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ANZAC AND UK PAC TURN 16 - SUMMER 1943

Earl Wavel new viceroy of India (new India player)

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FRANCE TURN 16 - SUMMER 1943

NON-COMB MOVE
sz 91: Tranny (US) w Tank (FRA) offload in Morocco

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ROUND 17 (sept, oct nov 1943)

GERMANY TURN 17 FALL 1943

THE GRAN SASSO-RAID paratroopers free Musso from jail.
Adolf orders Operation Alaric, punish italians.
Adolf orders schorched earth in east

PURCHASE
4 Subs, 3 FTR, TAC, BMB, 3 Tank, 3 Art, 10 Inf, +2 Blockhouses in east + Atlantic Wall Fort

COMBAT
OPERATION ALARIC -FIGHT ITALIANS

Greece: FTR, TAC attack> sz 99: DD, Tranny (IT)
Loss IT: all units

W. GE: 2 TAC, 2 BMB attack> sz 93: BB, CA, DD (IT)
Loss IT: all units

FRA: 2 Inf, Art attack> S. FRA: Inf (IT)
Loss IT: all units

Bul: 3 Tanks, Inf attack> Greece: 2 Inf, Mech, TAC (IT)
Loss IT: all units

Great GE: 6 Inf, 4 Art attack> Yugo: 3 Inf, Mech, FTR (IT)
Loss IT: all units

W. GE: 6 Inf, 4 Art attack> N. IT: Inf, Tank, AA, FTR, TAC (IT)
Loss IT: all units

S. IT: Inf + Paratrooper + TAC, BMB attack> S. IT: Inf, Mech, FTR, TAC (IT)
Loss IT: all units

NON-COMB MOVE
Retreat from Smolensk: 2 Inf stay

Sub to sz 104
Sub to sz 90
Sub to sz 88

Holocaust: All romani people to camps

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USSR TURN 17 - FALL 1943

MOSCOW CONFERENCE: foreign ministers Molotov, Hull, Fu, and Eden
-Moscow declaration: Axis unconditional surrender
-Punish war criminals

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

COMBAT
DNIEPER STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE

Rus: 2 Tanks, 4 Inf, 3 Art + Airborne + 3 FTR, TAC attack> Smo: 2 Inf, Tank, AA
Loss USSR: Inf, Airborne, TAC + Loss GE: all units

Bry: Tank, 4 Inf, 3 Art, + 3 FTR, TAC attack> W. Ukr: 4 Inf, Tank, AA, FTR
Loss USSR: 2 Inf, Art, TAC + Loss GE: 3 Inf
attacker retreat

Ros: Tank, 4 Inf, 3 Art + FTR, TAC attack> Ukr: Fort, Tank, 4 Inf, FTR, AA + Inf (Hun) + 2 Inf (ROM)
Loss USSR: Tank, 2 Inf, 2 Art + Loss GE: 3 Inf
attacker retreat

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JAPAN TURN 17 - FALL 1943

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

COMBAT
Anhwe: Inf, Art, FTR attack> Hunan: 3 Inf + FTR (USA)
Loss JA: Inf + Loss KMT: Inf
attacker retreat

DD attack> sz 6: Sub (US)
Loss US: all units
DD attack> sz 35: Sub (US)
Loss US: all units

Andrew May is to blame after he told the Press that japanese depth charges was not set deep enogh. It is estimated that 800 US sailors died thanks to him

NON-COMB MOVE
FTR to Solomon Isl.

COLLECT INCOME - CONV DISRUPTION
Sub in sz 19 = loss 2 IPC
Sub in sz 20 = loss 2 IPC
Sub in sz 36 = loss 2 IPC
Sub in sz 44 = loss 2 IPC
Sub in sz 42 = loss 2 IPC
CV, BB, CA, DD in sz 41 = loss 4 IPC

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USA TURN 17 - FALL 1943
Eisenhower become supreme commander Europe
Bolivia DOW all Axis Powers
Colombia DOW Germany only

PURCHASE
East: CV, Air, DD, Sub Tranny, 4 FTR, TAC, 6 BMB, Tank, Inf
West: CV, Air, CA, DD, Tranny, FTR, TAC, BMB
LL to UK: 2 Trannies, FTR, TAC, BMB, Tank
LL to USSR: FTR, Tank
LL to FRA: FTR

