Round Five: GE. builds AA gun for Holland, BB, &, 2 fighters. Moves all its fleet(sans transport that moves 2 troopers to Norway), &, air, to attack British BB in the channel. Losses GE. (bomber flies back to S. Italy, only survivor), C, DD, sub., 3 fighters, &, T.B., &, Allies US 2 T.B.s, and, British 3 fighters, T.B., &, BB. IPCs lost GE. 67, U.S. 22, &, British 61.
Each area that touches the sea has at least five mixed units to protect it from sea invasions(ditto for Italy). The English Channel is not occupied by any Axis naval unit.
U.S.A. builds C, fighter, &, transport via Libya minor industrial base, on East Coast fighter, T.B., &, bomber. Fleet off Cyprus goes to off Albania & BB shells(takes out defending It. trooper), &, landed tank destroys tank(the U.S. tank is also destroyed). Albania still belongs to Italy, but, has no defenders. Another transport off Cyprus returns to Libya, picks up trooper in Alexandria.
DD & transport leave East Coast with trooper & gun for Iceland. Also fleet leaves Iceland for Norway, BB shells and hits a defender, &, the remaining 4 GE. troopers & A.A. gun are wiped out by fighter(from Iceland), 2 bombers(from U.K.), &, landed trooper, gun, mech. infantry, &, tank(for a lost of all air & trooper). Also GE. A.A. gun failed to hit any aircraft.
IPCs lost U.S. 38, It. 9, GE. 21.
British Empire builds C, transport, &, fighter. Fighter in Libya flies to Gibraltar, while transport(with Indian trooper) off Arabia, picks up trooper in It. Somaliland and goes to Red Sea(debarking both onto Egypt). Meanwhile a Commonwealth DD & transport(with boarded trooper & tank), leave Cyprus, &, land in undefended It. Albania & Sardinia. The It. Empire has been reduce to three provinces.
It. builds a DD. Waiting for sea invasion.
Round 6: GE. builds 2 fighters, &, BB. Off Norway BB(shelling) & transport landing 2 tanks, 2 fighters, &, bomber(that returns to W. Germany), versus, U.S. defending forces of gun, mech. infantry, &, tank. Losses GE. 2 fighters(20 IPCs), &. Allies all(14 IPCs). Norway retaken!
U.S.A. builds 3 tanks in Libya, &, East Coast trooper, gun, transport, sub., C, &, bomber. Fighter & tactical bomber from East Coast flies to Scotland & London, U.K. Moves BB & DD off Libya, to N. Italy & sinks It.DD( BB is damaged).
Off Norway fleet joined by another fleet from Iceland, while a transport heads back to East Coast(from Norway). Landed a trooper & gun, with BB shelling, &, bomber from East Coast(flies back to Scotland). Norway is retaken, for no lost! IPCs lost GE. 2 tanks(12 IPCs), &, It. DD(8 IPCs).
British Empire builds tank & fighter in S. Africa, builds BB off London. A transport picks up 2 troopers off Egypt & drops them off Toruk(joined by mech. infantry from Egypt). Transport leave U.K. with trooper & gun, with fighter flying in, as reinforcements for Norway.
It. builds 2 troopers N. Italy, &, moves tank to S. Italy. Fighter from N. Italy flies to off Libya, to attack U.S. fleet. Takes out defending U.S. fighter(and is also lost). Losses fighter both sides, worth 10 IPCs each side.
Round 7: GE. builds 2 troopers, fighter, T.B., &, bomber. Attacks Norway, 2 BBs shell, 2 fighters, bomber, &, transport landing a trooper & gun, versus, Brits. fighter, trooper & gun, &, U.S. trooper & gun. Losses except for the Axis naval units, all losses for both sides, Norway is still in Allied hands! GE. has lost all its air power! IPCs lost GE. 39, British 17, &, U.S. 10.
U.S.A. builds a Minor Industrial Complex and A.A. gun & naval base(latter in Sea Zone #113 just to annoy the Germans)for Norway, 2 tanks & fighter for Libya. From East Coast a sub. heads for Med. Sea, a C for the North Sea, a bomber flies to Libya, &, transport with trooper & gun heads for Norway. Another transport is off Canada to pick up Canadian trooper.
Fleet(BB, 2 DDs, &, 2 transports) goes through Danish straits & attacks Nazi fleet(2 BBs & transport) & T.B stationed in W. Germany. Also bomber and tactical bomber from Scotland, &, fighter from U.K. join in the attack. Losses Allies a fighter( & BB damaged) & Axis all, GE. has no navy! IPCs lost U.S. 10, &, Axis 58, the most important Axis naval unit, the transport finally sunk.
British Empire builds 2 transports, trooper, tactical bomber, &, DD. Transport picks up 2 troopers from Tobruk & lands one in undefended Sicily(drops second trooper in Sardinia), while another transport picks up tank in Albania, &, brings it to Sardinia. From S. Africa, fighter flies to Egypt, while tank follows. Another transport arrives from Norway to United Kingdom, while Canadian trooper boards U.S. transport.
Italy builds a tank N. Italy.
Round 8: Germany builds a submarine(even thought in the same sea zone as the U.S.A. minor industrial complex is located in Norway, submarine is for defense only), fighter, T.B., &, tank. Bomber flies from Germany to N. Italy.
U.S.A. builds in Libya 2 tanks, &, fighter. In Norway builds fighter, &, 2 tanks, East Coast builds fighter, transport, trooper & tank. To wait to build up forces for a sea invasion, runs the risk the Axis defenses will grow to strong, a comprise for Med. Theater of War & Western Theater. Cruiser & transport(with trooper & gun) arrive off Iceland, transport with Canadian trooper approaches U.K., sub. arrives off Tunisia, from Atlantic side of Gibraltar.
From Norway bomber & tactical bomber soften up Belgium, Axis A.A. gun scores no hit, take out 2 troopers & all Allied air is lost.
Air & Sea & landed forces attack S. Italy from Tunisia, with Axis A.A. scoring no hits. BB & C score with shelling, along with bomber & fighter, &, landed trooper & 5 tanks score with four hits(all together 8 hits, is it enough to take out the Axis, in the first wave of combat?). The Axis respond with It. 2 troopers, mech. infantry, gun, &, tank, and, Ge with 3 troopers, gun, &, tank(they score with four hits in the first wave of combat). By the end of a second round of combat S. Italy falls with 2 U.S. tanks left.
IPCs lost U.S. 60 IPCs, It. 25, &, GE. 25.
British Empire builds mech. infantry for S. Africa, for U.K. 2 troopers, mech. infantry, gun, &, 3 tanks. Trooper from Egypt moves towards Tobruk, fighter from Egypt flies to S. Italy, tank from Congo arrives into Egypt. Transports from off Sardinia & Sicily lands as reinforcements for S. Italy 3 troopers & tank.
BB & C off U.K., shell Belgium & also fighter & tactical bomber(no lost to A.A. gun) attack, with landed forces of 3 troopers, gun, &, 2 tanks, destroy defenders of 2 troopers & tank(for lost of a fighter). Belgium falls! IPCs lost British Empire 10 & GE. 19.
Italy northern forces attempt to retake southern Italy, all Axis forces wiped out(It. 3 troopers, gun, &, tank for 19 IPCs & British 3 troopers & tank for 15 IPCs).