UK TURN 4 SUMMER 1940
THE SILENT ALLY :King Haakon VII of Norway and Johan (NOR) form government in exile in London. They control NORTRASHIP, worlds largest ship company, with 1000 merchant ships of 5.5 million tons. That is 7% of world tonnage.
UK charter 570 ships (3.3 mill ton)
USA charter 280 ships (2.2 mill ton)
Unfortunately Ge seize 200 ships that were in Norway during the invasion.
Also 30 ships is at swedish ports.
PSILANDER INCIDENT: Churchill use “Right of Angary” to seize the DD (SWE) in sz 124 Faroe Isl. Per Albin (SWE) don’t love this, but after some sweet talk, Churchill let the DD (SWE) sail home to Sweden, and the 30 norwegian merchant ships (Kvarstad) in swedish ports can now sail to UK.
ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL AGREEMENT: Churchill and Reza make a deal
ANGLO-THAI NON AGGRESSION AGREEMENT : Churchill and Phibun are now friends
Ed Benes form Czech government in exile in London, Mob one Inf (Czech)
MEETING AT TOURS: Churchill, Beaverbrook (Max Aitkens) and Halifax (Holy Fox) have a very decisive meeting with Reynauld and his mistress Helene de Portes. W.C. want France to keep on fighting, but Helene, who is very pro-Axis, want France to surrender. And then France surrendered.
UK TURN 4 SUMMER 1940
TECH Cavity Magnetron is invented, make ASV Radar that give DD’s a great advantage over Subs
Purchase
UK: DD, Sub, FTR, BMB, Art, Inf, AA-gun + Inf (Czech)
Can: Inf (Can) + Mech (LL to UK)
Turkey: 2 Inf, Art paid by UK
S.A: Inf
COMBAT
UK: BMB SBR> N. Italy =fiasco 0 damage
(Haddock Force in S. Fra was denied to take off by Reynauld)
NON-COMB MOVES
DUNKIRK EVACUATION (OP DYNAMO)
sz 110: CA, 4 DD, Tranny bridge 2 Inf (UK) to UK
MALTA CONVOY
Alex 98: BB, CA, DD, Sub, Tranny w supply to sz 96 Malta
Egypt: FTR to Kenya
S.A: Tranny w Inf to Kenya
India: Tranny Inf to Iraq
US. Cash & Carry FTR to Canada
124 Faroe Isl: DD (SWE) to 113 Swe
Norway: Inf(North- NOR) demobilized (Nor. Army surrender)
125 DD (NOR) to 119 UK
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ITALY TURN 4 SUMMER 1940
Musso DOW W.C. and Reynauld
King Carol II of Romania abdicate, and take with him all the gold and treasury and stash it in a Swiss bank.
Ion Antonescu is the new Romanian player, and run into imminent financial problems.
Left to right: Ion (Rom), king Carol II (ROM), Musso (IT), Reynauld (FRA) and W.C. (UK)
ITALY TURN 4 SUMMER 1940
PURCHASE
It: FTR, Tank
Hun: Inf
Yugo: Inf
combat
Bomb campaign:
Sicily: TAC SBR> Malta = fiasco 0 dam
Rhodes Isl: BMB SBR> Trans Jordan (Haifa oil) = fiasco 0 dam
BATTLE OF THE ALPS
N. It: 3 Inf attack> S. FRA: 2 Blockhouse
It loss: Inf
Attacker retreat to N. It
BATTLE OF CALABRIA
S. It 97: BB, 3 CA, 2 DD attack> sz96: BB, CA, DD, Tranny
It loss: BB dam, CA + UK loss: BB dam, DD
Attacker retreat to sz 97
INVASION OF SOMALIA
Ethiopia: Inf attack> British Somalia
non-comb move
Spain: Inf to Tanger, occupie the international zone.
ANZAC TURN 4 SUMMER 1940
Anzac DOW Italy
PURCHASE
India: 2 Inf
Aus: Inf
non-comb move
India: Tranny pick up Inf, move to Malaya
Aus: Tranny pick up Inf, move to Singapore.
FRANCE TURN 4 SUMMER 1940
Petain new french player
Armistice FRA-Ge in Compiegne
Vichy government formed, a pro-Axis neutral with Petain as player.
