Tried to go through Gibraltar ... but seriously damaged had to return to the Fench bases on the Atlantic.

<t> 7. the game end at turn 96, when historically the Soviets reached Berlin.<br/>
Turn 110 is possible when the Axis player (H2H or playing against the Allied AI) chooses to use the "East Front" box, thus having the chance to send more units there and delay the Red Army Beyond the historical date ...

<t> Turn 106 means at least 9 turns later than history, and thus 900 VP penalty.<br/>
Yet the question is ... why in a game against the AI the Soviets did not reach Berlin at turn 96?<br/>
Was not intended that against the AI the end (Soviets in Berlin) would have alwuys been within the historical ...

If this is a game vs. the AI, how comes it did not end at turn 97?
In any case the delayed end should cost the WA 100 VP per turn, so this will be an Axis Minor Victory.

Place a Rail Rapair Group on a damaged rail hex adjacent to a repaired one, click on "RRC 1" in the low right corner of the unit image, then move one hex and repeat until "RRC 1" is no more shown, but only "RRC -" (that means no more Rail Repair Capability).

This would be great, thanks for the attention.

Even better would be to have the asterisks directly in the Production Screen, and assign priority repairs from there.

Also the Allies could see it, with "Enemy hexes on".

Map information ... toggle enemy hex ON!
the Red Army is 5 hexes ahead of historical advance ... with that situation you are going to lose Berlin quite early.

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Helpless<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>This happened on the first turn. 180 British night fighters versus 330 German NFs, and the Germans lose 101 to 9 British! <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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This one looks as a bug. Providing a save could be more constructive ...

<t> I fear it's my night raid that caused the huge NF losses to the Germans.<br/>
In fact it's my first game as WA against a human and, knowing from "the other side" the effectiveness of German NF, I thought reasonable to assign some more WA NFs to night escorting duties.<br/>
I was most surprised ...

I believe a careful recon is defintely needed.

Or probably the various fixed Flak units not contributing to the battle and being lost with capture of the city.

Hi Alex,
if you are still looking for an opponent, I can be available for PBEM game.
Which version are you using?
I am more expert playing Axis, but the choice is yours.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Baelfiin<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: meklore61<br/>
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Once he crosses into northern Italy garrison zone he will free up axis units too.
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Not really freeing anything up, the Italian garrison is mostly in the ...

Heh, that trick led to an update with the addition of balloons barrage over the ports ...
So the results will not be anymore as heavy as in first test [:(].

The question for me is not why the AI didn't attack to releive the encircles units, but why arrange a defense line so far from enemy, instead of holding the line at side of Bolsena Lake.

In my experience there is no chance to reduce WA Landing capability, as after the landings in Italy there is no opportunity to cripple WA fleet for many turns (unless WA wants to invade France early.
WA has therefore ample time to reform its fleets before D-Day, imho.

Iirc replacement rate is 6 Troops and 30 Cargo ships per turn.
This means finally that it's almost impossible for Axis to spoil the WA carrying capacity, unless the WA player Leaves its fleets at sea without reason.

Challenging level reduces morale and thus CV of units, also in EF.