USA - TURN 6 - WINTER 40/1941
ABC-1 CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON
FDR, Winston and King do the basic planning for a US entry
LEND LEASE ACT PASSED
THE 4 FREEDOMS SPEACH - USA is the arsenal of democracy
Joseph Grew, ambassador to Japan, give his first warning that Japan will soon strike
Charles Lindbergh tell Congress he want a pact with Adolf.
TECH Plutonium first synthesized in Berkley
PURCHASE:
East: Tranny, Tank, Mech
New Foundland: Naval Base + Air Base
West: FTR, 2 Inf
Cash & Carry to UK: FTR, TAC, BMB
Bases Agreement: DD to UK
non-comb move
West coast: BMB to Hawaii
Cash & Carry: FTR, BMB to Canada
CHINA - TURN 6 - WINTER 40/1941
Chiang give ultimatum to Mao: Withdraw CCP army from Anhwe or die
Mao refuse
PURCHASE KMT: 3 Inf, CCP 1 Inf, ROC 1 Inf
combat
NEW FORTH ARMY INCIDENT
Anhwe: 4 Inf (KMT) attack> Anhwe: 1 Inf (CCP)
Loss CCP: Inf
2 Inf (KMT) attack> Kwangsi (Empty)
UK - TURN 6 - WINTER 40/1941
Winston (UK) guarantee Greece.
King Peter II stage a coup. Yugoslavia is now a pro-Allied neutral.
From left: King Peter II (Yugo), Winston (UK) and Metaxa (Greece)
TECH: Alanoff-Berry computer invented
PURCHASE
UK: BB, 2 FTR, 2 BMB, Tank, Art, 4 Inf
Can: Tranny + LL Mech to UK
Combat
UK: BMB SBR> W. Ge.
Loss UK BMB
UK: BMB SBR> N. It
Loss UK BMB
UK BMB attack> sz 113: BB (Tirpitz)
Loss UK BMB
OPERATION RUBBEL
113 Swe: Tranny (Nor) w UK cargo blockade running> 112 DD (Ge)
Loss UK: Tranny (Nor)
OPERATION COMPASS
sz 98 BB shore bombard> Alex
Egy: FTR, Tank (UK) + Inf (ANZ) attack> Alex: 2 Inf (It)
Loss It: 2 Inf
INVASION OF SOMALIA
Kenya: 2 Inf (S.A.) attack> Som: Inf (It)
Loss It: Inf
non-comb move
OPERATION LUSTRE
Egy 98: CV w 2 Air, BB, 2 CA, DD, Tranny w Inf (UK), Tranny w Inf (ANZ) to sz 99
Inf (UK) offload Greece + Inf (ANZ) offload Crete
CLUB RUN
UK: FTR to GIB
GIB 91: FTR + 2 Subs to Malta 96
Can: C&C FTR + BMB to UK
sz 94 Tranny w Tank to 98, offload Egy
ITALY - TURN 6 - WINTER 40/1941
PURCHASE
IT: Sub, TAC, Inf
Hun: Inf
Bul: Inf
Yug: 2 Inf
Fin: Inf
combat
BATTLE OF CAPE MATAPAN
sz 97: BB, 2 CA, 2 DD, Tranny attack> sz 99: CV w 2 Air, BB, 2 CA, DD, + DD (Gre)
Loss:
IT: BB damage, 1 CA, 1 DD, Tranny + UK: 1 CA
attacker retreat to sz 97
ROUND 7 - MAR APR MAY 1941
GERMANY TURN 7 SPRING 1941
Rudolf Hess, second in command on the German team, travel to Scotland on a Peace Mission, that end in Tower of London for the rest of the game.
Adolf get angry and order Hess shot on sight.
Pic: Winston and Rudolf do some smalltalk
GERMANY TURN 7 - SPRING 1941
TECH: Konrad Zuse make the first working computer, known as the Z3.
