Nordberg campaign I of World in Flames

Impulse 5, axis - 10 F F F St F F *(1)

Germany, Italy takes combined. Japan takes land.
Japan seemes to prepare for an attack in south east China. The storm in the north monsoon zone discourages Terauchi too mouch. A German Condor sinks the British supply convoy in Cape st. Vincent, along with its Ftr escort. Germany lands reinforcements in Norway and attacks Oslo in a +14 assault(rolled 3). The attack turns to a disaster for Germany who is disrupted while His Majestys Guard is still alive. An Italian division assaults Malta (+4, rolled 11). The result is is an exchange, but the disrupted British Nav is now in grave danger.

Impulse 6, allies

USSR takes land, CW takes naval.
The British Sunderland in the Baltics manages to chase away all but one German convoy. One Russian fighter and one Finnish fighter is lost in the process. A Russian Blitz(+14, rolled 13) in Ukraine is an outstanding success. The GBA mech replaces the participating mech. A Chinese attack against the Japanese fails.

Impulse 7, axis - 6 F F F St F F (1)

Japan, Germany take combined. Italy takes naval.
Germany barely gathers enough convoys to recieve the ore shipments. The eastern front is also patched up.

Impulse 8, allies

CW takes combined, all others pass (Churchill wants the turn to end).
Kristiansand is taken back from the agressors. A British port strike in Casablanca damages a German submarine. No undisrupted axis units will be able to initiate search in Cape st. Vincent now. Supply to Gibraltar is finally secured.

Impulse 9, axis - 2 F F F R F F (1)

Japan, Germany takes land. Italy takes combined
Terauchi finally gets his chance to attack north of Canton. The ensuing air battle turns into a disaster for Japan. The defending units (including Stillwell) call blitz(+12, rolled 3). Stillwell survives and all the Japanese are disrupted. Another attack in the north of China ends bad for the Chinese (+9 assault, rolled 13). All defending units are lost. Turn ends after axis. Initiative moves to +1 axis.

End of turn

Allied losses:
3xCP(CW), Ftr2(CW), Inf(CW), damaged BB(CW), damaged CL(Rus), Inf div(Ch), Cav(Ch), Wl(Ch), Inf(Ch), Ftr2+Pil(Rus), Lnd3+Pil(Rus), CP(Rus), Mil(No).

Axis losses:
2xSub(Ge), CL(Ge), Ftr3(Ge), CP(Ge), 2xInf div(Ge and It), Ftr2+Pil(It), Ftr2+Pil(Fin), AT gun(Ge), Mil(Rom), Cav(Hun)

One partisan appears in China.

US takes option 13(tension)

Production
USSR has 15 Bp(2xArm, Pil, saves 1)
USA has 16 Bp(CVL(fd), 2xAmph, Inf, Gar, Pil, 2xCVP1)
Japan has 15 Bp(2xCVL, 2xPil, Eng, 3xCVP, Ftr)
Italy has 11 Bp(Pil, Nav3, CVP, 2xSub, Terr, CL(fd), saves 1)
Germany has 29 Bp(3xFtr2, 3xPil, Mil0, Mil, Gar, Inf, Ski, Arm div, 2xCP, Sub(fd), Sub(fu))
China has 9 Bp(Gar, Lnd3, Pil, Cav)
CW has 22 Bp (CV(fu), 3xCP, Sup, Pil, 2xCVP, Ftr2, Mar, Mech div)
FF has 3 Bp(Gar, save 1)

The play session ends after July/August 1941.

Sept/Oct 1941

CW lends 1 oil, 1 res to China
USA lends 1 Bp to China
USA lends 2 res and 3 oil to UK
Germany lends 1 res to Japan
Japan lends 3 oil to Italy
Germany gives 2 res to Italy
CW gives FF 4 Bp
FF gives CW 2 res

Allies win initiative. Axis demands reroll. Allies win again. Initiative is now at 0.

Impulse 1, allies - 4 F F F F F F (1)

USSR takes combined, CW takes naval.
The russian baltic fleet sails out into the baltic sea, escorted by a fighter. England sails convoy duty. The British Nav finds the German convoys in the baltics. The Nav is aborted by a German figter. A TB3 escorted by a russian fighter attempt the first bombing of Ploesti. The escorting fighter is shot down, along with its pilot and the bomber is aborted. Yeremenko leads an assault of a Finnish Inf east of Lake Lagoda(+12, rolled 12). Stilwell retreats into the interior.

Impulse 2, axis

Japan, Italy takes naval, Germany takes combined.
A Condor in Black sea kills a Russian BB in Sukumi. England is happy, though, that the aircraft is being used other places than Mediteranean or in the Atlantic. The Russian baltic fleet fails an attempt to intercept German reinforcements destined for Norway. Japan transports a large land force to South China sea. A German Inf and Mil is debarked in Damietta and Alexandria. The ratio between British and axis forces is now about one to one in Egypt. Oslo is assaulted(+22, rolled auto with HQ support).

Impulse 3, allies - 4 F F F F F F (1)

CW takes combined, USSR takes land.
USSR port strikes the Rumanian destroyer flotilla while the red army withdraws into Russian soil. It appears that the prospect of a land offensive on Manstein scears the generals to much. The Norwegian ski division attempts a suicide attack against the Germans, but fails(the result is -/-).

Impulse 4, axis

Japan takes land, Gemany takes naval, Italy takes combined.
Germany sends out all his auxillary cruisers and submarines. A German Sub damages a British cruiser and sinks a convoy in Norwegian sea. One British convoy is sunk west of Australia. Yamashita debarks in Siam, on the Malayan border.

Impulse 5, allies - 6 R F F R F F (2)

USSR takes combined, CW takes naval.
USSR does very little. The Subs in Vladivostok sails out to South China sea to protect the British convoys against German AUX cruisers. England patches up the convoy link and reacts to the AUX cruisers. The Italian Sub in Gulf of Guinea intercepts and sinks and aborts some British convoys. Only one convoy is left in the sea zone.

Impulse 6, axis

Japan takes naval, Germany, Italy take combined.
An air battle in Cape st. Vincent results in a killed British fighter w/ pilot an a sunk convoy. Gibraltar and Malta is out of supply.

Impulse 7, allies - 9 St R R St F F *(2)

USSR takes combined, CW takes naval.
USSR attampts to strat bomb Ploesti. No result. CW patch up the convoy link in Gulf of Guinea.

Impulse 8, axis

Japan, Germany, Italy take land.
Finland is reinforced with units railed in from Norway. Some units move around to find better positions on the eastern front. Axis forces advance towards Cairo. Japan does very little. Yamamoto and the MTN is now in Siam, on the Malayan border. Two long range NAVs are based in the area, as well.

