FRANCE TURN 13 - FALL 1942
THE DARLAN-ORDERS
Admiral Darlan (FRA) order scuttling of Fleet in Toulon and Army Africa to join the Allies.
Darlan is now assasinated and Giraud become the new French player.
NON-COMB MOVE
S. FRA 93: BB, CA, 3 DD, Tranny is scuttled
Dakar 87: BB to 101 US
Brazzaville 82: CA, DD, Tranny w Inf to sz 72 + offload in Madagaskar
ROUND 14 - (dec -42 + jan feb 1943)
GERMANY TURN 14 - WINTER 1943
THE SPORTPALAST SPEACH - Goebbels declare total war on UN
THE LACONIA ORDER - No help to surviving sailors
PURCHASE: DD, Sub, 3 FTR, TAC, 2 BMB, 3 Tanks, 4 Art, 10 Inf + West Wall Fort
COMBAT
BATTLE OF THE BARENTS SEA
Nor 126: CA, DD attack> sz 125: PQ-conv + CA, DD
Loss GE. CA
attacker retreat
BATTLE OF ATLANTIC
2 Subs attack> sz 118: ON-conv + escort = loss 2 IPC
Loss GE 1 Sub
2 Subs attack> sz 117: ON-conv + escort = loss 2 IPC
Loss GE: 1 Sub
2 Subs attack> sz 108: ON-conv + escort = loss 1 IPC
Loss GE: 1 Sub
1 Sub attack> sz 107: DD
Loss Ge: 1 Sub
1 Sub attack> sz 103: TM-conv of oil tankers = loss 4 IPC
(This was the most successful attack on allied oil supply ever)
2 Subs attack> sz 89: loss = 1 IPC
NON-COMB MOVE
CASE ANTON
W. Ge: 2 Inf to S. Fra
THE RETREAT TO TUNISIA
Lib: Inf to Tunisia
IT: Tranny w Inf, Tank to sz 94 + offload in Tunisia
OPERATION BUFFEL
Vologda: 2 Tanks, 2 Mech to Smolensk
Arc: Inf, Art to Bela
Ge, Tranny w MNT Inf to Norway
Ge FTR to Vologda
GE: FTR to Cauca
USSR TURN 14 - WINTER 1943
Mannerheim (FIN) ask Stalin (USSR) for peace: enough is enough
PURCHASE
3 FTR, 3 TAC, BMB, 6 Tanks, 9 Inf, 4 Art, AA
COMBAT - THE GREAT WINTER OFFENSIVE
OPERATION POLAR STAR
Nov: 5 Inf, 2 Art, 2 Tanks, 2 TAC attack> Belarus: 5 Inf, FTR, AA
Loss USSR: all units + Loss GE: 2 Inf
RZHEV OFFENSIVE
Rus: Inf attack> Vologda (empty)
OPERATION URANUS - BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
Sam: 6 Inf, 4 Art, Tank + 3 FTR, TAC attack> Vol: 3 Inf, Art, Tank, FTR (GE) + 2 Inf (ROM) + Mech (IT)
Loss USSR: 6 Inf, Tank, 3 FTR, + Loss Axis: all units
OPERATION SATURN - BATTLE OF CAUCASUS
Kaz: 4 Inf, 3 Art, 3 Tanks + 2 TAC attack> Cau: 3 Mech, FTR, AA
Loss USSR: 2 Inf, Art, Tank, TAC + Loss GE: all units
JAPAN TURN 14 - WINTER 1943
PURCHASE
Tranny, 2 FTR, TAC, BMB, 2 Inf, 2 Art
COLLECT INCOME CONVOY DISRUPTION
Sub in sz 6 = 2 IPC
Sub in sz 19 = 1 IPC
Sub in sz 20 = 1 IPC
Sub in sz 36 = 1 IPC
Sub in sz 42 = 1 IPC
USA TURN 14 - WINTER 1943
Polish gov in exile send first official report on Holocaust to United Nations.