COMBAT EUROPE
BOMB CAMPAIGN
UK: 6 BMB SBR> W. GE: 4 FTR + factory
Loss US: 2 BMB (Black Thursday) + Loss GE: FTR + factory = total damage

UK: 1 BMB SBR> Nor: Heavy Water Plant = total damage
UK: 1 BMB SBR> Nor: Airbase = total damage
sz 123: CV, CA, DD to sz 125 + cv-Air SBR> Nor: Naval Base = total damage

Algeria: ! BMB SBR> Yugo: = 80 % damage
Algeria: 1 BMB SBR> N. IT = damage
Algeria: 1 BMB SBR> S. IT: FTR
Loss US: 1 BMB

HUNTER - KILLER RAIDS
CV, Air, DD attack> sz 104: Sub sunk
CV, Air, DD attack> sz 90: Sub sunk
CV, Air, DD attack> sz 88: Sub sunk

OPERATION AVALANCHE - INVASION OF ITALY
CA, DD, Tranny to sz 95 + Inf, Art, Tank attack> S. IT: Inf, Para
Loss US: Inf + Loss Ge: Inf
Contestet territory

COMBAT PACIFIC
*OPERATION THURSDAY *
Merrils Marauders attack> Burma: 3 Inf, Art, Inf (BU)
Loss US: all units - Great PR effect

OPERATION GALVANIC - INVASION OF GILBERT ISL
TF 50: 3 CV, 6 Air, 2 BB, CA, 2 DD attack> sz 48: Sub (JAP) sunk
TF 52: BB, CA, 2 DD, Tranny w Marines attack> Gilbert Isl: Inf (JA)
TF 53: CV, 2 Air, BB, CA 2 DD, Tranny w Inf attack> Gil isl
Johnston Isl: 2 BMB attack> Gil isl:
Loss JAP: all units

Sub attack> sz 35: DD
Loss US: all units

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CHINA TURN 17 - FALL 1943

Wang Jingwei (ROC) DOW all Allied Powers

PURCHASE
KMT: 3 Inf
CCP: Inf

COMBAT
BATTLE OF BURMA ROAD
Yunnan: 2 Inf attack> Burma: 3 Inf, Art, + Inf (BU)
Loss KMT: all units

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UK TURN 17 - FALL 1943

CAIRO CONFERENCE - SEXTANT - Winston, FDR, Chiang
-The Cairo Declaration

Persia DOW Germany

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

COMBAT

BATTLE OF BERLIN
UK: 3 BMB SBR> GE (Berlin) FTR
Loss UK: BMB + Loss GE: FTR + Berlin = damage

Alg: BMB SBR> N. IT: = damage

RAID ON TIRPITZ
UK: Sub attack> sz 126: BB, DD
Loss UK: all units

OPERATION AVALANCHE
TF 85/88: Tranny w Inf, Art attack> S. It: Para
Loss UK: Inf
contestet territory

Force H: Tranny w inf attack> Sardinia: empty

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ITALY TURN 17 - FALL 1943

Badoglio (IT) DOW Adolf (GE)

Musso form Republic of Salo in N. It.

PURCHASE
Italy: Inf on Sicily
Salo: 2 MNT Inf N. It
Hun: Inf

NON-COMB MOVE
Italy: BB, Sub, Tranny to Egypt for internation + 2 CA to Atlantic Sea

Salo: Holocaust: Raid on the Roman Ghetto, all jews to camp.
Pope Piux XII is silent

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ANZAC AND UK PAC TURN 17 - FALL 1943

PURCHASE
Aus: FTR
Ind: 2 Inf

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

OPERATION CARTWHEEL
New Guin: 2 Inf attack> Dutch N. G: Inf
Loss Jap: all units

NON-COMB MOVE

India: Inf (Punjab) to Burma - join Free India Army

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FRANCE TURN 17 - FALL 1943

Tranny w Inf to Corsica

Tranny (US) w Tank offload in Morocco

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ROUND 18 - (dec 1943 + jan, feb 1944)

GERMANY TURN 18 - WINTER 1944

Adolf build the Gothic Line to keep the Allies out of North Italy

PURCHASE
GE: 2 Subs, 6 FTR, TAC, BMB, 5 Tanks, 4 Art, 16 Inf
Westwall: Fort
Eastwall: Blockhouse
Gothic Wall: Blockhouse