Impulse 9, allies - 8 R R F St F F *(2)

USSR takes combined, CW takes naval.
The Russian fighter initiates search in the baltics. No result. Turn ends after allies. Initiative moves to +1 axis.

End of turn

Allied losses:
2xFtr, one pilot, BB(Rus), MTN, Ski(Nor), Damaged CL, 6xCP, Ftr with pilot(CW)

Axis losses:
Ftr(Ge), Damaged CL(Rum), Inf(Fin)

A new house rule is decided upon: Partisans can be generated in an unconquered major power home country only if enemy units are present in that home country.

US takes option 25 and 26.

Production
USSR has 15 Bp+1 saved(Ftr, 2xPil, 2xMech)
USA has 17 Bp(rep 3xCW BB, rep CW CA, Pil, 3CVP, Inf)
Japan has 17 Bp(Pil, CP, Eng, Gar, Cav, Ftr, CV(fu), Nav)
Italy has 10 Bp(BB(fu), Sub(fu), Pil, CVP, Terr)
Germany has 25 Bp(CV(fu), CA(fu), 2xSub(fd), 2xPil, 3xFtr2, Inf, Mil, Mech(Oslo), Arm div)
China has 7 Bp+1 saved(Wl, Inf div, Lnd3)
CW has 21 Bp (Oil tank, 3xCP, CA(fu), 3xPil, 3CVP1, Ftr, Cav, Mil)
FF has 5 Bp(Gar, Inf)

Norway is completely conquered by Germany

Nov/Dec 1941

CW lends 1 oil, 1 res to China
USA lends 1 Bp to China
USA lends 2 res, 3 oil to UK
USA lends 1 Bp to FF
Germany lends 1 res to Japan
Japan lends 4 oil to Italy
Germany gives 1 res to Italy
CW gives FF 5 Bp, 1 oil

Axis win initiative.

Impulse 1, axis - 3 R F F F F F (1)

Germany, Italy, Japan take naval.
Germany and Italy sails around to hunt for convoys. The merchant raiders try to cut supply to Egypt, but fail. The attempts to cut supply around Gibraltar also fail.

Impulse 2, allies

CW takes naval, and USSR take their first air.
A massive bombing raid is sent out towards Ploesti. The raid turns to a disaster for the Russians. Two Lnd4 and one Lnd3 are lost in exchange for one German fighter. The commander of the Russian air force is shot immedeately, and his is family sent to siberia. The ground strikes against the Finns also fail. A Naval battle in west med sees lots of Italian units killed and sunk. This is a major victory for the British.

Impulse 3, axis - 10 B Sn Sn R St R **(3)

Germany and Italy take combined, Japan takes land.
Vyborg is reinforced with a Mtn and a good Inf. Leeb debarks in Egypt, along with an Italian Mil. Japan has quietly built up forces along the border with Russia. Two Japanese HQs are now in the area.

Impulse 3, allies

USSR takes land, CW takes land.
Siberia and Caucasus is reinforced. Not much else happens.

Impulse 4, axis - 11 B B Sn R St R **(3)

Japan, Germany takes land. Italy takes combined.
Not much happens. Germany is now in position to assault Port said.

Impulse 5, allies

USSR takes land, CW takes combined.
More troops are sent to siberia in order to contain the threat from Japan. An Art is sent to Talinn (hehe).

Impulse 6, axis - 12! B B B St St R **(3)

Italy takes naval, Japan takes land, Germany takes land.
Italy sends out some ships, as the British fighters cannot fly in the blizzard.

Impulse 7, allies

USSR takes nlairc, CW takes naval.
Russia does nothing, CW fixes things up. Turn ends after allies. Initiative stays at +1 axis.

End of turn

Allied losses:
Damaged BB, pp on strat bombing(CW), 2xLnd4, Lnd3, 2xPil(Rus)

Axis losses:
3xdamaged AUX, 2xAUX, Ftr2(Ge), CV with plane and Pil, Nav2, damaged BB(It)

No partisans

No entry options.

Production
USSR has 14 Bp(3xPil, Mtn, Nav2, Ftr2)
USA has 17 Bp+12 saved(5xCv(fu), HQA, Pil, 3xCVP)
Japan has 17 Bp(ATR, cvp, motdiv, 2pl,ftr, 2trs (fd))
Italy has 10 Bp(CV(fd), rep BB, Sub(fu), Pil, Terr)
Germany has 27 Bp(CA(fu), 2xAux(fd), Sub(fu), Sub(fd), 2xMech div, Inf, Mil, Mil(Zagreb), 2xPil, 3xFtr2)
China has 7 Bp+1 saved(Lnd4, Inf)
CW has 19 Bp (3xCP, CA(fd), 3xPil, Ftr, 4xCVP, Inf)
FF has 7 Bp(Pil, Atr, Mot div)

Jan/Feb 1942

CW lends 1 oil, 1 res to China
USA lends 1 Bp to China
USA lends 2 res, 3 oil to UK
USA lends 1 Bp to FF
Germany lends 1 res to Japan
Japan lends 2 oil to Italy
Germany gives 5 res to Italy
Italy recieves 1 Bp from Germany
CW gives FF 5 Bp, 1 oil

Allies win initiative, axis go first.

Impulse 1, axis - 4 Sn St F F R F *(2)

Japan takes land, Italy takes combined, Germany takes naval.
Germany and Italy loose lots of submarines, but the backwater supply to Egypt is cut. Both Red sea and Arabian sea are emptied of convoys. The defender of Malta is disrupted by a stuka.

Impulse 2, allies

USSR takes land, CW takes naval.
USSR attempts an attack outside Lovov, but the result is 1/1. An HQ is railed to siveria. CW sails a major invasion fleet out into Cape st. Vincent.

Japan takes naval. Germany, Italy takes combined.
Little to report. More troops are loaded into Egypt.

Impulse 4, allies

USSR takes land, CW takes combined, FF takes combined.
The Russian army group north is moved south past Pskov. CW tries to keep Port said one more turn. The invasion of Marocco is postponed due to bad weather.

Germany, Italy take combined. Japan takes land.
More troops are loaded into Egypt. The Polish cruiser in North sea is sunk. Turn ends after axis, initiative to 0.

End of turn

Allied losses:
4xCP, damaged CA, damaged CL(CW), CA(Pol), Mot div, Ftr2 with pilot(Rus)

Axis losses:
2x damaged Sub(It), 3x damaged Sub, damaged Aux, Sub(Ge), Inf(Hun)

One partisan appears in India.

US takes option 34.

