Allies (+16) vs. Axis (darkskies) Coop

The way I see it, it works differently:
Destroyers immediately cancel a submarine’s ability to “treat hostile sea zone as friendly”. Therefore, submarines cannot move throug enemy SZ containing destroyer(s), but destroyers can move through enemy submarines, for submarines and transports do not turn a SZ hostile to the enemy to begin with.
Another tricky part for submarines is that unescorted TRS cannot invade (during CM) from a SZ with enemy SUB, but they can offload (during NCM). Escorts in this context must be warSHIPS (anything that could hit the SUB should it emerge, I suppuse, so I’m not sure if an ‘attacking’ CV counts).

Are you referring the the 6allied SUBs lost off the coast of FIC?
Consider that payment for the Japanese lost factory in Shanghai, a rule that I had forgotten. I slapped myself on the head for that ;-).

Apart from these rules confusions, I am pleased to see you are doing well, Arthur. Just hold on. Prevent Cairo from falling and try to threaten Paris/Rome at the same time and I think Germany has to make some tough decisions again. I already calculated that a possible (next turn’s) massive marching into Normandy/Southern France from the allies will be very hard to throw back. Maybe Germany can do it if they relocate their air now active in the ME, but this will weaken their positions there, ofc… Maybe this will even require the allies to loose (a portion of?) their fleet, but at such a huge cost to the bomberstack, that a subsequent liberation of Paris cannot be stopped anymore. So attacking the allied fleet may be out of the question still.
I haven’t looked at this turn’s save from the Wallies yet, but that’s the way I saw it before you moved. Now for my Italian move, let’s download the file…

It had required some different UK-moves though. Now I am not so sure you can take and hold Normandy next turn. Not a very big deal anyway. You are still outproducing Germany in the west and I must do something about it (reduce spending in the east)…

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 10

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 armour, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            1 armour moved from Greece to Iraq
            1 infantry moved from Turkey to Iraq
            1 mech_infantry moved from Greece to Syria
            1 mech_infantry moved from Greece to Syria
            1 mech_infantry moved from Greece to Iraq
            1 bomber moved from Southern Italy to Syria
            1 fighter moved from Greece to Iraq
            2 fighters moved from Southern Italy to 93 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 97 Sea Zone to 93 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to Southern France
            2 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
            1 armour moved from Belarus to Archangel
                  Italians take Archangel from Russians
            1 armour moved from Archangel to Smolensk

Combat - Italians
            Battle in Iraq
                Italians attack with 1 armour, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                French defend with 2 infantry
                Italians win, taking Iraq from Russians with 1 armour, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for French: 2 infantry
            Battle in 93 Sea Zone
                Italians attack with 1 destroyer and 2 fighters
                French defend with 1 destroyer
                Italians win with 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for French: 1 destroyer
                Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer
            Battle in Syria
                Italians attack with 1 bomber and 2 mech_infantrys
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                Italians win, taking Syria from French with 1 bomber and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -1
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 1 mech_infantry
            Battle in Southern France
                Italians attack with 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Americans defend with 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
                Italians win, taking Southern France from Americans with 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Americans: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern France to Southern Italy
            2 fighters moved from 93 Sea Zone to Southern Italy
            1 bomber moved from Syria to Southern Italy
            1 fighter moved from Iraq to Caucasus
            1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Southern Italy to Yugoslavia
            1 artillery moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia
            2 aaGuns, 1 armour, 4 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Belarus to Smolensk

Place Units - Italians
            1 armour, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber placed in Southern Italy
            1 mech_infantry placed in Northern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 23 PUs; end with 23 PUs total
            Objective Italians 4 Control Iraq Or Persia Or Northwest Persia: Italians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 25 PUs
            Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 30 PUs

FYI:
I am less available to play during the days around easter and most likely not available at all during easter itself.
After that, things wil be normal again.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 11

