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
ROUND 16 - (june, july aug 1943)
GERMANY TURN 16 - SUMMER 1943
Adolf start building the Eastern Wall.
Adolf also move all subs out of the North Atlantic and American coast - better luck in south
Erik Scavenius (Danish player) leave the Axis Team, because he figure they will lose the war.
Adolf now need to occupy Denmark, the former friend
PURCHASE
GE. 3 FTR, TAC, BMB, 3 Tank, 4 Art, 10 Inf
Belo: Blockhouse
sz 105: 4 Subs
COMBAT
BOMBING OF GORKY - the largest raid
Pol: 4 BMB SBR> Rus: 5 FTR + factory (Gorky)
Loss Ge: 2 BMB + Loss USSR: 2 FTR + Factory total damage
OPERATION CITADELL - BATTLE OF KURSK
Smo: 2 Tank, 2 Mech, Art + TAC attack> Bry: 5 Tanks, 6 Inf, 6 Art, AA, FTR, 2 TAC
Ukr: 2 Tank, 2 Inf, Art + TAC attack> Bry
Loss GE: Tank, Inf, Art + Loss USSR: 2 Tank, 2 Inf, 2 TAC
attacker retreat to Ukr
(I placed Kursk to Bryansk because it is a nice bulge that fit for that purpose.)
BATTLE OF ATLANTIC
2 Subs attack> sz 107: CV, DD
Loss GE: 2 Subs
1 Sub attack> sz 102: CV, DD
Loss GE. 1 Sub
1 Sub attack> sz 103: CV, DD
Loss GE: 1 Sub
1 Sub attack> sz 85: = conv disruption 2 IPC
1 Sub attack> sz 82: = conv, disruption 2 IPC
1 Sub attack> sz 70: = conv. disruption 2 IPC
NON-COMB MOVE
OCCUPATION OF DENMARK
W. GE: Inf to Den
sz 113: Coastal Gunboat (Den) is scuttled
OP. LEHGANG - THE EVACUATION OF SICILY
Sicily: all units to S. Italy
The iconic battle of Kursk
Battle of Atlantic
USSR TURN 16 - SUMMER 1943
PURCHASE
RUS: 3 FTR, 3 TAC, BMB, 6 Tanks, 9 Inf, 4 Art, AA
Yugo: 1 partisan inf
COMBAT
BALTIC SEA CAMPAIGN
Sub attack> sz 114: 2 DD
Loss USSR: Sub
OPERATION KUTUZOV - BATTLE OF SMOLENSK
Rus: 6 Inf, 5 Art, 3 Tanks + 2 TAC attack> Smo: 6 Inf, 3 Art, Tank, FTR, AA
Loss USSR: 2 Inf, 2 Art, 2 Tank, TAC + Loss GE: 2 Inf, Tank
attacker retreat
OPERATION POLKOVODETS - BATTLE OF WESTERN UKRAINE
Bry: 4 Inf, 4 Art, 3 Tanks + 2 TAC attack> W. UKr: 6 Inf, 3 Art, Tank, FTR, AA
Loss USSR: 2 Inf, 2 Art, 2 Tank, TAC + Loss GE: 2 Inf
attacker retreat
DONBAS STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE
Volg: 4 Inf, 2 Art, 2 Tanks + FTR, TAC attack> Ros: Art, AA (GE) + 3 Inf (IT)
Cauc: 4 Inf, 2 Art attack> Ros
Loss USSR: 3 Inf, Tank, TAC + Loss Axis: all units
NON-COMB MOVE
2 AA to Bry
2 AA to Rost
JAPAN TURN 16 - SUMMER 1943
PURCHASE
Sub, Tranny, 2 FTR, TAC, BMB, 2 Inf, 2 Art
COLLECT INCOME
CONV DISRUPTION
Sub in sz 6 = loss 1 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
CV, BB, CA, DD in sz 41: = loss 4 IPC
Tojos fixation on the Bushido warrior culture made the idea of protecting merchant ships far fetched, giving the Allied submarines an easy and safe job.
USA TURN 16 - SUMMER 1943
THE PATTON SLAPPING INCIDENT - no recognition of shell shock
Eisenhower and Marshall want to fire Patton
FDR settle for 1 year paid vacation - problem solved
THE MAY INCIDENT
Andrew May tell the Press that no US submarine has been sunk so far because the japanese depth charges are not set deep enough. But that will change soon.
PURCHASE
East: CV, Air, CA, DD, Sub, Tranny, 4 FTR, TAC, 6 BMB, Tank, 4 Inf, Art
Lend Lease to UK: 2 Tannies, FTR, TAC, BMB, Tank
Lend Lease to USSR: FTR, Tank
Lend Lease to France: Tank
West: CV, Air, CA, DD, Sub, Tranny, FTR, TAC, BMB, Marines
COMBAT EUROPE
OPERATION GOMORRHA
UK: 4 BMB SBR> W. GE: 4 FTR + factory
Loss US: BMB + Loss GE: FTR + factory = total damage
UK: BMB SBR> Norway Naval Base = damage
Algeria: BMB SBR> S. IT (Roma) FTR
Loss US: BMB + Loss IT: FTR
OPERATION TIDAL WAVE
Egypt: BMB SBR> Romania Oil Field = 40 % damage
(BMB is lost on its way back, but ain’t no rule for that)
THE SHUTTLE RAID
UK: 2 BMB SBR> Great Germany: 2 FTR + (Skoda Factory)
Loss US: 1 BMB + Loss GE: FTR + factory 40 % damage
BMB land in Algeria
OPERATION HUSKY - The invasion of Sicily
GIB 91: CA, 2 DD + 2 Trannies attack> sz 95: Sub
Loss IT: all units
2 Inf, Art, Tank + TAC amp> Sicily: 2 Inf
Loss US: Inf + Loss Italy: all units
COMBAT PACIFIC
THE SOLOMON CAMP
26: CA, DD attack> sz 49: DD
Loss JAP: all units
NON-COMB MOVE
BOLERO CONV
TORCH CONV
THE ZOOT SUIT RIOTS
RACE RIOTS - 50 killed + 3000 arrested
UK TURN 16 - SUMMER 1943
QUEBEC CONFERENCE - QUADRANT -Winston, King and FDR
-D-day Normandy set for may 1944
-Limit sharing of nuclear energy tech.
