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TripleA Turn Summary: Japanese round 1

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

Game History

Round: 1 Purchase Units - Japanese Japanese buy 1 factory_minor and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens; Politics - Japanese Japanese takes Political Action: Political Action Japanese To War With French Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With French: Changing Relationship for Japanese and French from Neutrality to War Japanese succeeds on action: Political Action Japanese To War With French: Changing Relationship for Chinese and French from Neutrality to Allied Combat Move - Japanese 2 infantry moved from Siam to French Indo China Japanese take French Indo China from French 1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Kiangsi to Hunan 1 infantry moved from Shantung to Anhwe Japanese take Anhwe from Chinese 1 infantry moved from Jehol to Chahar Japanese take Chahar from Chinese 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Manchuria to Hunan 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kiangsu to Yunnan 2 bombers moved from Japan to Yunnan 1 fighter moved from Formosa to Hunan 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan Combat - Japanese Battle in Hunan Japanese attack with 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 3 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers Chinese defend with 2 infantry Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 3 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers in Hunan, round 2 : 4/9 hits, 3.83 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 2 infantry in Hunan, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Hunan 2 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Hunan Japanese win, taking Hunan from Chinese with 1 artillery, 3 fighters, 2 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Casualties for Chinese: 2 infantry Battle in Yunnan Japanese attack with 1 artillery, 2 bombers, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber Chinese defend with 4 infantry Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery, 2 bombers, 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Yunnan, round 2 : 4/7 hits, 3.33 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 4 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan 4 infantry owned by the Chinese lost in Yunnan Japanese win, taking Yunnan from Chinese with 1 artillery, 2 bombers, 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 9 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Casualties for Chinese: 4 infantry Non Combat Move - Japanese 3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Hunan to Kwangsi 2 bombers, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Yunnan to Kwangsi 1 infantry moved from Jehol to Chahar 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Shantung to Anhwe 2 infantry moved from Kiangsu to Anhwe 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Kiangsu to Kiangsi 1 infantry moved from Okinawa to 19 Sea Zone 1 artillery moved from Manchuria to 19 Sea Zone 1 mech_infantry moved from Manchuria to Anhwe 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 36 Sea Zone to Kwangsi 1 artillery moved from Jehol to Chahar 1 transport moved from 20 Sea Zone to 19 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from Manchuria to 19 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 20 Sea Zone to Kiangsi 1 cruiser moved from 20 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone 1 carrier, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 33 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from 6 Sea Zone to Kwangsi 1 fighter moved from Korea to 36 Sea Zone 2 carriers, 1 fighter and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 6 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Japan to Kwangsi 1 battleship, 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 19 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone 1 artillery moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 17 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Iwo Jima to 17 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 17 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 33 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands 1 battleship, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 1 submarine moved from 6 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Okinawa to Kwangsi 1 aaGun and 4 infantry moved from Manchuria to Jehol 4 infantry moved from Korea to Manchuria Place Units - Japanese 2 transports placed in 6 Sea Zone 1 factory_minor placed in Shantung Turn Complete - Japanese Japanese collect 32 PUs; end with 32 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Chinese regular : 0.00 Japanese regular : 0.83

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TripleA Turn Summary: French round 3

TripleA Turn Summary for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 3 Purchase Units - ANZAC ANZAC buy 2 artilleries and 1 tactical_bomber; Remaining resources: 3 PUs; Combat Move - ANZAC Non Combat Move - ANZAC Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Changing ownership of Alexandria from Italians to British EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 64 Sea Zone to 52 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from Sumatra to 42 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 42 Sea Zone to 40 Sea Zone 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 40 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 81 Sea Zone to Western India 2 infantry moved from Egypt to Alexandria Place Units - ANZAC 2 artilleries and 1 tactical_bomber placed in New South Wales Turn Complete - ANZAC ANZAC collect 16 PUs; end with 19 PUs Combat Move - French Turn Complete - French

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TripleA Turn Summary: Russians round 3