Production
USSR has 29 Bp+1 saved(3xLnd4, 3xPil, HQA, Inf, Mech div)
USA has 23 Bp(Rep 2x CW BB, 4xCV(fd), HQI, 2xCVP, 2xCVP1)
Japan has 21 Bp(4xCVP, Gar, Pil, Mar, Inf, 2xCP, Amph(fd))
Italy has 15 Bp(CV(fd), Sub(fd), CVP, HQI, Terr, Asw(fd), Sub(fu), CV(fu), Pil)
Germany has 42 Bp(BB(fd), CV(fd), CV(fu), CVL(fu), Sub(fd), Sub(fu), rep Sub, 3xFtr2, Lnd4, 2xPil, 3xGar, HQI, Mech div)
China has 9 Bp+1 saved(Pil, Atr, Para)
CW has 25 Bp (5xCP, CA(fd), ASW(fd), 3xPil, Ftr2, Ftr3, Nav2, HQI)
FF has 7 Bp(Pil, Lnd3, Trs(fd))

Mar/Apr 1942

CW lends 1 oil, 1 res to China
USA lends 1 Bp to China
USA lends 2 res, 3 oil to UK
USA lends 1 Bp to FF
Germany lends 1 res to Japan
Japan lends 2 oil to Italy
Germany gives 5 res to Italy
CW gives FF 3 Bp, 1 oil

Axis win initiative.

Impulse 1, axis - 13! F F F F F F (1)

Japan DoW USSR. Japan, Germany take land. Italy takes combined.
An Italian minisub sinks the battleship Marat in Leningrad, and damages a sub. A Condor fails to inflict damage to the remnants of the Russian Black sea fleet. One Russian PP is lost in a strat run by the Italian Piaggio. Japan moves in to Russian territory in siberia. Germany boutches an attack against British units in Egypt. The result is 1/1, and all attackers are disrupted.

Impulse 2, allies

USA DoW Germany, Italy. USA takes naval, USSR takes land. CW, FF take combined.
USSR makes two attacks on the eastern front. Both end up with exchange results. Teheran is taken by a Russian Cav. USA saves the day for an exhausted and overstretched Royal Navy.

Impulse 3, axis - 9 R F F F F F (1)

Play session 9. dec:
Italy takes combined, Germany takes land, Japan takes land.
German forces invade Malta in a +13 assault (rolled 13). Two +13 blitz attacks end good for the Germans in East Poland. Japan withdraws from Siberia after some initial talks between Russian and Japanese diplomats.

Impulse 4, allies

USSR takes combined, USA takes naval, CW takes naval, FF take combined.
A Russian aircraft in the Baltics damage Gneisnau and sinks a convoy point. CW restructure the convoy lines.

Impulse 5, axis - 4 Sn St R F St R (3)

Germany takes naval, Japan takes naval, Italy takes naval.
German and Italian subs wreck havoc on the convoy lines.

Impulse 6, allies

USSR takes land, CW takes naval, USA takes naval.
Russia fails an attack west of Minsk. England patches up the convoy link.

Impulse 7, axis - 8 R F F F F F (2)

Italy takes combined, Germany takes land, Japan takes combined.
An Italian port strike of Gibraltar fails. A major fleet battle in Feroes Gap ends with a decisive victory for England and USA. Among the losses is a sunk German CV. Turn ends after axis, initiative to +1 allies. A British transport returning to Gibraltar allows a German sub to initiate search. All convoys are lost in the process. Gibraltar is now out of supply.

End of turn

Allied losses:
ASW, Ftr3 with pilot, 3xCP, Gar, Terr, damaged TRS(Br), 2xCA(Nor), CP, 2x damaged CA(USA), GBA cav, Mil, 2xInf, Inf div, Cav div 2xFtr, BB, PP, damaged SUB(Rus)

Axis losses:
2xdamaged BB, damaged CL, damaged CA, damaged SUB, CP, 2xFtr2, Lnd3, CV with aircraft and pilot, Mech div(Ge), Minisub(It), Inf(Yug)

US takes option 23

Production
USSR has 27 Bp(4xPil, 4xLnd3, 2xMil, Inf)
USA has 40 Bp(3xCvp, Atr, Ftr3, Pil, Para, Arm, 2xCp, Trs(fd), 2xTrs(fu), Rep2UkBB, RepUkTrs)
Japan has 25 Bp(4cvp, ahq, 2cv (fd), pl, gar, nav, cp)
Italy has 13 Bp(2pl, 3ftr, cvp, ter, )
Germany has 38 Bp(cvl(fd), scs (fd), 2sub (fd), 2sub(fu), 2sub(rep), 4cx(rep), cvp, lnd4, lnd2, 2ftr2, gar, 2mil, inf, mech(div) )
China has 7 Bp(Ftr2, Pil, Inf)
CW has 26 Bp (2xASW(fu), rep CA, 5xCP, 2xFtr3, Nav3, 3xPil, Gar)
FF has 5 Bp(save 5)

USSR liberates Persia. Japan and USSR comes to peace: All of Persia is Russian territory, with all oil wells intact. Japan recieves hexes 3045 to 2841 and 3840. USSR is allowed to ship one resource each turn to Vladivostok through Japanese territory.

May/Jun 1942

CW lends 1 oil, 1 res to China
USA lends 1 Bp to China
USA lends 2 res, 3 oil to UK
USA lends 1 Bp to FF
Germany lends 1 res to Japan
Germany gives 2 res to Italy
CW gives FF 3 Bp, 1 oil

Allies win initiative.

Impulse 1, allies - 8 F F F F F F (1)

USA makes an attempt at Dow Japan. It fails. CW takes naval, USSR takes land, USA takes naval, China takes land, FF takes combined.
CW sails out the convoy escorts. USSR takes a +9 blitz(rolles 12) west of Minsk. A large force is sent to Persia. A British Trs based in Aden sails a Gar to Persia to protect an oil well from a marauding Iraqi Cav.

Impulse 2, axis

Germany takes land, Italy takes combined, Japan takes combined.
The backwater supply to Egypt is cut with an Italian nav. Most of the British and free French army is now out of supply in Egypt. Italian forces attack and kill an Indian Inf and an Egyptian Terr. The German army withdraws from east Poland.

Impulse 3, allies - 2 St R F St R R *(2)

CW takes combined. FF takes combined. USSR takes combined. USA takes naval. USA attempts to DoW Japan, but fails. Stalin suggets for Franklin to wait for some more popular support before he goes to Kongress again.
USSR advances towards Iraq. Supply to Egypt is restored. A Beaufighter is rebased into range of the red sea.

Impulse 4, axis

Germany takes naval, Italy takes combined. Japan takes naval.
The German merchant raiders cut the American trade link to Japan. No land impulse for USA next time! A minor battle in the Baltics ends with a damaged Russian cruiser. Kirov is now the only Russian boat left in the area. Italian forces move towards Syria. There has been many port striker on Gibraltar this turn. All were repelled. I just forgot to write them down.