-Mountbatten is Supreme Leader South East Asia
LUSO-BRITISH AGREEMENT
Salazar (Portugal) and Winston remember the Anglo-Portugese Treaty of 1373
UK can now lease the Airbase on Azores Island (sz 103)
THE GIBRALTAR CRASH - Sikorsky, the Pol in exile player, is killed
PURCHASE
UK: DD, 2 FTR, 2 BMB, Tank, Art, Inf + LL to USSR: Tank
CAN Pac: Tranny + LL to USSR: Mech
COMBAT
THE BOMB CAMP
UK: 4 BMB SBR> Ge: 4 FTR + Berlin
Loss UK: BMB + Loss GE: FTR + Berlin = damage
OP. GOMORRHA
UK: 4 BMB SBR> W. GE: 4 FTR + factory
Loss UK: BMB + Loss Ge: FTR + factory total damage
POINT BLANK RAIDS
UK: 2 TAC + 2 FTR escort SBR> Norm: FTR + factory
Loss UK: FTR, TAC + Loss GE: FTR + factory damage
Algeria: BMB SBR> N. It: FTR + factory
Loss UK: BMB
BAY OF BISCAY OFFENSIVE
UK 109: DD + 2 TAC attack> sz 105: 4 Subs
Loss GE: all units
NON-COMB MOVE
OP. HUSKY
sz 92: CV, Air, BB, 2 CA, DD, Tranny w Inf, Art + Inf (CAN) + Inf (POL) to sz 95 + offload Sicily
UK: TAC, FTR to Azores Island
ITALY TURN 16 - SUMMER 1943
Musso arrested by police - Badoglio new Italian player
ARMISTICE AT CASSIBLE - Italy join the Allies.
Italian fleet is made ready to be interned in Malta and Egypt
BULGARIA
Tsar Boris II is dead. Simeon II (6 years old) is new Tsar (and new Bulgarian player)
Prince Kiril and Bogdan Filov will play on behalf of tsar Simeon
NON-COMB MOVE
BB, CA, DD, Sub to sz 93 ready to sail to Malta and Egypt for internation
BB, CA, Sub, Tranny to sz 97 ready to sail to Malta and Egypt for internation
DD, Tranny to sz 99
2 CA to Atlantic Ocean
FRANCE TURN 16 - SUMMER 1943
NON-COMB MOVE
sz 91: Tranny (US) w Tank (FRA) offload in Morocco
ROUND 17 (sept, oct nov 1943)
GERMANY TURN 17 FALL 1943
THE GRAN SASSO-RAID paratroopers free Musso from jail.
Adolf orders Operation Alaric, punish italians.
Adolf orders schorched earth in east
PURCHASE
4 Subs, 3 FTR, TAC, BMB, 3 Tank, 3 Art, 10 Inf, +2 Blockhouses in east + Atlantic Wall Fort
COMBAT
OPERATION ALARIC -FIGHT ITALIANS
Greece: FTR, TAC attack> sz 99: DD, Tranny (IT)
Loss IT: all units
W. GE: 2 TAC, 2 BMB attack> sz 93: BB, CA, DD (IT)
Loss IT: all units
FRA: 2 Inf, Art attack> S. FRA: Inf (IT)
Loss IT: all units
Bul: 3 Tanks, Inf attack> Greece: 2 Inf, Mech, TAC (IT)
Loss IT: all units
Great GE: 6 Inf, 4 Art attack> Yugo: 3 Inf, Mech, FTR (IT)
Loss IT: all units
W. GE: 6 Inf, 4 Art attack> N. IT: Inf, Tank, AA, FTR, TAC (IT)
Loss IT: all units
S. IT: Inf + Paratrooper + TAC, BMB attack> S. IT: Inf, Mech, FTR, TAC (IT)
Loss IT: all units
NON-COMB MOVE
Retreat from Smolensk: 2 Inf stay
Sub to sz 104
Sub to sz 90
Sub to sz 88
Holocaust: All romani people to camps
USSR TURN 17 - FALL 1943
MOSCOW CONFERENCE: foreign ministers Molotov, Hull, Fu, and Eden
-Moscow declaration: Axis unconditional surrender
-Punish war criminals
PURCHASE
3 FTR, 3 TAC, BMB, 6 Tanks, 9 Inf, 4 Art
COMBAT
DNIEPER STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE
Rus: 2 Tanks, 4 Inf, 3 Art + Airborne + 3 FTR, TAC attack> Smo: 2 Inf, Tank, AA
Loss USSR: Inf, Airborne, TAC + Loss GE: all units
Bry: Tank, 4 Inf, 3 Art, + 3 FTR, TAC attack> W. Ukr: 4 Inf, Tank, AA, FTR
Loss USSR: 2 Inf, Art, TAC + Loss GE: 3 Inf
attacker retreat
Ros: Tank, 4 Inf, 3 Art + FTR, TAC attack> Ukr: Fort, Tank, 4 Inf, FTR, AA + Inf (Hun) + 2 Inf (ROM)
Loss USSR: Tank, 2 Inf, 2 Art + Loss GE: 3 Inf
attacker retreat