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3

Game History

Round: 3 Purchase Units - Russians Russians buy 12 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - Russians 1 armour, 4 artilleries, 6 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Vyborg to Finland Combat - Russians Battle in Finland Russians attack with 1 armour, 4 artilleries, 6 infantry and 1 mech_infantry Germans defend with 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 1 armour, 4 artilleries, 6 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Finland, round 2 : 5/12 hits, 3.67 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Finland, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Finland Russians win, taking Finland from Germans with 1 armour, 4 artilleries, 6 infantry and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Russians 1 aaGun moved from Vyborg to Finland 1 fighter moved from Vyborg to Russia 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Novgorod to Russia 1 aaGun moved from Novgorod to Vyborg 1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Novgorod to Bryansk 2 aaGuns and 8 infantry moved from Smolensk to Bryansk 2 artilleries and 17 infantry moved from Belarus to Bryansk 8 infantry moved from Russia to Bryansk 1 submarine moved from 110 Sea Zone to 92 Sea Zone Place Units - Russians 10 infantry placed in Russia 2 infantry placed in Volgograd Turn Complete - Russians Russians collect 37 PUs; end with 38 PUs Trigger Russians 7 Great Patriotic War: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 41 PUs Trigger Russians 2 Persia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 43 PUs Trigger Russians 3 Siberia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 45 PUs Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 48 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans regular : -0.33 Russians regular : 1.33

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TripleA Turn Summary: French round 6

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

Game History

Round: 6 Purchase Units - ANZAC ANZAC buy 1 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 6 PUs; Combat Move - ANZAC Non Combat Move - ANZAC 1 cruiser moved from 54 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone 1 artillery moved from New South Wales to 62 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 46 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from New Guinea to 46 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 46 Sea Zone to 33 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 33 Sea Zone to Caroline Islands 2 infantry moved from New South Wales to Queensland 1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone Place Units - ANZAC 1 infantry placed in New South Wales 1 submarine and 1 transport placed in 62 Sea Zone Turn Complete - ANZAC ANZAC collect 14 PUs; end with 20 PUs Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 25 PUs Combat Move - French Non Combat Move - French 1 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Iraq 1 infantry moved from Egypt to Alexandria Turn Complete - French

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TripleA Turn Summary: UK_Pacific round 3