Current situation:

Impulse 5, allies - 6 F F F R F F (1)

USA nakes another attempt on DoW Japan. It fails again. CW take naval, USSR take land, USA take naval.
Russia takes the oil well south of Mosul. The front in the Baltics is restructured. Timo is ordered to a railhead. England restructure their convoy lines again. A British CV plane is lost in Cape st. Vincent.

Impulse 6, axis

Japan takes land, Italy and Germany take combined.
A battle between German subs and a British Nav is fought at the coast of Norway. The subs are damaged and aborted. The supply to Norway is then cut cu German subs outside Iceland. Trondheim is attacked in a +11 assault(rolled 12). The British garrison is killed. A few more submarine battles are fought around the world. Turn ends after axis. Initiative stays at +1 allies. 4 Subs and a nasty German fighter searces for the large escorts in Cape St Vincent. There are several rounds but it leads to little but the CW cv plane is shot down.Until the Germans is suprised and all but one sub is sent wounded home, but its not for free. A US CA sinks. And the sea area is more or less safe.

End of turn

Allied losses:
2xCP, CA, CVP1 with pilot, Inf, Inf div, Gar, 2xdamaged CA(Br), CL, damaged CA(USA), damaged CA(Rus)

Axis losses:
Inf, Inf div, 2xdamaged Sub(Ge), 2x damaged Sub(It)

No partisans

US takes oil embargo.

Production
USSR has 29 Bp(4xFtr2, Nav2, 5xPil, 2xCP, Inf, Gar, Mil)
USA has 38 Bp(Rep 3xCW Ca, Para, Mech Div, 3xCvp, Atr, 2xFtr, Pil, 3xConv, Trs(fu), 2xAmph(fd))
Japan has 24 Bp(5cvp, art, 2cv(fd), trs (fu), mech, pl
Italy has 13 Bp(Pil, CVP1, 3xFtr2, Terr, Sub(fd))
Germany has 39 Bp(2xSub(fd), Sub(fu), rep 2xSub, 2xCX(fu), 2xCL(fu), BB(fu), ASW(fd), Pil, Gar, 2xInf, Arm div, Ftr2, CVP1, 2xAtr4, Lnd4)
China has 8 Bp(Pil, Mtn, Art)
CW has 28 Bp (5conv,CAfd,ASWfd,2FTR3,4pil,Nav3,FTR2,Gar)
FF has 5+5 Bp(AHQ,CLrep,save1)

Lithuanias is re-conquered by Russia

Jul/Aug 1942

CW lends 1 oil, 1 res to China
USA lends 1 Bp to China
USA lends 2 res, 3 oil to UK
USA lends 1 Bp to FF
Germany lends 1 res to Japan
Germany gives 2 res to Italy
CW gives FF 3 Bp, 1 oil
CW gives 1 BP to USSR

Allies win initiative.

Impulse 1, allies - 7 F F F St F F (1)

USSR takes land, CW and USA take naval.
More Russian forces are sent to Persia and Iraq. Mosul is taken by the red army. Both Yeremenko and Vatutin are now in Persia, along with a Mech and some other things. Churchill declares "all in" in the distance. German and Italian subs in North Atlantic react after England has sailed out into the sea zone. The ensuing battle is a victory for the subs, who sink an ASW ship and a convoy, and abort 6 convoys.

Impulse 2, axis

Japan and Italy take naval, Germany take land.
Little to report.

Impulse 3, allies - 8 F F F St F F (1)

USA DoW Japan!, CW take naval, USSR take combined, USA take naval. USA aligns Mexico and Brazil.
USA port strikes Tokyo. Two Japanese carriers are bottomed in port. Russia sends Timo to Persia, putting Northern Iraq into supply. The rail link between Mosul and Turkey is taken. An air battle in West med results in an aborted Italian fighter and a damaged Italian CL. Impero is also damaged. The rest of the fleet flee to La Spezia.

Impulse 2, axis

Japan takes land, Germany takes combined, Italy takes land. All axis DoW Netherlands.
Germany port strikes the Dutch fleet in Rotterdam. Japanese carrier planes fail to disrupt the Inf in Batavia. Batavia is assaulted (+13, rolls 9). A heroic British Beaufighter fends off a Focke wolf fighter and a Stuka. The plane is shot down, but the pilot survives. The Italian HQs in eastern Syria withdraw towards the coast. Germany assault CW troops in Egypt (+6, rolled 14).

Impulse 3, axis - 7 F F F St F F (1)

USSR takes land, CW, FF takes combined and DoW Japan, USA take combined.
USSR rails troops into Persia. Nationalists advance into empty terrain in southern China. Italian subs kill lots of convoys in North Atlantic.

Impulse 4, axis

Japan takes combined, DoW Venezuela. Italy takes land, Germany takes combined.
Italian forces blitz Port Said, killing the isolated defenders. The defending Art has room to retreat, though. Japan does little.

Impulse 5, axis - 4 F F F R F F (1)

All allies take combined.
USSR loose a fighter in the Baltics while searching for the German convoys.

Impulse 6, axis

Germany and Italy take combined. Japan takes Naval.
USA win a sea battle in Bismarc sea.

USA take naval, USSR, China take land, all others take combined.
The communists takes a +8 assault in China (rolls 15). Anotther attack in the north fails.

Impulse 6, axis

Japan takes land, Italy takes land, Germany takes combined.
Japan withdraws towards the coast in China. Turn ends after axis - initiative stays at +1 allies.

End of turn

Allied losses:
3xMil, Inf, 7xCP, ASW, CVP1, Nav2, Ftr3(Br), damaged BB, 2xCP(US), Inf, CA, Sub(Ne), Ftr2(Russ)

Axis losses:
Inf div, 3xFtr2, 2x Nav4, 3xPil, 2xdamaged sub(Ge), CP, damaged CA(Yug), 2xTerr, Sub, damaged BB, damaged CL(It), 2xbottomed CV, 2xdamaged BB, Mot div, CP, PP(Ja).


Production
USSR has 30 Bp(Mtn, 3xInf, 2xCP, rep Trs, 3xFtr, 3xPil)
USA has 52 Bp(2xPil, 2xBB(fu), 3xConv, Trs(fd), Co(fd), Sub, Arm, Inf, Ftr3, Nav3, 3xCvp1, 2xLnd4, 3xUK rep CA/CL, saves 1)
Japan has 19 Bp(mot, 2ftr, 2cv(fu), 3pl)
Italy has 13 Bp(rep BB, Subfd, Subfu, Frogfd, Pil, Ftr2, 2xTerr)
Germany has 38 Bp(Subfd, Sudfu, rep 2xSub, CAfu, repCA, 2xPil, 2xNav4, 4xFtr2, Mech div, 2xMount div, Garr, Inf)
China has 9 Bp(Inf div, Mech div, Eng, saves 1)
CW has 28/24 Bp (conv,CAfd,ASWfd,2pil,Nav3,2FTR,ARMHQ,Gar)
FF has 5+1 Bp(AMPHfd,Inf)

Netherlands is incompletely conquered. Their new home country is in America.