COMBAT

OPERATION STEINBOCK
W. GE: 2 BMB SBR> UK: 8 FTR
Loss GE: all units

BATTLE OF THE NORTH CAPE
sz 126: BB, DD attack> sz 125: JW-conv + BB, CA, DD escort
Loss Ge: BB damaged + Loss UK: BB damaged
attacker retreat

THE BARI STRIKE
W. GE: TAC attack> sz 97: Tranny (IT) = sunk

BATTLE OF ATLANTIC
2 Subs attack> sz 104: CV, DD
Loss Ge: all units

2 Subs attack> sz 103: Conv = loss UK 3 IPC

NON-COMB MOVE

Nor, Den, Fra, Pol, Yugo: 6 Inf to Ukraine

Ge: Inf, Tank, AA + 2 FTR to S. It

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USSR TURN 18 - WINTER 1944

TEHRAN CONFERENCE- EUREKA First meeting of Big 3 (Stalin, FDR & Winston)
-Stalin agree to let FDR build Airbase in W. Ukr and place US aircrafts there.

Stalin (USSR-player) tell FDR (US-player) and Winston (UK-player) that Adolf (the German player) plan to assassinate them in Theran, with Operation Long Jump. Luckily this never happened, but FDR and Winston would now be on alert.

Tito proclaim Yugoslavian government in exile

PURCHASE
4 FTR, 4 TAC, BMB, 7 Tanks, 4 Art, 6 Inf, AA

COMBAT

BOMBING CAMPAIGN
Nov: 4 BMB SBR> Finland (Helsinki) FTR AA
Loss USSR: 2 BMB (The finns had moved all searchlights and AA-guns out of the city to islands, and since it was a night raid and winter with frozen water and snow, the Bombers dropped all the bombs in the sea, and when returning to base in Leningrad, finnish bombers had followed them and bombed them when landing. You can’t make this up)

Nov: 1 BMB SBR> neutral Sweden (Stockholm) by accident = 0 damage.
(But was this really a mistake, or a warning?)

Nov: 1 BMB SBR> Baltic States (Tallin) = damage

RAID ON TIRPITZ
Nov: BMB attack> sz 126: BB, DD + scrambeld FTR.
Loss USSR: all units

NOVGOROD OFFENSIVE
Rus: 4 Inf, 2 Mech, 3 Art, 2 Tanks + TAC attack> Archangel: 4 Inf
Loss USSR: 3 Inf + Loss GE: all units (This lifted the siege of Leningrad)

DNIEPER-CARP OFFENSIVE
Bry: 7 Inf, 3 Art, 3 Tanks + FTR, TAC, attack> W. Ukr: Blockhouse, 8 Inf, AA
Loss USSR: 5 Inf, Art, 3 Tanks, TAC + Loss GE: all units

Ros: 7 Inf, 3 Art, 2 Tanks + FTR, TAC attack> Ukr: Blockhouse, AA +2 Inf (Hun) + 2 Inf (Rom)
Loss USSR: 5 Inf, Art, 2 Tanks, FTR + Loss Axis: all units

NON-COMB MOVE

OPERATION LENTIL
Forced deportations of chechens and ingush from Caucasus to camps in Kazakhstan

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JAPAN TURN 18 - WINTER 1944
Subas Bose proclaim pro-Axis Indian government in exile

PURCHASE
DD, Tranny, 3 FTR, TAC, BMB, 3 Inf, Art, AA

NON-COMB MOVE
FTR + CA, DD, Tranny w Inf to sz 33 + offload in Car Isl
FTR, + CA, DD, Tranny w Inf to sz 47 + offload in New Brit
Sub to sz 34

COLLECT INCOME - CONV DISRUPTION
Sub in sz 6 = loss 3 IPC
Sub in sz 19= loss 3 IPC
Sub in sz 20 = loss 3 IPC
Sub in sz 36 = loss 3 IPC
Sub in sz 44 = loss 2 IPC
Sub in sz 42 = loss 2 IPC
CV, BB, CA, DD in sz 42 = loss 4 IPC

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USA TURN 18 - WINTER 1944

FDR propose a “Second Bill of Rights”
US-PORTUGAL AGREEMENT Salazar let FDR too use the Airbase on Azores island

