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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

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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

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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

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USSR TURN 7 - SPRING 1941

SOVJET-JAPAN NEUTRALITY PACT is signed in Moscow.

Spy Richard Sorge warn Stalin that Adolf will strike next Turn.
Also FDR and Winston warn Stalin that Adolf will strike next Turn.

Stalins paranoia make him suspicious to all this warnings, since he don’t know what Hess and Winston have been talking about. Maybe Adolf and Winston made a pact and will gang up on him? Safety first, Stalin now start a purge and throw 17 generals and 30 high ranking officers in GULAG.

PURCHASE
Russia: BMB, Tank, 2 Inf, Art
Yugo: 1 Partisan Inf.

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THE STATE DEFENCE PLAN

2 Inf to Karelia
3 Inf to Viborg
1 BMB + 1 TAC to Nov
3 BMB, 4 TAC to Belarus (Is this a trap?)
4 Inf, 1 Art, 2 Tank + FTR to Baltic States
8 Inf, 2 Art, 4 Tank, + 2 FTR to Eastern Poland
6 Inf, Tank + FTR to Bessarabia
2 Tanks, Art, FTR, TAC to West. Ukraine
TAC to Ukr.

THE JUNE DEPORTATION >
Baltic States: 100 000 civilian (political opponents?) to GULAG

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JAPAN TURN 7 - SPRING 1941

Adolf (Ge. player) want Tokyo Kid (Jap. player) to join the planned attack on USSR.
But Tokyo Kid refuse to stab Stalin (USSR player) in his back, unless:
a) Moscow is captured.
b) Japans army in Manchuria is 3 times stronger than Red Army in Amur.
c) Civil war breaks out in Siberia

Follow this Blog to see what happens.

From left: Blondi (Adolf was a dog-lover and had a German Shepherd), Adolf and Tokyo Kid

PURCHASE: DD, FTR, 2 Inf, 1 Art

COMBAT

Kiang: BMB SBR> Szech damage

Kiang: 3 Inf, 2 Art, TAC attack> Anhwe: 4 Inf (KMT)
Loss Jap: Inf, Art + Loss KMT: all 4 inf

Kiang: 2 Inf, FTR attack> Kiangsi: 3 Inf (KMT)
Loss Jap: 1 Inf + Loss KMT: 1 Inf
attacker retreat

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USA TURN 7 - SPRING 1941

In response to the SS Robin Moore incident:

UNLIMITED NATIONAL EMERGENCY:
-Neutral Zone is expandet.
-US acquires full military defence rights of Greenland.
-German assets frozen
-Italian assets frozen.
-All German, Italian and Danish merchant ships are taken into custody.

ABC- PLAN DOG MEMO: All Allies agree on a Europe First strategy

AMERICA FIRST RALLY IN NEW YORK:
Gerald Nye blame UK for sinking SS Robin Moore
Charles Lindbergh blame UK for starting the war.
America First cry that FDR, the brits, the jews and the commies divide USA.

PURCHASE
East: DD, FTR, TAC, Tank, 2 Inf, 1 Art
West: TAC, 2 Inf
Lend/Lease to UK: Tranny, FTR, Tank

COMBAT
US DD attack> sz 118: Sub (Ge)
DD roll a miss and Sub submerge (In 1941 DD’s only had ASDIC that could not prevent submerging, It was Tech like Huff Duff, Leigh Leights and ASV Radar in 1943 that gave DD’s the ability to prevent Subs from submerging).
Anyway, this was the first US shot in anger. Also an outside the Neutral Zone provocation.

NON-COMB MOVE
US Tranny w Inf to pro-Allied Greenland

EXPENDET NEUTRAL ZONE
DD to 123
CA to 117
CA, DD to 107,
CV w Air, BB to sz102 Bermuda Naval Base (not on the A&A map for some reason)
CA to 90
CA to 88
CA to 86

GOODWILL VISITS IN PACIFIC
CA to sz 62 Sydney

AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GRUP
Hawaii: FTR to Queensland (in transit to China)

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CHINA TURN 7 - SPRING 1941

PURCHASE 3 Inf KMT

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UK TURN 7 - SPRING 1941

Winston DOW Rashid Ali (Iraq), and support king Faisal II as new ruler.
(Emir Abdul will be the de facto ruler, since the king is only 6 years old)

King George II of Greece form Greek government in exile in Egypt.

From left: Winston and emir Abdul looking at Rashid Ali and his friend Musso

TECH: Gloster E Jet Fighter is flown.

