FMERommel (Axis) vs Desert Admiral (Allies+16)

You also made an unprovoked attack on Jpn Yun in our first team game.  I thought it was because I, as Jpn, had burned thru China in 2 turns, decimating their army.  This time, Jpn’s invasion of China is going slower.  So I was surprised that you would make the unprovoked attack, thus preventing U.S. from entering the war early.  You have invested heavily in Egypt.  The 2 tt’s that escaped the Ger attack will make it easier for you to re-garrison Egypt.  I didn’t want to expend a second bomber to take them out on Ger’s turn. 
I’m going to be working in the yard with the weather turned cool.  May not get to Italy’s turn until tomorrow night.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 4.0

Game History

Round: 2

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 1 fighter and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Tobruk to Libya
            1 bomber moved from Southern Italy to Libya

Combat - Italians
            Italians creates battle in territory 97 Sea Zone
            Battle in Libya
                Italians attack with 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 1 infantry
                French defend with 1 infantry
                    Italians roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 1 infantry in Libya, round 2 :  0/3 hits
                    French roll dice for 1 infantry in Libya, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 1 infantry in Libya, round 3 :  1/3 hits
                    French roll dice for 1 infantry in Libya, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the French lost in Libya
                Italians win, taking 97 Sea Zone from British, taking Libya from French with 1 artillery, 1 bomber and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for French: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Italians
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from British Somaliland: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to Ethiopia: 1 infantry
            EDIT: Changing ownership of Ethiopia from British to Italians
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 bomber moved from Libya to Southern Italy
            1 armour moved from Greece to Romania
            1 armour moved from Yugoslavia to Poland
            1 mech_infantry moved from Northern Italy to Slovakia Hungary
            1 artillery moved from Southern France to France
            1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia

Place Units - Italians
            1 submarine placed in 97 Sea Zone
            1 fighter placed in Southern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 17 PUs; end with 17 PUs
            Objective Italians 2 Roman Empire: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 22 PUs

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Couldn’t do Italy without planning Ger, as what Ger planes do is critical to Italy.  Ger attacking Taranto raiders and sz96 were easy.  But Ger also attacked tt by Gib and E. Africa fleet.  So the loss of the Italian fleet by the Fre, required every Ger plane to complete yet another task, with no naval support.  I compounded the problem by landing the Ger planes in S. Italy, that could have and should have landed back in W. Ger.  Normally, Rus doesn’t go big into Scan, because it wants to consolidate in the south; and because Ger has lots of planes to aid the Fin army.  But now, no Ger planes are within range and Rus has armor and planes that can reach Fin.  Quite the role reversal.  But it could become a trap for the Rus to divide their forces.  Ger doesn’t need the Italians to take E. Pol, as Ger ground troops can hold their own without air defense.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 4.0

Game History

Round: 3

Research Technology - Germans

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 3 armour, 1 infantry, 4 mech_infantrys and 2 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Politics - Germans
            Germans takes Political Action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Germans and Russians from Neutrality to War
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and British from Neutrality to Allied
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and UK_Pacific from Neutrality to Allied
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and ANZAC from Neutrality to Allied
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and French from Neutrality to Allied
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and Neutral_Allies from Neutrality to Friendly_Neutral
                Germans succeeds on action: Political Action Axis To War With Russians: Changing Relationship for Russians and Neutral_Axis from Neutrality to Unfriendly_Neutral

Combat Move - Germans
            1 bomber moved from Southern Italy to Eastern Poland
            1 bomber moved from Southern France to Eastern Poland
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to Eastern Poland
            1 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Eastern Poland
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Poland to Eastern Poland
            4 armour, 6 artilleries and 15 infantry moved from Poland to Baltic States

