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ITALY TURN 4 SUMMER 1940

Musso DOW W.C. and Reynauld

King Carol II of Romania abdicate, and take with him all the gold and treasury and stash it in a Swiss bank.
Ion Antonescu is the new Romanian player, and run into imminent financial problems.

Left to right: Ion (Rom), king Carol II (ROM), Musso (IT), Reynauld (FRA) and W.C. (UK)

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ITALY TURN 4 SUMMER 1940

PURCHASE
It: FTR, Tank
Hun: Inf
Yugo: Inf

combat
Bomb campaign:
Sicily: TAC SBR> Malta = fiasco 0 dam
Rhodes Isl: BMB SBR> Trans Jordan (Haifa oil) = fiasco 0 dam

BATTLE OF THE ALPS
N. It: 3 Inf attack> S. FRA: 2 Blockhouse
It loss: Inf
Attacker retreat to N. It

BATTLE OF CALABRIA
S. It 97: BB, 3 CA, 2 DD attack> sz96: BB, CA, DD, Tranny
It loss: BB dam, CA + UK loss: BB dam, DD
Attacker retreat to sz 97

INVASION OF SOMALIA
Ethiopia: Inf attack> British Somalia

non-comb move

Spain: Inf to Tanger, occupie the international zone.

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ANZAC TURN 4 SUMMER 1940

Anzac DOW Italy

PURCHASE
India: 2 Inf
Aus: Inf

non-comb move
India: Tranny pick up Inf, move to Malaya
Aus: Tranny pick up Inf, move to Singapore.

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FRANCE TURN 4 SUMMER 1940

Petain new french player
Armistice FRA-Ge in Compiegne
Vichy government formed, a pro-Axis neutral with Petain as player.

Free French established in Brazzaville with de Gaulle as player

BRIARE CONFERENCE: Admiral Darlan promise to W.C. that no french warship will be handet over to Adolf.

In case Adolf attack Switzwerland, gen Guisan mobilize the Army

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FRANCE TURN 4 SUMMER 1940

Vichy forces set up:
S. Fra: Inf
Morocco: Inf + TAC
Algerie: Inf
Tunisia: Inf
Syria: Inf
F.I.C. Inf

non-comb move

Tunis 94: BB, CA, 3DD, Sub, Tranny to sz 93 S. Fra
CAN 106: CV (Bearn) w air to sz 89 Martinique Isl for rest of the war

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Free French set up
French Equatorial Africa: Inf, CA, Tranny
sz 98 CA join Royal Navy

170 french merchant ships to USA

Switzerland: mobilize a total of 4 Inf and a mountain Fortress facing Italy.

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GERMANY - TURN 5 - FALL 1940

BERLIN PACT - Free movement between all signatories and all DOW USA together

Signatories: Adolf, Musso, Tokyo Kid, Horthy, Ion, king Boris III, prince Paul, Tiso

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ROUND 5 - sept oct nov 1940

GERMANY - TURN 5 - FALL 1940

PURCHASE Sub, FTR, BMB, Tank, Art, 2 Inf, Mech

combat

Battle of Britain
Holl/Belg: 4 BMB, TAC, 2 FTR SBR> UK: 4 FTR, Factory + Airbase
GE loss: 3 BMB, FTR + UK loss 3 FTR + Factory 50 % dam + Airbase 50& dam

Battle of Atlantic
112: BB (Sch + Gnei) attack> 123 con loss 2 IPC
112: CA (Scheer-raid) attack> 117 conv loss 3 IPC
112: 2 Subs attack> 118 conv loss 5 IPC
112: Sub attack> 107 conv loss 3 IPC
112: Sub attack> 108 con loss 3 IPC

Total convoy disruption 16 IPC (= 1 600 000 tons of merchant shipping)

non-comb move
Ge: Tank to Romania (protect Ploesti oil field)
N. It: Tank (Afrika Korps) embark Tranny (IT)
Ge: FTR + TAC to S. It (Sardinia in the real war)

Holl/Belg = 5 INf, 2 Art, AA
Norm = 5 Inf, 2 Art, AA
FRA: Tank + Mech to Ge

sz127 CA (Comet) to sz 3 Pacific Sea.

