Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel

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Mar/Apr 1943
End of Turn

After another equally as quiet turn for the Axis (due to the weather) the turn ends. A Partisan appears in Katowice.

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Mar/Apr 1943
Production

Germany:
Armour
Motorised
Mechanised
4 x Pilot
Nav Air
Land Air
2 x Fighter
Field Artillery
Mountain
Cavalry
Mtn Division

Italy:
Infantry
Infantry Division

Japan:
3 x Carrier Air
3 x Pilot
Armour
Garrison
Marine Division

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Mar/Apr 1943
Production

China:
Garrison
Motorised

CW:
Infantry
Audacious
Conqueror
Field Artillery
Armour
2 x Pilot
Land Air
Carrier Air

USA:
AMPH
2 x TRS
Wasp
Ark Royal and Bonaventure
Detroit
Sub Construction
4 x Pilot
2 x Fighter
2 x Nav Air
2 x Land Air (4)
3 x Land Air (3)
Mechanised

USSR:
5 x Infantry
3 x Pilot
2 x Fighter
Land Air
Armour

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May/Jun 1943
Reinforcement

Germany:
Fighter
Land Air
2 x Infantry
Mountain
Mechanised
Field Artillery
Anti-Tank

Italy:
Sparviero
Engineer Division

Japan:
Amagi has been placed in the Construction Pool
Fighter
Nav Air
2 x Infantry

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May/Jun 1943
Reinforcement

China:
Submarine has been placed in the Construction Pool
Land Air
Infantry

CW:
Canada has been placed in the Construction Pool
Naiad
Euryalus
2 x Fighter
3 x Carrier Air
Nav Air
Land Air
Infantry

USA:
Fighter
Carrier Air
Armour
Field Artillery
Anti-Aircraft
Mountain

USSR:
2 x Militia
5 x Infantry
Mechanised
HQ Infantry

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And so as we are about to enter the summer of 1943, what is the state of play?

First its the Mediterranean:

The Allies have landed on Sardinia and conquered the island. The first American ground troops have just arrived in the theatre and the Italian units in North Africa are living on borrowed time.

As a word of caution, the German and Italian naval air are pretty strong and the Germans have more reinforcements on the way. If taking North Africa is going to be relatively easy, taking Italy is going to need a lot more effort....

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Meanwhile in the east, the Germans are on a sort of stop/start/stop/start routine in the Soviet Union.

The Germans (of course) need more units, but with some good dice and a long summer turn, the Soviets could be split properly in two and Moscow placed under threat.

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China has gone well for the Japanese, although they are struggling with a lack of HQ's. They need to pinch out the Chinese Communists in the northeast of the country pretty quickly.

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The NEI, Philippines, Malaya and French Indo-China are all firmly under the Japanese Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere or something...

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

And so as we are about to enter the summer of 1943, what is the state of play?

First its the Mediterranean:

The Allies have landed on Sardinia and conquered the island. The first American ground troops have just arrived in the theatre and the Italian units in North Africa are living on borrowed time.

As a word of caution, the German and Italian naval air are pretty strong and the Germans have more reinforcements on the way. If taking North Africa is going to be relatively easy, taking Italy is going to need a lot more effort....

As the Western Allies I would consider moving a fleet, covered by 3 long range fighters from Malta, and then invade Albania. Then move in 4 Corps or more into Albania in order to align Yugoslavia to the Western Allies. Thereafter I would begin a campaign to knock Italy out of the war. Italy see light out on land units.

Attacking Italy from Yugoslavia combined with invasions could bring down Italy fast unless Germany brings reinforcements. And if Germany bring reinforcements then that could be the end of the German offense in USSR.

Could be a fun campaign for the Allies since Axis has strong naval air power. [:)]

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Do you scrap weak units with USSR? If not I think it is time to begin to scrap the weakest ones.

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Invading Albania is one of the things I am weighing up. However, that was in order to provide additional airbases. I did not think about Yugoslavia as I did not know this was a possibility - how does aligning work?

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Time for CW and US to gear up for a land war.

Do CW even build more land units than they lose?

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ORIGINAL: Orm

Do you scrap weak units with USSR? If not I think it is time to begin to scrap the weakest ones.

warspite1

I scrap very little really. What strength do you suggest should be scrapped? 3's? 4's?

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ORIGINAL: Orm

Time for CW and US to gear up for a land war.

Do CW even build more land units than they lose?

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Agreed. I have done building carriers and battleships now. This is all about getting bodies ashore on the Mediterranean shore and taking the pressure off the Soviets.

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ORIGINAL: Orm

Do you scrap weak units with USSR? If not I think it is time to begin to scrap the weakest ones.

warspite1

I scrap very little really. What strength do you suggest should be scrapped? 3's? 4's?

INF, MOT, MECH and ARM that has same, or less, in combat strength than their cost to build should now be scrapped. So it is time to remove a ARM with a strength of 6 or less.

Mech and ARM can be scrapped due to that the 2d10 combat table is not used.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Invading Albania is one of the things I am weighing up. However, that was in order to provide additional airbases. I did not think about Yugoslavia as I did not know this was a possibility - how does aligning work?

CW can declare that Yugoslavia is aligning with it during any Allied declaration of war step if Yugoslavia is neutral and there are a total of 4 or more CW corps in any adjacent countries and that includes Albania.

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ORIGINAL: Orm

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ORIGINAL: Orm

Do you scrap weak units with USSR? If not I think it is time to begin to scrap the weakest ones.

warspite1

I scrap very little really. What strength do you suggest should be scrapped? 3's? 4's?

INF, MOT, MECH and ARM that has same, or less, in combat strength than their cost to build should now be scrapped. So it is time to remove a ARM with a strength of 6 or less.

Mech and ARM can be scrapped due to that the 2d10 combat table is used.

warspite1

I'm not using the 2d10 table in this AAR.

I don't know if I'm brave enough to scrap units that big!!

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ORIGINAL: Orm

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Invading Albania is one of the things I am weighing up. However, that was in order to provide additional airbases. I did not think about Yugoslavia as I did not know this was a possibility - how does aligning work?

CW can declare that Yugoslavia is aligning with it during any Allied declaration of war step if Yugoslavia is neutral and there are a total of 4 or more CW corps in any adjacent countries and that includes Albania.

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Alrighty then - that sounds like a plan. P.S. Do not tell Adolf or Benito....[:-]

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I scrap very little really. What strength do you suggest should be scrapped? 3's? 4's?

INF, MOT, MECH and ARM that has same, or less, in combat strength than their cost to build should now be scrapped. So it is time to remove a ARM with a strength of 6 or less.

Mech and ARM can be scrapped due to that the 2d10 combat table is used.

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I'm not using the 2d10 table in this AAR.

I don't know if I'm brave enough to scrap units that big!!

I meant to write that the 1d10 combat table is used. My bad.[:(]

I think that USSR has plenty of land units to build at the moment. If they do then begin scrapping those unit types that they have plenty to build.

In my opinion all countries should scrap more units as more units are added to the force pools. One should be careful with scrapping with those countries where you empty the force pools. But other than that you should begin to scrap. Besides, how will you learn if you do not scrap to much in a game?