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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:

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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FRANCE TURN 10 - WINTER 1942

NON-COMB MOVE

CV (Bearn) w Air to sz 89 Martinique Isl.

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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

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USSR TURN 11 - SPRING 1942

Winston and Stalin have a secret, bilateral conference:
After the war, Stalin want Finland, Poland, Baltic States and all of Balkan
Winston just want access to the Baltic Sea

(only known pic of the secret meeting)

PURCHASE: 3 FTR, 2 TAC, BMB, 4 Tanks, 2 Mech, 6 Inf, 4 Art, 3 AA

COMBAT

Nov: BMB SBR> Berlin
Loss USSR: BMB

VYASMA AIRBORNE OPERATION
Rus: Skytrain w Paratrooper, 2 Inf, Art, + 2 Partisan attack> Vologda: 2 Inf, Art (GE)
Loss USSR: Inf, Partisan + Loss GE: all units

SECOND BATTLE OF ROSTOV
Cau: 2 Inf, Art + 2 FTR, 2 TAC attack> Rostov: 2 Inf, Art (GE)
Loss USSR; Inf + Loss GE: all units

NON-COMB MOVE

Cau: 2 Inf load on Tranny sz 100 and offload in Crimean

ANDERS POLISH ARMY
Turkmenistan: Inf (Pol) to East Persia

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JAPAN TURN 11 - SPRING 1942

PURCHASE: Sub, Tranny, FTR, TAC, BMB, Inf, Art

COMBAT

INDIAN OCEAN RAID
sz 41: 2 cv-Air attack> sz 39: CA, Tranny (UK)
sz 41: Sub attack> sz 39:
Loss UK: all units

sz 41: Sub attack> sz 72: BB, CA, DD
Sub submerge

OP. MO - BATTLE OF CORAL SEA
sz 33: 2 cv-Air attack> sz 54: CV w 2 Air, 3 CA, 2 DD, Tranny (US)
Loss JA: 2 cv-Air + Loss US: CV damaged

sz 33: Tranny w Inf > sz 49 + Amp> Tulagi (Island in the Solomons)

SYDNEY HARBOUR STRIKE
Sub attack> sz 62: CA, DD (ANZ)
Loss JA: Sub

INVASION OF BURMA
Shan: 3 Inf, Art (JA) + Inf (Siam) attack> Burma (empty)

NON-COMB MOVE

sz 33: CV, BB to sz 42
sz 35: CA, DD to sz 42

COLLECT INCOME
Convoy disruption:

US Sub in sz 35 = 1 IPC lost
UK sub in sz 43 = 2 IPC lost

Since Japan never organized convoys with escorts like the Allies did when crossing the Atlantic, the OOB "Convoy Disruption rule fits perfect. So I use that system on Japan and the other system in Atlantic

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USA TURN 11 - SPRING 1942

Hap Arnold is commander of USAAF
D. MacArthur escape Phil, and move to Australia (but he’ll be back)

Manuel (Mexico) DOW Adolf (GE). (He did sink mexican ships this turn)

PURCHASE
East: BB, DD, Sub, Tranny, FTR, TAC, 3 BMB, 2 Tank, 5 Inf, Art, + Home Def: Mech, AA
West: DD, Tranny, FTR, TAC, BMB, Tank + Home Def: Mech, AA
LL to UK: CV + cv-Air (This was a lot of small CV escorts and CV lights, but I don’t have a plastic piece for that)
LL to USSR: FTR, Tank
LL to Free Poland: Tank
Brazil: Airbase
Salomon Isl: Airbase (on New Caledonia, Jap occupie the other islands)

COMBAT
DOOLITTLE RAID
sz 25: B 25 SBR> Japan and land in Kiangsu
This had great propaganda effect.

