1940.2 - Witt & PP Axis vs Colt & FMErwinRommel Allies (+25)

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

Game History

Round: 24

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 2 infantry and 3 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC
            1 submarine moved from 54 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone
            3 fighters moved from Queensland to 55 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Java to 55 Sea Zone

Combat - ANZAC
            Battle in 55 Sea Zone
                ANZAC attack with 5 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber
                Japanese defend with 1 destroyer
                    ANZAC roll dice for 1 submarine in 55 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    ANZAC roll dice for 5 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber in 55 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/6 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 destroyer in 55 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the Japanese lost in 55 Sea Zone
                ANZAC win with 5 fighters, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer

Non Combat Move - ANZAC
            3 fighters moved from 55 Sea Zone to Queensland
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 55 Sea Zone to Java
            1 transport moved from 62 Sea Zone to 54 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Kwangsi to India
            1 submarine moved from 39 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone

Place Units - ANZAC
            2 submarines placed in 54 Sea Zone
            1 submarine placed in 62 Sea Zone
            1 infantry placed in Queensland
            1 infantry placed in New South Wales

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 14 PUs; end with 14 PUs
            Trigger ANZAC 1 Control Original And Malaya: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 19 PUs
            Objective ANZAC 2 Control Strategic Islands: ANZAC met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 24 PUs

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I’ve been wondering what Italy was going to do with its buildup of mobile units in NW Persia and then what Ger will do next.  India foresaw that the Axis would try to stop the constant flow of mech to Iraq and changed to max builds via a draft.  There’s a whole lot of maneuvering going on.

Japan dared to attack a sub on the coast of Australia.  So in a show of force, and because there was nothing else small to attack, I used 6 planes and a sub to sink the DD.  Which was just as well, because only one plane hit the target.  Sigh, remind me not to outsource aviation target training to the Giuseppe Aviation school anymore.

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

Game History

Round: 25

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 2 aaGuns, 1 destroyer and 4 infantry; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            1 unit repaired.
            1 infantry moved from Buryatia to Yakut S.S.R.
                  Japanese take Yakut S.S.R. from UK_Pacific
            1 bomber moved from Philippines to 37 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 35 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Philippines to 43 Sea Zone
            4 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 6 Sea Zone to 16 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 6 Sea Zone to 16 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Korea to 6 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 6 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 8 Sea Zone to Aleutian Islands
            1 artillery moved from 8 Sea Zone to Aleutian Islands

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in 43 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 fighter
                British defend with 1 transport
                    1 transport owned by the British lost in 43 Sea Zone
                Japanese win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for British: 1 transport
            Battle in Aleutian Islands
                Japanese attack with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Americans defend with 1 artillery
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Aleutian Islands, round 2 :  0/2 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 artillery in Aleutian Islands, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Aleutian Islands, round 3 :  0/2 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 artillery in Aleutian Islands, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery and 1 infantry in Aleutian Islands, round 4 :  0/2 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 artillery in Aleutian Islands, round 4 :  1/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Aleutian Islands
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery in Aleutian Islands, round 5 :  0/1 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 artillery in Aleutian Islands, round 5 :  0/1 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 artillery in Aleutian Islands, round 6 :  1/1 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 artillery in Aleutian Islands, round 6 :  0/1 hits
                    1 artillery owned by the Americans lost in Aleutian Islands
                Japanese win, taking Aleutian Islands from Americans with 1 artillery remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1
                Casualties for Americans: 1 artillery
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Battle in 37 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 bomber and 1 destroyer
                ANZAC defend with 1 submarine
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 bomber and 1 destroyer in 37 Sea Zone, round 2 :  2/2 hits
                    ANZAC roll dice for 1 submarine in 37 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 submarine owned by the ANZAC lost in 37 Sea Zone
                Japanese win, taking 37 Sea Zone from UK_Pacific with 1 bomber and 1 destroyer remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 submarine
            Battle in 16 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 destroyer, 4 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers
                Americans defend with 1 submarine
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 destroyer, 4 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers in 16 Sea Zone, round 2 :  4/7 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 submarine in 16 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    1 submarine owned by the Americans and 1 destroyer owned by the Japanese lost in 16 Sea Zone
                Japanese win with 4 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is -2
                Casualties for Americans: 1 submarine
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            1 destroyer moved from 6 Sea Zone to 16 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer, 4 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 16 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 6 Sea Zone to 16 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 3 infantry moved from Amur to Buryatia
            1 battleship, 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 2 fighters, 2 tactical_bombers and 1 transport moved from 35 Sea Zone to 6 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from 43 Sea Zone to Philippines
            1 fighter moved from Philippines to Japan
            1 fighter moved from Japan to Buryatia
            1 bomber moved from 37 Sea Zone to Philippines

Place Units - Japanese
            2 aaGuns and 4 infantry placed in Japan
            1 destroyer placed in 6 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 25 PUs; end with 25 PUs

Territory Summary for Japanese :