PURCHASE:
Ge: 2 Sub, TAC, 2 BMB, Tank, 2 Art, 3 Inf, Mech, AA
Nor: Fort
combat
BELFAST BLITZ: BMB SBR> North Ireland Naval Base (Belfast) worlds largest shipbuilding yard
DUBLIN BLITZ BMB SBR> Pro-Allies neutral Eire (Dublin) by mistake or as a warning?
LONDON BLITZ: BMB SBR> UK (London) 20 % damage
BATTLE OF THE DENMARK STRAIT
sz 112 BB (Bismarck) + sz 117: Sub attack sz 123 BB (Hood)
Ge loss: BB damaged + UK loss BB damaged (Hood sunk, Prince of Wales is ok)
Attacker retreat to sz 117
BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC
Sub attack> sz 118 HX- conv - loss 5 IPC
Sub attack> sz 108 SC-conv - loss 4 IPC
Sub attack> sz 107 conv- loss 3 IPC
Sub attack> sz 119 conv - loss 3 IPC
BATTLE OF SOUTH ATLANTIC
Sub attack> sz 84 - US flagget SS Robin More is sunk.
INVASION OF YUGOSLAVIA
Romania: Tank, 2 Inf, Art + 2 FTR attack> Yugo: 7 Inf
Loss: all 7 yugo Inf
INVASION OF GREECE
Bulgaria: 2 Tanks, 2 Mech + TAC attack> Greece: 5 Inf (Gre) + 1 Inf (UK)
Loss: 5 Inf (Gre) + 1 Inf (UK)
INVASION OF CRETE
Bulgaria: Skytrain + Paratrooper attack> Crete: Inf /ANZAC)
Loss: All units
OPERATION DEMON
S. It + Ge: FTR, TAC, 2 BMB attack> sz 99: CV, BB, CA, DD Tranny (UK) + DD (Greece)
Loss: All units
non-comb move
OPERATION BERLIN: sz 108: BB to sz 105 (Brest NB)
Raider Penguin: sz 69: A. CA to sz 71
BALTEN FLOTTE 112: BB, CA, DD to 113
OPERATION SILVER FOX: Nor: 2 MNT Inf, AA + FTR to pro-Axis North Finland (Lappland)
Build up to Barbarossa: 4 Tank, 19 Inf, 4 Mech, 8 Art, 2 AA to Polen
AFRIKA KORPS: Libya: Tank to Torbruk + S. IT Mech load on Tranny (It)
BATTLE OF PACIFIC: sz 48: A. CA Komet to sz 46
USSR TURN 7 - SPRING 1941
SOVJET-JAPAN NEUTRALITY PACT is signed in Moscow.
Spy Richard Sorge warn Stalin that Adolf will strike next Turn.
Also FDR and Winston warn Stalin that Adolf will strike next Turn.
Stalins paranoia make him suspicious to all this warnings, since he don’t know what Hess and Winston have been talking about. Maybe Adolf and Winston made a pact and will gang up on him? Safety first, Stalin now start a purge and throw 17 generals and 30 high ranking officers in GULAG.
PURCHASE
Russia: BMB, Tank, 2 Inf, Art
Yugo: 1 Partisan Inf.
non-comb move
THE STATE DEFENCE PLAN
2 Inf to Karelia
3 Inf to Viborg
1 BMB + 1 TAC to Nov
3 BMB, 4 TAC to Belarus (Is this a trap?)
4 Inf, 1 Art, 2 Tank + FTR to Baltic States
8 Inf, 2 Art, 4 Tank, + 2 FTR to Eastern Poland
6 Inf, Tank + FTR to Bessarabia
2 Tanks, Art, FTR, TAC to West. Ukraine
TAC to Ukr.
THE JUNE DEPORTATION >
Baltic States: 100 000 civilian (political opponents?) to GULAG
JAPAN TURN 7 - SPRING 1941
Adolf (Ge. player) want Tokyo Kid (Jap. player) to join the planned attack on USSR.
But Tokyo Kid refuse to stab Stalin (USSR player) in his back, unless:
a) Moscow is captured.
b) Japans army in Manchuria is 3 times stronger than Red Army in Amur.
c) Civil war breaks out in Siberia
Follow this Blog to see what happens.
