XDAP-01 Clausewitz's Idiot Apprentices (AXIS) vs Invisible Greens

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3, version: 2.8

Game History

Round :17

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 1 armour, 3 artilleries, 1 bomber, 1 harbour, 8 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            2 units repaired.
            Giving bonus movement to units
            1 artillery moved from Spain to 91 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to 110 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 110 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 112 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            1 fighter moved from Romania to Western Germany
            2 fighters moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Western Germany
            1 armour, 5 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from Spain to 91 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 5 artilleries, 6 infantry and 6 transports moved from 91 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 5 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from 95 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 destroyer and 2 submarines moved from 91 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
                  Americans take 93 Sea Zone from Italians
            1 destroyer moved from 92 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
            3 carriers moved from 91 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 91 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from Spain to Southern Italy
            2 bombers and 8 fighters moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Southern Italy
            1 destroyer moved from 101 Sea Zone to 116 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Newfoundland Labrador to 116 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Holland Belgium
                  Americans take Holland Belgium from Germans

Combat - Americans
            Battle in 116 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 1 destroyer and 1 tactical_bomber
                Japanese defend with 2 submarines
                    Japanese roll dice for 2 submarines in 116 Sea Zone, round 1 :  0/2 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 tactical_bomber in 116 Sea Zone, round 1 :  1/2 hits
                    1 submarine owned by the Japanese lost in 116 Sea Zone
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 116 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 destroyer and 1 tactical_bomber in 116 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the Americans and 1 submarine owned by the Japanese lost in 116 Sea Zone
                Americans win with 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 submarines
                Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer
                Americans win with 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 submarines
                Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer
            Battle in 95 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 3 carriers, 2 destroyers, 3 submarines and 6 transports
                Italians defend with 1 submarine
                    Americans roll dice for 3 submarines in 95 Sea Zone, round 1 :  0/3 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 submarine in 95 Sea Zone, round 1 :  0/1 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 3 carriers, 2 destroyers and 6 transports in 95 Sea Zone, round 1 :  2/2 hits
                    1 submarine owned by the Italians lost in 95 Sea Zone
                Americans win with 3 carriers, 2 destroyers, 3 submarines and 6 transports remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Italians: 1 submarine
                Americans win with 3 carriers, 2 destroyers, 3 submarines and 6 transports remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Italians: 1 submarine
            Battle in Western Germany
                Americans attack with 1 artillery, 3 fighters and 1 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 airfield, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 3 infantry
                    Americans roll dice for 1 artillery, 3 fighters and 1 infantry in Western Germany, round 1 :  2/5 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 3 infantry in Western Germany, round 1 :  0/3 hits
                    2 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Western Germany
                    Americans roll dice for 1 artillery, 3 fighters and 1 infantry in Western Germany, round 2 :  2/5 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Western Germany, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Western Germany
                Americans win, taking Western Germany from Germans with 1 artillery, 3 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 9
                Casualties for Germans: 3 infantry
                Americans win with 1 artillery, 3 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 9
                Casualties for Germans: 3 infantry
            Battle in Southern Italy
                Americans attack with 1 armour, 5 artilleries, 2 bombers, 10 fighters and 6 infantry
                Italians defend with 3 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 4 artilleries, 1 factory_minor, 1 fighter, 1 harbour and 11 infantry
                    AA guns fire in Southern Italy :  2/9 hits
                    2 fighters owned by the Americans lost in Southern Italy
                    Americans roll dice for 1 armour, 5 artilleries, 2 bombers, 8 fighters and 6 infantry in Southern Italy, round 1 :  9/22 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 3 aaGuns, 4 artilleries, 1 fighter and 11 infantry in Southern Italy, round 1 :  5/16 hits
                    3 aaGuns owned by the Italians , 5 infantry owned by the Americans and 6 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Southern Italy
                    Americans roll dice for 1 armour, 5 artilleries, 2 bombers, 8 fighters and 1 infantry in Southern Italy, round 2 :  10/17 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 4 artilleries, 1 fighter and 5 infantry in Southern Italy, round 2 :  4/10 hits
                    3 artilleries owned by the Americans , 1 fighter owned by the Italians , 4 artilleries owned by the Italians , 1 infantry owned by the Americans and 5 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Southern Italy
                Americans captures 16PUs while taking Italians capital
                Americans win, taking Southern Italy from Italians with 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 2 bombers and 8 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 24
                Casualties for Italians: 3 aaGuns, 4 artilleries, 1 fighter and 11 infantry
                Casualties for Americans: 3 artilleries, 2 fighters and 6 infantry
                Americans win with 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 2 bombers and 8 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 24
                Casualties for Italians: 3 aaGuns, 4 artilleries, 1 fighter and 11 infantry
                Casualties for Americans: 3 artilleries, 2 fighters and 6 infantry
            Recording Battle Statistics

