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
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
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.
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
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
CHINA TURN 9 - FALL 1941
PURCHASE 3 Inf (KMT)
NON COMB MOVE
Yunnan: Inf to Burma (to protect the Burma Road)
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
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
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
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
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
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:
USA TURN 10 - WINTER 1942
FDR delivers his “The Infamy” speech, one of the most famous speeches.
Winston become the first englishman to adress the US Congress
ARCADIA CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON:
-Declaration by United Nations: No peace with the Axis
signed by:
The Big Four: FDR, Winston, Stalin and Chiang
The Dominions: King, Curtin, Fraser and Smuts
Central America: total 9 minor players
Euro gov. in exile: Pierlot/Gelbrandy, Benes, Joan, Sikorsky, Tsouderos, Peter
Other: Abdul + Peru (don’t remember name, must edit later)
United Nations DOW the Axis (Ge, IT, Rom, Hun, Bul, Fin, Alb, Vichy)
Exceptions:
FDR refuse to DOW Mannerheim (FIN)
Stalin refuse to DOW Tokyo Kid (JAP)
Mongolia only DOW Adolf (GE)
Stalin also deny US to SBR Japan from USSR territory
FDR SIGNES EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066:
All japanese, germans, and italians in USA must go to Camp.
FDR take possession of SS Normandy (FRA) by Right of Angary.
FDR approve of the Doolittle-Raid plan
From left: Martha Gellhorn (friend of the Roosevelt family), Big Four and Robert Capa far right
USA TURN 10 - WINTER 1942
TECH
-ASW Huff Duff direction finding of Subs.
-Sikorsky R4 - first mass produced helicopter
PURCHASE:
East: CA, DD, Sub, Tranny, FTR, 3 BMB, Tank, 5 Inf, Art + Home defense: Mech, AA
West: DD, FTR, TAC, BMB, Inf, Art + Home defense: Mech, AA
Cuba: Airbase
Alaska: Airbase
Lend Lease to UK: CV w Air, Tank
Lend Lease to USSR: FTR, Tank
Lend Lease to Brazil: Tank
Lend Lease to India: Tank
COMBAT Pacific
sz 10: DD attack> sz 10 Sub (JAP)
Loss JAP: Sub (This was the subs that stuck fear in Elwood)
NON-COMB MOVE Europe:
US 101: Tranny w Inf to UK to prepare for the Eight Airforce. First US force to arrive in Europe.
sz 101: SS Normandy take fire and sink in New York
US BMB to Gib
-Internment of japanese, germans and italians in camps
NON-COMB MOVE Pacific
Prepare the Doolittle Raid:
US 10: CV w B 25, CA, DD to sz 25 Midway
sz 30 John Isl: CV w 2 Air, 3 CA, DD Tranny w Inf to sz 54 + offload Inf > Aus.
sz 26 Haw: Sub to sz 55
sz 26 Haw: Sub to sz 35 Phil
sz 10 US: Tranny w Inf to sz 47 + offload Solomons (to build Airbase)
US BMB to Aus
US BMB to India
Europe Theater
Pacific Theater
CHINA TURN 10 - WINTER 1942
Mao start a mass movement
PURCHASE
KMT: 3 Inf
CCP: 1 Inf
ROC: 1 Inf
NON-COMB MOVE
Burma: Inf (KMT) to Yunnan. (Give up protecting the Burma Road)
UK TURN 10 - WINTER 1942
ABDEEN PALACE INCIDENT
-Winston want Egypt to support the Allied war effort.
-King Farouk I is pro-Axis and want to stay neutral.
-Winston send troops to occupie Abdeen Palace, the home of king Farouk I, defendet by Egyptian Army of 5 000 infantry.
-King Farouk I will now comply, but because of the humiliation UK lose support from Egypt.