Free French established in Brazzaville with de Gaulle as player
BRIARE CONFERENCE: Admiral Darlan promise to W.C. that no french warship will be handet over to Adolf.
In case Adolf attack Switzwerland, gen Guisan mobilize the Army
FRANCE TURN 4 SUMMER 1940
Vichy forces set up:
S. Fra: Inf
Morocco: Inf + TAC
Algerie: Inf
Tunisia: Inf
Syria: Inf
F.I.C. Inf
non-comb move
Tunis 94: BB, CA, 3DD, Sub, Tranny to sz 93 S. Fra
CAN 106: CV (Bearn) w air to sz 89 Martinique Isl for rest of the war
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Free French set up
French Equatorial Africa: Inf, CA, Tranny
sz 98 CA join Royal Navy
170 french merchant ships to USA
Switzerland: mobilize a total of 4 Inf and a mountain Fortress facing Italy.
GERMANY - TURN 5 - FALL 1940
BERLIN PACT - Free movement between all signatories and all DOW USA together
Signatories: Adolf, Musso, Tokyo Kid, Horthy, Ion, king Boris III, prince Paul, Tiso
ROUND 5 - sept oct nov 1940
GERMANY - TURN 5 - FALL 1940
PURCHASE Sub, FTR, BMB, Tank, Art, 2 Inf, Mech
combat
Battle of Britain
Holl/Belg: 4 BMB, TAC, 2 FTR SBR> UK: 4 FTR, Factory + Airbase
GE loss: 3 BMB, FTR + UK loss 3 FTR + Factory 50 % dam + Airbase 50& dam
Battle of Atlantic
112: BB (Sch + Gnei) attack> 123 con loss 2 IPC
112: CA (Scheer-raid) attack> 117 conv loss 3 IPC
112: 2 Subs attack> 118 conv loss 5 IPC
112: Sub attack> 107 conv loss 3 IPC
112: Sub attack> 108 con loss 3 IPC
Total convoy disruption 16 IPC (= 1 600 000 tons of merchant shipping)
non-comb move
Ge: Tank to Romania (protect Ploesti oil field)
N. It: Tank (Afrika Korps) embark Tranny (IT)
Ge: FTR + TAC to S. It (Sardinia in the real war)
Holl/Belg = 5 INf, 2 Art, AA
Norm = 5 Inf, 2 Art, AA
FRA: Tank + Mech to Ge
sz127 CA (Comet) to sz 3 Pacific Sea.
USSR - TURN 5 - FALL 1940
Stalin want to join the Berlin Pact.
Adolf say no.
PURCHASE TAC, Tank, 3 Inf
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JAPAN - TURN 5 - FALL 1940
Hiro (JAP) give ultimatum to Petain (FRA) : Accept Japan in FIC !!!
Petain says OK
FDR (US) warn Hiro (JA) : If you move into FIC we put oil embargo on you
Phibun (Thailand) DOW Petain (FRA) > Franco-Thai war
JAPAN - TURN 5 - FALL 1940
PURCHASE :
JA. Tranny TAC
Kia: Inf
comb
Kian: BMB SBR> Szwei =damage
non-comb move
Ja: Tranny w Inf to sz 36 offload Inf to pro-Axis neutral northern FIC
Siam: Inf to pro-Axis neutral central FIC
Vichy France Inf in south FIC
FIC is now a contestet territory
The retreat from south Guanxi
Kwangsi: Inf load on Tranny, move to Jap
USA - TURN 5 - FALL 1940
Presidental election: FDR continue to be the US player
First peacetime draft in history. 45th Inf Div mobilized.
(Communist Party USA and Nation of Islam USA oppose the draft)
DESTROYERS FOR BASES AGREEMENT
USA get bases on New Foundland, Bermuda and West Indies in exchange for 50 Destroyers.
OIL EMBARGO ON JAPAN
50 % of all oil because they occupie FIC
FDR make the “Stab in the back”-speach to Musso
TECH:
Tizard Mission: Caviton Magnetron, to make radar, the most valuable cargo ever brought to America.