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Eastern Poland
                Germans attack with 1 artillery, 2 bombers, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Russians defend with 4 infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 1 artillery, 2 bombers, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Eastern Poland, round 2 :  1/6 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 4 infantry in Eastern Poland, round 2 :  2/4 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Russians and 2 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Eastern Poland
                    Germans roll dice for 1 artillery, 2 bombers and 1 tactical_bomber in Eastern Poland, round 3 :  3/4 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 3 infantry in Eastern Poland, round 3 :  2/3 hits
                    3 infantry owned by the Russians, 1 artillery owned by the Germans and 1 tactical_bomber owned by the Germans lost in Eastern Poland
                Germans win with 2 bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is -9
                Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Casualties for Russians: 4 infantry
            Battle in Baltic States
                Germans attack with 4 armour, 6 artilleries and 15 infantry
                Russians defend with 2 infantry
                    Germans roll dice for 4 armour, 6 artilleries and 15 infantry in Baltic States, round 2 :  6/25 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 2 infantry in Baltic States, round 2 :  1/2 hits
                    2 infantry owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the Germans lost in Baltic States
                Germans win, taking Baltic States from Russians with 4 armour, 6 artilleries and 14 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - Germans
            1 artillery and 7 infantry moved from Finland to Norway
            1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 1 transport moved from 113 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Western Germany to 112 Sea Zone
            1 armour and 1 infantry moved from 112 Sea Zone to Norway
            2 fighters moved from Southern Italy to Western Germany
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Gibraltar to Southern Italy
            2 bombers moved from Eastern Poland to Germany
            1 armour moved from Germany to Romania
            10 armour and 8 mech_infantrys moved from Germany to Baltic States
            1 infantry moved from Poland to Slovakia Hungary
            1 aaGun moved from Poland to Slovakia Hungary
            1 aaGun moved from Poland to Baltic States
            1 aaGun moved from Western Germany to Germany
            1 artillery moved from Western Germany to Germany

Place Units - Germans
            3 armour and 4 mech_infantrys placed in Germany
            1 infantry placed in Western Germany
            2 submarines placed in 112 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 40 PUs; end with 40 PUs
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 45 PUs

Dice Statistics:

Total
            1 was rolled 9 times
            2 was rolled 7 times
            3 was rolled 7 times
            4 was rolled 8 times
            5 was rolled 6 times
            6 was rolled 7 times
        Average roll : 3.364
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 0.140
        Standard Deviation : 0.374
        Total rolls : 44

Germans Combat
            1 was rolled 5 times
            2 was rolled 6 times
            3 was rolled 7 times
            4 was rolled 6 times
            5 was rolled 5 times
            6 was rolled 6 times
        Average roll : 3.514
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 0.206
        Standard Deviation : 0.454
        Total rolls : 35

Russians Combat
            1 was rolled 4 times
            2 was rolled 1 times
            4 was rolled 2 times
            5 was rolled 1 times
            6 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 2.778
        Median : 2.000
        Variance : 1.375
        Standard Deviation : 1.173
        Total rolls : 9

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Ugh!  Terrible dice.  With the Rus army in Karelia, I wanted to put immediate pressure on Novg.  So I put the main army in Balt instead of E. Pol.  So I attack E. Pol with 3 ground and 3 planes, that’s 6 units with power of 16 vs 4 units with defense of 8.  I rolled 1 hit and Rus rolled 2.  I rolled 1/2 th hits, even tho I had twice the power.  I would have retreated rather than risk the TB if only 1 Rus was left.  But 3 Rus inf combined with 3 planes could reach any of 3 Ger terr.  Odds round 2 were I’d just lose my 1 remaining ground unit.  But no, Rus rolled 2/2.  Rus overall rolled median of 2 and Ger median of 3.  But I’ve assumed an aggressive naval position and have ftrs to scramble and planes in position to attack.

I had intended to build my 2 subs in Norm in sz105 and sz110, but just added them to my fleet without thinking.  I will edit on Jpn turn.  It won’t affect Rus sub in sz105, as my subs can’t attack without outside assistance.
I didn’t want to use up more ground troops than Rus had in E.Pol, as Rus could overwhelm anything I put there on Rus’ turn.

I understand.

I planned Jpn complex moves late last night in local move.  Then painstakingly recreated this morning in forum mode, then wanted to make a change, but had already ended combat move without saving.  Now you re-edit Rus back to Amur.  Now I have to recalc and adjust again.  You tie up lots of Rus inf and I have to tie up lots of Jpn units.  I was planning on holding back some units anyway to be near the border, until Rus moved farther west.

