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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.

non-comb move

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

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ITALY TURN 8 - SUMMER 1941

Musso (IT), Horty (Hun), Ion (ROM) and Mannerheim (FIN) DOW Stalin (USSR)

PURCHASE
IT: BMB, Inf
Rom: Inf
Fin: Inf

COMBAT

BOMB CAMPAIGN
Sicily: BMB SBR> Malta Naval Base
Loss IT: BMB

INVASION OF VIBORG
Fin: 2 Inf, Art, FTR attack> Viborg: 3 Inf (USSR)
Loss USSR: All units

INVASION OF BESSARABIA
Rom: 4 Inf, Tank, FTR (Rom) + Inf (Hun) + Tank (IT) attack> Bess: 6 Inf, Tank, FTR (USSR)
Loss Rom: 1 Inf + Loss USSR: all units

NON-COMB MOVES

Operation Regatta
Per Albin (SWE) and Mannerheim (Fin) occupie Aaland Island and lay sea mines in sz 115
Gulf of Finland has now the largest sea mine field of WWII, with thousands of german, russian, finnish and swedish sea mines. It would take years before any ship or sub could get throgh

BLUE DIVISION OF SPAIN
Spain: 1 inf train-move to Pol

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ANZAC TURN 8 - SUMMER 1941

Menzie resign, Fadden new player

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FRANCE TURN 8 - SUMMER 1941

Nothing happened

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ROUND 9 - sept oct nov 1941

GERMANY TURN 9 - FALL 1941

ANTI-COMMIE PACT FROM 1936
Original members: Ge, It, Jap, Hun, Spain, Manchuko
New members: Bulg, Rom, Den, Fin, Nanjing and Croatia

Adolf also want Turkey to join, but Inonu says no.

CLODIUS TRADE AGREEMENT
Turkey export 45 000 tons of chromite to Ge in 1941 and 1942, and 90 000 tons in 1943 and 44
Germany export machinery, weapons and tech to Turkey

HOLOCAUST - All jews must wear a yellow badge

Also, the Baltic States are now self-administrated by Hjalmar Mae

From left: Franco, Tojo, Musso, Horty, Adolf, Boris, Inonu, Ion, Mannerheim, Stauning, Wang, Mae

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GERMANY TURN 9 - FALL 1941

PURCHASE: 2 Sub, FTR, 2 BMB, Tank, 2 Art, 3 Inf, Mech, AA

COMBAT

Greece: BMB SBR> Egypt > damage

OPERATION BARBAROSSA PART 2
Pol: BMB SBR> Moscow > damage

Pol: FTR, TAC, BMB attack> sz 115 BB, DD, Tranny (USSR)
Loss USSR: all units

E. Pol: 2 Tanks, 4 Mech + 2 BMB> blitz Belo > attack> Smolensk: 4 Inf, Art, Tank, TAC
Loss Ge: 1 Mech + Loss USSR: all units

E. Pol: 2 Tanks, 4 Inf, 2 Art + TAC attack> W. Ukr: 6 Inf, Tank, TAC
Loss Ge: 1 Inf + Loss USSR: all units

BATTLE OF ATLANTIC
2 Sub attack> sz 117 SC-conv + BB, DD, Tranny (US)
Loss US: Ruben James sunk + BB Texas followed + 2 IPC conv loss

2 Sub attack> sz 118: SC-conv + DD (US) + DD (UK) + DD (CAN)
Loss US: Kearny sunk + 2 IPC conv. loss

1 Sub attack> sz 123 : DD (US)
Loss US: Greer incident

1 Sub attac sz 103 conv > loss 2 IPC

1 Sub attack sz 9: DD (UK)
Loss Ge: 1 Sub

1 Sub attack> sz 92: CV (UK) (Ark Royal)
Loss Ge: Sub + Loss UK: CV (Ark Royal)

NON-COMB MOVE

GE: FTR , TAC to Sicily

Tank (Afrika Korps) to N. IT load on It Tranny

Sub to sz 93

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USSR TURN 9 - FALL 1941

FIRST MOSCOW CONFERENCE:
Harriman (US) + lord Beaverbrook (UK) is in Moscow to arrange assistance to USSR

USSR government move to Samara. Stalin stay in Moscow.

Spy Richard Sorge assure Stalin that Japan will only strike Far East USSR if:
-Moscow is captured
-Japan army become 3 times larger than USSR army
-Civil war breaks out in Sibir (not very likely)

PURCHASE : 2 FTR, 2 TAC, 2 Tanks, 12 Inf, 3 Art, AA

COMBAT
THE GREAT COUNTER ATTACK
Rus: 3 Inf, Art, Tank, 2 FTR attack> Smolensk: 2 Tank, 3 Mech (GE)
Loss USSR: 2 Inf, Tank + Loss GE: Mech
attacker retreat

ANGLO-SOVJET INVASION OF PERSIA
Cau: Tank, Inf attack> North West Persia Inf (Persia)
Loss Persia: all units

NON-COMBA MOVE

Sibir: 2 Inf to Russia

4 million Volga germans deported to GULAG > 1.5 mill die

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JAPAN TURN 9 - FALL 1941

Tokyo Kid sign military alliance with Phibun (Siam) and Ba Maw (Burma)

Spy Richard Sorge is arrested by Kempetai police

Tojo (the new PM) and Joe Grew start peace talks

PURCHASE: Tranny, TAC, 4 Inf, Art

COMBAT
SECOND BATTLE OF HUNAN
Kiangsi: Inf, Art attack> Hunan: 3 Inf (KMT)
Loss Ja: Inf + Loss KMT: Inf
attacker retreat

NON COMBAT MOVE

OPERATION AI
Jap sz 6: 2 CV w 4 Air, BB, CA, DD, Tranny w Inf to sz 31

Jap sz 6: CV w 2 Air, BB, CA, 2 DD, Sub, 5 Trannies W 5 Inf to sz 36

Jap: BMB, TAC to FIC

Jap sz6: 2 Trannies w 2 Inf to sz 33

Marshall isl sz33: Sub to sz 27

I don’t like this but in the next turn Japans carriers will move like 19 sea zones and do combat in 4 different places all in one turn. And that is a blatant violation to the OOB rules. To make this historically correct a Turn would have to be like 4 days, and not 3 months (90 days) like in my Blog.

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USA TURN 9 - FALL 1941

THE HULL NOTE TO JAPAN - FDR tell Tokyo Kid to withdraw from China and FIC, or else…
(Joe Grew give FDR a heads up that Japan may strike next turn)

FDR approves $ 1 billion in Lend Lease to Stalin (USSR)
FDR also advice Mannerheim (Fin) to stay inside his 1939-borders.

BATTLE OF ATLANTIC
FDR give the “Shoot on sight” order. US warships is not sitting ducks
FDR give the “Freedom of the Seas” speach, Remember Greer, Kearny, Reuben James.

FDR start to buy chromite, tobacco and dried fruit from Turkey just to counter Adolf

Bonner Fellers go to Egypt as military attache, and will use the Black Codes. Not good.

AMERICA FIRST:
C. Lindbergh delivers his Des Moines speach: FDR, the brits and the jews startet this war.

THE FREE STATE OF JEFFERSON:
Gilbert Gable is fed up and proclaim the free State of Jefferson, with Yreka as capitol.
(Then he die of heart attack the next week, and the movement fizzle out)

from left: Gable, Lindbergh, Grew, Missy LeHand, FDR, Mannerheim, Hull and Tokyo kid