Sept/Oct 1942

CW lends 1 oil to China
USA lends 5 oil to UK
USA lends 1 Bp to FF
FF gives 1 res to USA
Germany lends 1 res to Japan
Germany gives 5 res to Italy
CW gives FF 3 Bp, 1 oil
CW gives 1 Bp to USSR

Allies win initiative.

Impulse 1, allies - 4 F F F F F F (1)

USSR and China take land, USA and CW take naval.
USSR attacks Baghdad in an almost auto-assault. Bratislava is bombed for 1 PP. China will move next time. The communists kill a stack of Japanese Inf. A battle between nationalista and Japanese in the south ends with an exchange result.

Impulse 2, axis

Japan takes naval, Germany and Italy combined.
Japans fleet is interrupted by a combined sub-fleet of a british and an american in China sea, some is trying to engage the americans in the Marianas and Bismarck sea. The engagement was a skirmish the japanese won. Russians was shown how to use Strats.

Impulse 3, allies - 7 R R F R F F (2)

USSR take land, USA take naval, China take land, CW take
A large force led by Vatutin assaults Basra, killing the Iraqi Cav. The rail link to Mosul is now in operation.

Impulse 4, axis

Japan takes land, Germany takes combined and Italy takes naval
Some convoys was lost in a battle against the Hunnic sub, but in the north atlantic the Huns was sunk. Cairo is under attack, and falls to the hunnic horde. Japan does nothing. Claims to have a better fighter cover.

Impulse 5, allies - 7 R R F R F F (2)

USSR take land, China take land, USA take combined, CW take combined.
The glorious american Marine liberates the harbour Ponape in the Caroline Islands. Eastern Med was tried to be broken by the Royal Navy, but it didn't quite get it right. Turn ends after allies. Initiative goes to 0.

End of turn

Allied losses:
Cav div(Ch), Mil, 4xPP(Rus), 2xCP, CA(USA), 2xCP, Art, HQA, Mil, Terr, Mot div(Br)

Axis losses:
damaged Trs(It), 2xCP, 2xInf, Mil(Ja), Sub, Ftr2, PP(Ge), Mil, Cav(Iraq)

One partisan appears in India.

Production
USSR has 25+1 Bp(2xCP, 3xPil, 3xLnd2, 2xGar, 2xInf, Cav)
USA has 52 Bp(Rep 3xUK Ca, 2xTrs (fd), 3xConv, Amph (fu), Cl (fd), Co (fd), Lnd4, 5xCvp, Nav3, Ftr2, Sub (fd), Sub (fu), HQ-A, 3xPil, Para)
Japan has 25 Bp(LND3, nav, 2pl, sub(fu), cvp, arm, mot div, minisub (fd), 3 cl, save 1bp)
Italy has 13 Bp(Pil, FTR2, Terr, Frog, Subfd, repSub, repTrs, repBB)
Germany has 33 Bp(2xSubfd, Subfu, repSub, 2xCXfu, BBfu, 3xPil, LND2, NAV3, FTR3, GARR, INF, Mech div)
China has 8+1 Bp(Mech, Gar, Cav)
CW has 22 Bp (3 conv,CAfu,ASWfd,2pil,Nav3,2FTR2,Airlndxx,Mil)
FF has 5 Bp(Amphfd,Mil,save 1)

USSR conquers Iraq.

Nov/Dec 1942

CW lends 1 oil to China
USA lends 1 BP, 6 oil and 1 res to UK
USA lends 1 Bp to FF
FF gives 1 res to CW
Germany lends 1 res to Japan
Germany gives 5 res to Italy
CW gives FF 3 Bp
CW gives 2 Bp to USSR

Axis win initiative.

Impulse 1, axis - 6 Sn St R F R F *(2)

Germany, Japan take naval, Italy take combined.
The Russian spearhead in Syria is out of supply. The British airplanes on picket duty in North sea cannot fly due to bad weather. Japan moves next time. Italy takes control of some Japanese ships. They all move towards Arabian sea. German ships sail around the world, trying to find British convoys without much success. Only three convoys are lost. Play session 21. January: Japan sends out pickets into the surrounding sea zones.

Impulse 2, allies

USSR takes land, China takes land, USA, CW take naval, FF take combined.
The siamese pirateship is sunk in a battle against a little picket in the Bismarck Sea. The allied ships trying to clear Norwegian sea of the Kriegsmarine are themselves surprised. The sea zone is evacuated. Germany now owns the coast of Norway, and the British detatchment in Narvik is out of supply. A major fleet battle takes place in Feroes gap when the fleeing ships from Norwegian coast try to run through. The British are seriously surprised, loosing many ships. Some more battles are fought at sea arount the world. A Norwegian transport is sunk in Arabian sea. A secound battle is fought in Feroes gap. This time the Germans are surprised. The allies now own the zone. Nationalists lead by Stilwell makes an assault north of Canton. Heroic Chinese pilots shoot down a Japanese fighter in the skies above the battle. The assault ends with a 11 rolled at +7. The Japanese loose an anti-tank gun. USSR start their winter offensive by launching a +11 assault on the German front units west of Minsk. The Berlin Mil is lost and all attackers are disrupted (rolled 7). Zhukov is disrupted after reorganizing some of the attackers (he was teleported into reorg range). With the ski divisions face-up, the offensive can continue in a later impulse. A free french Para div steps on an Italian transport in Algeria. The transport escapes through the allied main fleet in West Med.

Impulse 3, axis - 8 Sn Sn R F R F *(2)

Japan, Italy takes combined, Germany takes land.
The German army is fleeing the Red horde, the Emperor is foretelling the collapse of the japanese area in a short time. A major German withdrawal takes place in East Poland. The German army is moved behind Vistula and into East Prussia.

Impulse 4, allies

USSR takes land, UK, Free France takes combined, USA takes naval
An Japanese Zero shoots down two american cvplanes, and the pilots are gone missing in action in the Marianas. China has liberated Shanghai. Their local warleader has retired, and is demobilized. The hordes (reds and huns) are exchanging vicious glances over the river of Vistula.

Impulse 5, axis - 8 Sn Sn R F R F *(2)

Japan takes naval, Italy takes naval, Germany takes combined.
The Imperial Navy sails out to engage American ships in the Marianas and Bismarck sea. The crew of the empty Enterprise and Saratoga are ready to launch the life boats.

Impulse 6, allies

USSR takes combined, USA takes naval, FF takes combined, China takes combined, CW takes land.
CW lands more troops into Algeria. Not much else happens.