From left: Blondi (Adolf was a dog-lover and had a German Shepherd), Adolf and Tokyo Kid
PURCHASE: DD, FTR, 2 Inf, 1 Art
COMBAT
Kiang: BMB SBR> Szech damage
Kiang: 3 Inf, 2 Art, TAC attack> Anhwe: 4 Inf (KMT)
Loss Jap: Inf, Art + Loss KMT: all 4 inf
Kiang: 2 Inf, FTR attack> Kiangsi: 3 Inf (KMT)
Loss Jap: 1 Inf + Loss KMT: 1 Inf
attacker retreat
USA TURN 7 - SPRING 1941
In response to the SS Robin Moore incident:
UNLIMITED NATIONAL EMERGENCY:
-Neutral Zone is expandet.
-US acquires full military defence rights of Greenland.
-German assets frozen
-Italian assets frozen.
-All German, Italian and Danish merchant ships are taken into custody.
ABC- PLAN DOG MEMO: All Allies agree on a Europe First strategy
AMERICA FIRST RALLY IN NEW YORK:
Gerald Nye blame UK for sinking SS Robin Moore
Charles Lindbergh blame UK for starting the war.
America First cry that FDR, the brits, the jews and the commies divide USA.
PURCHASE
East: DD, FTR, TAC, Tank, 2 Inf, 1 Art
West: TAC, 2 Inf
Lend/Lease to UK: Tranny, FTR, Tank
COMBAT
US DD attack> sz 118: Sub (Ge)
DD roll a miss and Sub submerge (In 1941 DD’s only had ASDIC that could not prevent submerging, It was Tech like Huff Duff, Leigh Leights and ASV Radar in 1943 that gave DD’s the ability to prevent Subs from submerging).
Anyway, this was the first US shot in anger. Also an outside the Neutral Zone provocation.
NON-COMB MOVE
US Tranny w Inf to pro-Allied Greenland
EXPENDET NEUTRAL ZONE
DD to 123
CA to 117
CA, DD to 107,
CV w Air, BB to sz102 Bermuda Naval Base (not on the A&A map for some reason)
CA to 90
CA to 88
CA to 86
GOODWILL VISITS IN PACIFIC
CA to sz 62 Sydney
AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GRUP
Hawaii: FTR to Queensland (in transit to China)
UK TURN 7 - SPRING 1941
Winston DOW Rashid Ali (Iraq), and support king Faisal II as new ruler.
(Emir Abdul will be the de facto ruler, since the king is only 6 years old)
King George II of Greece form Greek government in exile in Egypt.
From left: Winston and emir Abdul looking at Rashid Ali and his friend Musso
TECH: Gloster E Jet Fighter is flown.
PURCHASE:
UK: CA, DD, FTR, TAC, 2 BMB, Tank, Art, Inf
CAN: L/L to UK: Mech
COMBAT
THE BLOCKBUSTER RAID:
UK: BMB SBR> W. GE: Naval Base > damage
UK: BMB SBR> W. GE: Factory > damage
UK: BMB SBR> Berlin > damage
SINK THE BISMARCK
UK 119: BB, CA, DD attack> sz 117: BB (damaged), Sub (Ge)
GIB 91: CV w 2 Air, BB, CA, DD to 108 + Air attack> sz 117 BB (damaged)
Loss UK: BB dam + Loss GE BB (Bismarck)
THE CLAYMORE RAID
UK 119 DD attack> sz 125 Tranny (Ge)
Loss GE: Tranny
THE BREST RAID
UK: BMB attack> 105: BB (GE)
Loss Ge: BB dam
attacker retreat
OPPERATION APPERANCE
Egy 81: CA, DD attack> sz 76 DD, Sub, Tranny (IT)
Loss It: all
INVASION OF SOMALIA