Research Technology - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 1 bomber, 6 infantry and 16 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            1 mech_infantry moved from Turkey to Persia
                  Germans take Persia from British
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Volgograd to Northwest Persia
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Caucasus to Northwest Persia
            1 mech_infantry moved from Turkey to Saudi Arabia
                  Germans take Saudi Arabia from British
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Turkey to Trans-Jordan
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Caucasus to Trans-Jordan
            1 mech_infantry moved from Belarus to Nenetsia
                  Germans take Nenetsia from Russians
            2 infantry moved from France to Normandy Bordeaux
            1 bomber moved from Western Germany to Normandy Bordeaux

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Trans-Jordan
                Germans attack with 2 fighters, 2 mech_infantrys and 2 tactical_bombers
                British defend with 2 infantry
                Germans win, taking Trans-Jordan from British with 2 fighters, 1 mech_infantry and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 2
                Casualties for Germans: 1 mech_infantry
                Casualties for British: 2 infantry
            Battle in Northwest Persia
                Germans attack with 1 fighter, 3 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber
                British defend with 1 artillery
                Germans win, taking Northwest Persia from British with 1 fighter, 3 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for British: 1 artillery
            Battle in Normandy Bordeaux
                Germans attack with 1 bomber and 2 infantry
                Americans defend with 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 1 infantry
                Germans win, taking Normandy Bordeaux from Americans with 1 bomber and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Americans: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Germans
            18 bombers moved from Western Germany to Southern Italy
            1 bomber moved from Normandy Bordeaux to Southern Italy
            1 aaGun moved from Germany to Western Germany
            1 aaGun moved from Western Germany to France
            2 infantry moved from Germany to Western Germany
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Germany to Western Germany
            1 infantry moved from Novgorod to Archangel
            8 artilleries, 25 infantry and 28 mech_infantrys moved from Belarus to Smolensk
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Caucasus to Iraq
            3 aaGuns and 4 infantry moved from Caucasus to Northwest Persia
            9 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Turkey to Iraq
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Ukraine to Caucasus
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Trans-Jordan to Iraq
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Northwest Persia to Iraq
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Turkey to Southern Italy
            1 infantry moved from Kansu to Timguska
            1 mech_infantry moved from Russia to Novosibirsk
            1 mech_infantry moved from Russia to Samara
            1 mech_infantry moved from Russia to Smolensk
            2 infantry moved from Novgorod to Karelia
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Western Germany to Southern Italy

Place Units - Germans
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Ukraine
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Volgograd
            3 infantry placed in Russia
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Novgorod
            3 infantry placed in France
            1 bomber and 7 mech_infantrys placed in Western Germany
            Germans undo move 4.
            Germans undo move 1.
            2 mech_infantrys placed in Ukraine
            2 mech_infantrys placed in Novgorod
            2 mech_infantrys placed in Western Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 5
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 125 Sea Zone. Rolls: 4,2,3,6
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 105 Sea Zone. Rolls: 1,3
            Germans collect 70 PUs (5 lost to blockades); end with 70 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 75 PUs
            Objective Germans 6 Control Iraq Or Persia Or Northwest Persia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 4 PUs; end with 79 PUs
            Objective Germans 3 Control Caucasus: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 84 PUs
            Objective Germans 2 Control Novgorod Or Volgograd Or Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 15 PUs; end with 99 PUs

Two questions:
1. Are you committed about the allied fleet off Malaya?
If you want, you may move them out of danger (within legal range of where each ship came from previous turn).
2. Will you scramble if Japan attacks that fleet?

If you want to move them away you may also reconsider that ANZAC airbase as well.
An all out Japanese attack (with Carriers) will result in ~100TUV advantage for Japan, with ~9 surviving units…

Okay, with one important change:
the two USA transports you moved from #37 to #75 cannot get there, if I’m correct. The original move is 2TRS + 3INF + 1 ART from #54 to #37, unloading 3INF + 1ART.

