 blitz N. of Stalino with a 1/1 result, and a 5:1 blitz N of Ryazan -> -/*2B. A Soviet LND is
killed in the second attack.
 
Impulse 3: Weather roll 9 (1) US, SU land, CW Naval
 
The CW sends out the fleet to protect the convoys. A 6-4 mot is transported from Australia to India. The Italians find in the Bay of
Biscay, damaging the Glorious. Strat bombing of Lille kills 1 BP.
 
Soviet troops pull back from Ryazan to the line at Gorki. In the south, the last pocket of SU troops is around Stalino, with its back at the sea. Troops in the north try yo kill a German Mech to get out of the encirclement. A 2/1 result dooms a pocket of 3 corps behind German lines. 
 
Impulse 4: GE super-combined, IT land, JA land
 
GE pops another O-Chit (she built 3 over the winter, with the German gleefully declaring "Good, I've got my O-Chit Gearing limit up") for a
super-combined. They send out the fleet to the Biscay, to get Gibraltar o.o.s again. Subs find 10 CP in the N. Atlantic, damaging 5 CP for a dead sub. GE Groundstrikes the northern line in Russia, flipping many corps (only 2 soviet corps are face up ). Those face up corps are blitzed at 7:1 and killed. 
 
Japan drops 3 corps and a LND in India, for a total of 6 corps on the subcontinent.
 
Italy invades Gibraltar on a 2:1+3 (due to Intel). The attack results on a 2/1, killing the GE and IT marines and an Italian inf. Gibraltar is safe for a few turns now. GE reorgs its troops around Stalino.
 
Impulse 5: Weather roll 3 (1)
 
6 US corps land in Britain. Naval battles in the N. Atlantic kill 2 GE subs and damage another. A Russian 1:1 assault on the Finns N. of
Vogsldar (sp?) results in a bloody 2/2, but kills Mannerheim.
 
Imulse 6: All land
 
Naval battles in the Cape of St. Vincent damave a CW CV, causing the CW to abort the sea zone. GE strat of London kills a factory and 3 BP. A 5:1 Assault of Ryazan results on a -/*2s and takes the city. A second attact at Dneprovsk resunts on -/1.
 
Impulse 7: Weather roll 9 (1)
 
Allies all pass, turn ends on a 2
 
No Partisans
Axis win Intel by 6.
 
S/O 42 US lends 5 res and 5 BP to the CW
 
Axis initiative.
 
Impulse 1: Weather roll 7(2) GE Naval. IT, JA Land
 
The GE Fleet sails to the N. Atl and the Faroes, killing 20 CP in total. Japanese corps suround Calcutta.
 
Impulse 2: US, CW Naval. Russia Land
 
The CW fleet aborts 2 GE cruisers in the N. Atlantic, while the US sends more fleet fo Pearl. Strat bombing of Lille kils 0 BP but downs a GE fighter. 
 
A Soviet 5:1 assault of Romanians S. of Rostov results on a -/*2S. 6 Corps run towards Penza in the North. 2 Partisans die trying to take
Athens. 
 
Impulse 3: Weather romm 2 (1) IT air, GE Land, JA Combinded
 
THe Japanese fleet sails to the 4 box off Calcutta. GE strat bombing of London kills 2 BP. Koniev is Groundstruck in S. Russia. A Russina
inf and mech are overrun near Ryazan. A 5:1 assault takes Stalino.
 
Impulse 4: US and CW comb, Russia land.
 
Clark is send on a TRS to Britain. The Russians form a line w. of Saratov on the river. Krasnodar is retaken. 
 
Impulse 5: Weather roll 4 (1) GE ad JA Land, IT Naval
 
Germany makes 4 attacks in Russia, taking Vologda and killing a combined 6 corps and Koniev, losing 3 corps. Japan takes Calcutta on
a 4:1 assault. The turn ends on a 1.
 
A partisan ends up on the Yugo Forest resource.
 
N/D 42:
 
A short version, as I've lost the notes. Japan conquers India and takes Midway and Aden. Japan has no units last to build. The allies land in France with 6 corps east of Brest, but are surrounded by German armor. The game was called as the rest of our gaming group returned from their summer vacations, and we started the WifC In Flames game.