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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

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USA TURN 9 - FALL 1941

TECH : First Liberty ship launced + first P 38 Lightning produced
PURCHASE:
East: BMB, TAC, Tank, 3 Inf, Art + upgrade factories + Pentagon
West: Sub, TAC, Art, AA
LL to UK: 2 Trannies, FTR, Tank
LL to USSR: FTR, Tank
Iceland: Air Base
(Fire in Massachusets destroy 16 000 tons of rubber. Set back to military production)

NON COMBAT MOVES:

Hawaii 26: CV w 2 Air, 2 CA, DD to sz 30 John. Isl

3 BB, 3 CA, DD, Sub in Hawaii 26

Phil 36: DD to sz 56 + Sub to sz 55

Burma: FTR (AVG) to Yunnan

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CHINA TURN 9 - FALL 1941

PURCHASE 3 Inf (KMT)

NON COMB MOVE

Yunnan: Inf to Burma (to protect the Burma Road)

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UK TURN 9 - FALL 1941

Winston give ultimatum to Ion (Rom), Horty (Hun) and Mannerheim (Fin): don’t support Adolf

Winston force Reza Sha to resign, and welcome Reza Pahlavi as new Persian player

Winston buy a lot of chromite from Turkey just to counter Adolf

Winston also declare a state of emergency in Malaya

PURCHASE
UK: CV w 2 Air, FTR, TAC, 2 BMB, Tank Art Paratrooper + LL to USSR: FTR
Can: LL to USSR: Tranny + Mech delivered to Far East Sovjet

COMBAT
UK: BMB SBR> Berlin
Loss UK: BMB

UK: TAC SBR> Brest Naval Base > damage
UK: TAC SBR> Holl/Belg Air Base > damage

ANKLET RAID DD attack> sz 126 Nor fish industri > damage

DD attack> sz 116: Uboat Supply ship (GE) sunk
DD attack> sz 90: Uboat Supply ship (GE) sunk
CA attack> sz 84: A. CA (GE) Atlantis sunk, ending the wars longest warship cruise of 622 days

OPERATION CRUSADER
Alex: Tank, Inf + TAC attack> Tobruk: Tank (GE) + Inf, FTR (IT)
Loss UK: Inf + Loss GE/IT: all units

NON COMB MOVE

HALBERD CONVOY
Gib 92: BB, CA, DD, Tranny to sz 94 (Bomb Alley)

CLUB RUN
UK: FTR + Sub to Gib 92 to Malta 96 to Egypt 98

Can 106: Tranny + FTR to UK

MURMANSK CONVOY
UK: Tranny w Tank (LL USSR) to 127 Kar

Iraq AB: BMB to India

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ITALY TURN 9 - FALL 1941

PURCHASE: FTR, Inf

COMBAT
INVASION OF UKRAINE (OP. MUNCHEN II)
Bess: 4 Inf, Tank, FTR (Rom) + Tank (IT) + Inf (Hun) attack> Ukr: 4 Inf, Art, Tank, AA
Loss Rom: 1 Inf + Loss USSR: all units

NON COMB MOVE
It 95: Tranny w Tank (GE) + Inf (IT) to 96 Libya

Pol: Inf (Spain) to Baltic States

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ANZAC + UK PAC TURN 9 - FALL 1941

COMBAT

THE KOMORAN BATTLE
Aus: DD attack> sz 42: A. CA (GE)
Loss Ge: CA (Komet) sunk

NON-COMB MOVE

Ceylon: BB (UK) to sz 37 Malaya

Malaya 37: CA, DD to sz 38 Burma

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ROUND 10 - DEC, JAN FEB 1942: > US entry and the game become global

GERMANY TURN 10 - WINTER 1942

Adolf DOW FDR (US)

WANNSEE CONFERENCE
-Final solution: murder all jews
-Night and Fog- decree: GESTAPO arrest all political opponents

Rommel can now read the allies Black Code.

TECH: M4 Enigma machine invented

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

COMBAT

Pol: BMB SBR> Moscow > damage (also hit Stalins dacha)

Sicily: BMB SBR> Malta FTR +NB
Loss UK: FTR + NB damaged

OPERATION TYPHOON:
Smo: 2 Tanks, 7 Mechs + BMB attack> Rus: 8 Inf, 3 Art, Tank, 2 FTR, AA
Loss Ge: 2 Tank, 3 Mech + Loss USSR: 6 Inf
attacker retreat

BATTLE OF BRYANSK
W. Ukr: 3 Inf, Art, Tank attack> Bryansk: 6 Inf, Art
Loss Ge: 2 Inf + Loss USSR: all units

THE CHANNEL DASH:
Norm 105: BB attack> sz 110: DD, FTR, TAC (UK)
Ge 112: DD, FTR attack> sz 110
Loss Ge: BB damaged
attacker retreat to sz 112

BATTLE OF ATLANTIC
(Operation Neuland - target US shipping)

2 Subs attack> sz 101: conv disruptin = 6 IPC (US)
2 Subs attack> sz 89: conv disruption = 5 IPC (US)
Sub attack> sz 106: conv disruption = 4 IPC (Can)
Sub attack> sz 117: ON-conv = loss 1 IPC (UK)
Sub attack> sz 109: DD = Loss GE: Sub
Sub attack> sz 103: DD = Loss Ge: Sub

BATTLE OF MED
sz 99: Sub attack> sz 98 BB (UK)
Loss Ge: Sub + Loss UK: BB damaged

