War has been declared

I’m going back to SA’s original file and starting there to do my move.

Thanks, sorry, I must not have downloaded the revised Brit file with the original U.S. moves.  I see you used the original American turn without any edits in the 2 latest files.  This may all be an exercise in futility, since Japan doesn’t have the ground troops with the fleet.  I need more than a few boots on the ground to capture Aust.

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

Game History

Round: 19

Purchase Units - British
            British buy 6 armour and 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 2 PUs;

Combat Move - British
            1 mech_infantry moved from Tanganyika Territory to Kenya
                  British take Kenya from Japanese

Combat - British

Non Combat Move - British
            1 armour moved from Belgian Congo to Egypt
            2 armour moved from Tanganyika Territory to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Egypt to 81 Sea Zone
            4 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Iraq to Eastern Persia
            18 infantry moved from Persia to Eastern Persia
            6 mech_infantrys moved from Persia to Eastern Persia
            19 artilleries moved from Persia to Eastern Persia
            12 armour moved from Persia to Eastern Persia
            3 fighters moved from Persia to Eastern Persia
            3 aaGuns moved from Persia to Eastern Persia
            1 submarine moved from 97 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            2 submarines moved from 92 Sea Zone to 96 Sea Zone
            2 submarines moved from 96 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Albania to Yugoslavia
            4 aaGuns moved from Bulgaria to Yugoslavia
            1 artillery moved from Bulgaria to Yugoslavia
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Baltic States to Poland

Place Units - British
            3 armour placed in Persia
            3 armour placed in Iraq
            1 infantry placed in Egypt

Turn Complete - British
            British collect 40 PUs; end with 42 PUs
            Objective British 1 Original: British met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 47 PUs

Turn Complete - UK_Pacific

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Production/PUs Summary :

Germans : 19 / 28
    Russians : 52 / 70
    Japanese : 68 / 74
    Americans : 61 / 81
    Chinese : 0 / 2
    British : 40 / 47
    UK_Pacific : 0 / 0
    Italians : 7 / 1
    ANZAC : 13 / 10
    French : 5 / 0
    Dutch : 0 / 0
    Mongolians : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Axis : 0 / 0
    Neutral_Allies : 0 / 0
    Neutral_True : 18 / 0

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Ok, everything is squeaky clean.  Good game file with no edits.

This is pathetic, the Americans have 11 unguarded tt’s in the Med because the Germans and Italians don’t have a single plane.  And the Jpn lost all their Indian bombers to AA and now can’t even reach Axis territory.

Ah, but now the Japanese NCM edit of 2 inf Malay>Shan needs to be done again.  Whoever thinks of it, no rush.

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

Game History

Round: 19

Purchase Units - Italians
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Malaya: 2 infantry
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to Shan State: 2 infantry
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            Italians buy nothing; Remaining resources: 1 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians

Turn Complete - Italians
            Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2
                Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 97 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,1,4,1
            Italians collect 5 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 6 PUs
            Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 11 PUs

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Wow, a 1000% increase in net income for Italy in one turn.  In the Allies haste to recapture India, they left no surface ships in the Med.  :-D

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

Game History

Round: 19

Purchase Units - ANZAC
            ANZAC buy 1 artillery and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - ANZAC

Place Units - ANZAC
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in Queensland

Turn Complete - ANZAC
            ANZAC collect 13 PUs; end with 13 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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@FMErwinRommel:

Wow, a 1000% increase in net income for Italy in one turn.  In the Allies haste to recapture India, they left no surface ships in the Med.   :-D

Yes, since Stalin is making almost twice the IPC’s of Germany and Italy combined, Churchill and Roosevelt felt they had other priorities!

How about France’s turn?

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

Game History

Round: 19

Combat Move - French

Non Combat Move - French
            1 infantry moved from Baltic States to Poland
            3 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Yugoslavia

Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

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@FMErwinRommel:

How about France’s turn?

Thanks.  Got called away.

Are the French retracing their retreat from Borodino in Russia?

