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Good game!

I was trying to keep going on the off chance I could turn things round but I don’t even think a miracle from The Man Upstairs is going to help me here!  :-D
Looks like I’m conceding!  :cry:
Anyway, mail me with your thoughts if you have time.  :mrgreen:

I’m up for a rematch. Sending a PM.  :-)

Then thanks for the game and well played.

Sure :)

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

Game History

Round: 8

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 5 infantry and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Italians
            1 mech_infantry moved from Libya to Alexandria
                  Italians take Alexandria from British
            2 infantry moved from Ukraine to Rostov
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to Rostov

Combat - Italians
            Battle in Rostov
                Italians attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry
                Russians defend with 1 infantry
                    Italians roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Rostov, round 2 :  0/3 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Rostov, round 2 :  0/1 hits
                    Italians roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Rostov, round 3 :  1/3 hits
                    Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Rostov, round 3 :  1/1 hits
                    1 infantry owned by the Russians and 1 infantry owned by the Italians lost in Rostov
                Italians win, taking Rostov from Russians with 1 fighter and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0
                Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Italians
            1 submarine moved from 97 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone
            1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Libya to Tobruk
            1 artillery moved from Algeria to Tunisia
            1 fighter moved from Rostov to Caucasus
            3 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia
            2 infantry moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy

Place Units - Italians
            1 submarine placed in 97 Sea Zone
            2 infantry placed in Southern Italy
            3 infantry placed in Northern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 18 PUs; end with 18 PUs
            Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 23 PUs
            Objective Italians 3 North Africa: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 28 PUs

Territory Summary for Italians :

Alexandria : 1 flag, 1 mech_infantry
    Morocco : 1 flag
    Algeria : 1 flag
    Southern France : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    Tunisia : 1 flag, 1 artillery
    Tobruk : 1 armour, 1 artillery and 2 infantry
    Northern Italy : 4 artilleries, 1 factory_major and 14 infantry
    Southern Italy : 2 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 factory_minor, 1 fighter, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
    Belarus : 1 flag
    Rostov : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Eastern Poland : 1 flag
    Bessarabia : 1 flag
    Western Ukraine : 1 infantry
    Caucasus : 1 fighter
    97 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 2 submarines
    Yugoslavia : 3 infantry
    98 Sea Zone : 1 submarine

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Wittmann 4        Germany
PP 4                  Austria
AetV 10              US
Whackamatt 14  Turkey/comm
dawgoneit 40      Italy/Arabia
Gargantua 50    UK
Entek 64            Russia
Captain W. 80    France/Serbia

TEAMS ARE PICKED! WOOOO!
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OK, good games

Thats a lot of changes! Normally, players allow pretty much all non-com movement changes via edit mode, while purchases and casualties from not-the-last battle can be affected by the dice in combat.

Go ahead and re-do the whole move and I’ll accept the dice changes

Go ahead and post G1 combat move

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

Game History

Round: 1

Purchase Units - Germans
            Germans buy 2 bombers and 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat Move - Germans
            2 artilleries and 6 infantry moved from Greater Southern Germany to Yugoslavia
            2 infantry moved from Slovakia Hungary to Yugoslavia
            2 infantry moved from Romania to Yugoslavia
            1 armour moved from Slovakia Hungary to Yugoslavia
            1 armour moved from Poland to Yugoslavia
            1 fighter moved from Slovakia Hungary to Yugoslavia
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Poland to France
            3 armour moved from Greater Southern Germany to France
            1 artillery, 3 infantry and 4 mech_infantrys moved from Western Germany to France
            3 armour, 2 artilleries and 4 infantry moved from Holland Belgium to France
            1 submarine moved from 117 Sea Zone to 106 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 124 Sea Zone to 111 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 118 Sea Zone to 111 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 108 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 submarine moved from 103 Sea Zone to 110 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Holland Belgium to 110 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Western Germany to 110 Sea Zone
            1 fighter moved from Norway to 111 Sea Zone
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Germany to Yugoslavia
            1 battleship moved from 113 Sea Zone to 111 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Germany to 110 Sea Zone
            1 bomber moved from Germany to 111 Sea Zone