Those two transports obviously cannot go from #54 to #37, unload and then move onwards to #75.
You can move the two TRS to wherever you want within 3 moves from #54 and the land units with them (or not) and unload (or not). So #60 seems like a safe spot, as well as Sydney and New Zealand. #37 + unload is still an option as well, ofc., but then they risk destruction along with the USN. Just say where you want them and I can edit them in my move.

We can call it a game whenever you want and try to tweak allied strategy a little from the start. I am OK to do it now or a little later, if/whenever you are up for it, but easter will be a break for me anyway.
I don’t claim to have the answers, but it seems to me the allies are not yet out of options.

I had a little bit of time left to squeeze in the Japanese turn today (family takes a while to get ready for easter ;-)), but unfortunately I see it is too important to know where the transports and their load will go. So alas, no Japanese turn before the US transports and their load are located at a legal spot. Most likely that’ll be after easter then.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 3.9

Game History

Round: 11

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 factory_minor, 1 infantry, 3 mech_infantrys and 3 submarines; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            EDIT: 2 transports moved from 75 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
            EDIT: 1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Siam to Queensland
            2 battleships, 6 carriers, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 6 fighters, 12 submarines and 6 tactical_bombers moved from 35 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 bomber, 7 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Kwangsi to 37 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Shensi to Yunnan
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Hopei to Yunnan
            5 artilleries, 5 infantry and 3 mech_infantrys moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Kwangtung to Yunnan
            1 infantry moved from Siberia to Sakha
                  Japanese take Sakha from Russians

Combat - Japanese
            Americans scrambles 3 units out of Siam to defend against the attack in 37 Sea Zone
            Battle in Yunnan
                Japanese attack with 1 armour, 5 artilleries, 5 infantry and 10 mech_infantrys
                Chinese defend with 2 infantry; Americans defend with 1 artillery
                Japanese win, taking Yunnan from Chinese with 1 armour, 5 artilleries, 4 infantry and 10 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Chinese: 2 infantry
                Casualties for Americans: 1 artillery
            Battle in 37 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 2 battleships, 1 bomber, 6 carriers, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 13 fighters, 12 submarines and 9 tactical_bombers
                ANZAC defend with 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 6 destroyers and 5 fighters; British defend with 3 fighters; Americans defend with 2 battleships, 7 carriers, 3 cruisers, 10 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport
                Units damaged: 2 battleships owned by the Americans, 1 carrier owned by the Americans and 1 carrier owned by the ANZAC
                Units damaged: 5 carriers owned by the Americans
                Units damaged: 2 battleships owned by the Japanese
                Japanese win with 4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 69
                Casualties for Japanese: 2 battleships, 1 bomber, 6 carriers, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 9 fighters, 12 submarines and 5 tactical_bombers
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 carrier, 1 cruiser, 6 destroyers and 5 fighters
                Casualties for British: 3 fighters
                Casualties for Americans: 2 battleships, 7 carriers, 3 cruisers, 10 fighters, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            2 infantry moved from Soviet Far East to 5 Sea Zone
            2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 5 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 19 Sea Zone to Shantung
            1 infantry moved from Siberia to 5 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 5 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 6 Sea Zone to Japan
            2 aaGuns moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 37 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            1 infantry moved from Philippines to 35 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 35 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kwangsi
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 37 Sea Zone to Philippines
            1 submarine moved from 6 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            2 destroyers moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from 37 Sea Zone to Philippines

Place Units - Japanese
            3 submarines placed in 6 Sea Zone
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Kwangtung
            1 infantry placed in Japan
            1 factory_minor placed in Manchuria

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 42 PUs; end with 42 PUs total

Difficult moves for Japan…
It’ll be over soon or it’ll be a long and dragging economic game indeed. I didn’t look into the next turns too much to be certain about anything (I just took what I could and avoided heavy losses on the Luftwaffe), but I see different opportunities for both sides…

Allies have proven JF over GF once more  :-(, although you didn’t focus as much on Japan as I would’ve expected.

Sorry to hear that you don’t think to be up for another strategy test after this, as I feel there is much more to explore.