The French got fed up being persecuted by the Nazi’s.  So they are going to go persecute Hitler! (and then probably get persecuted by Stalin after he takes over Europe, lol)

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

Game History

Round: 20

Research Technology - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 1 artillery and 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            3 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Southern France
            10 infantry moved from France to Southern France
            3 infantry moved from Western Germany to Greater Southern Germany
            1 artillery and 9 infantry moved from Germany to Slovakia Hungary
            2 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to Western Germany
            1 armour moved from Southern Italy to Greater Southern Germany
            1 infantry moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Slovakia Hungary
                Germans attack with 1 artillery and 9 infantry
                Russians defend with 2 aaGuns, 3 armour and 1 mech_infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 1 artillery and 9 infantry in Slovakia Hungary, round 2 :  0/10 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 2 aaGuns, 3 armour and 1 mech_infantry in Slovakia Hungary, round 2 :  2/4 hits
                    2 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Slovakia Hungary
                    Germans roll dice for 1 artillery and 7 infantry in Slovakia Hungary, round 3 :  1/8 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 2 aaGuns, 3 armour and 1 mech_infantry in Slovakia Hungary, round 3 :  1/4 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Germans and 1 aaGun owned by the Russians lost in Slovakia Hungary
                    Germans roll dice for 1 artillery and 6 infantry in Slovakia Hungary, round 4 :  1/7 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 aaGun, 3 armour and 1 mech_infantry in Slovakia Hungary, round 4 :  2/4 hits
                    2 infantry owned by the Germans and 1 aaGun owned by the Russians lost in Slovakia Hungary
                    Germans roll dice for 1 artillery and 4 infantry in Slovakia Hungary, round 5 :  0/5 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 3 armour and 1 mech_infantry in Slovakia Hungary, round 5 :  3/4 hits
                    3 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Slovakia Hungary
                1 artillery owned by the Germans and 1 infantry owned by the Germans retreated to Germany
                Russians win with 3 armour and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -14
                Casualties for Germans: 8 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 2 aaGuns
            Battle in Southern France
                Germans attack with 3 artilleries and 14 infantry
                Americans defend with 1 armour, 3 artilleries, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 4 infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 3 artilleries and 14 infantry in Southern France, round 2 :  5/17 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 armour, 3 artilleries and 4 infantry in Southern France, round 2 :  4/8 hits
                    4 infantry owned by the Germans, 4 infantry owned by the Americans and 1 artillery owned by the Americans lost in Southern France
                    Germans roll dice for 3 artilleries and 10 infantry in Southern France, round 3 :  2/13 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 armour and 2 artilleries in Southern France, round 3 :  1/3 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Germans and 2 artilleries owned by the Americans lost in Southern France
                    Germans roll dice for 3 artilleries and 9 infantry in Southern France, round 4 :  3/12 hits
                    Americans roll dice for 1 armour in Southern France, round 4 :  0/1 hits
                    1 armour owned by the Americans lost in Southern France
                Germans win, taking Southern France from Americans with 3 artilleries and 9 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 15
                Casualties for Germans: 5 infantry
                Casualties for Americans: 1 armour, 3 artilleries and 4 infantry
            Battle in Greater Southern Germany
                Germans attack with 1 armour and 3 infantry
                Russians defend with 1 armour
                    Germans roll dice for 1 armour and 3 infantry in Greater Southern Germany, round 2 :  1/4 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 armour in Greater Southern Germany, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    1 armour owned by the Russians lost in Greater Southern Germany
                Germans win, taking Greater Southern Germany from Russians with 1 armour and 3 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for Russians: 1 armour

Non Combat Move - Germans
            1 aaGun moved from Western Germany to Germany
            1 aaGun moved from France to Western Germany

Place Units - Germans
            1 artillery and 8 infantry placed in Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 26 PUs; end with 26 PUs

