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JAPAN TURN 18 - WINTER 1944
Subas Bose proclaim pro-Axis Indian government in exile

PURCHASE
DD, Tranny, 3 FTR, TAC, BMB, 3 Inf, Art, AA

NON-COMB MOVE
FTR + CA, DD, Tranny w Inf to sz 33 + offload in Car Isl
FTR, + CA, DD, Tranny w Inf to sz 47 + offload in New Brit
Sub to sz 34

COLLECT INCOME - CONV DISRUPTION
Sub in sz 6 = loss 3 IPC
Sub in sz 19= loss 3 IPC
Sub in sz 20 = loss 3 IPC
Sub in sz 36 = loss 3 IPC
Sub in sz 44 = loss 2 IPC
Sub in sz 42 = loss 2 IPC
CV, BB, CA, DD in sz 42 = loss 4 IPC

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USA TURN 18 - WINTER 1944

FDR propose a “Second Bill of Rights”
US-PORTUGAL AGREEMENT Salazar let FDR too use the Airbase on Azores island

PURCHASE
East: CV, Air, CA, Sub, Tranny, 4 FTR, TAC, 9 BMB
LL to UK: 2 Trannies, FTR, TAC, BMB, Tank
LL to USSR: FTR, Tank
LL to France: TAC
W. UKR: Poltava Airbase
Azores: Airbase

COMBAT IN EUROPE
BIG WEEK
UK: 6 BMB SBR> W. GE: 4 FTR + factory
Loss US: 1 BMB + Loss GE: 2 FTR + factory = damage

Algeria: 2 BMB SBR> N. It:
Loss US: 1 BMB + Loss IT: factory damaged

OPERATION INTRUDER
UK: 2 TAC + 2 escort FTR SBR> Holl/Belg: 3 FTR + V-1 rocket site
Loss US: 1 TAC + Loss GE: 2 FTR + V-1 site damaged

BOMBING OF MONTE CASSINO
Sicily: 3 BMB SBR> S. IT: 2 FTR + monastry (unusal target, not an option w OOB rules I assume)
Loss US: 1 BMB + Loss GE: Monastry 50 % damaged

OPERATION SHINGLE - BATTLE OF SOUTH ITALY
S. IT: Art, Tank attack> S. IT: Blockhouse, Tank, Inf, Para, AA
Loss US: Tank + Loss GE: Inf
contestet territory

NON-COMB MOVE
US: FTR, TAC to Azores Isl
Brazil: FTR + Tranny w Inf to sz 95 + offload in S, It

OPERATION FRANTIC JOE
Egypt: 2 FTR to Poltava Airbase in W. Ukr

BOLERO CONV
US: Tranny w 2 land units to sz 109 + offload in UK

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USA PART 2

PURCHASE
West: CV, Air, CA, DD, Tranny, FTR, TAC, BMB

COMBAT PACIFIC

John Isl: 2 BMB SBR> Caroline Isl: Airbase = total damage

OPERATION FLINTLOCK - INVASION OF MARSHALL ISL
TF 52 + 53 + 58 + Tranny to sz 32 + Mar, Inf amp> Marshall isl: Inf
Loss Jap: all units

OPERATION HAILSTONE
6 cv-air (from TF 52, 53, 58 in sz 32) attack> sz 33: CA, DD, Tranny + FTR scrambled
Loss Jap: all units

BOMBING OF RABAUL
Aus: 2 BMB + 4 cv-Air (from 2 CV in sz 48) attack> sz 47: 2 CA, DD + FTR scrambled
Loss US: 2 cv-Air + Loss Jap: all units

NON-COMB MOVE

CA, DD to sz 49 Sol

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CHINA TURN 18 - WINTER 1944

PURCHASE
KMT: 3 Inf
CCP: Inf
ROC: Inf

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UK TURN 18 - WINTER 1944

SECOND CAIRO CONFERENCE - FDR, Winston & Mustafa
-Mustafa agree to let FDR and Winston build and use Airbases in Turkey (no longer a strict neutral)