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 2nd Edition, version: 4.0

Game History

Round: 3

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 armour, 1 carrier, 1 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 transport; Remaining resources: 1 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
            1 infantry moved from Siam to Shan State
                  Japanese take Shan State from UK_Pacific
            1 infantry moved from Siam to French Indo China
                  Japanese take French Indo China from French
            1 infantry moved from Hunan to Yunnan
            2 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan
            1 infantry moved from Kwangsi to 36 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 43 Sea Zone to Borneo
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from Kwangsi to 36 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries, 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 2 infantry and 2 transports moved from 36 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from 37 Sea Zone to Malaya
            2 bombers moved from Kwangsi to Malaya
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Hunan to Yunnan
            3 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan
            1 cruiser moved from 33 Sea Zone to 43 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 36 Sea Zone to Malaya
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Kiangsi to Kwangtung
            1 submarine moved from 42 Sea Zone to 41 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 33 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 33 Sea Zone to Dutch New Guinea
            2 infantry moved from Caroline Islands to 33 Sea Zone
            1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer, 2 infantry and 1 transport moved from 33 Sea Zone to 45 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan
            1 armour moved from Kiangsu to Kwangtung
            1 infantry moved from Okinawa to 19 Sea Zone
            1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 19 Sea Zone to 20 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from 20 Sea Zone to Kwangtung
            2 armour moved from Kiangsu to Kweichow
                  Japanese take Kweichow from Chinese
            1 fighter moved from Kwangsi to 43 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 45 Sea Zone to Dutch New Guinea

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in 44 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 submarine
                ANZAC defend with 1 transport
                    1 transport owned by the ANZAC lost in 44 Sea Zone
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 44 Sea Zone, round 2 :  1/1 hits
                Japanese win, taking 44 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 transport
            Battle in 41 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 submarine
                British defend with 1 transport
                    1 transport owned by the British lost in 41 Sea Zone
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 submarine in 41 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                Japanese win, taking 41 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for British: 1 transport
            Battle in 45 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 1 transport
                ANZAC defend with 1 transport
                    1 transport owned by the ANZAC lost in 45 Sea Zone
                Japanese win with 1 battleship, 1 carrier, 1 destroyer and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 transport
            Battle in Yunnan
                Japanese attack with 4 fighters, 3 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers
                British defend with 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
                    Japanese roll dice for 4 fighters, 3 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers in Yunnan, round 2 :  5/11 hits
                    Chinese roll dice for 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry in Yunnan, round 2 :  0/4 hits
                    1 mech_infantry owned by the British and 3 infantry owned by the British lost in Yunnan
                Japanese win, taking Yunnan from Chinese with 4 fighters, 3 infantry and 4 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 13
                Casualties for British: 3 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
            Battle in 37 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 2 transports
                British defend with 1 destroyer
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 2 transports in 37 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/4 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 destroyer in 37 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 2 transports in 37 Sea Zone, round 3 :  3/4 hits
                    British roll dice for 1 destroyer in 37 Sea Zone, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the British lost in 37 Sea Zone
                Japanese win, taking 37 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 battleship, 2 carriers, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 2 transports remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for British: 1 destroyer
            Battle in Malaya
                Japanese attack with 2 artilleries, 2 bombers, 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers
                British defend with 3 infantry; ANZAC defend with 1 infantry; UK_Pacific defend with 1 harbour
                    Japanese roll dice for 2 artilleries, 2 bombers, 2 fighters, 2 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers in Malaya, round 2 :  4/10 hits
                    UK_Pacific roll dice for 4 infantry in Malaya, round 2 :  1/4 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Japanese, 1 infantry owned by the ANZAC and 3 infantry owned by the British lost in Malaya
                Japanese win, taking Malaya from UK_Pacific with 2 artilleries, 2 bombers, 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 2 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 9
                Casualties for British: 3 infantry
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Battle in 43 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 transport
                ANZAC defend with 1 destroyer
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 transport in 43 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/3 hits
                    ANZAC roll dice for 1 destroyer in 43 Sea Zone, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 1 fighter and 1 transport in 43 Sea Zone, round 3 :  1/3 hits
                    ANZAC roll dice for 1 destroyer in 43 Sea Zone, round 3 :  1/1 hits
                    1 destroyer owned by the ANZAC and 1 destroyer owned by the Japanese lost in 43 Sea Zone
                Japanese win, taking 43 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 cruiser, 1 fighter and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for ANZAC: 1 destroyer
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 destroyer
            Battle in Borneo
            Battle in Kwangtung
                Japanese attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry
                British defend with 2 infantry; UK_Pacific defend with 1 harbour
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Kwangtung, round 2 :  1/4 hits
                    UK_Pacific roll dice for 2 infantry in Kwangtung, round 2 :  0/2 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the British lost in Kwangtung
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry in Kwangtung, round 3 :  1/4 hits
                    UK_Pacific roll dice for 1 infantry in Kwangtung, round 3 :  0/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the British lost in Kwangtung
                Japanese win, taking Borneo from UK_Pacific, taking Kwangtung from UK_Pacific with 1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for British: 2 infantry
            Battle in Dutch New Guinea
                Japanese attack with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                ANZAC defend with 2 infantry
                    Japanese roll dice for 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber in Dutch New Guinea, round 2 :  2/4 hits
                    ANZAC roll dice for 2 infantry in Dutch New Guinea, round 2 :  0/2 hits
                    2 infantry owned by the ANZAC lost in Dutch New Guinea
                Japanese win, taking Dutch New Guinea from ANZAC with 1 fighter, 2 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6
                Casualties for ANZAC: 2 infantry