Combat - Germans
            Battle in Yugoslavia
                Germans attack with 2 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 10 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Neutral_Allies defend with 5 infantry
                Germans win, taking Yugoslavia from Neutral_Allies with 2 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 fighter, 9 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 12
                Casualties for Germans: 1 infantry
                Casualties for Neutral_Allies: 5 infantry
            Battle in 111 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 battleship, 1 bomber, 1 fighter and 2 submarines
                British defend with 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the British
                Units damaged: 1 battleship owned by the Germans
                1 battleship owned by the Germans and 1 submarine owned by the Germans retreated to 112 Sea Zone
                British win with 1 battleship remaining. Battle score for attacker is 14
                Casualties for Germans: 1 submarine
                Casualties for British: 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer
            Battle in 110 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 bomber, 3 fighters, 2 submarines and 3 tactical_bombers
                French defend with 1 cruiser; British defend with 1 battleship and 1 cruiser
                Germans win with 1 bomber, 3 fighters, 1 submarine and 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 38
                Casualties for French: 1 cruiser
                Casualties for Germans: 1 submarine
                Casualties for British: 1 battleship and 1 cruiser
            Battle in 106 Sea Zone
                Germans attack with 1 submarine
                British defend with 1 destroyer and 1 transport
                Germans win, taking 106 Sea Zone from Neutral with 1 submarine remaining. Battle score for attacker is 15
                Casualties for British: 1 destroyer and 1 transport
            Battle in France
                Germans attack with 6 armour, 3 artilleries, 7 infantry, 4 mech_infantrys and 1 tactical_bomber
                French defend with 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 factory_major, 1 fighter and 6 infantry; British defend with 1 armour and 1 artillery
                Germans captures 19PUs while taking French capital
                Germans converts factory_major into different units
                Germans win, taking France from French with 6 armour, 2 artilleries and 4 mech_infantrys remaining. Battle score for attacker is 17
                Casualties for French: 1 aaGun, 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 6 infantry
                Casualties for Germans: 1 artillery, 7 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Casualties for British: 1 armour and 1 artillery
            Trigger Germans Conquer France: Setting switch to true for conditionAttachment_French_1_Liberation_Switch attached to French

Non Combat Move - Germans
            1 bomber and 1 fighter moved from 111 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            1 cruiser moved from 114 Sea Zone to 112 Sea Zone
            1 transport moved from 114 Sea Zone to 113 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from Denmark to 113 Sea Zone
            2 infantry moved from 113 Sea Zone to Norway
            3 infantry moved from Norway to Finland
                  Germans take Finland from Neutral_Axis
            1 armour moved from Romania to Bulgaria
                  Germans take Bulgaria from Neutral_Axis
            3 aaGuns, 3 artilleries and 11 infantry moved from Germany to Poland
            2 aaGuns moved from Western Germany to France
            1 bomber, 3 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from 110 Sea Zone to Western Germany
            1 fighter moved from Yugoslavia to Tobruk
            1 tactical_bomber moved from Yugoslavia to Southern Italy

Place Units - Germans
            2 infantry placed in Germany
            2 bombers placed in Western Germany

Turn Complete - Germans
            Germans collect 39 PUs; end with 58 PUs total
            Trigger Germans 5 Swedish Iron Ore: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 63 PUs
            Objective Germans 1 Trade with Russia: Germans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 68 PUs

Territory Summary for Germans :

France : 1 flag, 2 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 6 armour, 2 artilleries, 1 factory_minor and 4 mech_infantrys
    Western Germany : 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 4 bombers, 1 factory_major, 4 fighters, 1 harbour and 3 tactical_bombers
    Poland : 3 aaGuns, 3 artilleries and 14 infantry
    Germany : 1 factory_major and 2 infantry
    Norway : 2 infantry
    Tobruk : 1 fighter
    Southern Italy : 1 tactical_bomber
    112 Sea Zone : 1 battleship, 1 cruiser and 1 submarine
    113 Sea Zone : 1 transport
    106 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 submarine
    Bulgaria : 1 flag, 1 armour and 4 infantry
    Yugoslavia : 1 flag, 2 armour, 2 artilleries and 9 infantry
    Finland : 1 flag, 7 infantry
    110 Sea Zone : 1 submarine

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In general, I agree with what you are saying. My theory is that it’s better to take two equal but losing positions on separate areas of the board than to take one position of strength. The problem in this case is that the northern Russian stack and British-held oilfields, although in separate areas of the board, aren’t equal positions - Britian is much easier to take down and the reward is much higher. Therefore, in this case there is no alternative but to take one position of strength.

