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UK TURN 12 - SUMMER 1942

Winston tell US military attache Bonner Fellers to stop using the Black Code, since Rommel can read it

PURCHASE
UK: DD, Sub, 2 FTR, 2 BMB, Tank, Art, Inf, + Lend Leas to USSR: Tank
CAN: Lend Lease to UK: Tranny, Tank, + Lend Lease to USSR: Mech

COMBAT

BOMB CAMPAIGN
UK: 3 BMB SBR> W. Ge. Factory
Loss UK: 1 BMB + Loss Ge: Factory 50 % damage

UK: FTR, TAC SBR> Norm Naval Base = damage

THE DIEPPE RAID
UK 110: DD w Commandoes attack sz 110 Norm: Fort, Tank, FTR
Loss UK: all units

NON-COMB MOVE

PEDESTAL CONV
Gib 91: CV, 1 Air, BB, CA, 3 DD, Sub, Tranny to sz 94 Bomb Alley

CLUB RUN
UK: FTR, TAC, Sub to 91 Gib
Gib 91: FTR, TAC, Sub to 96 Malta
Malta FTR, TAC to Egy

ANDERS ARMY
Iraq: Inf (POL) to Trans Jordan

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ITALY TURN 12 - SUMMER 1942

THE IMMALA BIRTHDAY MEETING
Adolf (GE) meet Mannerheim (FIN) in a saloon train coach at Immala Airfield, Finland
Adolf want Mannerheim to attack Leningrad.
Mannerheim refuse.
Adolf is sad.

PURCHASE
IT: Inf
ROM: Inf

NON-COMB MOVE
Ukr: 3 Inf, Mech (IT) + 2 Inf (ROM) to Rostov

Tobruk: Inf FTR to Alex

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ANZAC AND UK PAC TURN 12 - SUMMER 1942

QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT
Gandhi (independent Indian player) start civil disobedience across India.
Winston (official UK and British India player) don’t approve of this and have Gandhi arrested.
(Gandhi spend the rest of the game in jail)
Winston also have 100 000 civilians arrested, and 10 000 killed.
Also the Bengal Famine is in progress with millions starving.

Subas Bose form the Indian National Army, against UK and pro-Axis

PURCHASE
Aus: Inf

COMBAT

Ind: BMB SBR> Siam (Bangkok)= damage

ARAKAN CAMPAIGN
Ind: 4 Inf (Punjab) attack> Burma: 3 Inf, Art (JAP) + Inf (BURMA)
Loss UK: 2 Inf
Attacker retreat. Blame it on the monsoon season

NON-COMB MOVE
Aus: Tank to W. Aus
India recive a Lend Lease Tank from USA

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STRICT NEUTRAL TURKEY TURN 12 - SUMMER 1942
Not an official power, but I allow a guest appearance, since it make trade agreements with both Allies and Axis powers, and act as a client state of both UK and GE. Also, it is a power in A&A 1914, and that must count for something

TURKISH PARLIAMENT PASSES THE VARLIK VERGISI ACT - Art of the Steal
230 % capital tax on non-muslims (armenians, greeks, jews, christians and all foreigners)
The aim is to inflict financial ruin to all non-muslims.

Also 5000 non-muslims to labor camp in East Anatolia.
2 500 jews to extermination camp
All other non-muslims to Askale Labor camp.

Military forces mobilized in Turkey: DD, TAC, 8 Inf, Tank, Art, 2 Fort = Total 1 300 000 men.
(Paid by UK, and GE)

Trade agreements:
Export chromite to Ge, US and UK.

Winston (UK) guarantee Turkey freedom against both Germany and USSR

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FRANCE TURN 12 - SUMMER 1942

CHERCHELL CONFERENCE in Algerie.
A clandestine conference between general Clark (US) and admiral Darlan (FRA) and Giraud (FRA)
(de Gaulle (Free France) is left out)

THE CLARK-DARLAN AGREEMENT
-French forces in Morocco and Algeria will not resist Allied landings.
-Darlan as leader of French Forces
-France as a full Allied of US and UK.
-Allies get freedom of movement and bases rights.