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If this had been a more normal game, Brit would not have been able to put all its builds against India, nor the U.S. in the Pacific.  I might have had a chance, but time is running out.  One turn I didn’t build troops in W. India or build replacement tt’s in the Pacific, in order to build enough ships to survive the trip to Australia.  But this delayed my retaking Celeb, and now India is at risk, and I can’t safely bring loaded tt’s to the fleet in time.  This turn, I want to at least have the decisive naval battle that Japan craved, but it comes too late to win the game in the Pacific, unless I have spectacular dice in the naval battle and in India.  I searched the forum for Japan strategies, but the only one was a windy discussion of DOW J1 vs J2.  There was no mid-game strategy or tactics or play by play for a Pacific win.  I took out China so fast, that I never built a second I.C. there.  Malaya would have been nice as a second I.C. to threaten Aust., but the Allies could invade it in one turn from their big fleet parked in sz54.  Hong Kong might have worked, but it’s too late for that now.

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

Game History

Round: 20

Purchase Units - Russians
            Russians buy 6 armour, 2 factory_minors and 1 fighter; Remaining resources: 0 techTokens; 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Russians
            3 armour moved from Eastern Poland to Germany
            3 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Poland to Germany
            3 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Germany
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Romania to Germany
            1 bomber moved from Russia to Germany
            1 artillery moved from Romania to Slovakia Hungary
            3 infantry moved from Eastern Poland to Slovakia Hungary

Combat - Russians
            Battle in Germany
                Russians attack with 9 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 2 fighters, 2 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Germans defend with 1 aaGun, 2 artilleries, 1 factory_major and 9 infantry
                    AA fire in Germany : 1/3 hits, 0.50 expected hits
                    1 fighter owned by the Russians lost in Germany
                    Russians roll dice for 9 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 fighter, 2 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Germany, round 2 : 4/16 hits, 7.33 expected hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 aaGun, 2 artilleries and 9 infantry in Germany, round 2 : 4/11 hits, 3.67 expected hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the Russians, 2 infantry owned by the Russians, 1 aaGun owned by the Germans, 1 artillery owned by the Russians and 3 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Germany
                    Russians roll dice for 9 armour, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber in Germany, round 3 : 7/12 hits, 6.33 expected hits
                    Germans roll dice for 2 artilleries and 6 infantry in Germany, round 3 : 4/8 hits, 2.67 expected hits
                    1 tactical_bomber owned by the Russians, 1 fighter owned by the Russians, 1 armour owned by the Russians, 1 bomber owned by the Russians, 1 artillery owned by the Germans and 6 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Germany
                    Russians roll dice for 8 armour in Germany, round 4 : 2/8 hits, 4.00 expected hits
                    Germans roll dice for 1 artillery in Germany, round 4 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits
                    1 artillery owned by the Germans lost in Germany
                Russians captures 26PUs while taking Germans capital
                Russians converts factory_major into different units
                Russians win, taking Germany from Germans with 8 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is -23
                Casualties for Germans: 1 aaGun, 2 artilleries and 9 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 2 fighters, 2 infantry, 1 mech_infantry and 1 tactical_bomber

Non Combat Move - Russians
            2 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Ukraine to Romania
            2 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Novgorod to Poland
            1 mech_infantry moved from Belarus to Poland
            1 mech_infantry moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to 81 Sea Zone

Place Units - Russians
            1 factory_minor placed in Poland
            Russians undo move 1.
            1 factory_minor placed in Yugoslavia
            3 armour placed in Ukraine
            3 armour placed in Novgorod
            1 fighter placed in Russia
            1 factory_minor placed in Caucasus

Turn Complete - Russians
            Russians collect 53 PUs; end with 79 PUs
            Trigger Russians 1 Lend Lease: Russians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 84 PUs
            Objective Russians 3 Berlin: Russians met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 94 PUs
            Objective Russians 2 Spread Of Communism: Russians met a national objective for an additional 18 PUs; end with 112 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Germans : 1.33
    Russians : -4.67
    AA fire in Germany : : 0.50

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