Round One: GE. builds Minor Industrial complex in Romania, 2 troopers, gun, mechanical infantry/mobile infantry, tank, &, submarine. Forces for a future Operation Barbarossa are marshalling, in the east(three turns from now for the invasion), movement of 3 troopers & gun to N. Italy, forces for a knockout blow to France getting ready for this turn, also any forces left over for a potential weakening of British air & sea forces(potential Sea Lion attack this/next round).
Final invasion of France begins, losses are heavy, but, for the Allies it is worst, France falls! Losses IPCs British Empire 13, France 38, GE. 26. At sea fleet off Berlin attack 2 Allied Cruisers off Norway, BB & C versus 2 Cs, Allied fleet wiped out, for only a damaged BB.
While British BB & C off Scotland are sunk from 2 GE. subs. and fighter & T.B. from W. Europe(a sub. is lost, planes land in Norway). A follow up transport lands a trooper from Norway & Denmark, into undefended Scotland(I allowed this as a house rule). While 3 subs. sink a British DD & transport off Wales, for a lost of a submarine. Losses IPCs Fr. 12, British Empire 39, &, GE. 12.
British Empire builds tank & trooper in S. Africa, trooper, gun, DD, &, fighter. Moves from Ontario trooper to Quebec. Also Canadian DD & transport carrying trooper & tank, heads for Europe. The former attacks GE. 2 subs. off Wales with fighter from U.K., both subs sunk for lost of DD(fighter lands on A.C. stationed off Gibraltar). The latter lands onto Scotland trooper & tank, with trooper & fighter from U.K. attacking also. Both defending GE. troopers are destroyed for lost of 2 troopers. Along with BB & DD off U.K., attacking GE. damaged BB & C off Norway(all lost). Also fighter from U.K. attacking & sinking transport off Scotland. Losses IPCs British Empire 42, &, GE. 57.
Off Gibraltar on Atlantic side, a DD goes to off Scotland(to protect transport), &, a C off S. America heads for Gibraltar. Also a A.C. with T.B. heads to S. France to join Fr. fleet from Gibraltar, &, a fighter from Egypt lands on the A.C. Meanwhile transport off Egypt takes trooper & gun to Ethiopia and with trooper from Sudan, versus, Italy’s 2 defending trooper. Axis wiped out for a lost of a trooper, Ethiopia is freed!
From S. Africa Commonwealth DD heads for Red Sea, with 2 troopers head for Egypt. Forces in Alexandria retreat to Egypt(sans a trooper), to prevent any future Italian Blitz maneuver. Losses It. 6, &, British Empire 3 IPCs.
Italy builds fighter. Trooper moves from Italian to undefended British Somaliland, transports land from Albania onto undefended British Jordan tank & trooper, and, transport lands trooper unto undefended Malta & Cyprus. Italian air & sea fleets attack Allied fleet off S. France, BB & 2 Cs & DD & 2 fighters, versus, Fr. C & DD, and, British C, &, A.C. with fighter & T.B. Only British C & aircraft survive(they land at Egypt & Tunisia). Losses Fr. 20, British 16, &, Italy 72 IPCs.
Tunisia & Alexandria taken for a lost of a trooper(3 IPCs), &., losses Fr. trooper (3 IPCs) & British fighter & trooper (13 IPCs). Invades S. France from N. Italy, wipes out defending trooper & gun(7 IPCs), for lost of a gun(4 IPCs). Even with the lost of Ethiopia, Italy has taken over 7 territories, unfortunately they have a value total of 5(much less the lost of practically the whole fleet & air). For this round Italy collects only 10 IPCs(to try to make up for nearly eight times that amount in losses!).
France cannot build, moves DD to Red Sea from Fr. Madagascar, trooper in Morocco goes to Algeria, &, trooper from Fr. West Africa heads for Egypt. Also trooper from Normandy enters S. France & destroys Italian gun(trooper lost). Losses IPCs Fr. 3 & It. 4.
The Neutrals(for now) U.S.S.R. builds A.A. gun, trooper, gun, mechanical infantry, &, 2 tanks. Moves forces to prepare for a defense in depth, with a reserve in case Germany attacks the Soviets. Also sub. leaves to join fleet off Baltic States.
U.S.A. builds A.C. , T.B., &, submarine.
Round Two: GE. builds BB, C, sub., transport, &, 6 troopers. More adjustment for the pending invasion of the Soviet Union, an armor unit joins Italian forces in S. Italy.
Off Scotland Brit. DD & transport attacked by sub. & fighter & T.B., with no losses either side, aircraft land in Norway(sub. retreats). Bomber from Germany attacks the only Allied ship in Med. Sea, a Brit. Cruiser off S. France, no losses either side. Sub. off Berlin attacks DD off London(both are lost, sub. sank due to defending fighters). IPCs lost GE. 6 & Brits. 8.
Finally, forces in France rollover undefended Normandy, France has completely fallen!
U.S.S.R. builds fighter, tank, &, 3 troopers. Strengthens Eastern Front line, sub. will no longer try to join main fleet, but, will station itself at Sea Zone #125.
U.S.A. builds 2 transports, C, &, Tactical Bomber, while building up forces.