PURCHASE
UK: DD, 2 FTR, 2 BMB, 2 Inf + LL to USSR: Tank
CAN Pac: Tranny + LL to USSR: Mech
Turkey: Airbase

COMBAT

BATTLE OF BERLIN
UK: 4 BMB SBR> Ge: 4 FTR + Berlin
Loss UK: 2 BMB + Loss GE. 2 FTR + Berlin = damage

RAID ON ADRIATIC SEA
Malta 26: FTR + DD attack> sz 97: Sub (GE)
Loss GE: all units

BATTLE OF MONTE CASSINO
S. IT: Inf, Tank + FTR, TAC attack> S. IT: Blockhouse, Tank, Para, AA, 2 FTR
Loss UK: Tank, FTR + Loss GE: Blockhouse, Tank
contestet territory

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ITALY TURN 18 - WINTER 1944

Horthy (Hun) start peace talk with the Allied players.

Except from that, literally nothing

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ANZAC AND UK PAC TURN 18 - WINTER 1944

THE AFGHAN TRIBAL REVOLT START (end in january 1947)

King Zahir Shah (strict neutral Afg. player) ask earl Wavell (de facto UK Pac player) for aid.
and of course the viceroy of India can help a good neighbour.

NON-COMB MOVE
India: FTR to strict neutral Afghanistan
contestet territory: Afghan Army: 2 Inf against Rebels: 1 Inf

Now this is something you don’t see very often, even in casual games

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FRANCE TURN 18 - WINTER 1944

A very quick turn, literally nothing happened

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ROUND 19 - march april may 1944

GERMANY TURN 19 - SPRING 1944
THE KLESSHEIM MEETING
Adolf (GE) meet Horthy (Hun) at Schloss Klessheim in Austria.
Adolf tell Horthy to quit the peace talk with the Allies and don’t desert Germany

PURCHASE
2 Sub, 6 FTR, TAC BMB, 5 Tanks, 4 Art 16 Inf
Atlantic Wall: 1 Fort
East Wall: 1 Blockhouse
Gothic Line: 1 Blockhouse

COMBAT
OPERATION STEINBOCK
W. GE: BMB SBR> UK 10 FTR
Loss GE: all units

BATTLE OF ATLANTIC
2 Sub attack> sz 104: CV, DD
Loss GE: all units

Sub attack> sz 102: DD
Loss GE: all units

Sub attack> sz 107: DD
Loss GE: all units

NON-COMB MOVE
OPERATION MARGRETHE - OCCUPATION OF HUNGARY just to be sure Horthy comply
GE: 10 Inf to Hungary
HOLOCAUST
550 000 hungarians to camp

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USSR TURN 19 - SPRING 1944

PURCHASE
4 FTR, 4 TAC, BMB, 7 Tanks, 4 Art, 6 Inf, AA

COMBAT
Nov: 2 BMB SBR> Baltic States = total damage

VIBORG OFFENSIVE
Nov: Inf, 3 Art, 2 Tanks + FTR, 2 TAC attack> Viborg: 2 Inf, Art, FTR, AA
Loss USSR: 2 Art, 2 Tank, FTR, TAC + Loss Fin: all units

FIRST JASSY OFFENSIVE
W. Ukr: 3 Inf, 2 Art attack> Bessarabia: 3 Inf (Rom)
Ukr: 3 Inf, 2 Art attack> Bessarabia
Loss USSR: 2 Inf, Art
attacker retreat

NON-COMB MOVE
200 000 crimean tartars deported to GULAG in Usbekistan

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JAPAN TURN 19 - SPRING 1944

PURCHASE
CV, Air, Tranny, 3 FTR, TAC, BMB, 3 Inf, Art AA

COMBAT

OPERATION ICHI-GO
Anhwe: 3 Inf, 2 Art, Tank + TAC attack> Hunan: 3 Inf
Loss JAP: Inf + Loss KMT: all units