NON-COMB MOVE
Belo: 6 Inf, 4 Art, Tank, 2 FTR, AA to Smolensk
Ge: 2 FTR to Norway

OPERATION POLARNIGHT
Ge 113: BB (Tirpitz), DD to sz 126 Nor

AFRIKA KORPS
Ge: Mech to IT > load Tranny (IT)

HOLOCAUST: Chelmno Camp opened, > 200 000 civilians killed

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USSR TURN 10 - WINTER 1942

STALINS FAMILY ISSUES:
His dacha (second home) was just bombed to ruins by Luftwaffe and his temper short:
-Yakuv’s wife Yulia is sent to GULAG.
-Svetlanas boyfriend Aleksei Kapler is sent to GULAG
-Vasily got alcohol problems.
-The 17 generals and 30 officers that was sent to GULAG in Turn 7 is now killed

Ander’s Polish Army is formed in Turkestan.

Mannerheim (FIN) show up in Moscow to beg for peace, but it’s a bad timing

PURCHASE:
Rus: 3 FTR, 2 TAC, BMB, 4 Tank, 10 Inf, 2 Mech, 4 Art, AA
Turk: 1 Inf (POL)

COMBAT
THE GREAT WINTER OFFENSIVE:

Novg: Tank, 3 Inf, Art + FTR attack> Baltic: 4 Inf, 2 Art, Tank, AA, FTR (GE) + Inf (Spain)
Loss USSR: 3 Inf + Loss Ge: 2 Inf
attacker retreat

Rus: 2 Tanks, 3 Mech, 2 Inf, 3 Art, 2 TAC, 2 FTR attack> Smo: 6 Inf, 4 Mech, 4 Art, Tank, AA, FTR
Loss USSR: Tank, 3 Mech, 2 Inf + Loss Ge: 3 Inf
attacker retreat

NON-COMBAT MOVE
Kill the 17 generals and 30 officers that went to GULAG in Turn 7

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JAPAN TURN 10 - WINTER 1942

Tokyo Kid DOW FDR (US) + Winston (UK) (by newspapers published in japanese)
Berlin-pact members (Ge, IT, Rom, Bul, Hun, Cro etc) also DOW US + UK

PURCHASE: BB, FTR, BMB, Inf, Art

COMBAT

THE PEARL RAID:
sz 31: 4 CV-Air attack> sz 26 Hawaii: 3 BB, 3 CA, 3 DD, 2 Subs, + FTR
Loss US: 2 BB sunk, 1 BB damaged, 1 CA, FTR
attacker retreat and land on CV in sz 33

sz 31: 2 CV, BB, CA, DD non-comb move to sz 33 Car Isl

sz 31: Tranny w Inf amp. assault> Wake Isl (US) (empty)

THE BATTLE OF LOS ANGLES
sz 27: Sub attack> sz 10: and scare the s*It out of Elwood = 0 damage

INVASION OF MALAYA:
FIC: BMB attack> sz 37: BB (UK)
Loss UK: BB

sz 36: BB, 3 CA, DD, Tranny w Inf, Art > sz 37 + Amp.> Mal: Fort, FTR (UK)+Inf (ANZ)+Inf (punjab)
Loss UK/ANZ/India: all units

INVASION OF PHILIPPINES
sz 20: 3 CA, 3 DD, Tranny w Inf, Art > sz 36 + Amp> Phil: 1 Marines (US)
Formosa: BMB attack> Phil:
Loss US: all units

INVASION OF GUAM
sz 6 JA: Tranny w Inf > sz 21 + Amp> Guam (US) (empty)

INVASION OF HONG KONG
sz 6 JA: DD, Tranny w Inf > sz 20 + Amp> H. K.: Inf (UK)
Loss UK: all units

INVASION OF NEW BRITAIN
sz 33: Tranny w Inf > sz47 + Amp> N. Br (ANZ) (empty)

INVASION OF GILBERT ISL
sz 33: Tranny w Inf > sz 48 + Amp> Gil Isl (UK) (empty)

INVASION OF NEI:
FIC: Skytrain w Paratroop attack> Sumatra (Holl/Belg) (empty)

sz 36: CV w 1 Air, BB, CA, 2 DD, 3 Subs attack sz 41: CA (ANZ)+CA (Hol/Be)+ DD (UK)
Loss ANZ/HOL/UK: all units

sz 36: Tranny w Inf > sz 42 + Amp> Java Inf (HOL)
Loss Hol: all units

sz 36: Tranny w Inf > sz 44 + Amp> Celebes (empty)

sz 36: Tranny w Inf > sz 43 + Amp> Borneo: Inf (Punjab)
Loss UK: all units

sz 36: CV-Air attack> sz 55: Tranny (ANZ)
Loss ANZAC: all units
CV-Air land on CV in sz 41

INVASION OF BURMA:
FIC: 3 Inf, Art + TAC attack> Shan State: Inf (India) + Inf (Nepal)
Loss India + Nepal: all units

THIRD BATTLE OF HUNAN:
Anhwe: Inf, Art, FTR attack> Hunan: 3 Inf (KMT)
Loss Ja: Inf + Loss KMT: Inf
attacker retreat

NON-COMB MOVE
FIC: Inf to pro-Axis Siam = Siam join the Axis
FIC: Inf to pro-Axis Shan State = Burma join the Axis

Overview of the situation: