Global 1940 & 1943 Expansions Game Reports

Global 1943, No. 3 Game Report: Round Late 1946 (round 8):

To make this Game Report more managable, we’ll release a new post for each round.

Players:
Axis: The Captain
Allies: Keld Rasmussen

Germany, Late 1946:
Purchase New Units:

Combat Movement, Combat & Non-Combat Movement:

Germany launches a massive offensive with Army Group Center against Smolensk.

1st Panzer Army and 1st Waffen-SS Army in Army Group Center are supported by 3rd and 4th Waffen-SS Armies - and two Waffen-SS Battle Groups with Waffen-SS Infantry & Artillery units.
Additional Infantry & Panzer units are supporting Army Group Center as well.

The entire German Luftwaffe is moved to the Eastern Front.

The German High Command has planned an All Out Offensive against the Soviet Capital, Moscow - in the beginning of Late 1946.

The best & most hard hitting German fighting units of the entire War are all within striking distance of the Soviet Capital.

In the West and South, the core of the German Army including 2nd and 3rd Panzer Armies, has been withdrawn into the German Hinterland - to lure the Allied Forces into a deadly trap.

Once the Allied Forces have advanced deeper into German occupied territories, a massive German counter offensive will be launched - and will eliminate all Allied Forces in Europe.

Place New Units:

All German Armies are now present and operating at full strength

Collect Income:
- Total Income: 86 IPC

Soviet Union, Late 1946
Purchase New Units:

The Soviets purchase Partisan units to be placed in the Far East, to take control of certain territories.

Combat Movement, Combat & Non-Combat Movement:

Place New Units:

Collect Income:

- Total Income: 31 IPC

Japan, Late 1946:
Purchase New Units:

Combat Movement, Combat & Non-Combat Movement:

Place New Units:

Collect Income:

- Total Income: 67 IPC

United States, Late 1946
Purchase New Units:

Combat Movement, Combat & Non-Combat Movement:

Place New Units:

Collect Income:

- Total Income: 133 IPC

United Kingdom, Late 1946
Purchase New Units:

Combat Movement, Combat & Non-Combat Movement:

Place New Units:

Collect Income:

- Total Income: 75 IPC

Late 1946 has ended.

Allied Forces have pushed both German & Japanese troops back on most fronts.

But Russia is threatened by a Massive German Army Group - Army Group Center - on the Eastern Front.

British Royal Air Force and UK Tank units are present in Moscow to strengthen the defense of the Soviet Capital.

In the West, United States has landed in Normandy - again - and has a foothold in Southern Europe.

Massive German Army Formations are assembled in the Western Europe sphere.

Those German formations will be supported by 1st and 2nd Panzer Armies - in the German counter attack that is to be launched in Early 1947.

The German Strategic Plan is to attack and destroy most Allied Forces in Europe - and at the same time launch Operation Typhoon - the attack on Moscow.

If succesfull, those Massive Offensive Operations will break the Allied capability to fight in Europe.

If Moscow is captured by German Army Group Center, the War will be over - and the Axis will be Victorious.

Round Late 1946 has been added to the Global 1943 No.3 Game Report.

This Global 1943 game has been one of the most intense. It is also the first time since 1996 that we play by e-mail.

We’ve seen a great Naval Battle in the Pacific, as well as multiple Massive Offensive Operations on the Eastern Front.

The Fighter units that were moved to Rostov in Early 1946 are UK Fighter units (Spitfire).
Those Fighter units come from India - and are on their way to Moscow.

The German Air Units in Belarus are:

• 2 x Heinkel 111 Bombers
• 4 x Messerschmitt Me 262 Jet Fighters
• 7 x Messerschmitt Bf 109 Fighters

Talk about Balance Of Play: No. 3 Game Report, Global 1943:

• The German Army & Luftwaffe are ready to launch the Final Assault on Moscow.
  A succesfull Operation Typhoon will end the War with an Axis Victory.

• The Allies have a combined IPC Level at 188 IPC.
  1 more IPC in favor of the Allies - and the Allies win the War.