Impulse 7, axis - 5 St R F F F F (2)

Japan takes naval, Germany takes combined, Italy takes land.
Japan moves next time. Germany and Italy do little of interest.
Play session 27. January:
A major air battle takes place in Bismarck sea. Lots of American and Japanese planes are shot down. The battle results as a major US victory, with a damaged Japanese carrier. Another battle is fought in the Marianas. A Japanese battleship is damaged. Turn ends after axis, initiative moves to +1 allies.

End of turn

Allied losses:
3xCVP1, CVP2, Ftr3, 4xPil, BB, damaged CA, damaged CL, Sub(US), CA, Trs(Nor), 5xCP, CL, damaged CL, damaged Sub(CW), 2xPP(Rus)

Axis losses:
CP, damaged Sub, Ftr2(It), CA(Siam), 3xCVP1, 2xPil, Nav4, Ftr2, CA, CP, AT-gun, damaged BB, damaged CA, 2xdamaged CV(Ja), Mil, Ftr2, CX, Sub, CA, CL, damaged CA(Ge)

A third partisan appears in India.

Production
USSR has 27+2 Bp(2xMot, 2xCP, HQA, 2xPil, Ftr3, Lnd4)
USA has 52+2 Bp(Rep UK BB+2xCL+2xSub, Sub (fd), ASW (fu), 4xCv (fu), Trs (fu), ASW (fd), Trs (fd), 4xPil, 2xMar Div, Arm, 2xCvp0, Cvp1, Cvp2, Ftr3, Str4)
Japan has 18+1 Bp(Pil, 2xSub(fd), Rep 2xCA, Rep Cvl, Rep Cv, ASW (fd), 3xCvp, Mil, Inf)
Italy has 13 Bp(Pil, CV(fu), rep 3xSub, Terr, Lnd4)
Germany has 38 Bp(2xPil, Inf, 2xTerr, Ftr2, 2xLnd2, Ftr3, Sub(fd), 4xSub(fu), ASW(fu), rep 2xBB, rep 2xCA)
China has 8 Bp(Mech, Warlord, Sub(fd))
CW has 25 Bp (6conv,CLfd,ASWfu2,ASWfd,3pil,NAV4,2CVpl,2MIL)
FF has 5+1 Bp(TRS(fu)+save2)

Saudi-Arabia is liberated by England.

Jan/Feb 1943

CW lends 1 oil to China
USA lends 1 BP, 7 oil and 1 res to UK
USA lends 1 Bp to FF
FF gives 1 res to CW
Germany lends 1 res to Japan
Germany gives 5 res to Italy
CW gives FF 3 Bp
CW gives 2 Bp to USSR

Allies win initiative.

Impulse 1, allies - 1 R F F F F F (1)

China takes land, USSR takes land, USA takes combined, CW takes naval.
CW takes control of West med. A US Para and Mar assault Truk. The island is taken and the disrupted fighter based there is stepped upon. China makes three attacks, two around Canton and one in the north. The new Nationalist mech div is lost.

Impulse 2, axis

Germany takes combined, Italy takes air, Japan takes naval.
Germany tries to invade Britain. A battle in the eastern med, results in a kill of the local japanese convoy, putting all axis units in the Middle East out of supply, with Stalins eyes turning bright with glee over the flipped Italian black-print HQ (Grazziani), and hoping for the right weather next impulse to kill it. In the western part of the Med, the passing british cruiser Cape Town from the last battle caused a new battle where Churchill is gloating over killing two air units, and getting the boat out to Gibraltar. The German invasion in Harwich is initiated by a furotious air to air battle. Lots of German aircraft are lost, along with a Para. The amphibious assault itself is a crap shot at +8, but a 20 is rolled for a total of 28. The Germans are now ashore. The Japanese initiate combat in Bismarck sea. The battle ia a phyrick draw. Five Japanese carrier planes with pilots are lost, but the kamikaze pilots manage to sink the Essex. Some American aircraft are lost as well.

Impulse 3, allies - 10 B B Sn F St R **(3)

USSR take land, China take land, USA take naval, CW take naval.
The Royal Navy sails out into North sea with orders to cutt supply for the Germans in Britain. The task force does not succeed in finding the German ships. An American carrier fleet sails out into central pacific and meets some Japanese battleships in the blizzard. One of the escorting cruisers is lost. USS Colorado is sunk in the Marianas. Grazziani is assaulted by large Russian forces south of Damascus. Badaglio gave him emergency supply, and is now disrupted in the city of the sun. The assault was a +6 with 18 rolled. One mot div is lost and the Russians are half disrupted. Grazziani is scattered back to Italy.

Impulse 4, axis

Italy takes naval, Germany takes combined.
The German Trs sails into North sea and picks up Kesselring. The Royal navy initiates search, but in the end they are themselves found and surprised by the German fleet. A British cruiser is sunk. During the secound combat round the Brits are even more surprised and lots of ships are sunk. But now the damaged American cruiser in the 4-box finds and gets lots of surprise against the German transport and convoy. They are both killed and Kesselring drowns in the sea. A major allied victory. Hitler now thiks he has nothing to loose and continues to fight. Tirpitz and the German amph are damaged. The beachead is out of supply, and the transport capability is now lost for the Germans. The results of the sea battle is close to a game-breaker. Italy sails out its two last convoys to provide supply for the axis forces in Syria and Egypt. The allies loose a battle in Italian coast with a damaged USS Ranger. The outlook for the axis forces in the middle east is now grim, as there are no Italian convoys left in reserve. Japan makes his move next time.

Highlights (or lowlights) from this play session:

Impulse 4, axis

Italy takes naval, Germany takes combined, Japan takes land.
The German Trs sails into North sea and picks up Kesselring. The Royal navy initiates search, but in the end they are themselves found and surprised by the German fleet. The Germans use their four surprise points to avoid combat. Italy sails out its two last convoys to provide supply for the axis forces in Syria and Egypt. The allies loose a battle in Italian coast with a damaged USS Ranger. The outlook for the axis forces in the middle east is now grim, as there are no Italian convoys left in reserve. Japan patch up the Chinese front. Kesselring debarks in Harwich and the beachead is expanded inland.

Impulse 5, allies - 3 St R F F R F (1)

USSR takes naval, USA takes combined, FF takes combined, CW takes land, China takes combined.
Churchill wants to uninvent the time machine now when is is sobered up. The Russian navy sails out. A sub searches for Italian convoys in Red Sea and the last cruiser of the Baltic fleet tries to find German convoys. None succeed. The transport sails a Mil to South China sea. The Americans fail to find German ships in North sea. The Russian strat bombers fail to find their target. British and American marines invade Sardinia. The resource is secured. Coventry is evacuated.