BATTLE OF CORAL SEA
sz 54: 2 cv-Air attack> sz 47: CV, 3 CA, 2 DD, Tranny
Loss US: 1 cv-Air + Loss JAP: CV damaged

BATTLE OF TULAGI
CA, DD, Tranny w Inf to sz 49 + Amp> Tulagi: Inf (Jap)
Loss JAP: all units

Sub to sz 6
Sub to sz 20
Sub to sz 36

NON-COMB MOVE
EUROPE:

BOLERO CONVOY (to build up for invasion of Normandy)
US: 2 Inf load Tranny, to sz 109 + offload into UK

Gib: BMB to Egypt
US: BMB to UK

TASK FORCE 39
101: CV w 2 Air, BB, CA, DD to sz 119
CA, DD to sz 124 (screen)

Mexico: 3 Inf to USA, 1 FTR to Pacific + 500 000 workers to USA

PACIFIC
India: BMB to Yunnan
sz 25: CV, CA, DD to sz 26 load Air
sz 54: CV, 2 CA to sz 26 load Air

sz 26 Hawaii: BB damaged to sz 10 NB for repair (Hawaii NB did not have a dry dock)

sz 10: 2 Subs to sz 25

Red arrows are attack. Blue arrows are non-comb move

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CHINA TURN 11 - SPRING 1942

PURCHASE:
KMT: 3 Inf
CCP: Inf

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UK TURN 11 - SPRING 1942

ANGLO-SOVJET TREATY OF 1942 in London. Winston and Stalin are Comrades in Arms.

King George VI award George Cross to Malta - to honor the brave people of the island fortress

Rhodesia, Tanganyika and Belgian Kongo DOW Japan and Vichy

OPERATION ANTHROPID:
Czech SOE-agents Jan Kubis and Josef Gabcik assasinate Reinhard Heydrich in Prague.
(Heydrich was chief of GESTAPO and the architect of Holocaust, aka the man with an iron heart)

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

COMBAT:

OPERATION MILL:
UK: 3 BMB SBR> W. Ge factory
Loss UK: BMB + Loss Ge: factory 50% damage

RAID ON TIRPITZ:
sz 124 CV: cv-Air attack> sz 126: BB (GE)
UK: BMB attack sz 126:
Loss UK: cv-Air
attacker retreat

ST. NAZAIRE RAID:
UK: DD w Commandoes to sz 105 + Raid> Norm Naval Base = damage
attacker retreat

OPERATION IRONCLAD - INVASION OF MADAGASKAR
S.A. 2 Inf load Tranny, to sz 72 + attack> Mad: Inf (Vichy)
sz 72: BB, CA shore bomb> Mad:
Loss Vichy: all units

NON-COMB MOVE

HARPOON CONV:
Gib 91: CV w Air, CA, DD Tranny w Inf, Sub to sz 94 Bomb Alley

VIGOROUS CONV:
Egy 98: 2 CA, 2 DD, Sub, Tranny

CLUB RUN:
UK: FTR, TAC + Sub to 91 GIB
GIB: TAC + Sub to 96 Malta
Malta: FTR + Sub to 98 Egy

ANDERS POLISH ARMY
E. Persia: Inf (Pol) load Tranny bridge to Iraq.

Pic show Invasion of Madagasker (Operation Ironclad) rarely seen in the average A&A game

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ITALY TURN 11 - SPRING 1942

PURCHASE FTR, Mech

COMBAT

MALTA BOMBING CAMPAIGN
Sicily: BMB SBR> Malta NB
Loss IT: BMB

ATTACK ON HARPOON CONV
sz 95: DD, 2 Subs attack> sz 94: CV w Air, CA, DD, Sub, Tranny w Inf
Loss IT: all units + Loss UK: DD, Sub

ATTACK ON VIGOROUS CONV
sz 97: BB, CA, DD attack> sz 98: 2 CA, 2 DD, Sub, Tranny
Loss IT: BB damaged + Loss UK: CA, Sub
attacker retreat to sz 97

NON-COMB MOVE
IT: Tranny w Inf (Ge) + Inf (IT) to sz 96 + offload Libya
sz 96: BB, CA, DD, Tranny to sz 95
Lib: Inf to Tobruk
IT: FTR to Tobruk

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ANZAC AND UK PAC TURN 11 - SPRING 1942

PURCHASE
India: 2 Inf
Aus: Tank

COMBAT

India: BMB SBR> Siam = damage

Sub to sz 43 Borneo

NON-COMB MOVE
Aus: Mech to W. Aus
N-Z: Inf load Tranny to sz 49 + offload Guadalcanal Isl (Solomon Isl chain)

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FRANCE TURN 11 - SPRING 1942

Pierre Laval is the new Vichy player