India 80: Tranny w Inf (Punjab) to sz 76, amphibious assault> Somalia: Inf (IT)
Loss IT: Inf
INVASION OF ETHIOPIA
Kenya: 2 Inf + FTR attack> Ethiopia: 2 Inf, TAC (IT)
Loss IT: All
ANGLO-IRAQI WAR
Trans Jordan: Inf + FTR attack> Iraq: Inf (Iraq)
Loss Iraq: All
NON-COMB MOVE
123 BB dam to UK
BB to 106
BB CA to 118
CA to 104
CLUB RUN:
UK: FTR to Gib
Gib: FTR to Malta
CAN L/L: Tranny w Mech to UK
Situasion in the North Atlantic:
Action in the Horn of Africa
ITALY TURN 7 - SPRING 1940
Puppet state of Croatia is formed
PURCHASE
IT: FTR, Inf
FIN: FTR, Art
Rom: FTR
Bulg: Inf
Croatia: Inf
Spain: Inf (the Blue division)
COMBAT
Sicily: BMB + TAC SBR> Malta > 50% damage
NON COMB MOVE
Tarigo conv IT 95: Tranny w/ Mech (GE) to 96 Libya
N. IT: FTR, 3 Inf to Yugo
IT: FTR + Tranny load 2 Inf, to sz 99 offload into Greece and Crete
Hung: 1 Inf to Yugo
Bulg: 1 Inf to Greece
N. IT: Tank to Rom
Hung: Inf to Rom
ANZAC + UK PAC TURN 7 - SPRING 1941
PURCHASE:
India: Mech
Aus: Mech
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FRANCE TURN 7 - SPRING 1940
PARIS PROTOCOLL
Ge get bases and facilities in Syria, Tunisia and French West Africa.
Vichy France get reduced occupation cost, and return of 7 000 prisoners in Ge.
Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh form Viet Minh to fight Japan and France occupation.
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ROUND 8 - JUNE JULY AUG 1941
GERMANY TURN 8 - SUMMER 1941
GERMAN-TURKISH TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP signed in Ankara
GUIDELINES TO THE TROOPS IN RUSSIA: All people in the east must be exterminated.
THE HUNGER PLAN: Forced starvation in the east.
Adolf (GE) DOW Stalin (USSR) at the time of the invasion.
PURCHASE: 2 Sub, FTR, 2 BMB, Tank, 2 Art, 3 Inf, Mech, AA
REPAIR: Brest 105 : BB
COMBAT
OPERATION SILVER FOX:
North Finland: 2 MNT Inf attack> Karelia: 2 Inf
All misses > contestet territory
OPERATION BARBAROSSA - INVASION OF RUSSIA:
Pol: 2 FTR, TAC, 3 BMB attack> Belarus: 3 TAC, 3 BMB
Loss Ge: 1 BMB + Loss USSR: all units
Pol: 5 Inf, 2 Art, Tank, FTR attack> Baltic States: 4 Inf, 2 Art, Tank, FTR
Loss Ge: 1 Inf + Loss USSR: all units
Pol: 14 Inf, 7 Mech, 6 Art, 4 Tanks, attack> East Pol: 8 Inf, 2 Art, 5 Tanks, 2 FTR
Loss Ge: 2 Inf + Loss USSR: all units
BATTLE OF ATLANTIC
2 Sub attack> sz 103: OG conv > loss 2 IPC
Sub attack> sz 118: conv > loss 2 IPC
Sub attack> sz 107: conv > loss 2 IPC
Sub attack> sz 82 conv > loss 1 IPC
NON-COMB MOVE:
BALTEN FLOTTE 113: BB, CA, DD to 114: Lay 2 seamines in sz 115
Pol: AA guns to Baltic and E- Pol
HOLOCAUST Massacre civilians in Baltic and E. Pol
PANZER GROUP AFRICA Lib: Mech to Tobruk
sz 71: A. CA (Penguin) to sz 76
sz 91: Sub to sz 95
sz112 Sub to sz 91
Pacific:
sz 46: A. CA Komet to sz 42
USSR TURN 8 - SUMMER 1941
Stalin is Supreme Commander.