PURCHASE:
East: CV + 2 air
West: Tranny, Art
Mid: 2 Inf (45th Div drafted)
Cash & Carry to UK: FTR + BMB
non-comb move
Place US national tokens on New Foundland, Bermuda and West Indies
101: 2 DD to 106 Can (change to UK units)
US: FTR (The Eagle Squadron) to UK
CHINA - TURN 5 - FALL 1940
PURCHASE 3 Inf KMT
combat
100 Regiments offensive:
Hopei: 4 Inf (CCP) attack> Anhwe: 2 INF (ROC)
CCP loss: 2 Inf + ROC loss: 2 Inf
non-comb move
Kweichow: 4 Inf (KMT) to Anhwe
UK - TURN 5 - FALL 1940
W.C. (UK) + King (CAN) + Smuts (S.A.) + De Gaulle (Free Fance) DOW Petain (Vichy France)
PURCHASE
UK: CV + 2 air, FTR, TAC, BMB, Tank, Art, 2 Inf, AA
Can: TAC + Mech
Turkey: Tank paid by UK
comb
UK: BMB SBR> W. Ge Naval Base = 50 % damage
UK: TAC SBR> Norm Naval Base = full damage
Operation Catapult
UK + Gib: CV, BB, CA, DD attack> sz 92 BB (V. FRA)
V. FRA loss: BB
Operation Menace
Gib: BB, CA, DD attack> sz87 Dakar: BB, CA, DD, Sub (V. FRA)
UK loss: BB dam + V. FRA loss: BB dam
Attacker retreat to sz 91
Op. Judgement - Taranto Raid
sz 96 + 98: CV air + 2 Subs attack> sz 97 IT: BB (dam), 3 CA, 2 DD, Tranny
UK loss: 2 Subs + It loss: BB, DD, Tranny
Attackers retreat
non-comb move
Collar convoy: Gib 91: CA, DD, Tranny w Tank to sz 94 (Bomber Alley)
Excess convoy: ;Malta 96: BB to sz 94 (Bomber Alley) + CA, DD, Tranny to 98 Alex
CLUB RUN UK: FTR + 2 Subs to Gib 92
Cash & Carry:
US: FTR BMB to Can
Can: FTR BMB to UK
S.A: Inf to Egypt
Fleet 110 to UK
ITALY - TURN 5 - FALL 1940
Musso DOW king Farouk I (Egypt) Egypt ignored this and maintained neutrality
Musso DOW Metaxas (Greece)
Admiral Canaris (Ge) give a warning to Franco (Spain): Don’t join the Axis.
ITALY - TURN 5 - FALL 1940
PURCHASE:
IT: Tranny, FTR, Inf
Rom: Inf
Hun: Inf.
Bul: Inf
Fin: Inf
combat
THE BAHRAIN RAID
Rhodes Isl: BMB SBR> Bahrain oil field= 50% damage.
land in Ethiopia
(The range was 4 200 km/2 600 miles: record for a bombing mission in WWII)
INVASION OF EGYPT
Tobruk: 2 Inf attack> Alex
INVASION OF GREECE
Albania: Inf, Art attack> Greece 3 Inf
IT loss: Inf
Attacker retreat
non-comb move
IT: Tranny w Inf to Sicily (garrison duty)
IT: Tranny w 2 Inf to Albania
It: Tranny w Tank (Ge Afrika Korps) to 96 Libya
ANZAC - TURN 5 - FALL 1940
Menzies (ANZ) DOW Petain (Vichy France)
PURCHASE
India: Mech
Aus: FTR
FRANCE - TURN 5 - FALL 1940
MEETING AT HENDAYE TRAIN STATION IN FRANCE
Adolf want Franco to join the attack on Gibraltar (Operation Felix)
Winston warn Franco that counter moves will be attacks on Canary Isl and Rio de Oro
Admiral Canaris warn Franco that Germany will lose the war in the end.
Petain too warn Franco not to do it
Franco now tell Adolf he want Gib, Morocco, Algerie, Kameroun, and tons of oil, food and armor if he is to join Operation Felix.
Adolf postpone Operation Felix
combat
THE VICHY REVENGE FOR SINKING SHIPS
Morocco: TAC SBR> Gib
Vichy loss: TAC
ROUND 6 - DEC JAN FEB 1941
GARMANY - TURN 6 - WINTER 40/41
GERMAN-SOVJET TRADE AGREEMENT
Each turn Germany get oil, grain and iron worth 10 IPC
Each turn USSR get machinery, goods and tech worth 8 IPC
IRAQ COUP Rashid Ali is the new Iraq player, very pro-Axis
The image show Adolf sweettalking to Stalin and Rashid