United Nations issues the JOINT DECLARATION on Holocaust
Gasoline rationing begin in USA
Carlo Tresca, union boss, is assassinated by Lilo, the mobster
TECH
MANHATTAN PROJECT - Enrico Fermi initiates nuclear chain reaction
PURCHASE
East: CV, 2Air, CA, DD, Sub, Tranny, 4 FTR, TAC, 6 BMB, Tank, 4 Inf, Art
West: CV, 2 Air, DD, Tranny, FTR, TAC, BMB, Tank
Lend Lease to UK: 2 Trannies, FTR, TAC, BMB
Lend Lease to USSR: FTR, Tank
Lend Lease to France: Tank
COMBAT
UK: 3 BMB SBR> W. Ge: 4 FTR + Naval Base = 50 % damage
Loss US: 2 BMB + Loss Ge: 2 FTR
BATTLE OF KASSERINE PASS
Mor: Tank blitz + attack> Tunisia: Tank, 2 Inf (GE) + Inf, FTR (IT)
Loss US: Tank
NON-COMB MOVE
BOLERO CONV
US: Tranny w 2 Inf to sz 109 + offload in UK
US: 2 FTR, 3 BMB to UK
TORCH CONV
US: 2 Trannies w 2 Inf, Art, Tank to sz 91 + offload in Morocco
sz 92: Tranny (UK) w Inf, Art offload in Algeria
Mor: Inf to Alg
US: 2 FTR, TAC to Mor
TRANSIT TO PACIFIC
SZ 101: 2 Subs to sz 10
UK TURN 14 - WINTER 1943
YENICE CONFERENCE in Turkey.
Winston and Ismet discuss how Turkey can participate in the war.
Winston agree to send the ANZAC boys home with the Pamphlet convoy
PURCHASE
UK: BB, 2 FTR, 2 BMB, Tank, Art, Inf + LL to USSR: Tank
CAN: FTR, Inf + LL to USSR: Mech
S. Africa: Inf
COMBAT
UK: 2 BMB SBR> W. Ge: FTR + Factory = damage
Loss UK: 1 BMB + Loss Ge: 1 FTR
UK: 2 BMB SBR> N. IT: factory = damage
OPERATION GUNNERSIDE
UK: Skytrain with paratroop (NOR) attack> NOR (Vemork Heavy Water Plant) = total damage
(And this is why Adolf never got the a-bomb)
sz 96: CA attack> sz 94 Tranny
Loss IT: all units
INVASION OF LIBYA
Alex: Tank blitz + attack> Libya (empty)
NON-COMB MOVE
UK: Tranny w Inf Art to sz 92 Alg
UK, FTR to Alg
PAMPHLET CONVOY
Egy: Inf (ANZAC) load Tranny, move to sz 78 (Port T - Addu atoll)
S. Afr: Tranny w Inf (SA) to Egypt
COLLECT INCOME- CONVOY DISRUPTION
Sub in sz 80 = loss 1 IPC
Sub in sz 72 = loss 1 IPC
ITALY TURN 14 - WINTER 1943
PURCHASE
Sub, TAC, Inf
COMBAT
RAID ON ALGIERS
sz 95: Sub attack> sz 92: CV, BB, 2 CA, DD, Sub, 2 Trannies
Loss IT: Sub + Loss UK: 1 Tranny
(That’s right, Subs can target Trannies)
ANZAC + UK PAC TURN 14 - WINTER 1943
PURCHASE
Ind: 2 Inf
Aus: Inf
COMBAT
OPERATION LONGCLOTH
Ind: 1 Commando (Wingates Chindits) attack> Burma: 3 Inf, Art (JAP) + Inf (Burma)
Loss UK: all units
Also a great propaganda effect for UK.