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Dutch New Guinea to 45 Sea Zone
            1 aaGun, 1 armour, 2 fighters and 4 infantry moved from Jehol to Manchuria
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Anhwe to Manchuria
            2 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Yunnan to Jehol
            2 infantry moved from Anhwe to Jehol
            1 artillery and 5 infantry moved from Hopei to Kweichow
            2 infantry moved from Anhwe to Jehol
            2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Malaya to 37 Sea Zone
            2 bombers moved from Malaya to Hainan
            1 bomber moved from Japan to Hainan
            1 mech_infantry moved from Hopei to Kweichow
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Yunnan to Jehol
            1 fighter moved from 43 Sea Zone to Kwangsi

Place Units - Japanese
            1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys placed in Kiangsu
            1 infantry placed in Japan
            1 carrier and 1 transport placed in 6 Sea Zone

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 45 PUs; end with 46 PUs

Dice Statistics:

Total
            1 was rolled 6 times
            2 was rolled 10 times
            3 was rolled 14 times
            4 was rolled 14 times
            5 was rolled 14 times
            6 was rolled 8 times
        Average roll : 3.667
        Median : 4.000
        Variance : 0.954
        Standard Deviation : 0.977
        Total rolls : 66

British Combat
            3 was rolled 1 times
            4 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 3.500
        Median : 3.500
        Variance : 2.000
        Standard Deviation : 1.414
        Total rolls : 2

ANZAC Combat
            1 was rolled 1 times
            3 was rolled 1 times
            6 was rolled 2 times
        Average roll : 4.000
        Median : 4.500
        Variance : 2.000
        Standard Deviation : 1.414
        Total rolls : 4

Chinese Combat
            3 was rolled 3 times
            5 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 3.500
        Median : 3.000
        Variance : 3.333
        Standard Deviation : 1.826
        Total rolls : 4

UK_Pacific Combat
            1 was rolled 1 times
            3 was rolled 1 times
            4 was rolled 1 times
            5 was rolled 3 times
            6 was rolled 1 times
        Average roll : 4.143
        Median : 5.000
        Variance : 0.833
        Standard Deviation : 0.913
        Total rolls : 7

Japanese Combat
            1 was rolled 4 times
            2 was rolled 10 times
            3 was rolled 8 times
            4 was rolled 12 times
            5 was rolled 10 times
            6 was rolled 5 times
        Average roll : 3.592
        Median : 4.000
        Variance : 1.021
        Standard Deviation : 1.010
        Total rolls : 49

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