Caroline Islands : 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
    Iwo Jima : 1 infantry
    Korea : 3 infantry
    Japan : 2 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 factory_major, 3 fighters, 1 harbour and 5 infantry
    Philippines : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 1 harbour, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
    Aleutian Islands : 1 flag, 1 artillery
    Sakha : 1 flag
    Soviet Far East : 1 flag
    Amur : 1 flag
    Yakut S.S.R. : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Siberia : 1 flag
    Buryatia : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 6 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
    Celebes : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    42 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    41 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    44 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    43 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    37 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 destroyer
    20 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    16 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer
    8 Sea Zone : 1 transport
    6 Sea Zone : 2 battleships, 5 carriers, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 6 fighters, 1 submarine, 4 tactical_bombers and 2 transports

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 64 / 89
    Russians : 1 / 0
    Japanese : 25 / 25
    Americans : 52 / 72
    Chinese : 23 / 29
    British : 32 / 37
    UK_Pacific : 27 / 35
    Italians : 19 / 41
    ANZAC : 14 / 24
    French : 8 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

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Witt:  7 American bombers strat bomb Japan,  intercept with 3 ftrs?

The allied turn is too complex to sort out quickly.  With Jpn consolidating its fleet at home; the Axis move in the Mideast; and the U.S. cv builds on E Coast last turn.  And the NY Yankees are in town playing the Wash Nationals baseball and the Washington Capitals hockey playing a playoff game tonight.  And another A&A PBEM game going.

Luckily for the allies, they have vast and varied resources to counteract and thwart your dastardly deeds.  :-D

AA hits are making it hard for the allies to stop Japan.  3 of 7 against Japan and 4 of 9 overall bombers were hit by AA.  That’s 44.4 %, not 16.7%.  Should have been 9 x 1/6 or 1.5 hits.

That is rotten luck.

PP:  Brit from Iraq attacking NW Persia with 7 tanks, 2 art and 2 inf.  You defend with 3 inf, 1 art, 3 Ger AA and 2 Ital AA.  Will assume take AA first and hopefully all 5, but if not, take Ital AA first and then Ger AA?

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

Game History

Round: 25

Purchase Units - Americans
            Americans buy 1 bomber, 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 4 submarines; Remaining resources: 10 PUs;

Combat Move - Americans
            1 submarine moved from 111 Sea Zone to 125 Sea Zone
            2 bombers moved from United Kingdom to 125 Sea Zone
            7 bombers moved from Manchuria to Japan
            1 bomber moved from Iraq to Caucasus
            1 bomber moved from Kansu to Russia
            1 submarine moved from 26 Sea Zone to 8 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 26 Sea Zone to 16 Sea Zone

Combat - Americans
            Air Battle in Japan
                Americans attacks with 7 units heading to Japan
                Air Battle is over, the remaining bombers go on to their targets
            Strategic bombing raid in Japan
                    AA fire in Japan :  1/1 hits
                1 bomber killed by AA
                    AA fire in Japan :  2/5 hits
                2 bombers killed by AA
                    AA fire in Japan :  0/1 hits
                Bombing raid in Japan rolls: 8,5,5 and causes: 18 damage to unit: factory_major
                Bombing raid in Japan rolls: 5 and causes: 5 damage to unit: airfield
                Bombing raid in Japan causes 23 damage total.  Damaged units is as follows: factory_major = 18, airfield = 5
            Strategic bombing raid in Caucasus
                    AA fire in Caucasus :  0/1 hits
                Bombing raid in Caucasus rolls: 8 and causes: 6 damage to unit: factory_minor
                Bombing raid in Caucasus causes 6 damage total.
            Strategic bombing raid in Russia
                    AA fire in Russia :  1/1 hits
                1 bomber killed by AA
                Bombing raid in Russia causes 0 damage total.
            Battle in 8 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 1 submarine
                Japanese defend with 1 transport
                    1 transport owned by the Japanese lost in 8 Sea Zone
                    Americans roll dice for 1 submarine in 8 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                Americans win with 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 transport
            Battle in 125 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 2 bombers and 1 submarine
                Germans defend with 1 destroyer
                    Americans roll dice for 1 submarine in 125 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 2 bombers in 125 Sea Zone, round 2 :  2/2 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 destroyer in 125 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the Germans lost in 125 Sea Zone
                Americans win, taking 125 Sea Zone from Germans with 2 bombers and 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Germans: 1 destroyer
            Battle in 16 Sea Zone
                Americans attack with 1 submarine
                Japanese defend with 1 destroyer
                    Americans roll dice for 1 submarine in 16 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 destroyer in 16 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the Japanese lost in 16 Sea Zone
                Americans win with 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer
            Cleaning up after air battles