Ind: BMB SBR> Siam (Bangkok) = damage
NON-COMB MOVE
Ind, Sub to sz 44
OPERATION PAMPHLET
sz 78 (Port T): Liner w Inf (ANZ) to sz 56 + offload in W. Aus
FRANCE TURN 14 - WINTER 1943
CASABLANCA CONFERENCE - SYMBOL in Morocco
FDR and Winston encourace de Gaulle and Giraud to cooperate.
ROUND 15 - (may april, may 1943)
GERMANY TURN 15 - SPRING 1943
Josef Mengele, the Angel of Death, begin work in Auschwitz
PURCHASE
4 Subs, 3 FTR, TAC, 2 BMB, 3 Tanks, 4 Art, 10 Inf + West Wall: Fort
COMBAT
BATTLE OF ATLANTIC
3 Subs attack> sz 118: HX-conv w DD escort (Largest convoy battle in the war)
Loss GE: 2 Subs + Loss UK: DD + 4 IPC
2 Subs attack> sz 117: HX-conv w DD escort
Loss GE: 1 Sub + Loss UK: 2 IPC
1 Sub attack> sz 106: SC-conv w DD escort
Loss GE: 1 Sub
1 Sub attack> sz 108: HX-conv w DD escort
Loss GE: 1 Sub
1 Sub attack> sz 90: RS-conv w esc = loss 2 IPC
1 Sub attack> sz 103: UGS-conv w esc = loss 2 IPC
1 Sub attack> sz 87: TS-conv w esc = loss 2 IPC
3 Subs attack> sz 107: SC-conv w CV, Air, DD escort
Loss GE: all units ((Known as Black May Turning Point)
CASE BLACK - OFFENSIVE TO DESTROY PARTISANS IN YUGO
Yug: MNT Inf, + TAC attack> Yugo (contested terr.): Inf (partisan) + Inf (Chetnik)
Loss YUGO: all units
NON-COMB MOVE
WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING - SS kill 60 000 civilians
USSR TURN 15 - SPRING 1943
COMINTERN is dissolved in Moscow - Stalins gesture to please Winston and FDR
PURCHASE
Rus: 3 FTR, 3 TAC, BMB, 6 Tanks, 9 Inf, 4 Art, AA
Yugo: 1 partisan
COMBAT
BRYANSK OFFENSIVE
Tam: 6 Inf, 6 Art, 5 Tanks + FTR, 2 TAC attack> Bry: Tank, Inf (GE) + Inf (IT) + Inf (Hun)
Loss Ge: all units
JAPAN TURN 15 - SPRING 1943
PURCHASE
DD, Tranny, 2 FTR, TAC, BMB 2 Inf, 2 Art
NON-COMB MOVE
THE HUNAN MASSACRE - 30 000 civilians killed
COLLECT INCOME - CONV DISRUPTION
Sub in sz 6 = loss 2 IPC
Sub in sz 19 = loss 1 IPC
Sub in sz 20 = loss 1 IPC
Sub in sz 35 = loss 1 IPC
Sub in sz 36 = loss 1 IPC
Sub in sz 44 = loss 1 IPC
Sub in sz 42 = loss 1 IPC
At this point I split USA in a Euro part and a Pacific part
USA TURN 15 - SPRING 1943
TRIDENT CONFERENCE - WASHINGTON - FDR and Winston:
-Plan the Italian campaign
-Agree to increase SBR on Germany
Agree to increase the pressure on Japan
PROPAGANDA: - “Rosie the Riveter” appears everywhere
TECH - The ENIAC-computer is invented
PURCHASE
East: CV, 2 Air, BB, Sub, Tranny, 4 FTR, TAC, 6 BMB, Tank, 4 Inf, Art, Paratrooper
Lend Lease to UK: 2 Trannies, FTR, TAC, BMB, Tank
Lend Lease to USSR: FTR, Tank
Lend Lease to France: Tank
COMBAT EUROPE
BOMB CAMPAIGN:
UK: 3 BMB SBR> W. GE: 4 FTR + Factory
Loss US: 1 BMB + Loss GE: FTR + Factory = 50 % damage
Alg: 3 BMB SBR> S. IT: FTR + Airbase (Rome)
Loss US: 1 BMB + Loss IT: 1 FTR + AB = 100 % damage
BATTLE OF ATLANTIC - ANTI SUB OP
CV, 1 Air, DD attack> sz 103 (Azores): 1 Sub Ge = sunk
DD + 1 cv-Air attack> sz 90: Sub GE = sunk
OPERATION VULCAN - INVASION OF TUNISIA
Alg: Tank, Mech, 2 Inf + 3 FTR, 2 TAC attack> Tun: Tank, Inf (GE) + Inf, FTR (IT)
Loss Axis: all units
NON-COMB MOVE
BOLERO CONV
US: Tanny w Inf Tank to sz 109 + offload in UK
US: 6 BMB to UK
TORCH CONV
US: 2 Trannies w Tank, Art, 2 Inf + Tranny w Tank (FRA) to 91 + offload in Morocco
FTR, TAC, BMB to Mor.
