Eastern Front
Very good progress this turn. We end up next to Stalingrad, we kill a partisan, but the real treat is that we take the capitol part of Moscow.
The USSR relocate their capitol to Kubyshev.
Africa/Middle East/France
Same old in France, in Yugoslavia we kill one partisan.
Allies
The Allies attacks our submarines yet again, still no kills.
The USSR tries hard to retake Moscow, but only get the unit there down to 5 strength.
Purchases
Germany buys a Medium bomber, Italy buys a corps, and save 135MPP.
Reinforcements
A German army appears outside Lublin.
Weather
Snow, but by some strange luck, it is clear around Moscow.
Supply raids
Allied losses : 8 MPP
Axis losses : 8 MPP, and 28 from strategic bombing (snow stopped on their turn).
Eastern Front
Our forces take the Maikop oilfield. We start to attack Stalingrad, but do not take it. Around Moscow we kill off more units to secure our hold on the city.
In Yugoslavia we kill the last partisan.
Africa/Middle East/France
Nothing new.
Allies
More USSR attacks around Moscow, but to no avail.
Purchases
Italy buys an army, and save another 148 MPP.
Germany saves 264 MPP.
Reinforcements
Italy place a Medium bomber outside Fiume.
Research
Italy completes Ground Attack Weaponry3.
Decisions/Events
A USSR partisan spawn in Smolensk.
Eastern Front
We kill the partisan and retake Smolensk.
We finally take Stalingrad!
Africa/Middle East/France
Nothing new.
Allies
They try some attacks in France, but cannot do anything really. Although the UK and US troops are more upgraded than mine, their upgrades are mobility and anti air. Mine is "kill the enemy".
Purchases
Germany buys a fighter, and Italy buys a paratrooper.
Reinforcements
None.
Research
None.
Decisions/Events
Another partisan appear in the USSR.
Supply raids
Allied losses : 23 MPP
Axis losses : 12 MPP, and 52 from strategic bombing.
Eastern Front
The hardest fighting now takes place between the USSR and the Fins. We kill an USSR partisan.
Africa/Middle East/France
Making the Allied beachhead smaller.
Allies
The USSR retakes Kondopoga and kills the Finnish army there.
In France, a German army in Rennes is bombed to death, the Allies reoccupy the city.
In the Atlantic another submarine is lost to an UK DD.
Purchases
Germany buys HQ List and a Special Force unit.
Italy buys a Special Force unit and save 119 MPP.
Reinforcements
Germany places a Medium bomber outside Dusseldorf.
Research
None.
Decisions/Events
Another partisan appear in the USSR, and marches into Gomel.
Wa actually going to go for a decisive victory, and expected to be able to reload the autosave. That did not work, as it was saved after I took the victory.
I think that I needed to take London for a decisive. That would not have been too difficult, all I needed was to get my airforces to France/Belgium/Netherlands, at that time it would be a matter of time.
Thanks for the AAR. It was an enjoyable read. Sorry about the autosave killing your game. I've learned to save each turn under a unique name. Better to have a bunch of saves to delete later than be caught by some unexpected condition (bug or DE) that ends the game.
I've learned the Axis need to purchase garrisons for conquered territory to avoid having to use front line troops to kill them. Better to stop them from spawning in the first place and make the troops fight at the front instead of enjoying the "city night life" [;)] after a day hunting partisans.
MPP Collected/Spent(units)/Lost(units)
Poland : 75/37/1.518
France : 2.367/1.840/7.704
UK : 21.622/12.922/32.468
USA : 26.969/15.077/6.976
USSR : 50.816/38.229/90.490
Italy : 13.916/10.604/9.303
Germany : 64.164/56.153/66.075
I am not sure what these numbers mean, but I am guessing that it is total gained, total spent on units, and total cost of destroyed units and reinforcing damaged ones.
National Morale at the end
UK : 58%
USA : 92 %
USSR : 52%
Italy : 95%
Germany : 110%
Thanks for the AAR. It was an enjoyable read. Sorry about the autosave killing your game. I've learned to save each turn under a unique name. Better to have a bunch of saves to delete later than be caught by some unexpected condition (bug or DE) that ends the game.
I've learned the Axis need to purchase garrisons for conquered territory to avoid having to use front line troops to kill them. Better to stop them from spawning in the first place and make the troops fight at the front instead of enjoying the "city night life" [;)] after a day hunting partisans.
Malor
Thank you [&o]
Yeah, well I had a save going, but I am not interested in going back 10 turns...But it does not really matter, I would have taken London in 10 or so turns with clear weather I believe.
1. Axis raiders/subs are easily spotted and killed.
2. Airpower is key.
3. Next time, I will keep my French guards in the city, and then 1 hex away from the sea. Those landing crafts hit quite hard.
4. I did not build enough HQs, but then again they get really expensive.
5. The industry output of the USSR took me by surprise.
6. The AI can land a BIG invasion force, but are not very good at breaking out. One problem it has was that it build too many corps formations, and not enough tanks and armies.
7. Shore bombardment, without having the proper research, is useless.
8. Although tanks are good, you do need regular armies as well.
9. The AI bombing runs at the end was amazing. Bomber Harris would have been proud.
And big thanks to you for a great AAR! [:)] I really liked the structure of your reports btw - very concise and to the point. I also liked the size of your screenshots ([;)]) and the way you used arrows and text boxes later to explain what's going on and to lay out your plans.
And big thanks to you for a great AAR! [:)] I really liked the structure of your reports btw - very concise and to the point. I also liked the size of your screenshots ([;)]) and the way you used arrows and text boxes later to explain what's going on and to lay out your plans.
Thank you, as AARs go, I can do better, but;
a) been too long since I last made one
b) just got the game, so just playing one turn at a time was too hard [:D]
Thanks for helping with the screenshots and information along the way [&o]