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USSR - TURN 5 - FALL 1940

Stalin want to join the Berlin Pact.
Adolf say no.

PURCHASE TAC, Tank, 3 Inf

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JAPAN - TURN 5 - FALL 1940

Hiro (JAP) give ultimatum to Petain (FRA) : Accept Japan in FIC !!!
Petain says OK

FDR (US) warn Hiro (JA) : If you move into FIC we put oil embargo on you

Phibun (Thailand) DOW Petain (FRA) > Franco-Thai war

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JAPAN - TURN 5 - FALL 1940

PURCHASE :
JA. Tranny TAC
Kia: Inf

comb
Kian: BMB SBR> Szwei =damage

non-comb move
Ja: Tranny w Inf to sz 36 offload Inf to pro-Axis neutral northern FIC
Siam: Inf to pro-Axis neutral central FIC
Vichy France Inf in south FIC
FIC is now a contestet territory

The retreat from south Guanxi
Kwangsi: Inf load on Tranny, move to Jap

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USA - TURN 5 - FALL 1940

Presidental election: FDR continue to be the US player

First peacetime draft in history. 45th Inf Div mobilized.
(Communist Party USA and Nation of Islam USA oppose the draft)

DESTROYERS FOR BASES AGREEMENT
USA get bases on New Foundland, Bermuda and West Indies in exchange for 50 Destroyers.

OIL EMBARGO ON JAPAN
50 % of all oil because they occupie FIC

FDR make the “Stab in the back”-speach to Musso

TECH:
Tizard Mission: Caviton Magnetron, to make radar, the most valuable cargo ever brought to America.
PURCHASE:
East: CV + 2 air
West: Tranny, Art
Mid: 2 Inf (45th Div drafted)
Cash & Carry to UK: FTR + BMB

non-comb move
Place US national tokens on New Foundland, Bermuda and West Indies
101: 2 DD to 106 Can (change to UK units)

US: FTR (The Eagle Squadron) to UK

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CHINA - TURN 5 - FALL 1940

PURCHASE 3 Inf KMT

combat

100 Regiments offensive:
Hopei: 4 Inf (CCP) attack> Anhwe: 2 INF (ROC)
CCP loss: 2 Inf + ROC loss: 2 Inf

non-comb move
Kweichow: 4 Inf (KMT) to Anhwe

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UK - TURN 5 - FALL 1940

W.C. (UK) + King (CAN) + Smuts (S.A.) + De Gaulle (Free Fance) DOW Petain (Vichy France)

PURCHASE
UK: CV + 2 air, FTR, TAC, BMB, Tank, Art, 2 Inf, AA
Can: TAC + Mech
Turkey: Tank paid by UK

comb
UK: BMB SBR> W. Ge Naval Base = 50 % damage
UK: TAC SBR> Norm Naval Base = full damage

Operation Catapult
UK + Gib: CV, BB, CA, DD attack> sz 92 BB (V. FRA)
V. FRA loss: BB

Operation Menace
Gib: BB, CA, DD attack> sz87 Dakar: BB, CA, DD, Sub (V. FRA)
UK loss: BB dam + V. FRA loss: BB dam
Attacker retreat to sz 91

Op. Judgement - Taranto Raid
sz 96 + 98: CV air + 2 Subs attack> sz 97 IT: BB (dam), 3 CA, 2 DD, Tranny
UK loss: 2 Subs + It loss: BB, DD, Tranny
Attackers retreat

non-comb move

Collar convoy: Gib 91: CA, DD, Tranny w Tank to sz 94 (Bomber Alley)
Excess convoy: ;Malta 96: BB to sz 94 (Bomber Alley) + CA, DD, Tranny to 98 Alex

CLUB RUN UK: FTR + 2 Subs to Gib 92

Cash & Carry:
US: FTR BMB to Can
Can: FTR BMB to UK

S.A: Inf to Egypt

Fleet 110 to UK

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ITALY - TURN 5 - FALL 1940

Musso DOW king Farouk I (Egypt) Egypt ignored this and maintained neutrality
Musso DOW Metaxas (Greece)

Admiral Canaris (Ge) give a warning to Franco (Spain): Don’t join the Axis.