For Blog and game purpose, Morocco and Algeria now defines as pro-Allied neutrals

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ROUND 13 - sept oct nov 1942
GERMANY TURN 13 - FALL 1942

Adolf issues The Commando Order: shoot commandoes on sight! No more Dieppe-raids.

Adolf withdraw all subs from sz 101 US East coast, because the escorts and ASW is too strong.

TECH: A-4 Rocket in Penemunde is the first man made rocket to reach space

PURCHASE: 3 Subs, 2 FTR, TAC, 2 BMB, 2 Tanks, 2 Art, 3 Inf, Mnt. inf + Atlantic Wall 1 Fort W. GE

COMBAT
Pol: 2 BMB SBR> Volgograd (Stalingrad factory) = 90% damage
Ukr: 2 BMB SBR> Caucasus oil industri = damage

OP. FISCHREIER - BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
Ros: 3 Inf, Art, Tank + TAC, FTR attack> Vol: 3 Inf
Loss USSR: all units

OP. EDELWEISS - BATTLE OF CAUCASUS
Ros: 2 Inf, Art, Tan + TAC, FTR attack> Cau: Inf, TAC
Loss USSR: all units

BATTLE OF ATLANTIC
Nor 126: 2 Subs + TAC attack> sz 125: PQ-conv + DD escort
Loss GE: Sub + Loss UK: DD + 2 IPC conv dis

Sub attack> sz 123: conv + DD escort
Loss GE: Sub

Sub attack> sz 118: ON-conv = loss 2 IPC
Sub attack> sz 106: SC-conv = loss 2 IPC
Sub attack> sz 107: SC-conv = loss 2 IPC
Sub attack> sz 108: HX-conv = loss 2 IPC
Sub attack> sz 103: SC-conv = loss 2 IPC

2 Subs attack> sz 89 conv zone = loss 7 IPC

Sub attack> sz 90: DD escort
Loss GE: Sub

Sub attack> SZ 87: Laconia liner = sunk

Sub attack> sz 72 DD
Loss GE: Sub sunk

THE DUEL
A. CA (raider Stier) attack> sz 84: Tranny (SS Hopkins)
Loss Ge: CA + Loss US: Tranny (this was the only Raider to be sunk by a Tranny in WWII)

THE ATTACK ON PEDESTAL CONVOY
Sicily: FTR, TAC, BMB + Sub attack> sz 94: CV, Air, BB, CA, DD, Sub, Tranny
Loss GE: FTR, Sub + Loss UK: CV dam, Air, BB dam, DD, Tranny

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USSR TURN 13 - FALL 1942

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

COMBAT

OP SINYAVINO - BATTLE OF BALTIC
Nov: 3 Inf, Art, attack> Bal: 3 Inf, Art, Tank, AA
Loss USSR: 2 Inf, Art + Loss GE: Inf
attacker retreat

OP MARS - BATTLE OF VOLOGDA
Rus: 3 Inf, 2 Art, 2 Tanks, 2 FTR attack> Vol: 2 Tanks, 3 Mech
Loss USSR: 3 Inf, Art, 2 Tanks + Loss GE: Mech
attacker retreat

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JAPAN TURN 13 - FALL 1942

PURCHASE DD, Tranny, FTR, BMB, Inf, Art

COMBAT
GUADAL CAMPAIGN
sz 47: CV, 2 Air, BB, 4 CA, 3 DD attack> sz 49: CV, 2 Air, BB, 2 CA, 2 DD, Tranny
New Br.: BMB attack> sz 49:
Loss JAP: BMB, CV, 2 Air, BB, CA, DD + Loss US: all units

Tranny w Inf, Art amp> Solomon Isl: Inf (US) + Inf (ANZ)
Loss JAP: Art + Loss US: all units