The assumption behind my first comment was that if the Russians link up with the British, the combined stack would actually be enough to create such a position and keep the Germans at bay. In a game where it cannot, what have the Allies been doing for 8+ rounds?

The two scenarios I can think of where the Allies still have a chance after Moscow falls, but the British are weak in the Middle East are 1) Japan does something like an India crush that targets Britain or 2) Britain and America have been making landings in Western Europe. In either of those scenarios, if Russia is to retreat, I agree they should not go down south.

If neither scenario applies, and the British have been attempting to build strength in the Middle East, yet it isn’t enough to stop Germany even with the entire Russian stack, the appropriate move is to concede.

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

Game History

Round: 8

Combat Move - Italians
            1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to 99 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 2 infantry moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
            3 fighters moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
            1 bomber and 2 fighters moved from Egypt to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            2 infantry moved from Egypt to Anglo Egyptian Sudan
            1 armour moved from Egypt to Trans-Jordan
            1 armour moved from Sakha to Amur
                  Italians take Amur from Russians
            1 armour moved from Amur to Siberia
                  Italians take Siberia from Russians

Purchase Units - Italians
            Italians buy 3 armour, 1 fighter and 1 mech_infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs;

Combat - Italians
            Battle in 99 Sea Zone
                Italians attack with 1 fighter
                British defend with 2 transports
                Italians win with 1 fighter remaining. Battle score for attacker is 14
                Casualties for British: 2 transports
            Battle in Anglo Egyptian Sudan
                Italians attack with 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 2 infantry
                British defend with 2 infantry
                Italians win, taking Anglo Egyptian Sudan from British with 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for British: 2 infantry
                Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry
            Battle in Trans-Jordan
                Italians attack with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 fighters and 2 infantry
                British defend with 1 artillery and 1 infantry
                Italians win, taking Trans-Jordan from British with 1 armour, 1 artillery, 3 fighters and 1 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for Italians: 1 infantry
                Casualties for British: 1 artillery and 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Italians
            3 fighters moved from Trans-Jordan to Egypt
            1 bomber moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Southern Italy
            2 fighters moved from Anglo Egyptian Sudan to Egypt
            1 fighter moved from 99 Sea Zone to Egypt
            1 submarine moved from 98 Sea Zone to 99 Sea Zone
            1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia
            1 aaGun moved from Bryansk to Tambov

Place Units - Italians
            3 armour placed in Egypt
            1 mech_infantry placed in Northern Italy
            Turning on Edit Mode
            EDIT: Removing units owned by Italians from Southern Italy: 1 mech_infantry
            EDIT: Adding units owned by Italians to Yugoslavia: 1 mech_infantry
            EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode
            1 fighter placed in Southern Italy

Turn Complete - Italians
            Italians collect 28 PUs; end with 28 PUs total

Territory Summary for Italians :

Sakha : 1 flag
    Evenkiyskiy : 1 flag
    Yenisey : 1 flag
    Amur : 1 flag
    Yakut S.S.R. : 1 flag
    Timguska : 1 flag
    Siberia : 1 flag, 1 armour
    Buryatia : 1 flag
    Trans-Jordan : 1 flag, 1 armour, 1 artillery and 1 infantry
    Egypt : 1 flag, 3 armour, 1 factory_minor, 6 fighters, 1 harbour and 8 infantry
    Anglo Egyptian Sudan : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Southern France : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    France : 1 aaGun, 2 artilleries and 4 infantry
    Northern Italy : 1 factory_major and 1 mech_infantry
    Southern Italy : 2 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 factory_minor, 2 fighters, 1 harbour and 9 infantry
    Belarus : 1 flag
    Baltic States : 1 flag
    Nenetsia : 1 flag
    Urals : 1 flag
    Archangel : 1 flag
    Eastern Poland : 1 flag
    Tambov : 1 aaGun
    93 Sea Zone : 1 flag
    99 Sea Zone : 1 submarine
    97 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 submarine
    Yugoslavia : 1 infantry and 1 mech_infantry
    98 Sea Zone : 1 submarine

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@taamvan:

An interesting question.