PURCHASE
East: CV, Air, CA, Sub, Tranny, 4 FTR, TAC, 9 BMB
LL to UK: 2 Trannies, FTR, TAC, BMB, Tank
LL to USSR: FTR, Tank
LL to France: TAC
W. UKR: Poltava Airbase
Azores: Airbase

COMBAT IN EUROPE
BIG WEEK
UK: 6 BMB SBR> W. GE: 4 FTR + factory
Loss US: 1 BMB + Loss GE: 2 FTR + factory = damage

Algeria: 2 BMB SBR> N. It:
Loss US: 1 BMB + Loss IT: factory damaged

OPERATION INTRUDER
UK: 2 TAC + 2 escort FTR SBR> Holl/Belg: 3 FTR + V-1 rocket site
Loss US: 1 TAC + Loss GE: 2 FTR + V-1 site damaged

BOMBING OF MONTE CASSINO
Sicily: 3 BMB SBR> S. IT: 2 FTR + monastry (unusal target, not an option w OOB rules I assume)
Loss US: 1 BMB + Loss GE: Monastry 50 % damaged

OPERATION SHINGLE - BATTLE OF SOUTH ITALY
S. IT: Art, Tank attack> S. IT: Blockhouse, Tank, Inf, Para, AA
Loss US: Tank + Loss GE: Inf
contestet territory

NON-COMB MOVE
US: FTR, TAC to Azores Isl
Brazil: FTR + Tranny w Inf to sz 95 + offload in S, It

OPERATION FRANTIC JOE
Egypt: 2 FTR to Poltava Airbase in W. Ukr

BOLERO CONV
US: Tranny w 2 land units to sz 109 + offload in UK

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USA PART 2

PURCHASE
West: CV, Air, CA, DD, Tranny, FTR, TAC, BMB

COMBAT PACIFIC

John Isl: 2 BMB SBR> Caroline Isl: Airbase = total damage

OPERATION FLINTLOCK - INVASION OF MARSHALL ISL
TF 52 + 53 + 58 + Tranny to sz 32 + Mar, Inf amp> Marshall isl: Inf
Loss Jap: all units

OPERATION HAILSTONE
6 cv-air (from TF 52, 53, 58 in sz 32) attack> sz 33: CA, DD, Tranny + FTR scrambled
Loss Jap: all units

BOMBING OF RABAUL
Aus: 2 BMB + 4 cv-Air (from 2 CV in sz 48) attack> sz 47: 2 CA, DD + FTR scrambled
Loss US: 2 cv-Air + Loss Jap: all units

NON-COMB MOVE

CA, DD to sz 49 Sol

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CHINA TURN 18 - WINTER 1944

PURCHASE
KMT: 3 Inf
CCP: Inf
ROC: Inf

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UK TURN 18 - WINTER 1944

SECOND CAIRO CONFERENCE - FDR, Winston & Mustafa
-Mustafa agree to let FDR and Winston build and use Airbases in Turkey (no longer a strict neutral)

PURCHASE
UK: DD, 2 FTR, 2 BMB, 2 Inf + LL to USSR: Tank
CAN Pac: Tranny + LL to USSR: Mech
Turkey: Airbase

COMBAT

BATTLE OF BERLIN
UK: 4 BMB SBR> Ge: 4 FTR + Berlin
Loss UK: 2 BMB + Loss GE. 2 FTR + Berlin = damage

RAID ON ADRIATIC SEA
Malta 26: FTR + DD attack> sz 97: Sub (GE)
Loss GE: all units

BATTLE OF MONTE CASSINO
S. IT: Inf, Tank + FTR, TAC attack> S. IT: Blockhouse, Tank, Para, AA, 2 FTR
Loss UK: Tank, FTR + Loss GE: Blockhouse, Tank
contestet territory

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ITALY TURN 18 - WINTER 1944

Horthy (Hun) start peace talk with the Allied players.

Except from that, literally nothing

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ANZAC AND UK PAC TURN 18 - WINTER 1944

THE AFGHAN TRIBAL REVOLT START (end in january 1947)

King Zahir Shah (strict neutral Afg. player) ask earl Wavell (de facto UK Pac player) for aid.
and of course the viceroy of India can help a good neighbour.

NON-COMB MOVE
India: FTR to strict neutral Afghanistan
contestet territory: Afghan Army: 2 Inf against Rebels: 1 Inf

Now this is something you don’t see very often, even in casual games