Impulse 6, axis

Japan takes naval, Germany takes combined, Italy takes land.
The japanese propaganda is ignored: Here comes the real news: The allies did sink some convs in the China Sea in interception, but the damage is repaired by moving some reserves from Japan. The British is telling it's allies that the war in GB is lost (as a polar bear in the jungle). The germans are expanding their bridgehead on "the saxon shore". Turn ends after allies, initiative moves to 0.

A Japanese and an American cruiser is killed on return to port.

End of turn

Allied losses:
Mot div(Rus), Mech div, Inf div, Ftr2(Ch), damaged CL, damaged CL, Lnd3, CVP1, CP(CW), 3xCVP1, Pil, CV, BB, CL, damaged CV, BB, CA and CL(US)

Axis losses:
4xCVP1, Ftr3, Ftr2, 5xPil, CL, 4xCP, Mil, Inf, Cav, Gar, damaged BB(Ja), 2xFtr2, 2xPil, Nav2, Lnd3, HQI, AA-gun, Sub, damaged sub(It), Para, Inf div, Lnd3, Lnd4, 2xPil(Ge)

Two partisans appear in China

Production
USSR has 44 +2Bp(Ftr2, Ftr3, Lnd3, 3xPil, 2xCP, HQA, Mech, 3xInf, SP-AT)
USA has 63 Bp(Rep 3xUK CL, 4xCV (fd), Rep CV, 3Conv, Trs (fu), Trs (fu), 4xPil, 3xMil, 4xCvP2, 2xStrat, Ftr3, Sub (fu), 3xSub (fd), Mech Mar)
Japan has 30 Bp(10cp, 2pl, 2cvp, 3inf, 2ftr)
Italy has 17 Bp(1cv (fu),2cp, minisub(fu), 3ftr2, rep sub(fu), sub(fd), sub (fu), ter )
Germany has 40 Bp(3pl, 6sub(fd)), 2cv (fu), cvl (fuu), asw(fd),2cp, arm, 2gar, HQI, 5ftr2
China has 8 Bp(Mech div, Gar, Sub(fd), Ftr2)
CW has 41-5=36 Bp (5Conv,ASWfu2,3ASWfd,4Pil,NAV2,2FTR4,STR4,2Inf,Mil)
FF has 2+6 Bp(Art4,Inf)

Conquest

Mar/Apr 1943

CW gives 1 oil to China
USA gives 6 BP, 8 oil to UK
USA gives 1 Bp to FF
FF gives 1 res to CW
Germany gives 1 res to Japan
Germany gives 5 res to Italy
CW gives 3 Bp to FF
USSR gives 2 oil to CW

Axis win initiative. Allies take re-roll, axis win again.

Impulse 1, axis - 7 R R F F R F (2)

Japan takes naval, Germany takes combined, Italy takes naval.
Hitler points out come weak spots in the American supply lines in the Pacific. Japan now moves the fleet to cut supply. The Japanese super nav port strikes Truk from Ivo Jima, but only manages to abort the ships (two unprotected transports). The search attempts fail, but the Americans find and damage a submarine and a cruiser.

Impulse 2, allies

USSR takes air, China takes land, all others take combined.
HMS Implacable is sunk by a Do217 in North sea in the midst of a small skirmish between the Kriegsmarine and the British home fleet. An air battle is fought above Canton as Chinese airplanes attempt to ground strike the garrison. One Zero is lost and Terauchi is disrupted. Chinese nationalists then assault Canton at +5 and roll 11 for a total of 16. Russian airplanes manage to disrupt both Guderian, Manstein and Prince Paul, as well as many other German units along the front lines in Poland and Romania. One German fighter is shot down in air battles. Churchill wheeps as he realizes that the whole southern part of England is in jeopardy.

Impulse 3, axis - 10 F F F F F F (1)

Stalin is happy about the weather, Churchill is not. Germany considers a land offensive in England. We will know in two weeks.

Highlights (or lowlights) from this play session:

Impulse 4, allies

USA, CW take naval, China and USSR take land, FF take ?.
In the battle of the Coral Sea, another japanese carrier, Kaga, bites the dust, in company with a cruiser, while carrying an aborted carrier plane. The US Naval commander scrathes another flattop, Intrepid, with an american cruiser. Outside the Hawaiian islands, an american fleet of battleships damages the Yamashino with no effective counterfire from the japanese. The Russians withdraw from Syria, towards Iraq. Two attacks are made on the east front. One +8 assault in the mountains of Romania. The result is a 11 for a total of 19. Among the losses is a German Stuka with pilot and an AT-gun. Koniev leads a +9 blitz across Bug (the side river of Wisla), southeast of Warzaw. Hitler wheeps as the Germans are killed and retreated. Chinese nationalists assault the resource north of Shanghai at +5 and rolls 14. Another assault aided by partisans is conducted in the north (+3, rolls 11).

Impulse 5, axis - 2 B Sn St R St St *(3)

Italy takes land, Germany takes combined, Japan takes naval.
Japan port attacks American transports at Truk, but the attempt fails when the local Mustang abort the attackers. Little else happens. German and Italian forces attempt to patch up the front lines in Poland. Italian forces in Syria advance east. Turn ends after axis, initiative moves to 0.

End of turn

Allied losses:
2xGar, Mil, Cav div, Inf(Ch), Mot div, Inf div(Rus), 2xCVP1, Pil, CV(Intrepid), CP, Sub, damaged Sub, 2xdamaged CL(US), Ftr2, CVP1, Pil, 4xCP, CV, damaged CA, damaged CL(CW)

Axis losses:
2xPil, Ftr2, 2xCVP1, Mot div, Inf div, Mil, Wl, CV(Kaga), CA, damaged CA, BB and Sub(Ja), Nav3(It), Pil, Ftr2, Lnd2, Mtn div, CX, 2xInf, AT-gun, Art, 3xdamaged Sub, damaged CX(Ge)

One partisan appears in China

US entry

Production
USSR has 44 Bp(saves 1, 2xArm, SP-atgun, 2xInf, Mot, 4xPil, 2xLnd2, 2xFtr2)
USA has 58 Bp(Rep 3xUK CA/CL, 3xConv, 2xCV (fd), 2xTRS (fu), 2xBB (fu) (Indiana, Washington), Amph (fd), Amph (fu), 7xCvp1, Ftr3, Mech, Mil,4xPil)
Japan has 29 Bp(2pl, art, 5cvp,2cv(fu),4ca(rep), gar)
Italy has 17 Bp(Ter, Mil, MiniSubfu, 3xFTR2, rep ASW, 2xCON, Subfu)
Germany has 47 Bp(4 Pil, 2 CVP1, 2xFTR2, Mil, 2xInf, Mount div, rep CX, rep 4xSub, 3x Subfu, CXfu, 2xBBfu, CVLfu)
China has 8 Bp(Mech div, Lnd3, Cav)
CW has 35+6 Bp (3Conv,ASWfu2,2ASWfd2Pil,FTR3,3FTR,STR,IHQ,2INF,Mechdiv,)
FF has 6+1 Bp(AMPHfu,Eng)

Conquest

May/Jun 1943

CW gives 1 oil to China
USA gives 6 BP, 8 oil to UK
USA gives 1 Bp to FF
FF gives 1 res to CW
Germany gives 1 res to Japan
Germany gives 5 res to Italy
CW gives 3 Bp to FF
USSR gives 1 oil to CW

Axis win initiative.