Stalin order scorched eart to the bitter end
PURCHASE: 2 FTR, 2 TAC, Tank, 10 Inf, 3 Art, AA + Major Factory in Novosibirsk
Novg: BMB SBR> Berlin > damage
Novg: BMB SBR> Finland > damage
UKR: BMB SBR> Romania oil field > damage
W. UKR: 3 Inf, Art, 3 Tanks, FTR, TAC attack> E. Pol: 17 Inf, 6 Art, 3 Tank, AA
Loss USSR: all units + Loss GE: 2 Inf
NON-COMB MOVE
sz 115: Fleet lay sea mines sz 115
Move industri to Novosibirsk:
Ural Tank factory + Sverdlovsk factory + Tankograd factory
JAPAN TURN 8 - SUMMER 1941
JAPAN-VICHY JOINT DEFENSE PACT is signed
-Jap can use all airfields and ports in FIC
-Jap can move in more troops
-Jap can get the FIC income (revenue)
Tokyo Kid calls up 1 000 000 men to service for the imminent struggle
PURCHASE: CV w 2 Air, 4 Inf, Art
COMBAT
Kiang: BMB SBR> Yunnan
Loss Ja: BMB
BATTLE OF THE MOUNTAINS
Anhwe: Inf, Art attack> Hopei: 2 Inf (CCP)
Loss CCP: all units
NON-COMB MOVE
Jap: Tranny w 2 Inf to FIC + place national token on FIC
USA TURN 8 - SUMMER 1941
ATLANTIC CONFERENCE (RIVIERA) on US Naval Station Argentia: FDR + Hopkins + W.C.
ATLANTIC CHARTER:
-No territorial gains
-Right to self determination
-Global co-operation
-Freedom of the seas
-Disarmament after war
FDR and Winston agree to Sovjet aid
In response to German aggression:
All Ge and Italian assets are frozen
All Ge and Italian consulates are closed
FDR: Warning to Finland: Stay inside 1939-borders
US take over Iceland
In response to Japan aggression:
-Seizure all of Japans assets
-Oil embargo on Japan
General Douglas MacArthur is Commander in Phillipines
TECH: Ultra Magic > FDR can now read japanese codes
TECH: Willy’s MB Jeep is produced.
PURCHASE:
East: BB, Tank, 3 Inf, Art AA
Greenland: Air Base
West: FTR, 1 Marines
LL UK: Tranny, FTR, Tank
LL USSR: FTR
NON-COMB MOVE
US 101: Tranny w Marines to Iceland
Queensland: FTR (AVG) to Malaya
Willy’s MB Jeep, the most iconic vehicle of WWII, 600 000 were build
UK TURN 8 - SUMMER 1941
Winston speach:
“Any player that fight Adolf will have my aid.”
“Any player that marches with Adolf is my foe”
Winston (UK) and Stalin (USSR) is now allied.
Winston DOW Persia to secure the Persian Corridor and the oil fields.
PURCHASE
UK: DD, Sub, 2 FTR, 2 BMB, Tank, Art, Inf,
CAN: LL to UK: FTR + LL to USSR: Mech
COMBAT
BOMB CAMPAIGN
UK: 3 BMB SBR> W. GE:
Loss UK: 2 BMB + Loss GE damage
ANGLO-SOVJET INVASION OF PERSIA
India: Tranny w 2 Inf to sz 80 + Amb. Assault> Persia: Inf
Iraq: FTR attack> Persia
Loss Persia: All units
SYRIA CAMPAIGN
Trans Jordan: Inf (ANZAC) + TAC attack> Syria: Inf (Vichy)
Loss Vichy: all units
OPERATION BATTLE AXE
Alex: Tank attack> Tobruk: Tank, Mech (GE)
Loss UK. All units
96 2 Subs attack sz96: Tranny IT
Loss It: Tranny
sz 72: DD attack> sz 76: A. CA (GE)
Loss GE: all units
NON-COMB MOVE
SUBSTANCE CONVOY
Alex 98; CA, DD to Malta 96
Gib 91: CV w Air, BB, DD, Tranny w Inf to Malta 96
CLUB RUN
UK: FTR to Gib
Gib: FTR to Malta
Malta: FTR to Egypt
MURMANSK CONVOY
UK 119: CA, DD, Tranny w supply to sz 127
Scotland: FTR to Karelia
