Four Next Axis Italy versus Allied French and British Empires. Italy could hunker down, take it all out on one enemy empire(who you hate the most), or, take as much territories as possible to negotiate at the peace table.
Round One: Italy builds 3 troopers. Moves transport from S. Italy, lands troopers on undefended Malta & Cyprus, while a second transport will try to land a trooper & tank(from Albania) onto Egypt. Meanwhile 2 troopers from Libya, &, a mobile infantry from Tobruk ,
take Tunisia for a lost of an trooper(while a trooper from Tobruk moves to Libya to cover the coastline).
At sea off Alexandria 2C, &, transport battle fleet defending Alexandria. For a lost of a C, the British fleet is destroyed, now Tobruk garrison and landed tank & transport take Alexandria. In Italian East Africa trooper from Somaliland takes over undefended British Somaliland, &, trooper from Ethiopia takes over undefended British Kenya. Finally forces in N. Italy roll over & take over S. France.
Italy has taken over three territories that have no point value, &, three that have point value. Overall for just Italy’s turn Axis IPCs lost is 37, while the Allies are Fr. 43 and B.E. 45(more than twice the Axis lost). Italy has gone from 10 IPCS, to additional 5 for conquest & 10 for bonuses, for a total of 25 IPCs.
France builds sub., gun, &, 2 troopers. Trooper in U.K. moves onto British transport off Wales(Western U.K.). Moves trooper from Morocco to reinforce Algeria, send DD off Kenya to Red Sea, &, C in North Sea heads for Brest. Part of France garrison & trooper from Normandy move to S. France, &, retake it. The remaining garrison from France invades & takes Northern Italy(only Fr. tank is left after battle). Here the IPCs lost are reverse as Fr. loss 26, &, Axis lose 32.
British Empire builds 2 troopers, mobile infantry, gun, tank, &, transport. Cruiser off S. America, Canadian DD & transport(with trooper & tank), fleets off U.K. all head for Gibraltar(the latter on the Med. Sea side). Transport off Wales loads & unloads trooper onto Normandy. Two troopers from S. Africa move to Rhodesia, forces in France move to N. Italy to reinforce the Allies.
Two fighter fly from U.K. to France, while a third flies to off Sicily. There the fighter joins British A.C. & tactical bomber and DD, versus, It. BB & C. Only the aircraft survive, with no A.C. left, they land in French Algeria.
The British lose 24 IPCs & again the Axis lose more at 32 IPCs.
Peace breaks out with a most(est) minor Axis victory. In order for Italy to get back Northern Italy(worth 4 IPCs), they have to trade back 2 territories worth a point each, &, 3 they have no point value. In order to save face, Italy has joint control over Malta(probably the most worthless portion). The Allies go with this because for a third turn, Italy would probably take over Egypt, Tangangyika, &, Jordan(with a sea landing), &, hunker down in S. Italy building 8 more troopers. Of course holding onto all that in Africa & Mid. East with no reinforcements is one thing(by then no Axis navy left & no bonuses), but, still it would be a few rounds for the Allies, to take Italy out of the war.
Final IPCs for the Axis losses 101, &, all Allies 138. Another such victory like this & Italy will be ruin.