Impulse 1, axis - 11 F F F F F F (1)

Germany takes combined, Italy takes combined, Japan takes combined.
Tor Řyvind steps in for Jan. Japan evacuates Canton. Germany assaults London at +15, rolls 13. That's about it. Next play session is 24. feb.

Graphics:

Impulse 2, allies

USSR takes air, China takes land, USA takes combined, CW takes combined, FF takes land.
China fly top cover for the american main battle fleet in South China sea. A Russian Nav based in Murmansk find and sink the Finnish cruiser and convoy outside Petsamo. A large carrier fleet takes control of Bay of Biscay. The British home fleet search and find in North Sea, and gets enough surprise to get surface combat. Scharnhorst and Bismarck are among the losses after the first round. Secound round sees Winnie getting his four surprise again. The battle is fought for one more round. The British flee when their CVs are killed and aborted. Jerry sees the carnage and despairs. The Russian airforce show Hitler how to play an air impulse. All Axis HQs in Poland are disrupted, along with many other units. The new FW-190 A8 is shot down in air to air battles. Allied forces blitz a SS Mtn in England at +11, rolls 12. Both Koniev and Yeremenko reorganize aircraft. Winnie brings back two longrange FTRs in England and has rebased two more to Gibraltar. Then Jerry leaves for a sigaret and tells Tojo to roll a 3 for weather and declears it will be so.

Impulse 3, axis - 3 R F F St R F (1)

Japan takes naval, Germany and Italy takes land
And so it was. Perfect weather for German defences on the east front. Japan moves the Imperial fleet into South China sea to protect the convoy lines. Axis forces assault Aleppo at +10, roll 8.

Impulse 4, allies

UK, Russia and China takes land, US takes naval.
The US misses its searches, while the chinese attacks with a +6. This results in a totally flipp, and two chinese divisions against a japanese engineer, and concludes that it is some sort of victory. In the Biscays a combined force of americans and british is rather surprised by a german fleet. The russians move their Arm units closer to the hotspots around Warzaw. An undefended Königsberg is captured by Russian infantry.

Impulse 5, axis - 1 F F F F F F (1)

Japan, Italy and Germany takes combined
A German Condor attempts to port strike two British transports in Bristol, but Winnie gets enough surprise to escape. A long range German strat bomber ground strike and disrupt the Russians in Königsberg, securing a 0.25 increase in the German production multiple.

Impulse 6, allies

Russia takes land, China takes combined, UK takes naval, US and FF takes combined
The US increases its fleet presence in the South China Sea with two CV's. The result is 4 CV, a lot of planes (with pilots), some surface ships sent back, and the total withdrawal of the local sea area. The convoys is sunk, and lots of units are out of supply. In short, this is a game breaker for Japan, who lose half of his CV fleet. Vatutin is railed from Iraq to the outskirts of Lvov. Russian forces assault Manstein in the mountains of Romania at +5, and roll 10. Two Russian divisions are lost, but the Mech stacked together with Manstain is killed. A +11 blitz is conducted across Wisla south of Warzaw. 10 is rolled again, barely enough to avoid disruption. But the beachead is secured.

Impulse 7, axis - 7 F F F F F F (1)

Germany takes land, Italy takes land, Japan takes combined
Some skirmishing outside Truk, reults in a killed Nav and a damaged BB. A pair of Conv is also giving supply to the japanese units on the southern frontier. A +12 blitz is conducted in Bessarabia at +12. 4 is rolled and a Mech is lost for a Russian Gar. A Russian multiple increase of 0.25 is secured for this turn. German forces blitz a stack of Russian Mot north of Warzaw at +8 and roll 12. Turn ends at 1. Stalin wants reroll, but Hitler refuses. Initiative moves to +1 allies.

End of turn

Allied losses:
Mtn div, Ski div, Gar, Inf, Cav(Rus), 2xInf div(Ch), Nav3, 4xPil, 2xCVP1, 2xFtr2, 2xCA, 2xCL, CVL, Mil, damaged CA, 5xdamaged CL(CW), 3xdamaged BB, damaged CL, 3xPil, CVP2, 2xCVP1, Nav3, CP, Sub, HQI, Inf div, 2xCL(US)

Axis losses:
8xPil, Ftr2, 8xCVP1, CVP0, 9xCP, 4xCV, Eng, CA, Sub, damaged CL(Ja), Pil, 2xFtr2, 3xBB, 2xCL, 2xMech, CP, Mtn, damaged BB, CA, CL and Sub(Ge)

No partisans

Production
USSR has 51 Bp(2xMech, OC, Ski div, Mtn div, 2xEng, 4xPil, 2xLnd2, 2xFtr2)
USA has 58 Bp(Rep 5xUK CA/CL, 5xUS BB, 7xConv, Rep US Sub, 5xPil, Cvp2, 4xCvp1, Ftr2, Nav3, Str4, HqI, Inf, Arm)
Japan has Bp()
Italy has 17 Bp(Subfu, Pil, 2xCON, Nav3, FTR2, rep CA, GAR, MIL, TER)
Germany has 53 Bp(5xPil, 2xCVP, 3xFTR2, Subfu, rep Sub, 2xCON, rep BB, rep 2xCA, rep CL, Mot, 2xMou, AT, Mech)
China has 10 Bp(Inf div, Nav2, Lnd4, Sub(fu)
CW has 0 Bp ()
FF has 0 Bp()


It is now summer 1943 and the guns seem to quiet down. Rumors are that both Adolf Hitler and Tojo Hideki have been deposed. Delegations arrive in Washington a few days later and peace talks are initiated.

It semes that the loss of half the CV fleet and all the CV planes and their pilots has broken Japans spirit. To add insult to injury, all convoys in South China sea have been lost. On the other side of the world, Germany lost their battleships, cutting off the beachead in England. The Russians are across Visla, and are now in full wartime production as their stockpiles of supplies and fuel are building up for offensives.

The players agree to quit the game and start over again. The lesson of the day is that Japan can not afford to ignore China. We do not recommend the alternative Vichy rules.