Non Combat Move - Americans
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 116 Sea Zone to Iceland
            1 mech_infantry moved from 83 Sea Zone to French West Africa
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
            2 aaGuns and 2 infantry moved from Central United States to 101 Sea Zone
            2 aaGuns, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 101 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            2 aaGuns and 2 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Spain
            1 aaGun moved from Spain to Southern France
            1 infantry moved from Spain to Southern France
            3 fighters moved from Western Germany to Greater Southern Germany
            2 fighters moved from Southern Italy to Greater Southern Germany
            2 bombers moved from Southern Italy to Spain
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to 95 Sea Zone
            5 fighters moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy
            1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 87 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 battleship and 1 destroyer moved from 72 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
            3 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Korea to 6 Sea Zone
            4 transports moved from 26 Sea Zone to 1 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 7 infantry moved from Western United States to British Columbia

Place Units - Americans
            1 armour and 2 infantry placed in Southern France
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Normandy Bordeaux
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Spain
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Korea
            1 harbour placed in Alaska
            1 bomber and 2 tactical_bombers placed in Eastern United States

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 76 PUs; end with 92 PUs total
            Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 97 PUs
            Objective Americans 4 Philippines: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 102 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 107 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 117 PUs

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 27 / 51
    Russians : 66 / 98
    Japanese : 10 / 2
    Americans : 76 / 117
    Chinese : 23 / 87
    British : 10 / 0
    UK_Pacific : 27 / 32
    Italians : 6 / 0
    ANZAC : 32 / 42
    French : 6 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 0 / 0

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3, version: 2.8

Game History

Round :17

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Artillery Supplies: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: games.strategy.engine.data.ProductionFrontier called productionChinese_Burma_Road_Open
            Chinese buy 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 63 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese
            Giving bonus movement to units

Non Combat Move - Chinese
            10 infantry moved from Tsinghai to Kansu
            6 artilleries moved from Tsinghai to Sikang

Place Units - Chinese
            3 infantry placed in Chahar
            3 infantry placed in Szechwan
            2 infantry placed in Kweichow

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 23 PUs; end with 86 PUs total
            Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 92 PUs

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3, version: 2.8

Game History

Round :17

Combat Move - British
            Giving bonus movement to units
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Kwangtung to 20 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 20 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            2 transports moved from 6 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 6 Sea Zone to Japan

Combat - British
            Battle in Japan
                British attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 2 artilleries, 1 factory_major, 2 fighters, 1 harbour and 14 infantry
                Japanese win with 1 aaGun, 2 artilleries, 2 fighters and 12 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 artillery and 1 infantry
            Recording Battle Statistics

Non Combat Move - British
            1 infantry moved from Kiangsi to 20 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 20 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 6 Sea Zone to Korea
            1 fighter moved from India to Shantung
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Eastern Persia to 80 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 80 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 81 Sea Zone to Egypt
            1 infantry moved from Persia to Iraq
            2 infantry moved from Eastern Persia to Persia
            2 mech_infantrys moved from India to Eastern Persia
            1 bomber and 2 fighters moved from Yugoslavia to Greater Southern Germany
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from India to 39 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 39 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Turkey to Greece

Turn Complete - British

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3, version: 2.8

Game History

Round :17

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            1 armour and 1 bomber placed in Kwangtung
            1 transport placed in 20 Sea Zone
            1 armour placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific collect 27 PUs; end with 28 PUs total
            Objective UK Pacific 2 Kwangtung And Malaya: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 33 PUs
                Some units change owners in territory India
                Some units change owners in territory Kwangtung
                Some units change owners in territory 20 Sea Zone

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 27 / 51
    Russians : 66 / 98
    Japanese : 10 / 2
    Americans : 76 / 117
    Chinese : 23 / 92
    British : 10 / 0
    UK_Pacific : 27 / 33
    Italians : 6 / 0
    ANZAC : 32 / 42
    French : 6 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 0 / 0

…well, I chose not to scramble SZ6, cause it would be useless and you said Japan’s just trying to survive as long as possible.