OPERATION U-GO
Burma: Inf, Art + BMB attack> India (Bengal) 10 allied Inf total
Loss JAP: all units + Loss Allies: Inf

COLLECT INCOME
CONVOY DISRUPTION
Sub in sz 6 = loss 2 IPC
Sub in sz 19 = loss 2 IPC
Sub in sz 20 = loss 2 IPC
Sub in sz 36 = loss 1 IPC
Sub in sz 35 = loss 1 IPC
Sub in sz 42 = loss 1 IPC
CV, BB, CA, DD in sz 41 = loss 4 IPC

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USA TURN 19 - SPRING 1944

PURCHASE
East: CV, Air, CA, Sub Tranny, 4 FTR, TAC, 9 BMB
LL to UK: 2 Trannies, FTR, tAC, BMB , Tank
LL to USSR: FTR, Tank

COMBAT EUROPA
BOMB CAMPAIGN
UK: 3 BMB SBR> Ge (Berlin) 3 FTR
Loss US: 2 BMB + Loss GE: 1 FTR + Berlin = damaged

UK: 2 BMB SBR> W. GE: 3 FTR + Naval Base
Loss US: BMB + Loss GE: FTR + NB = damaged

UK: 2 BMB SBR> France (Paris) FTR
Loss GE, FTR + Paris = damaged

OIL CAMPAIGN
Egypt: 2 BMB SBR> Romania (Ploesti) FTR (Rom) + Oil field
W. Ukr: FTR escort> Romania
Loss US: FTR + Loss Rom: FTR + Oil Field = total damaged

OPERATION STRANGLE
Sicily: 2 BMB + FTR escort SBR> N. IT: FTR + Factory
Loss US: BMB + Loss Ge; FTR + Factory = total damaged

THE MISHAP
Sicily: BMB SBR> Swiss city by accident (or was it a warning?)

NON-COMB MOVE
BOLERO CONVOY 2 land units to UK

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USA PART 2
General Stilwell is fired - US Airforce in China to Pacific Bases

PURCHASE
West: CV, Air, DD, Sub, Tranny, FTR, TAC, BMB

COMBAT PACIFIC

Aus: 2 BMB SBR> New Britain Airbase: FTR
Loss JAP: FTR + Airbase = damaged

OPERATION CARTWHEEL
Tranny to sz 45 + Inf, Art amp> Dutch New Guinea: 2 Inf
Loss JAP: all units

OPERATION STORM
TF 58 to sz 33:
4 cv-Air SBR> Caroline Isl: Naval Base + FTR = FTR lost + Naval Base total damage
4 cv-Air SBR> Marianas Isl: Airbase + FTR = FTR lost + Airbase total damage
4 cv-Air SBR> Palau: Airbase + FTR = FTR lost + Airbase total damage

DD attack> sz 34: Sub
Loss Jap: all units.
(This was the only Destroyer in WWII to sink 6 japanese Submarines in one week)

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CHINA TURN 19 - SPRING 1944

PURCHASE
KMT: 2 Inf
CCP: 2 Inf

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UK TURN 19 - SPRING 1944

COMMONWEALTH PRIME MINISTER CONFERENCE IN LONDON
Winston (UK), King (Can), Smuts (S.A.), Curtin (Aus) & Fraser (N.Z.)
They all agree to support the Moscow Declaration.