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

Game History

Round: 3 Purchase Units - Americans Americans buy 1 destroyer, 3 fighters, 2 submarines and 3 transports; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - Americans 1 infantry moved from Gibraltar to 91 Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to Holland Belgium Combat - Americans Battle in Holland Belgium Non Combat Move - Americans 2 infantry moved from Brazil to French Guiana 1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from Central United States to 101 Sea Zone 1 armour, 1 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 2 transports moved from 101 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone 1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar 1 destroyer and 1 submarine moved from 101 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Hawaiian Islands to 26 Sea Zone 4 infantry moved from Hawaiian Islands to 26 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 battleship, 3 carriers, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 4 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys, 1 submarine and 4 transports moved from 26 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 2 mech_infantrys moved from 54 Sea Zone to Queensland 4 infantry moved from 54 Sea Zone to Queensland 3 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Midway to 54 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 26 Sea Zone to 25 Sea Zone 4 submarines moved from 10 Sea Zone to 26 Sea Zone 2 fighters moved from Western United States to Hawaiian Islands Place Units - Americans 2 transports placed in 101 Sea Zone 2 fighters placed in Eastern United States 1 destroyer, 2 submarines and 1 transport placed in 10 Sea Zone 1 fighter placed in Western United States Turn Complete - Americans Americans collect 55 PUs; end with 56 PUs Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 66 PUs Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 71 PUs Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 76 PUs Purchase Units - Chinese Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed Chinese buy 5 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs; Combat Move - Chinese 2 infantry moved from Szechwan to Yunnan 1 fighter moved from Szechwan to Yunnan Combat - Chinese Battle in Yunnan Chinese attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 0/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Yunnan, round 3 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 3 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan Chinese win, taking Yunnan from Japanese with 1 fighter and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Chinese 1 fighter moved from Yunnan to Szechwan 3 infantry moved from Shensi to Szechwan Place Units - Chinese 5 infantry placed in Szechwan Turn Complete - Chinese Chinese collect 7 PUs; end with 9 PUs Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 15 PUs Purchase Units - British British buy 2 fighters and 3 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Purchase Units - UK_Pacific UK_Pacific buy 1 artillery and 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - British 1 transport moved from 92 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Gibraltar to 91 Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to Normandy Bordeaux 1 bomber moved from Algeria to 96 Sea Zone 1 bomber moved from Egypt to 96 Sea Zone 1 submarine moved from 98 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone 1 destroyer moved from 99 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Trans-Jordan to Iraq 1 armour moved from Trans-Jordan to Iraq 1 infantry moved from Eastern Persia to 80 Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 80 Sea Zone to 72 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from 72 Sea Zone to Kenya 1 infantry moved from Burma to Shan State 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from India to Shan State Combat - British Battle in Normandy Bordeaux Battle in 97 Sea Zone British attack with 1 submarine Italians defend with 2 transports 2 transports owned by the Italians lost in 97 Sea Zone British win, taking Normandy Bordeaux from Germans, taking 97 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 14 Casualties for Italians: 2 transports Battle in Kenya Battle in 96 Sea Zone British attack with 2 bombers and 1 destroyer Italians defend with 1 battleship British roll dice for 2 bombers and 1 destroyer in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 1.67 expected hits Italians roll dice for 1 battleship in 96 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 destroyer owned by the British lost in 96 Sea Zone 1 battleship owned by the Italians lost in 96 Sea Zone British win, taking Kenya from Italians with 2 bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12 Casualties for British: 1 destroyer Casualties for Italians: 1 battleship Battle in Iraq British attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry Neutral_Axis defend with 3 infantry British roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery and 3 infantry in Iraq, round 2 : 1/5 hits, 1.50 expected hits Neutral_Axis roll dice for 3 infantry in Iraq, round 2 : 0/3 hits, 1.00 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Neutral_Axis lost in Iraq 1 artillery owned by the British, 3 infantry owned by the British and 1 armour owned by the British retreated to Trans-Jordan Neutral_Axis win with 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Neutral_Axis: 1 infantry Battle in Shan State British attack with 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber Japanese defend with 1 infantry British roll dice for 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Shan State, round 2 : 3/4 hits, 1.83 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Shan State, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Shan State 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Shan State British win with 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0 Casualties for British: 1 infantry Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - British 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Shan State to India 2 infantry moved from Eastern Persia to West India 1 artillery moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan 2 bombers moved from 96 Sea Zone to Persia 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Quebec to 106 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 106 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 1 fighter, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport moved from 92 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from Gibraltar to 91 Sea Zone 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 3 cruisers, 1 fighter, 2 infantry, 1 tactical_bomber and 1 transport moved from 91 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone 2 infantry moved from 110 Sea Zone to United Kingdom 1 fighter moved from United Kingdom to Gibraltar 1 fighter moved from Algeria to Gibraltar 2 infantry moved from Rhodesia to Belgian Congo 1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Union of South Africa to Belgian Congo 2 aaGuns, 2 artilleries, 2 fighters, 11 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber moved from India to Burma 1 destroyer moved from 109 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone Place Units - British 3 infantry placed in Egypt 2 fighters placed in United Kingdom Turn Complete - British British collect 32 PUs; end with 32 PUs Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 37 PUs Place Units - UK_Pacific 1 artillery and 1 infantry placed in India Turn Complete - UK_Pacific UK_Pacific collect 6 PUs; end with 6 PUs Some Units in India change ownership: 1 artillery and 1 infantry Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by British from India: 1 artillery and 1 infantry EDIT: Adding units owned by British to India: 1 armour EDIT: Changing PUs for UK_Pacific from 6 to 7 EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Chinese regular : -0.67 Italians regular : 0.33 Japanese regular : 0.00 Neutral_Axis regular : -1.00 British regular : 1.00

