Turn 24
I wonder about the Allies and all the irregulars they are due this turn. Do they still get them? I fight with a couple of reconstituting guerrilla units but don’t come across any irregulars.

[EDIT: The irregulars do not in fact appear if their starting cities are occupied - I'll deal with ...

Turn 23
I am excited that the rail line is finally fully repaired. A stack and some of Italians rail to just in front of El Paso and further stacks are not far behind. Finally supplies to this front should be something reasonable. It will still take the Italians two turns just to start replacing the ...

Turn 22
Mostly another turn of stalemate. Chris counter attacks east of the Mississippi but mostly holds off elsewhere.

I have it set up so that if every rail repair unit succeeds I can have the rear area rail issue on the line Fort Worth – Dallas dealt with next turn. I’ll be past El Paso the ...

Turn 21
A bit of a panic as I get the Allied turn back from Chris and he reports ‘attacks all along the periphery’ or something to that effect. I’m at the edge of my supply everywhere and Allied subs have just reduced my supply level. However, it turns out that it means a couple of hard probes and ...

Turn 20
A turn of setbacks and minor issues. For the first time since turn 1 the spread moves, albeit only by 3 points in Chris’ favour. I’d say this is because we hit turn 20 and the Replacement Rate just jumped to 86%. That is a respectable if not fantastic level for the Allies.

Allied subs ...

Gucek wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2026 12:12 pm Hello, Looking for a Polish-Soviet War (1919–1921) scenario for The Operational Art of War IV (TOAW IV)

There was a one I thought was excellent made by Jarek Flis (not 100% I am spelling his name right). May well be an older version of TOAW you would have to update however.

Turn 19
The Allied counter offensives seem lighter than average this turn and, of course, only take place east of the Mississippi. I finally fairly solidly reinforce the area myself and might soon start up a more consistent grinding offencive.

Chris is a big fan of putting Armoured Divisions ...

Turn 18
I find myself back reading my turn 2 post to figure out what was the plan and how much it has gone fubar. It technically hasn’t – I should have gotten my rail line into El Paso this turn and I am about three turns before that happens but the plan gave a ton of leeway for some delays in ...

Turn 17
I am punished for the weakness of my airdrop with one of the Italian and one German paratroop Divisions destroyed. I am able to counter attack and surround and destroy some Allied units here as well and when everything is said and done the spread is back to moving in my favour ...

Turn 16
It is turn 16 and there goes the National Guard Corp. There will be a little of this and a little of that for the Allies going forward but the west should be basically empty at this stage.

Heavy Allied counter attacks in the east disrupt my own attacks. I see something of an opening for ...

Turn 15
It is extreme out there. The Allies don’t attack even once this turn. The counterattack in the East is at least on pause. If I had to guess it is to preserve forces. Losses were jumping and the Allied replacement Rate has fallen pretty low. There could well be a plan to try and preserve ...

I realize I have a lot more Germans here then is really at all useful. Maybe it is time to get them to a port with an HQ and wait for them to resupply and get up to 100% readiness before transferring them back to the main front? Somehow when I was planning this campaign I thought I would need ...

Turn 14
The East is a brutal back and forth with the Allies pushing hard toward Mobile and Axis forces counter attacking to retrieve things. It is all roughly the original start lines when the turn ends with a lot of dead for both of us. I am still out ahead in terms of the spread, but it is ...

Against what Chris is doing here I suspect the best Axis response is to take it. Race forward to the Super Rivers and cross over trying to get to Chicago before turn 50.

Unless the Allies are really wrecked at this point, aren't they just pulling back to start building an indestructible ...

Turn 13
Well this is a bit of a conundrum. So Chris is clearly reinforcing the East while at the same time he has broken contact in the West and fled beyond the range of the Panzertruppen. My strategy has a problem and that problem is me – or more specifically it is that I am wedded to my strategy ...

Turn 12
East of the Mississippi it is back and forth as my attempts to advance are hit with strong Allied counter attacks. No real movement here though I am beginning to reorganize my artillery and build up for a more identifiable line of attack. Don’t expect that to work particularly quickly ...

Turn 11
I begin to get some inkling on how Chris is conducting his defence this turn. I mean I think I am starting to get some insight on how he plays overall. The first element that stands out is very heavy reinforcements to Alabama, especially near the coast.

Not 100% on what I am looking at ...

Turn 10
This turn is a bit extreme in that it starts off looking bad but ends up being a good turn.

Chris really pounds into me in Alabama. I am driven back so hard that I am a bit concerned about Mobile and I throw just about all the reinforcements this way in order to make a go of recovering ...

Turn 9
For the first time since turn 1 the Spread is against me. It is just a small amount where last turn it was 56 in my favour and this turn it is 54 in my favour. I don’t believe this is a trend, instead it is an indication that, for the second turn in a row I am mostly reacting on the front ...

Turn 8
Chris kicks off a really fierce counter attack driving my Axis back in Alabama, Louisiana and Texas. In Alabama the 12th American Armoured Division drives deep into Axis lines which diverts all my reinforcements but by turns end the intruder is surrounded and 3rd Panzer destroys it. In ...