PURCHASE:
UK: CA, DD, FTR, TAC, 2 BMB, Tank, Art, Inf
CAN: L/L to UK: Mech

COMBAT

THE BLOCKBUSTER RAID:
UK: BMB SBR> W. GE: Naval Base > damage
UK: BMB SBR> W. GE: Factory > damage
UK: BMB SBR> Berlin > damage

SINK THE BISMARCK
UK 119: BB, CA, DD attack> sz 117: BB (damaged), Sub (Ge)
GIB 91: CV w 2 Air, BB, CA, DD to 108 + Air attack> sz 117 BB (damaged)
Loss UK: BB dam + Loss GE BB (Bismarck)

THE CLAYMORE RAID
UK 119 DD attack> sz 125 Tranny (Ge)
Loss GE: Tranny

THE BREST RAID
UK: BMB attack> 105: BB (GE)
Loss Ge: BB dam
attacker retreat

OPPERATION APPERANCE
Egy 81: CA, DD attack> sz 76 DD, Sub, Tranny (IT)
Loss It: all

INVASION OF SOMALIA
India 80: Tranny w Inf (Punjab) to sz 76, amphibious assault> Somalia: Inf (IT)
Loss IT: Inf

INVASION OF ETHIOPIA
Kenya: 2 Inf + FTR attack> Ethiopia: 2 Inf, TAC (IT)
Loss IT: All

ANGLO-IRAQI WAR
Trans Jordan: Inf + FTR attack> Iraq: Inf (Iraq)
Loss Iraq: All

NON-COMB MOVE
123 BB dam to UK
BB to 106
BB CA to 118
CA to 104

CLUB RUN:
UK: FTR to Gib
Gib: FTR to Malta

CAN L/L: Tranny w Mech to UK

Situasion in the North Atlantic:

Action in the Horn of Africa

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ITALY TURN 7 - SPRING 1940

Puppet state of Croatia is formed

PURCHASE
IT: FTR, Inf
FIN: FTR, Art
Rom: FTR
Bulg: Inf
Croatia: Inf
Spain: Inf (the Blue division)

COMBAT

Sicily: BMB + TAC SBR> Malta > 50% damage

NON COMB MOVE

Tarigo conv IT 95: Tranny w/ Mech (GE) to 96 Libya

N. IT: FTR, 3 Inf to Yugo
IT: FTR + Tranny load 2 Inf, to sz 99 offload into Greece and Crete

Hung: 1 Inf to Yugo
Bulg: 1 Inf to Greece

N. IT: Tank to Rom
Hung: Inf to Rom

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ANZAC + UK PAC TURN 7 - SPRING 1941

PURCHASE:
India: Mech
Aus: Mech

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FRANCE TURN 7 - SPRING 1940

PARIS PROTOCOLL
Ge get bases and facilities in Syria, Tunisia and French West Africa.
Vichy France get reduced occupation cost, and return of 7 000 prisoners in Ge.

Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh form Viet Minh to fight Japan and France occupation.

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ROUND 8 - JUNE JULY AUG 1941
GERMANY TURN 8 - SUMMER 1941

GERMAN-TURKISH TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP signed in Ankara

GUIDELINES TO THE TROOPS IN RUSSIA: All people in the east must be exterminated.
THE HUNGER PLAN: Forced starvation in the east.
Adolf (GE) DOW Stalin (USSR) at the time of the invasion.

PURCHASE: 2 Sub, FTR, 2 BMB, Tank, 2 Art, 3 Inf, Mech, AA
REPAIR: Brest 105 : BB

COMBAT

OPERATION SILVER FOX:
North Finland: 2 MNT Inf attack> Karelia: 2 Inf
All misses > contestet territory

OPERATION BARBAROSSA - INVASION OF RUSSIA:
Pol: 2 FTR, TAC, 3 BMB attack> Belarus: 3 TAC, 3 BMB
Loss Ge: 1 BMB + Loss USSR: all units

Pol: 5 Inf, 2 Art, Tank, FTR attack> Baltic States: 4 Inf, 2 Art, Tank, FTR
Loss Ge: 1 Inf + Loss USSR: all units

Pol: 14 Inf, 7 Mech, 6 Art, 4 Tanks, attack> East Pol: 8 Inf, 2 Art, 5 Tanks, 2 FTR
Loss Ge: 2 Inf + Loss USSR: all units

BATTLE OF ATLANTIC
2 Sub attack> sz 103: OG conv > loss 2 IPC
Sub attack> sz 118: conv > loss 2 IPC
Sub attack> sz 107: conv > loss 2 IPC
Sub attack> sz 82 conv > loss 1 IPC

NON-COMB MOVE:
BALTEN FLOTTE 113: BB, CA, DD to 114: Lay 2 seamines in sz 115
Pol: AA guns to Baltic and E- Pol
HOLOCAUST Massacre civilians in Baltic and E. Pol