BATTLE OF HUBEI
Kia: Inf, Art, FTR attack> Hunan: 3 Inf (KMT) + FTR (US)
Loss JAP: Inf + Loss KMT: Inf
attacker retreat

NON-COMB MOVE
JAP: Tank load on Tranny to sz 19 offload into Manchuria

COLLECT INCOME - CONVOY DISRUPTION
US Sub in sz 6 = loss 2 IPC
US Sub in sz 19 = loss 2 IPC
US Sub in sz 20 = loss 1 IPC
UK Sub in sz 36 = loss 1 IPC

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USA TURN 13 - FALL 1942

TECH:
B-59 Airacomet Jet
ASW: DMS 1000 Radar. Now US destroyers have all the abilities in the OOB rules.

PURCHASE
East: CA, DD, Sub, Tranny, FTR, TAC, 3 BMB, 2 Tanks, 5 Inf, Art + Home Def: Mech, AA
West: CV, 2 Air, DD, Sub, TAC, 2 Inf + Home Def: Mech, AA
Lend Lease to UK: CV, Air, Tank,
Lend Lease to USSR: FTR, Tank

COMBAT

MIGHTY EIGHT
UK: BMB SBR> Norm Factory = 0 dam

LACONIA INCIDENT
US: BMB + DD attack sz 87: Sub (GE) during rescue mission to Laconia survivors
Sub submerge

NON-COMB MOVE
OPERATION TORCH - INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA
US 101: TF 34: CV, 2 Air, BB, 2 CA, 4 DD, Sub + Tranny w Inf, Tank offload in Morocco: Inf (FRA)

BOLERO CONV
US: Tranny w Inf, Tank to UK

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CHINA TURN 13 - FALL 1942

PURCHASE
KMT: 3 Inf
CCP: Inf

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UK TURN 13 - FALL 1942

King Selassie (Ethiopia) (with gov in exile in London) DOW all Axis powers

TECH ASV Mark III Radar. UK Destroyers now got all the abilities from the OOB Rulebook.

PURCHASE
UK: DD, 2 FTR, 2 BMB, Tank, Art, Inf + Lend Leas to USSR: FTR
CAN: 2 Inf Home defence Pacific coast + Lend Leas to USSR: Tranny, Mech (Pacific)

COMBAT
BOMB CAMPAIGN
UK: 2 BMB SBR> W. GE factory = damage
UK: 2 BMB SBR> N. IT: factory = damage
UK: 2 BMB SBR> N. IT: Naval Base = damage

OP. FRESHMAN - RAID ON VEMORK
UK: Skytrain w Paratroopers attack> NOR (Vemork heavy water plant) = fiasco
Loss UK: all units

MALTA STRIKE FORCE
Malt 96: FTR, TAC + Sub attack> sz 95: CA, DD, Sub
Loss UK: Sub + Loss IT: CA, Sub
attacker retreat

*OP. LIGHTFOOT *
Egy: 2 Inf, Mech, Tank, + FTR, TAC attack> Alex: Tank, Mech (GE) + Inf, FTR (IT)
Loss UK: Tank + Loss Axis: all units
(Rommel can no longer read the Black Code and did not see this comin)

OPERATION TORCH - INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA
GIB 91: Force H: CV, 2 Air, BB, 2 CA, 4 DD, Sub attack> sz 92: Sub (GE) + Sub (IT)
Loss Axis: all units

NON-COMB MOVE
OP TORCH
UK 109: 2 Trannies w Inf, Art + Inf, Mech (US) to sz 92 + offload in Algiers: Inf (FRA)

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ITALY TURN 13 - FALL 1942

PURCHASE
IT: Tranny, FTR, Inf
Spain: 5 Inf
Rom: Inf

NON-COMB MOVE
Rost: Mech (IT) + 2 Inf (ROM) to Volgograd

CASE ANTON
N. IT: Inf to S. FRA: Inf (Vichy) is removed
Lib: Inf to Tunisia: Inf (Vichy) is removed
IT 95: Tranny w Inf to Corsica (former Vichy terr)

IT: Tranny w inf to Sardinia

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ANZAC AND UK PAC TURN 13 - FALL 1942

STATUTE OF WESTMINSTER ADOPTION ACT
-Australia is now a sovereign power.