Non Combat Move - Americans
            4 bombers moved from Japan to Manchuria
            5 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 26 Sea Zone to Hawaiian Islands
            1 battleship, 3 carriers, 3 destroyers and 1 transport moved from 26 Sea Zone to 12 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Queensland to Hawaiian Islands
            8 fighters moved from Iraq to India
            5 fighters moved from Egypt to Iraq
            1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from Eastern United States to 101 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from New Brunswick Nova Scotia to 106 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 106 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun, 4 carriers, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 101 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from 91 Sea Zone to Gibraltar
            2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 4 fighters moved from 107 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            3 tactical_bombers moved from United Kingdom to 91 Sea Zone
            2 fighters moved from United Kingdom to Gibraltar
            5 fighters moved from United Kingdom to 91 Sea Zone
            2 bombers moved from 125 Sea Zone to United Kingdom
            1 bomber moved from Caucasus to Iraq
            1 fighter moved from Kansu to Yenisey
            2 bombers moved from French West Africa to Iraq

Place Units - Americans
            1 bomber and 1 infantry placed in Western United States
            2 fighters and 1 infantry placed in Eastern United States
            3 submarines placed in 10 Sea Zone
            1 submarine placed in 101 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Americans
            Americans collect 52 PUs; end with 62 PUs
            Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 72 PUs
            Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 77 PUs
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to Western United States: 1 fighter
            EDIT: Changing PUs for Americans from 77 to 67
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Purchase Units - Chinese
            Trigger Chinese Artillery Supplies: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Open
            Chinese buy 2 artilleries and 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Chinese
            3 artilleries moved from Suiyuyan to Shensi

Non Combat Move - Chinese

Place Units - Chinese
            2 artilleries and 7 infantry placed in Sikang

Turn Complete - Chinese
            Chinese collect 23 PUs; end with 23 PUs
            Objective Chinese 1 Burma Road: Chinese met a national objective for an additional 6 PUs; end with 29 PUs

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 1 aaGun, 2 artilleries, 3 mech_infantrys and 2 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Purchase Units - UK_Pacific
            UK_Pacific buy 1 aaGun, 1 armour and 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 submarine moved from 81 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Iraq to 97 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Iraq to Eastern Persia
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from West India to Eastern Persia
            1 armour moved from Kansu to Novosibirsk
                  British take Novosibirsk from Germans
            1 armour moved from Novosibirsk to Kansu
            7 armour, 2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Iraq to Northwest Persia

Combat - British
            Battle in Northwest Persia
                British attack with 7 armour, 2 artilleries and 2 infantry
                Germans defend with 3 aaGuns, 1 artillery and 3 infantry; Italians defend with 2 aaGuns
                    British roll dice for 7 armour, 2 artilleries and 2 infantry in Northwest Persia, round 2 :  4/11 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 5 aaGuns, 1 artillery and 3 infantry in Northwest Persia, round 2 :  1/4 hits
                    2 aaGuns owned by the Germans, 2 aaGuns owned by the Italians and 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Northwest Persia
                2 artilleries owned by the British, 1 infantry owned by the British and 7 armour owned by the British retreated to Iraq
                Italians win with 1 aaGun, 1 artillery and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 17
                Casualties for Germans: 2 aaGuns
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 2 aaGuns
            Battle in 97 Sea Zone
                British attack with 1 bomber and 1 submarine
                Italians defend with 1 destroyer
                    British roll dice for 1 submarine in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 bomber in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 destroyer in 97 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the Italians lost in 97 Sea Zone
                British win, taking 97 Sea Zone from Italians with 1 bomber and 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Italians: 1 destroyer
            Battle in Eastern Persia
                British attack with 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 1 infantry
                Germans defend with 1 mech_infantry
                    British roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 1 infantry in Eastern Persia, round 2 :  2/3 hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 mech_infantry in Eastern Persia, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Germans and 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Eastern Persia
                British win, taking Eastern Persia from Germans with 1 artillery and 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1
                Casualties for Germans: 1 mech_infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - British
            1 bomber moved from Eastern Persia to Iraq
            1 bomber moved from 97 Sea Zone to Iraq
            2 aaGuns and 4 mech_infantrys moved from West India to India
            1 infantry moved from India to West India
            1 destroyer moved from 106 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone
            2 mech_infantrys moved from Belgian Congo to Egypt
            3 mech_infantrys moved from Egypt to Iraq
            1 mech_infantry moved from Kansu to Yenisey

Place Units - British
            1 aaGun and 2 artilleries placed in Iraq
            3 mech_infantrys placed in Egypt
            1 submarine placed in 106 Sea Zone
            1 submarine placed in 71 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 33 PUs; end with 33 PUs

Place Units - UK_Pacific
            1 aaGun, 1 armour and 8 infantry placed in India

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 3
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 37 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 20 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,4
            UK_Pacific collect 24 PUs (3 lost to blockades); end with 24 PUs
            Objective UK Pacific 2 Kwangtung And Malaya: UK_Pacific met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 29 PUs
            Some Units in India change ownership: 1 aaGun, 1 armour and 8 infantry

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PP: you can change your casualties in NW Persia if you want.  I tried to balance killing as many units as possible in 1 round, without rolling so good, as to wipe you out and end up taking NW Persia and then getting annihilated.

ANZ bombing Persia with 1 bomber and 1 ftr escort.  Intercept with your 1 puny Ger ftr?