@anchovy:
In AA50-41, I’m not sure who ultimately takes control in the following situation:
1. Japan controls Moscow, but the US and UK occupy and control various Russian territories in eastern Europe.
2. The allies liberate Moscow.
3. Control of Moscow and all territories (and aa guns) under allied control revert to Russian control.
4. Japan retakes Moscow on its turn, takes Russia’s money (newly collected after being liberated - all territories previously controlled by the Allies would count toward the total when Russia collects).
Who controls the Russian territories now occupied by the UK and US? Do the allies have to “run back over” the territories to retake them or do they just return to an allied player’s control if that player occupies the territory at the end of their turn? In either case, who gets control if both the UK and US occupy a Russian territory at the end of a turn?
I hope that question makes sense… :|
Control has nothing to do with UK or US occupation. Control is Russia’s, as you correctly identified, once Moscow was liberated. It will remain Russia’s territory until captured by Axis. Then the Allies could take it back and get the income and use of factories, but only if the Axis capture it first, after Japan’s 2nd capturing of Moscow.
So yes, by liberating Moscow and then losing it again, the Allies lose all the other original Russian territory benefits (income and production and AA control). This must be considered carefully when liberating a capital, especially since, in your scenario, Japan was able to take it back immediately after Russia’s turn.