PURCHASE
UK: CA, Sub, 2 FTR, 2 BMB, Tank + LL to USSR: FTR
CAN: Tranny (to Pac)+ LL to USSR: Mech

COMBAT

UK: BMB SBR> Norway: Airfield = total damage

UK: 3 BMB SBR> GE (Berlin) + FTR
Loss UK: BMB + Loss GE: FTR + Berlin = damaged

OPERATION STRANGLE
Sicily: 3 BMB + 2 FTR escort SBR> N. IT: = total damage

OIL CAMPAIGN
Egypt: BMB SBR> Rom: Ploesti Oil Field = total damage

RAID ON TIRPITZ
sz 124: CV, BB, CA, 2 DD to sz 125 + cv-Air attack> sz 126: BB, DD
Loss Ge: BB damaged
attacker retreat

NON-COMB MOVE
THE GREAT ESCAPE - 76 RAF-pilots escape from STALAG LUFT III

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ITALY TURN 19 - SPRING 1944

FINLAND:
Risto Ryti resign from the game.
Mannerheim is the new player

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ANZAC & UK PAC TURN 19 - SPRING 1944

Gandhi is released from jail.

NON-COMB MOVE

THE BOMBAY EXPLOSION
A Tranny w explosive cargo blow up in Bombay Harbour and sink a lot of trannies
sz 79: Loss UK: Tranny

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FRANCE TURN 19 - SPRING 1944

Literally nothing happened

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ROUND 20 - june july aug 1944

GERMANY TURN 20 - SUMMER 1944

OPERATION VALKYRIE
von Stauffenberg plot to assassinate Adolf in his game room, since he is not happy with the way Adolf play this game. The plot is a fiasco and later von Stauffenberg is arrested and hanged.

Ion Antonescu, who play Romania, suggest for Adolf to withdraw to the fortified Carpathian-Danube line. This will stop the Red Army. Adolf deny and insist on defending the plains in Bessarabia. A fatal mistake that may cost him the game.

PURCHASE
sz 105: 2 Subs
GE: 6 FTR, TAC, 5 Tanks, 2 Art, 16 Inf + V-2 Rocket
Atlantic Wall: Fort
East Wall: Blockhouse
Gothic Line: Blockhouse

von Stauffenberg in the back with one eye, one arm and one bomb

COMBAT

THE FIRST V-1 ROCKET ATTACK ON LONDON
Holl/Belg: 1 BMB + 3 Rockets SBR> UK (London) = damage

RAID ON POLTAVA AIRBASE
GE: BMB SBR> W. Ukr: 2 FTR (US) + Airbase (US)
Loss Ge: all units

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USSR TURN 20 - SUMMER 1944

MOSCOW ARMISTICE
Stalin (USSR) and Mannerheim (FIN) agree to:
-arrest Risto Ryti since he is responsible for this war (if we can belive Stalin)
-de-mobilize the Finnish Army
-Fin. Army must attack German troops in Northern Finland
-Fin. must pay war reparations
-also Viborg belong to USSR, of course

PURCHASE
4 FTR, 4 TAC, BMB, 7 Tanks, 10 Inf, 4 Art, AA

COMBAT

BALTIC SEA CAMPAIGN
sz 115: Sub attack> sz 114: Tranny (GE) + Passanger Line (Sweden) = sunk

OPERATION BAGRATION - INVASION OF BELARUS
Smo: 10 Inf, 10 Art, 7 Tanks, 5 Mech + 3 FTR, 4 TAC attack> Belo: BH, 5 Inf, 3 Art, Tank, AA, FTR, TAC
Loss USSR: 4 Inf, 4 Art, 3 Tanks, 2 TAC + Loss GE: all units

LVOV OFFENSIVE - INVASION OF EAST POLAND
W. Ukr: Inf, 4 Art, 2 Tank, 6 Mech, + TAC attack> E. Pol: 4 Inf, AA, FTR
Loss USSR: Inf, Art, 2 Mech, Tank, TAC + Loss GE: all units

SECOND JASSY OFFENSIVE - INVASION OF BESSARABIA
Ukr: 9 Inf, 4 Art, 2 Tanks + 2 FTR, 2 TAC attack> Bess: 3 Inf (GE) + 3 Inf (Rom)
Loss USSR: Inf, Tank + Loss Axis: all units