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please use the 2nd map

with a sub edit

thanks

Godspeed :)

tough battle at Spain, heavy axis resistance

Brits make it up in Caucasus

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: Russians round 24

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 24 Purchase Units - Russians Russians buy 4 armour, 1 artillery and 4 mech_infantrys; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Russians 18 armour and 14 mech_infantrys moved from Leningrad to Eastern Poland Russians take Northern Belarus from Germans 1 infantry moved from Bryansk to Southern Belarus Russians take Southern Belarus from Germans 2 bombers moved from Russia to Eastern Poland 2 fighters and 5 tactical_bombers moved from Vyborg to Eastern Poland 27 infantry moved from Leningrad to Baltic States 1 infantry moved from Rostov to Ukraine Russians take Ukraine from Germans 1 infantry moved from Tula to Kursk Russians take Kursk from Germans 1 infantry moved from Kazakhstan to Northern Caucasus Russians take Northern Caucasus from Germans Combat - Russians Battle in Baltic States Russians attack with 27 infantry Germans defend with 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 27 infantry in Baltic States, round 2 : 5/27 hits, 4.50 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 infantry in Baltic States, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Baltic States Russians win, taking Baltic States from Germans with 27 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry Battle in Eastern Poland Russians attack with 18 armour, 2 bombers, 2 fighters, 14 mech_infantrys and 5 tactical_bombers Germans defend with 1 aaGun, 5 artilleries and 39 infantry Germans roll AA dice in Eastern Poland : 1/3 hits, 0.50 expected hits 1 fighter owned by the Russians lost in Eastern Poland Russians roll dice for 18 armour, 2 bombers, 1 fighter, 14 mech_infantrys and 5 tactical_bombers in Eastern Poland, round 2 : 24/40 hits, 18.50 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 aaGun, 5 artilleries and 39 infantry in Eastern Poland, round 2 : 14/44 hits, 14.67 expected hits 14 mech_infantrys owned by the Russians lost in Eastern Poland 1 aaGun owned by the Germans and 23 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Eastern Poland Russians roll dice for 18 armour, 2 bombers, 1 fighter and 5 tactical_bombers in Eastern Poland, round 3 : 17/26 hits, 13.83 expected hits Germans roll dice for 5 artilleries and 16 infantry in Eastern Poland, round 3 : 5/21 hits, 7.00 expected hits 5 armour owned by the Russians lost in Eastern Poland 1 artillery owned by the Germans and 16 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Eastern Poland Russians roll dice for 13 armour, 2 bombers, 1 fighter and 5 tactical_bombers in Eastern Poland, round 4 : 12/21 hits, 11.33 expected hits Germans roll dice for 4 artilleries in Eastern Poland, round 4 : 0/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits 4 artilleries owned by the Germans lost in Eastern Poland Russians win, taking Eastern Poland from Germans with 13 armour, 2 bombers, 1 fighter and 5 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 32 Casualties for Russians: 5 armour, 1 fighter and 14 mech_infantrys Casualties for Germans: 1 aaGun, 5 artilleries and 39 infantry Non Combat Move - Russians 3 aaGuns moved from Leningrad to Baltic States 1 infantry moved from Smolensk to Northern Belarus 2 bombers, 1 fighter and 5 tactical_bombers moved from Eastern Poland to Leningrad 1 aaGun moved from Vyborg to Leningrad 4 infantry moved from Karelia to Vyborg 1 infantry moved from Finland to Vyborg 7 infantry moved from Russia to Smolensk 1 infantry moved from Stalingrad to Rostov 36 artilleries and 106 infantry moved from Samara to Stalingrad Place Units - Russians 4 armour, 1 artillery and 4 mech_infantrys placed in Russia Turn Complete - Russians Russians collect 45 PUs; end with 45 PUs Trigger Russians 7 Great Patriotic War: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 48 PUs Trigger Russians 2 Persia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 50 PUs Trigger Russians 3 Siberia Lend Lease Lane: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 52 PUs Trigger Russians 1 Lend Lease: Russians met a national objective for an additional 2 PUs; end with 54 PUs Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 57 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans AA : 0.50 Germans regular : -4.33 Russians regular : 9.83

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@nikola1975 sorry for the delay, will get to this tomorrow and back to normal play as well.