Curtin (ANZ) want alliance with FDR (US) because Winston (UK) can’t protect Australia.
MacArthur agree.

OP PAMPHLET will bring the boys home to Australia

PURCHASE
India: Inf, Art
Aus: TAC

COMBAT
Ind: BMB SBR> Siam (Bangkok) = damage

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FRANCE TURN 13 - FALL 1942

THE DARLAN-ORDERS
Admiral Darlan (FRA) order scuttling of Fleet in Toulon and Army Africa to join the Allies.

Darlan is now assasinated and Giraud become the new French player.

NON-COMB MOVE

S. FRA 93: BB, CA, 3 DD, Tranny is scuttled

Dakar 87: BB to 101 US

Brazzaville 82: CA, DD, Tranny w Inf to sz 72 + offload in Madagaskar

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ROUND 14 - (dec -42 + jan feb 1943)

GERMANY TURN 14 - WINTER 1943

THE SPORTPALAST SPEACH - Goebbels declare total war on UN

THE LACONIA ORDER - No help to surviving sailors

PURCHASE: DD, Sub, 3 FTR, TAC, 2 BMB, 3 Tanks, 4 Art, 10 Inf + West Wall Fort

COMBAT

BATTLE OF THE BARENTS SEA
Nor 126: CA, DD attack> sz 125: PQ-conv + CA, DD
Loss GE. CA
attacker retreat

BATTLE OF ATLANTIC

2 Subs attack> sz 118: ON-conv + escort = loss 2 IPC
Loss GE 1 Sub
2 Subs attack> sz 117: ON-conv + escort = loss 2 IPC
Loss GE: 1 Sub
2 Subs attack> sz 108: ON-conv + escort = loss 1 IPC
Loss GE: 1 Sub
1 Sub attack> sz 107: DD
Loss Ge: 1 Sub

1 Sub attack> sz 103: TM-conv of oil tankers = loss 4 IPC
(This was the most successful attack on allied oil supply ever)

2 Subs attack> sz 89: loss = 1 IPC

NON-COMB MOVE

CASE ANTON
W. Ge: 2 Inf to S. Fra

THE RETREAT TO TUNISIA
Lib: Inf to Tunisia
IT: Tranny w Inf, Tank to sz 94 + offload in Tunisia

OPERATION BUFFEL
Vologda: 2 Tanks, 2 Mech to Smolensk
Arc: Inf, Art to Bela

Ge, Tranny w MNT Inf to Norway

Ge FTR to Vologda
GE: FTR to Cauca

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USSR TURN 14 - WINTER 1943
Mannerheim (FIN) ask Stalin (USSR) for peace: enough is enough

PURCHASE
3 FTR, 3 TAC, BMB, 6 Tanks, 9 Inf, 4 Art, AA

COMBAT - THE GREAT WINTER OFFENSIVE

OPERATION POLAR STAR
Nov: 5 Inf, 2 Art, 2 Tanks, 2 TAC attack> Belarus: 5 Inf, FTR, AA
Loss USSR: all units + Loss GE: 2 Inf

RZHEV OFFENSIVE
Rus: Inf attack> Vologda (empty)

OPERATION URANUS - BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
Sam: 6 Inf, 4 Art, Tank + 3 FTR, TAC attack> Vol: 3 Inf, Art, Tank, FTR (GE) + 2 Inf (ROM) + Mech (IT)
Loss USSR: 6 Inf, Tank, 3 FTR, + Loss Axis: all units