Winston DOW Mannerheim (FIN)
TECH: Huff Duff anti-sub weapon
PURCHASE
UK: DD, 2 FTR, 2 BMB, Tank, Inf, Art + Lend Lease to USSR: Tank
CAN: Pacific: Tranny, 2 Inf (Home defence) + LL to USSR: Mech
Gibraltar: Airbase
COMBAT
BOMB. CAMPAIGN:
UK: 2 BMB SBR> W. GE: = damage
RAF RAID ON KIEL:
UK: FTR, TAC attack> sz 112: BB
Loss GE: BB sunk
BATTLE OF MED:
Gib 91: CA, DD attack sz 96: Tranny (IT) = Tranny lost
Malta 96: Sub attack sz 97: Italian Fleet
Loss UK: Sub + Loss IT: BB damaged
ABDEEN PALACE INCIDENT
Egypt: Inf (UK) attack> Inf (Egy)
Loss: Inf (Egy)
NON-COMB MOVE
MURMANSK CONVOY SCREEN
UK: CV w Air, BB, CA, DD, Sub to sz 124
UK: BMB to India
ITALY TURN 10 - WINTER 1942
Mannerheim (FIN) start peace-talk with FDR and Winston
PURCHASE:
IT: Sub, TAC, Mech
Rom: Inf
COMBAT
BOMB. CAMPAIGN MALTA
Sicily: BMB SBR> Malta NB = damage
sz 95: DD attack> sz 94: Sub, Tranny (UK)
Loss UK: all units
RAID ON ALEXANDRIA
sz 97: Sub attack> sz 98 Alex
Loss IT: Sub + Loss UK: BB damaged
NON-COMB MOVE
LIBYA CONVOY
IT: BB, CA, DD, Tranny w Inf to sz 96 + offload into Libya
ANZAC AND UK PAC TURN 10 - WINTER 1942
Winston belive that Japan is unstoppable and order Scorched Eart in Burma, and withdrawal of all forces out of harms way.
PURCHASE
Aus: Mech
N-Z: Inf
India: 2 Inf
COMBAT
BOMB. CAMPAIGN ON BANGKOK
India: BMB SBR> Siam = damage
Ceylon 39: Sub attack> sz 43: Tranny (JAP) = Tranny sunk
NON-COMB MOVE
Ceylon 39: BB, CA, DD to sz 79
Ceylon 39: BB, CA, DD to sz 72
Ceylon 39: CA, Tranny stay
N-Z: CA, DD to 62 Sydney
Start of the BENGAL FAMINE:
Burma: Inf (Punj) + Inf (Nep) do Scorched Eart and withdraw to India
500 000 civilian refugees to India = 400 000 civilians starve to death
ROUND 11 - march april may 1942
GERMANY TURN 11 - SPRING 1942
PURCHASE: 3 Sub, 2 FTR, TAC, 2 BMB, 2 Tanks, 3 Inf, Art, Mech, AA
COMBAT
BAEDEKER BLITZ
W. GE: 2 BMB SBR> UK
Loss Ge: 1 BMB + Loss UK: damage
OPERATION EIS STOSS
Pol: 2 BMB SBR> Leningrad
Loss Ge: 1 BMB + Loss Leningrad: Damage
Pol: 1 BMB SBR> Moscow = damage
Sicily: FTR, TAC SBR> Malta Naval Base
Loss Ge: FTR + Loss UK: NB 50% damage
OPERATION HANNOVER
Smo: 3 Inf, Art attack> Vologda: 3 Inf
Loss Ge: Inf + Loss USSR: all units
CRIMEAN CAMPAIGN
UKR: 2 Inf, Art + BMB attack> Crim: Fort, 3 Inf, AA
Loss Ge: Inf + Loss USSR: 2 Inf
attacker retreat
(Crimea is part of Ukraine on the A&A Map so I made it a contestet territory. If I ever make my own homemade map, I will make it a separate territory.)
BATTLE OF ROSTOV
Ukr: 2 Inf, Art attack> Rostov: 1 Inf
Loss USSR: all units
BATTLE OF ATLANTIC
Nor: TAC + Sub attack> sz 125: PQ-conv loss USSR = 1 IPC
W. GE: Sub attack> sz 118: ON-conv loss UK = 2 IPC
OPERATION NEULAND
2 Sub attack> sz 101: conv loss US = 10 IPC
2 Sub attack> sw 89: conv loss US = 5 IPC + (also sink a neutral Mexican ship)
1 Sub attack> sz 85: conv loss US = 1 IPC + (also sink a neutral Brazilian ship)
BATTLE OF GAZALA
Lib: Tank, Mech + TAC attack> Tobruk: Tank, Inf
Loss UK: all units
(At this point Rommel could read the Black Code and knew everything the brits was planning)
NON-COMB MOVE
Ge: TAC to Norway
Ge: 2 BMB to Romania
Ge: FTR to Sicily
Ge: Inf (DAK) to Italy (later to Libya)
Ge: Sub to sz 93
HOLOCAUST:
Open Belzec camp, Treblinka camp and Sobibor camp, all in Poland
