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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

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JAPAN - TURN 6 - WINTER 40/1941

NEW DOCTRINE: THE 3 ALL’S Kill all, burn all, destroy all

PURCHASE SUB, BMB, 2 Inf

combat

Kiangsu: TAC, Tank, 2 Inf, Art attack> Anhwe: 4 Inf (KMT) + 2 Inf (CCP)
Loss:
Jap: 1 Inf + CCP 1 Inf
Attacker retreat to Kiangsu

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USA - TURN 6 - WINTER 40/1941

ABC-1 CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON
FDR, Winston and King do the basic planning for a US entry

LEND LEASE ACT PASSED
THE 4 FREEDOMS SPEACH - USA is the arsenal of democracy

Joseph Grew, ambassador to Japan, give his first warning that Japan will soon strike
Charles Lindbergh tell Congress he want a pact with Adolf.

TECH Plutonium first synthesized in Berkley
PURCHASE:
East: Tranny, Tank, Mech
New Foundland: Naval Base + Air Base
West: FTR, 2 Inf
Cash & Carry to UK: FTR, TAC, BMB
Bases Agreement: DD to UK

non-comb move
West coast: BMB to Hawaii
Cash & Carry: FTR, BMB to Canada

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CHINA - TURN 6 - WINTER 40/1941

Chiang give ultimatum to Mao: Withdraw CCP army from Anhwe or die
Mao refuse

PURCHASE KMT: 3 Inf, CCP 1 Inf, ROC 1 Inf

combat
NEW FORTH ARMY INCIDENT
Anhwe: 4 Inf (KMT) attack> Anhwe: 1 Inf (CCP)
Loss CCP: Inf

2 Inf (KMT) attack> Kwangsi (Empty)

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UK - TURN 6 - WINTER 40/1941

Winston (UK) guarantee Greece.

King Peter II stage a coup. Yugoslavia is now a pro-Allied neutral.

From left: King Peter II (Yugo), Winston (UK) and Metaxa (Greece)

TECH: Alanoff-Berry computer invented

PURCHASE
UK: BB, 2 FTR, 2 BMB, Tank, Art, 4 Inf
Can: Tranny + LL Mech to UK

Combat

UK: BMB SBR> W. Ge.
Loss UK BMB

UK: BMB SBR> N. It
Loss UK BMB

UK BMB attack> sz 113: BB (Tirpitz)
Loss UK BMB

OPERATION RUBBEL
113 Swe: Tranny (Nor) w UK cargo blockade running> 112 DD (Ge)
Loss UK: Tranny (Nor)

OPERATION COMPASS
sz 98 BB shore bombard> Alex
Egy: FTR, Tank (UK) + Inf (ANZ) attack> Alex: 2 Inf (It)
Loss It: 2 Inf

INVASION OF SOMALIA
Kenya: 2 Inf (S.A.) attack> Som: Inf (It)
Loss It: Inf

non-comb move

OPERATION LUSTRE
Egy 98: CV w 2 Air, BB, 2 CA, DD, Tranny w Inf (UK), Tranny w Inf (ANZ) to sz 99
Inf (UK) offload Greece + Inf (ANZ) offload Crete

CLUB RUN
UK: FTR to GIB
GIB 91: FTR + 2 Subs to Malta 96

Can: C&C FTR + BMB to UK

sz 94 Tranny w Tank to 98, offload Egy

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ITALY - TURN 6 - WINTER 40/1941

PURCHASE
IT: Sub, TAC, Inf
Hun: Inf
Bul: Inf
Yug: 2 Inf
Fin: Inf

combat

BATTLE OF CAPE MATAPAN
sz 97: BB, 2 CA, 2 DD, Tranny attack> sz 99: CV w 2 Air, BB, 2 CA, DD, + DD (Gre)
Loss:
IT: BB damage, 1 CA, 1 DD, Tranny + UK: 1 CA
attacker retreat to sz 97

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ANZAC TURN 6 WINTER 41

Nothing

FRANCE TURN 6 WINTER 41

Nothing

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ROUND 7 - MAR APR MAY 1941

GERMANY TURN 7 SPRING 1941

Rudolf Hess, second in command on the German team, travel to Scotland on a Peace Mission, that end in Tower of London for the rest of the game.
Adolf get angry and order Hess shot on sight.

Pic: Winston and Rudolf do some smalltalk

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GERMANY TURN 7 - SPRING 1941

TECH: Konrad Zuse make the first working computer, known as the Z3.

PURCHASE:
Ge: 2 Sub, TAC, 2 BMB, Tank, 2 Art, 3 Inf, Mech, AA
Nor: Fort

combat

BELFAST BLITZ: BMB SBR> North Ireland Naval Base (Belfast) worlds largest shipbuilding yard
DUBLIN BLITZ BMB SBR> Pro-Allies neutral Eire (Dublin) by mistake or as a warning?
LONDON BLITZ: BMB SBR> UK (London) 20 % damage

BATTLE OF THE DENMARK STRAIT
sz 112 BB (Bismarck) + sz 117: Sub attack sz 123 BB (Hood)
Ge loss: BB damaged + UK loss BB damaged (Hood sunk, Prince of Wales is ok)
Attacker retreat to sz 117

BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC
Sub attack> sz 118 HX- conv - loss 5 IPC
Sub attack> sz 108 SC-conv - loss 4 IPC
Sub attack> sz 107 conv- loss 3 IPC
Sub attack> sz 119 conv - loss 3 IPC

BATTLE OF SOUTH ATLANTIC
Sub attack> sz 84 - US flagget SS Robin More is sunk.

INVASION OF YUGOSLAVIA
Romania: Tank, 2 Inf, Art + 2 FTR attack> Yugo: 7 Inf
Loss: all 7 yugo Inf

INVASION OF GREECE
Bulgaria: 2 Tanks, 2 Mech + TAC attack> Greece: 5 Inf (Gre) + 1 Inf (UK)
Loss: 5 Inf (Gre) + 1 Inf (UK)

INVASION OF CRETE
Bulgaria: Skytrain + Paratrooper attack> Crete: Inf /ANZAC)
Loss: All units

OPERATION DEMON
S. It + Ge: FTR, TAC, 2 BMB attack> sz 99: CV, BB, CA, DD Tranny (UK) + DD (Greece)
Loss: All units

non-comb move

OPERATION BERLIN: sz 108: BB to sz 105 (Brest NB)
Raider Penguin: sz 69: A. CA to sz 71
BALTEN FLOTTE 112: BB, CA, DD to 113

OPERATION SILVER FOX: Nor: 2 MNT Inf, AA + FTR to pro-Axis North Finland (Lappland)
Build up to Barbarossa: 4 Tank, 19 Inf, 4 Mech, 8 Art, 2 AA to Polen

AFRIKA KORPS: Libya: Tank to Torbruk + S. IT Mech load on Tranny (It)

BATTLE OF PACIFIC: sz 48: A. CA Komet to sz 46