Do you find a move to save Berlin? popcorn_eating

…well, so you went for the historically accurate way. Bunkering Berlin and hoping for Endsieg  :-D

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3, version: 2.8

Game History

Round :17

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC
            Giving bonus movement to units
            1 infantry moved from 6 Sea Zone to Japan
            1 fighter moved from Korea to 6 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Mozambique to Tanganyika Territory
                  ANZAC take Tanganyika Territory from Italians
            1 armour moved from Angola to Rhodesia
                  ANZAC take Rhodesia from Italians
            1 armour moved from Rhodesia to Belgian Congo
                  ANZAC take Belgian Congo from Italians
            1 mech_infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to French Equatorial Africa
                  ANZAC take French Equatorial Africa from Italians
            1 infantry moved from French West Africa to Nigeria
                  ANZAC take Nigeria from Japanese
            1 artillery moved from French West Africa to Gold Coast
                  ANZAC take Gold Coast from Japanese

Combat - ANZAC
            Battle in Japan
                ANZAC attack with 1 infantry
                Japanese defend with 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 2 artilleries, 1 factory_major, 2 fighters, 1 harbour and 12 infantry
                Japanese win with 1 aaGun, 2 artilleries, 2 fighters and 12 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -3
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 infantry
            Recording Battle Statistics

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 fighter moved from Saudi Arabia to Romania
            4 mech_infantrys moved from Turkey to Bulgaria
            1 fighter moved from Greece to Western Germany
            1 fighter moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Western Germany
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Saudi Arabia to 81 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 81 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 95 Sea Zone to Northern Italy
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Union of South Africa to 71 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 71 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 81 Sea Zone to Egypt
            2 infantry moved from Persia to 80 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 80 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 98 Sea Zone to Syria
            1 artillery and 4 infantry moved from Turkey to Greece
            2 artilleries and 1 infantry moved from Greece to Bulgaria
            3 transports moved from 83 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone

Place Units - ANZAC
            1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers placed in Saudi Arabia
            1 fighter placed in Persia

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 38 PUs; end with 38 PUs total
            Trigger ANZAC 1 Control Original And Malaya: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 43 PUs
            Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 48 PUs

Territory Summary for ANZAC :

Caroline Islands : 1 flag, 1 airfield and 1 harbour
    Formosa : 1 flag,    Queensland : 2 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 7 infantry
    New Zealand : 1 airfield and 1 harbour
    New South Wales : 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    Java : 1 flag,    Dutch New Guinea : 1 flag,

I pressed the done button. Here’s a save.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Alpha 3, version: 2.8

Game History

Round :18

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 1 airfield, 5 armour, 2 bombers and 7 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            Giving bonus movement to units
            1 armour and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Poland to Germany
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Eastern Poland to Germany
            2 fighters moved from Novgorod to Germany
            2 artilleries and 1 mech_infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Germany
            1 fighter, 2 mech_infantrys and 4 tactical_bombers moved from Yugoslavia to Germany
            7 armour, 1 artillery and 1 mech_infantry moved from Greater Southern Germany to Germany
            3 armour moved from Northern Italy to Germany

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Germany
                Russians attack with 11 armour, 3 artilleries, 3 fighters, 9 mech_infantrys and 4 tactical_bombers
                Germans defend with 3 aaGuns, 5 artilleries, 1 factory_major, 3 fighters and 12 infantry
                Russians captures 38PUs while taking Germans capital
                Russians converts factory_major into different units
                Russians win, taking Germany from Germans with 5 armour, 3 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 17
                Casualties for Germans: 3 aaGuns, 5 artilleries, 3 fighters and 12 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 6 armour, 3 artilleries and 9 mech_infantrys
                Russians win with 5 armour, 3 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 17
                Casualties for Germans: 3 aaGuns, 5 artilleries, 3 fighters and 12 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 6 armour, 3 artilleries and 9 mech_infantrys
            Recording Battle Statistics

Non Combat Move - Russians
            3 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from Germany to Northern Italy
            1 aaGun, 2 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from Yugoslavia to Northern Italy
            1 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Yugoslavia
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Bulgaria to Northern Italy
            1 armour moved from Ethiopia to Egypt
            3 infantry moved from Bessarabia to 100 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Turkey to 100 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 3 infantry and 2 transports moved from 100 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from 97 Sea Zone to Northern Italy
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Greece to Yugoslavia
            1 artillery moved from Romania to Yugoslavia
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Ukraine to Romania
            2 infantry moved from Romania to Yugoslavia

Place Units - Russians
            1 airfield placed in Northern Italy
            3 armour placed in Novgorod
            2 bombers placed in Russia
            2 armour and 1 mech_infantry placed in Northern Italy
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Turkey
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Greece

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 70 PUs; end with 109 PUs total
            Trigger Russians 1 Lend Lease: Russians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 114 PUs
            Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 30 PUs; end with 144 PUs
            Objective Russians 3 Berlin: Russians met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 154 PUs

Good luck in the losers bracket. maybe try to not build so many art, trade territories with infantries and planes and only position a lot of units in front of a lot of your enemies units if you are absoutely certain we won’t be able to kill them effectively. Espacially don’t put planes where they can be killed.
I exchange I’ll try to remember to look out for sneaky subsurviving strategies that may cost me a lot of transports if I don’t think about my order of loss.