OPERATION SATURN - BATTLE OF CAUCASUS
Kaz: 4 Inf, 3 Art, 3 Tanks + 2 TAC attack> Cau: 3 Mech, FTR, AA
Loss USSR: 2 Inf, Art, Tank, TAC + Loss GE: all units

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JAPAN TURN 14 - WINTER 1943

PURCHASE
Tranny, 2 FTR, TAC, BMB, 2 Inf, 2 Art

COLLECT INCOME CONVOY DISRUPTION

Sub in sz 6 = 2 IPC
Sub in sz 19 = 1 IPC
Sub in sz 20 = 1 IPC
Sub in sz 36 = 1 IPC
Sub in sz 42 = 1 IPC

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USA TURN 14 - WINTER 1943

Polish gov in exile send first official report on Holocaust to United Nations.
United Nations issues the JOINT DECLARATION on Holocaust

Gasoline rationing begin in USA

Carlo Tresca, union boss, is assassinated by Lilo, the mobster

TECH
MANHATTAN PROJECT - Enrico Fermi initiates nuclear chain reaction

PURCHASE
East: CV, 2Air, CA, DD, Sub, Tranny, 4 FTR, TAC, 6 BMB, Tank, 4 Inf, Art
West: CV, 2 Air, DD, Tranny, FTR, TAC, BMB, Tank
Lend Lease to UK: 2 Trannies, FTR, TAC, BMB
Lend Lease to USSR: FTR, Tank
Lend Lease to France: Tank

COMBAT
UK: 3 BMB SBR> W. Ge: 4 FTR + Naval Base = 50 % damage
Loss US: 2 BMB + Loss Ge: 2 FTR

BATTLE OF KASSERINE PASS
Mor: Tank blitz + attack> Tunisia: Tank, 2 Inf (GE) + Inf, FTR (IT)
Loss US: Tank

NON-COMB MOVE
BOLERO CONV
US: Tranny w 2 Inf to sz 109 + offload in UK
US: 2 FTR, 3 BMB to UK

TORCH CONV
US: 2 Trannies w 2 Inf, Art, Tank to sz 91 + offload in Morocco
sz 92: Tranny (UK) w Inf, Art offload in Algeria
Mor: Inf to Alg
US: 2 FTR, TAC to Mor

TRANSIT TO PACIFIC
SZ 101: 2 Subs to sz 10

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CHINA TURN 14 - WINTER 1943

PURCHASE
KMT: 3 Inf
CCP: Inf
ROC: Inf

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UK TURN 14 - WINTER 1943

YENICE CONFERENCE in Turkey.
Winston and Ismet discuss how Turkey can participate in the war.

Winston agree to send the ANZAC boys home with the Pamphlet convoy

PURCHASE
UK: BB, 2 FTR, 2 BMB, Tank, Art, Inf + LL to USSR: Tank
CAN: FTR, Inf + LL to USSR: Mech
S. Africa: Inf

COMBAT

UK: 2 BMB SBR> W. Ge: FTR + Factory = damage
Loss UK: 1 BMB + Loss Ge: 1 FTR

UK: 2 BMB SBR> N. IT: factory = damage

OPERATION GUNNERSIDE
UK: Skytrain with paratroop (NOR) attack> NOR (Vemork Heavy Water Plant) = total damage
(And this is why Adolf never got the a-bomb)

sz 96: CA attack> sz 94 Tranny
Loss IT: all units

INVASION OF LIBYA
Alex: Tank blitz + attack> Libya (empty)

NON-COMB MOVE

UK: Tranny w Inf Art to sz 92 Alg
UK, FTR to Alg

PAMPHLET CONVOY
Egy: Inf (ANZAC) load Tranny, move to sz 78 (Port T - Addu atoll)

S. Afr: Tranny w Inf (SA) to Egypt

COLLECT INCOME- CONVOY DISRUPTION

Sub in sz 80 = loss 1 IPC
Sub in sz 72 = loss 1 IPC