TRANSIT TO PAC
2 CA, 2 Sub (made in the east coast but used in the Pac.)
US PACIFIC
PURCHASE
West: CV, Air, CA, DD, Tranny, FTR, TAC, BMB
COMBAT PACIFIC
BOMB CAMPAIGN
Yunnan: BMB SBR> FIC = 0 dam fiasco
India: BMB SBR> Malaya = 0 dam fiasco
W. Aus: BMB SBR> Java Oil field = 0 dam fiasco
OPERATION LANDCRAB
CA, DD, Sub attack> sz 8: CA, Sub
Loss Ja: all units
Tranny w Inf, Art amp> Aleutian Isl: Inf
Loss JA: all units
BATTLE OF BISMARCK SEA
Aus: BMB attack> sz 47: DD, Tranny
Loss JA: all units
UK TURN 15 - SPRING 1943
Winston ditch uncle Draza and the Chetniks.
Winston now support Tito and the Partisans.
TECH
-Gloster Meteor Jet first flight
-COLOSSUS - computer invented
PURCHASE
UK: CA, Sub, 2 FTR, 2 BMB, Tank, Art, Inf, Para + Lend Lease to USSR: FTR
CAN: Tranny, Art + Lend Lease to USSR: Mech
W. Afr: Inf
COMBAT
BOMB CAMPAIGN
UK: 1 BMB SBR> GE: FTR + Berlin
Loss UK: 1 BMB + Loss Ge: 1 FTR
UK: 1 BMB SBR> Great Ge: factory (Skoda Works) = damage
UK: 3 BMB SBR> W. GE: 2 FTR + factory
Loss UK: 2 BMB + Loss GE. FTR + factory = total damage
THE RAMROD RAID
UK: FTR, TAC SBR> Holl/Belg Naval Base = damage
NON-COMB MOVE
OPERATION STRIKE
Libya: Tank, Mech to Tunisia
Tranny w Inf (S. Africa) to sz 81 + offload in Egy
ITALY TURN 15 - SPRING 1943
There were always an old friendship between Italy and Serbia, so naturally Musso is now infuriated that Adolf killed the serbian Chetniks, but Musso promise uncle Draza this will be fixed.
COMBAT
OPERATION BLACK
Yugo: Inf (IT) attack> Yugo (contested terr.) Inf (partisan)
Loss IT: Inf (fiasco)
ANZAC AND UK PAC TURN 15 - SPRING 1943
PURCHASE
India: 2 Inf
COMBAT
Ind: BMB SBR> Siam (Bankok) = damage
OPERATION TRANSOM
Ceylon: TF 65: CV, Air, BB, CA, DD to sz 41 + cv-Air SBR> Sumatra oil fields = damage
NON-COMB MOVE
W. Aus: Tranny w Inf (ANZ)(from former Pamphlet conv) to sz 46 + offload in New Guin