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ITALY - TURN 5 - FALL 1940

PURCHASE:
IT: Tranny, FTR, Inf
Rom: Inf
Hun: Inf.
Bul: Inf
Fin: Inf

combat
THE BAHRAIN RAID
Rhodes Isl: BMB SBR> Bahrain oil field= 50% damage.
land in Ethiopia
(The range was 4 200 km/2 600 miles: record for a bombing mission in WWII)

INVASION OF EGYPT
Tobruk: 2 Inf attack> Alex

INVASION OF GREECE
Albania: Inf, Art attack> Greece 3 Inf
IT loss: Inf
Attacker retreat

non-comb move
IT: Tranny w Inf to Sicily (garrison duty)
IT: Tranny w 2 Inf to Albania
It: Tranny w Tank (Ge Afrika Korps) to 96 Libya

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ANZAC - TURN 5 - FALL 1940

Menzies (ANZ) DOW Petain (Vichy France)

PURCHASE
India: Mech
Aus: FTR

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FRANCE - TURN 5 - FALL 1940

MEETING AT HENDAYE TRAIN STATION IN FRANCE

Adolf want Franco to join the attack on Gibraltar (Operation Felix)

Winston warn Franco that counter moves will be attacks on Canary Isl and Rio de Oro
Admiral Canaris warn Franco that Germany will lose the war in the end.
Petain too warn Franco not to do it

Franco now tell Adolf he want Gib, Morocco, Algerie, Kameroun, and tons of oil, food and armor if he is to join Operation Felix.

Adolf postpone Operation Felix

combat
THE VICHY REVENGE FOR SINKING SHIPS
Morocco: TAC SBR> Gib
Vichy loss: TAC

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ROUND 6 - DEC JAN FEB 1941
GARMANY - TURN 6 - WINTER 40/41

GERMAN-SOVJET TRADE AGREEMENT
Each turn Germany get oil, grain and iron worth 10 IPC
Each turn USSR get machinery, goods and tech worth 8 IPC

IRAQ COUP Rashid Ali is the new Iraq player, very pro-Axis

The image show Adolf sweettalking to Stalin and Rashid

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GERMANY - TURN 6 - WINTER 40/41

PURCHASE: BB (Tirpitz), FTR, 2 BMB, Tank, Art, Inf, MNT Inf, Mech, AA-gun

combat
BLITZ ON LONDON
Holl/Belg: 2 BMB SBR> UK
Loss:
Ge 1 BMB + UK factory 25 % damage

BATTLE OF ATLANTIC
123 BB attack> sz 108 conv loss 2 IPC
2 Sub attack> sz 118 HX-conv loss 2 IPC
Sub attack sz 119 (Home fleet) conv loss 2 IPC
Sub attack sz 109 conv loss 2 IPC
2 Sub attack sz 91 conv loss 2 IPC

BATTLE OF SOUTH ATLANTIC
CA raider (Penguin) attack sz 68 Norwegian Whaling Fleet loss 1 IPC

BATTLE OF PACIFIC
CA raider Komet attack Gilbert Isl conv loss 1 IPC
(Komet actually attacked Australia controlled Nauru Isl in the Japanese controlled Marshall Isl, but I adjust it a little)

BATTLE OF MEDITEREAN SEA
Sardinia TAC + FTR strafe> sz 94 Excess Conv BB, CA, DD, Tranny w Tank
Loss: UK: BB damaged, CA

non-comb move
sz 117 CA to 112
Ge: Tank, Mech, Skytrain + Paratrooper to Bulgaria
Ge: 4 Mech, 2 Inf, Art to Romania

HOLOCAUST First use of gas chamber > 100 000 killed
AKTION T 4 1000 aspies killed

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USSR - TURN 6 - WINTER 40/41

STATE DEFENCE PLAN Move 10 Inf from East to western front in Europe

FDR + Winston think that Adolf may attack USSR and give heads up to Stalin

PURCHASE FTR, TAC, Tank, 2 Inf, Art AA

non-comb move

Far East Sovjet: inf to western front in Europe