PANZER GROUP AFRICA Lib: Mech to Tobruk

sz 71: A. CA (Penguin) to sz 76
sz 91: Sub to sz 95
sz112 Sub to sz 91

Pacific:
sz 46: A. CA Komet to sz 42

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USSR TURN 8 - SUMMER 1941

Stalin is Supreme Commander.
Stalin order scorched eart to the bitter end

PURCHASE: 2 FTR, 2 TAC, Tank, 10 Inf, 3 Art, AA + Major Factory in Novosibirsk

Novg: BMB SBR> Berlin > damage
Novg: BMB SBR> Finland > damage
UKR: BMB SBR> Romania oil field > damage

W. UKR: 3 Inf, Art, 3 Tanks, FTR, TAC attack> E. Pol: 17 Inf, 6 Art, 3 Tank, AA
Loss USSR: all units + Loss GE: 2 Inf

NON-COMB MOVE
sz 115: Fleet lay sea mines sz 115

Move industri to Novosibirsk:
Ural Tank factory + Sverdlovsk factory + Tankograd factory

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JAPAN TURN 8 - SUMMER 1941

JAPAN-VICHY JOINT DEFENSE PACT is signed
-Jap can use all airfields and ports in FIC
-Jap can move in more troops
-Jap can get the FIC income (revenue)

Tokyo Kid calls up 1 000 000 men to service for the imminent struggle

PURCHASE: CV w 2 Air, 4 Inf, Art

COMBAT
Kiang: BMB SBR> Yunnan
Loss Ja: BMB

BATTLE OF THE MOUNTAINS
Anhwe: Inf, Art attack> Hopei: 2 Inf (CCP)
Loss CCP: all units

NON-COMB MOVE
Jap: Tranny w 2 Inf to FIC + place national token on FIC

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USA TURN 8 - SUMMER 1941

ATLANTIC CONFERENCE (RIVIERA) on US Naval Station Argentia: FDR + Hopkins + W.C.
ATLANTIC CHARTER:
-No territorial gains
-Right to self determination
-Global co-operation
-Freedom of the seas
-Disarmament after war

FDR and Winston agree to Sovjet aid

In response to German aggression:
All Ge and Italian assets are frozen
All Ge and Italian consulates are closed

FDR: Warning to Finland: Stay inside 1939-borders

US take over Iceland

In response to Japan aggression:
-Seizure all of Japans assets
-Oil embargo on Japan

General Douglas MacArthur is Commander in Phillipines

TECH: Ultra Magic > FDR can now read japanese codes
TECH: Willy’s MB Jeep is produced.
PURCHASE:
East: BB, Tank, 3 Inf, Art AA
Greenland: Air Base
West: FTR, 1 Marines
LL UK: Tranny, FTR, Tank
LL USSR: FTR

NON-COMB MOVE
US 101: Tranny w Marines to Iceland

Queensland: FTR (AVG) to Malaya

Willy’s MB Jeep, the most iconic vehicle of WWII, 600 000 were build

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CHINA TURN 8 - SUMMER 1941

PURCHASE
KMT: 3Inf
CCP 1 Inf
ROC 1 Inf

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UK TURN 8 - SUMMER 1941

Winston speach:
“Any player that fight Adolf will have my aid.”
“Any player that marches with Adolf is my foe”

Winston (UK) and Stalin (USSR) is now allied.
Winston DOW Persia to secure the Persian Corridor and the oil fields.

PURCHASE
UK: DD, Sub, 2 FTR, 2 BMB, Tank, Art, Inf,
CAN: LL to UK: FTR + LL to USSR: Mech

COMBAT
BOMB CAMPAIGN
UK: 3 BMB SBR> W. GE:
Loss UK: 2 BMB + Loss GE damage

ANGLO-SOVJET INVASION OF PERSIA
India: Tranny w 2 Inf to sz 80 + Amb. Assault> Persia: Inf
Iraq: FTR attack> Persia
Loss Persia: All units

SYRIA CAMPAIGN
Trans Jordan: Inf (ANZAC) + TAC attack> Syria: Inf (Vichy)
Loss Vichy: all units

OPERATION BATTLE AXE
Alex: Tank attack> Tobruk: Tank, Mech (GE)
Loss UK. All units

96 2 Subs attack sz96: Tranny IT
Loss It: Tranny

sz 72: DD attack> sz 76: A. CA (GE)
Loss GE: all units

NON-COMB MOVE
SUBSTANCE CONVOY
Alex 98; CA, DD to Malta 96
Gib 91: CV w Air, BB, DD, Tranny w Inf to Malta 96

CLUB RUN
UK: FTR to Gib
Gib: FTR to Malta
Malta: FTR to Egypt

MURMANSK CONVOY
UK 119: CA, DD, Tranny w supply to sz 127
Scotland: FTR to Karelia