British Empire builds mechanical infantry in S. Africa, C & sub., tank & trooper. Transport picks up trooper & gun from Ethiopia , &, lands them in Italian occupied Jordan garrison by trooper & gun(IPCs lost U.K. 4 & It. 9). Jordan is retaken for a lost of a gun! Three troopers & tank moving up from S. Africa to Egypt. Commonwealth DD joins Fr. DD off Egypt.
Meanwhile 2 Cs off S. France & from S. America move to Med. Sea side of Gibraltar(the latter will eventually head for London). While a fighter from Egypt sinks a It. transport off Cyprus(IPCS lost It. 7). Transport & sub. off Scotland, former goes back to Canada, &, latter goes & sinks GE. sub. in Sea Zone #125(for no lost, GE. IPCs lost 6).
Italy builds a cruiser, transport returns to N. Italy(more for safety, than anything else). Undefended Ethiopia is retaken by trooper originally from It. Somaliland. Forces in Tunisia(gun & trooper) take Algeria protected by two Fr. troopers, with help of a mech. infantry from Tubrok, for a lost of a gun(IPCs lost It. 4, &, Fr. 6).
Fr. again cannot build, DD arrives off Egypt, while trooper in Eq. Africa still on way to Egypt.
Round Three: GE. this round attacks the Soviets, even thought events have started to go sour for Italy, in North Africa & Med. Sea. Also no more Sea Lion attempts will be possible, with an pending attack opening a new front in the East, much less the GE. navy penned in the Danish Straits. Any attacks eastwards have to be quick and decisive, as a three front war(west, south, &, east) will doom the Axis powers.
GE. builds in Romania 2 tanks and fighter, submarine and trooper and fighter in Normandy, trooper in W. GE., &, mech. infantry in Germany. Two troopers in N. Italy move onto It. transport(debark onto Sicily & Sardinia), with fighter flies from Norway to N. Italy. While transport off Berlin takes a trooper to Norway, from Germany. Also forces are adjusted on W. Front coastal territories, in case of any future Allied sea landings. A T.B. from Norway fails to sink a Brit. DD, in sea zone #124, while a sub. off Berlin sinks a Russian sub. in sea zone #125(sub. is lost also, but, kicks off Operation Barbarossa). Also GE. BB & C off Berlin, attack Soviet BB & transport sea zone #115 off Vyborg, all is lost but for a damaged GE. BB. Losses GE. 18 & Soviet 33.
German land/air forces attack the entire length of the Eastern Front. Bessarabia, Eastern Poland, &, Baltic States all fall(the Soviets have pull back their forces last round, leaving only a symbolic trooper in each area). Germans wait for the inevitable counterattacks, while bomber flies back to Norway. Losses GE. 6 & Soviets 9 IPCs.
Soviets build sub., tank, 3 troopers, mechanical infantry, &, gun. There’s nothing like a damaged enemy BB, to waste good airpower on, where a GE. damaged BB off Baltic States, attacked by fighter & T.B.(BB sunk & fighter lost, T.B. lands Novgorod). Except for a GE. transport, Danish Straits has no naval presence.
Counterattacks, limited on the Eastern Front, try to retake E. Poland & Baltic States, to force the Axis on their Southern flank to curtail their offense into Caucasus. From W. Uk. 6 troopers, 2 guns, 3 tanks, &, fighter(lands in Uk.), versus, GE. 6 troopers, 2 guns, tank, fighter, &, T.B. Eastern Poland retaken, with only 3 Soviet tanks left. From Belarus & Novgorod forces attempt to retake the Baltic States. Here 12 troopers, 2 mech. infantry, 2 guns, tank, &, fighter, versus, GE. 6 troopers, 3 guns, tank, fighter, &, T.B. Baltic States retaken, with only a Soviet tank, Mech. Infantry, &, gun left. Losses heavy both sides, IPCs lost Soviets 93 & GE. 127.
U.S.A. builds BB, tank, AA gun, &, trooper. The U.S. is a potent force for either N. Africa/Western Europe, depending how British Empire does on its turn.
British Empire builds transport & BB. Forces still coming from S. Africa going to Egypt, tank & 2 troopers, for no lost, retake Ethiopia from It. trooper. Forces from Egypt fail to retake Alexandria, but, wipe out both sides(It. losses 3 troopers, mech. infantry, &, tank for 19 IPCs, &, Brits. losses trooper, gun, &, tank for 13 IPCs). Fighter & T.B. used in the attack, return to Egypt, joined by trooper from Jordan. Also transport leaves Red Sea to go to Ethiopia, while C off Gibraltar goes to off Egypt.
Transport off Canada pick up trooper, &, debarks onto Scotland, joined by DD sea zone #124, along with empty transport arriving off Wales. Also C from Gibraltar arrives off London.
It. builds for S. Italy a tank & 2 troopers, a trooper for N. Italy. Mech. Infantry rolls into undefended Morocco and takes over, transport(escorted by C) lands trooper & tank onto Libya & Tobruk, with trooper from Tobruk entering Alexandria to garrison it(all of N. Africa has a unit, to protect from any Allied sea landings). Fighter flies from S. Italy to S. France(to reinforce trooper there).
Fr. cannot build, DD off Egypt attacks It. C & transport off Malta for no lost(IPCs lost 19 It.). Trooper arrives into Sudan, on way to Egypt.