“Sino-Japanese buildup in western China and Manchuria along USSR’s border be to disallow full USSR deployment against Euro-Axis?”   It sound like you are proposing a transition directly from enemies to friends.

Yes, I certainly got ahead of myself there  :lol:. I guess I was thinking along the lines of them being separately deployed and that China and Japan would go along with it to acquire territory to make up for the eastern land ceded to Japan. But, yes, extremely unlikely.

Thanks for the input, guys.

At least you went down in style with attacks everywhere  :lol:
Good game!

Nevermind, file is too large to play PBF  :lol: . Switchin to PBEM

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

Game History

Round: 4

Purchase Units - Japanese
            Japanese buy 1 armour, 1 artillery, 1 bomber, 1 destroyer, 1 factory_minor, 2 infantry, 2 mech_infantrys and 1 submarine; Remaining resources: 6 SuicideAttackTokens; 5 PUs;

Combat Move - Japanese
            1 unit repaired.
            1 artillery moved from Szechwan to Sikang
            1 infantry moved from Shan State to Burma
            1 bomber moved from Kwangsi to Sikang
            1 transport moved from 35 Sea Zone to 36 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from French Indo China to 36 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 36 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from 44 Sea Zone to Celebes
            1 fighter moved from 35 Sea Zone to 44 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from Malaya to 37 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 37 Sea Zone to 57 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 1 transport moved from 57 Sea Zone to 56 Sea Zone
            1 artillery moved from 56 Sea Zone to Western Australia
            1 submarine moved from 35 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 35 Sea Zone to Celebes
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 35 Sea Zone to 42 Sea Zone
            2 artilleries and 2 infantry moved from French Indo China to Yunnan
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Kwangsi to Burma
            1 bomber, 4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers moved from Kwangsi to Tsinghai

Combat - Japanese
            Battle in 44 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 fighter and 1 transport
                Americans defend with 1 transport
                Japanese win with 1 fighter and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is 7
                Casualties for Americans: 1 transport
            Battle in Celebes
                Japanese attack with 1 artillery, 2 fighters, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                Americans defend with 2 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Celebes from Americans with 1 artillery, 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Americans: 2 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry
            Battle in Western Australia
            Battle in Tsinghai
                Japanese attack with 1 bomber, 4 fighters and 4 tactical_bombers
                Chinese defend with 1 fighter and 4 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Western Australia from ANZAC with 1 bomber, 3 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 1
                Casualties for Chinese: 1 fighter and 4 infantry
                Casualties for Japanese: 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber
            Battle in 42 Sea Zone
                Japanese attack with 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber
                Americans defend with 1 destroyer
                Japanese win, taking 42 Sea Zone from Americans with 1 fighter, 1 submarine and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 8
                Casualties for Americans: 1 destroyer
            Battle in Sikang
                Japanese attack with 1 artillery and 1 bomber
                Chinese defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Sikang from Chinese with 1 artillery and 1 bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for Chinese: 1 infantry
            Battle in Yunnan
                Japanese attack with 2 artilleries and 2 infantry
                British defend with 1 artillery
                Japanese win, taking Yunnan from Chinese with 2 artilleries and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 4
                Casualties for British: 1 artillery
            Battle in Burma
                Japanese attack with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber
                British defend with 1 infantry
                Japanese win, taking Burma from UK_Pacific with 1 fighter, 1 infantry and 1 tactical_bomber remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3
                Casualties for British: 1 infantry

