Morning Knp.
The Italians had no inclination to fight the British and even less the Americans, when they joined the war.
There was also a massive class divide between Officers and the enlisted man. This made morale very low and did not help create a fighting force. Italians were happy to be left alone.
The Italian army was also a foot one. Hardly any units were motorised and that would prove a problem in the vast expanses of desert and the seesaw nature of the campaign.
The British were lucky when they attacked in Dec of 1940 as they had only had limited objectives. The advance was so uncontested, that they kept going until they had Benghazi and Tobruk.
Being Italian, I love to laugh at my WW2 army’s dismal performances and unwillingness to throw their lives away for someone else’s glory.
When the Italians switched sides, however, things got very bloody as civil war broke out amongst the Fascists and Communists. Many Italians proved they were not afraid of dying once they had a real cause and future in which they believed.
My dad’s dad was in Africa, Russia and later ran and hid from the Fascists in Tuscany.
Question: Bombing airport - Prevents scramble?
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Hi everyone,
We discussed this scenario during our game this weekend:
Japan (me) made two combat moves against India in the same round:
1. Tactically bombing its airport.
2. Attacking the remaining british fleet, situated in the adjacent seazone 39, with my fleet.
The bombing was a success by adding 5 damage. Is it then possible/not possible for the UK player to scramble in the following battle in SZ39?
I apologize if it states the rules in the rulebook, but I couldn’t find any info about this. Hope you have the time enlighten me in this case.
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The bombing was a success by adding 5 damage. Is it then possible/not possible for the UK player to scramble in the following battle in SZ39?
…Scramble takes place as a defender’s move at the end of the attacker’s combat movement phase. Bombing occurs after that.
See
@rulebook:Scramble
Scrambling is a special movement that the defender can make at the end of this phase [i.e.the combat movement phase]. It must be done after all of the attacker’s combat movements have been completed and all attacks have been declared. The attacker may not change any combat movements or attacks after the defender has scrambled….HTH :-)
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Ok, that makes sense, thank you very much
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This rule is very important. It also means that, if you attack both at land and at sea, the planes can only chose one of the combats to participate in, before knowing the results of any other combat. This can be very interesting in amfibious landings and often outside places like india, egypt, uk and italy.
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Most definitely! And I understand that now, I mean it should litterally be descriped as a faze between the declaring combat moves faze and the conduct combat faze
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Most definitely! And I understand that now, I mean it should litterally be descriped as a faze between the declaring combat moves faze and the conduct combat faze
Fully. Declaring intercept, scramble and kamikaze decisions should be their own phase to provide clarity in the rules. Not for any other reason. Actually resolving those things can still be in conduct combat.
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