The attached pictures at the Global 1943 Expansion, Revised pg. 1 show the actual Historical Military & Political Situation in Late 1942 - Early 1943

Please refer to the Global 1943 Expansion, Revised thread for further questions & comments concerning Global 1943 rules etc.

Global 1943, No. 3 Game Report: Round Early 1947 (round 9):

This is the last post in the No. 3 Game Report.

Players:
Axis: The Captain
Allies: Keld Rasmussen

Germany, Early 1947:
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Combat Movement:
Germany launches Operation Typhoon - the attack on Moscow:
This picture shows the opposing forces:

Germany launches a counter offensive against US & UK forces in Normandy:
This picture shows the opposing forces:

A few other German small scale counter attacks are also launched - see later pictures during Non-Combat Movement.

Result of the German Operation Typhoon:

Result of the German counter attack in Normandy:

Non-Combat Movement:

Situation around the Moscow area:

Situation around the Normandy area:

Germany has captured Moscow.

The Allies have no chance of re-capturing Moscow.

Even though The Allies were extremely close to win the War economically (the Allies had a combined IPC level at 188 IPC at the end of Late 1946), Germany has won a Military Victory and has defeated the enemy on the battlefield.

Both sides have fought with skill and determination - but in the end, The Axis have won the War.

Global 1940, No. 5 Game Report: Round Late 1943 (round 7):

This is the only post in the Global 1940 No. 5 Game Report.

Players:
Axis: The Captain
Allies: Dark Knight

From Early 1940, Germany launched a Massive U-Boat Offensive in The Battle Of The Atlantic.
This offensive continued during the entire War, with a continued high U-Boat production.

The fighting on the Eastern Front was clearly marked by the massive German U-Boat production, since the reinforcements on the Eastern Front were scarce.

Nonetheless the German Army Group North & Army Group South were doing progress - slowly but surely - deeper into Soviet territory.

The Soviet Union defended their frontlines with 1st & 2nd Tank Armies, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Army Corps - and an almost unlimited amount of Red Army Conscription Infantry units - slowing down the German offensive.

Japan wiped out the last Chinese forces in Early 1942 - and kept pressure on the US Navy in the Pacific, forcing a complete withdrawal of all US Naval units.

United States declared War on Japan in Late 1941 - fortified the Philippines - and started a build up in the Atlantic to counter the German U-Boats of the Kriegsmarine.

United Kingdom was surrounded by German Wolf Packs - and almost starved out.
No Large Scale Offensive was ever launched by United Kingdom anywhere during the War.
India was fighting with its back against the wall - and was threatened in Early 1943 from the West by a German breakthrough in the Middle East.

ANZAC fought bravely - but alone without support from either United States or United Kingdom.

The Allied Nations seemed to fall apart - with no chance of getting a foothold in either the Pacific or Europe.

Late 1943:
Germany takes over Italy.
On the Eastern Front Germany launches an all-out offensive from North to South.
The Middle East and Mediterranian are secured by superior German forces.
Gibraltar is captured by German Panzer units in an amphibious assault - to cut off the US Navy from using the Naval Base.

The German Luftwaffe is strengthened on a massive scale for a future attack on the US Navy in the Second Battle of The Atlantic.

Japan is launching attacks deep into the Pacific - reaching out as far as Johnston & Line Islands.

The Allied forces are retreating on all fronts.

In the Early 1943 Germany and Japan are close to an Economic Victory - with superior Military Forces.

With no hope for any improvement in the military situation, the Allies have no option but to surrender in Early 1943.

@barnee

True:

1. Soviet Tank Mass Production: 3 Tank units = 12 IPC
2. 2 extra Tank units = 10 IPC
3. Soviet Tank Mass Production (12 IPC) + 2 Tank units (10 IPC) is combined with Total War Production - and therefore gives 1 additional Tank unit for free.
4. Total War Tank Production: 6 Tank units = 25 IPC
5. Total Tank Production: 12 Tank units = 47 IPC

I believe that the 50 IPC mentioned was an anomaly…