Non Combat Move - Japanese
            1 bomber moved from Tsinghai to Hunan
            3 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Tsinghai to Shensi
            4 infantry moved from Kweichow to Shensi
            2 infantry moved from Anhwe to Hopei
            1 bomber moved from Sikang to Kwangsi
            1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys moved from Kwangtung to Yunnan
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Burma to Kwangsi
            1 fighter moved from 44 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Celebes to 35 Sea Zone
            1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from 42 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 destroyer moved from 35 Sea Zone to 55 Sea Zone
            1 battleship and 1 destroyer moved from 37 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from Japan to 6 Sea Zone
            1 artillery, 3 infantry, 2 submarines and 2 transports moved from 6 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone
            1 artillery and 3 infantry moved from 35 Sea Zone to Philippines
            1 aaGun and 2 infantry moved from Kweichow to Yunnan
            2 infantry moved from Manchuria to Jehol

Place Units - Japanese
            1 factory_minor placed in Malaya
            1 artillery and 2 infantry placed in French Indo China
            1 armour and 2 mech_infantrys placed in Kwangtung
            1 destroyer and 1 submarine placed in 6 Sea Zone
            1 bomber placed in Japan

Turn Complete - Japanese
            Japanese collect 64 PUs; end with 69 PUs total
            Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 74 PUs

Territory Summary for Japanese :

Caroline Islands : 1 aaGun, 1 airfield, 1 harbour and 2 infantry
    Iwo Jima : 1 infantry
    Paulau Island : 1 infantry
    Shantung : 1 flag
    Kwangsi : 1 flag, 1 airfield, 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers
    Kiangsu : 1 flag
    Kiangsi : 1 flag
    Japan : 3 aaGuns, 1 airfield, 1 bomber, 1 factory_major and 1 harbour
    Jehol : 1 flag, 2 infantry
    Manchuria : 1 flag
    Shensi : 1 flag, 3 fighters, 4 infantry and 3 tactical_bombers
    Yunnan : 1 flag, 1 aaGun, 1 armour, 2 artilleries, 4 infantry and 2 mech_infantrys
    Suiyuyan : 1 flag
    Kweichow : 1 flag
    Hunan : 1 flag, 1 bomber
    Hopei : 1 flag, 2 infantry
    Szechwan : 1 flag
    Chahar : 1 flag
    Sikang : 1 flag, 1 artillery
    Anhwe : 1 flag
    Shan State : 1 flag
    Burma : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Malaya : 1 flag, 1 factory_minor and 1 harbour
    Borneo : 1 flag
    Kwangtung : 1 flag, 1 armour, 1 factory_minor, 1 harbour and 2 mech_infantrys
    Western Australia : 1 flag, 1 artillery
    Philippines : 1 flag, 1 airfield, 1 artillery, 1 fighter, 1 harbour and 3 infantry
    French Indo China : 1 flag, 1 artillery, 1 factory_minor and 2 infantry
    Celebes : 1 flag, 1 artillery
    Java : 1 flag, 1 infantry
    Sumatra : 1 flag, 1 armour and 1 artillery
    42 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 submarine
    44 Sea Zone : 1 transport
    37 Sea Zone : 1 flag, 1 submarine
    35 Sea Zone : 2 battleships, 3 carriers, 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, 4 fighters, 2 submarines, 2 tactical_bombers and 2 transports
    6 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer and 1 submarine
    56 Sea Zone : 1 transport
    55 Sea Zone : 1 destroyer

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Crap, i did it again. I was thinking I had typo on first one, not that you wanted different order of letters. Third time’s the charm

You can edit the title, I already did that once, so no need to start a new thread.

@Colt45:

I considered Turkey but decided you could either counter-attack or you’d have huge force in Spain and once that happens, it’s over.

Yeah, your bombing campaign was just too much. Did you regret taking Iraq as Russia or would you do it again?

As for Iraq, I always take it with Russia.  In this game I was buying mechs for China and lost too many there,that’s why I lost Russia too early I think. You get Russia at too low cost. I would also take more Italian areas but became pointless. I think buying infs for Russia and taking Iraq makes Russia a fortress. Will be very difficult to take with a few fighters!

Second sentence is about punic wars.