A global wat - 2

[lomyrin]

Nov/Dec 41 Allies impulse 1 ( impulse 4 ) Blizzard and snow

CW naval, Russia land, rest combined.

CW resets the convoy defenses and searches in the Med fails to find the Italian convoys there.

Russia rails the Kursk factory to the east.

Shown is the Russian positions hoping for continuing winter weather slowing the Germans down.

[lomyrin]

Nov/Dec 41 Axis impulse 2 ( impulse 7 ) Blizzard and snow

Germany land, Italy and Japan combined

Only one attack in bad weather in Russia. Gomel at +14 roll4 = 18 fell but all the German units are disorganized.

An almost surrounded Dnepropetrovsk only yielded a +3 attack so it will have to wait.

[lomyrin]

Nov/Dec 41 Allies impulse 2 ( impulse 10 ) Blizzard and Snow

All pass for 60% EOT chance. roll 7 Turn continues

[lomyrin]

Nov/Dec 41 Axis impulse 3 ( impulse 13 ) Blizzard and Snow

Germany land, Italy and Japan combined.

Minor moves, the German with most of their northern armies disorganized could not get a goodattack.

Turn ends. No partisans

A turn with all bad weather, only a few units destroyed.

[lomyrin]

Nov/De 41 Us Entry

Lots of tension but not enough entry levels for Final gear up No action taken.

[lomyrin]

Production at end of Nov/Dec 41

Germany 28 3Mot, Mil, 2Ftr, Lnd3, 3Pil, SUB2
Italy 9 Gar, BBrep, Pil, SUB, Mil
Japan 17 CVL2, 3Pil, 3CVP, Ftr, 2CArep, Terr

CW 22 Ftr, NAV3, 4Pil, CArep, Lnd3, CVP, MechDiv
USA 20 TRS2, 3CV2, Ftr, CVP, 2Pil
Russia 20 2Inf, 3Gar, 2Mil, Mot

[lomyrin]

Reinforcements for Jan/Feb 42

[lomyrin]

Jan/Feb 42 Allies impulse 1 ( impulse 1 ) Blizzard and snow

CW naval, Russia land, rest combined.

CW SUB sinks an Italian Convoy in Italian Coast, misses in E Med.
Russia manages to disorganize the OOS German Mech unit West of Stavropol and attacks it, Germany flies in ground support at extended range and chooses blitz to escape. The attack becomes +6 and the roll is 4. A Russian Inf is lost and the German Mech survives.

[lomyrin]

Jan/Feb 42 Axis impulse 1 ( impulse 4 ) Blizzard and Snow

Germany land, Italy and Japan combined.

German ground strikes on Dnepropetrovsk with 2 bombers only disorganizes 1 of 3 units there.

German troops advance slowly eastwards from Smolensk and Gomel but no attacks in Blizzard and snow weather.

Japanese troops in Siam moves to the Malaya border.

The USA has not yet passed the war appropriations bill so Japan feels safe to delay attacking the CW awaiting better weather.

[lomyrin]

Jan/Feb 42 Allies impulse 2 ( impulse 7 ) Blizzard Blizzard and snow

Russia land, rest combined.

CW invades the Vichy West Indian territories and moves into the French Guyana.

Russia gets another chance to knock out the German Mech west of Stavropol, this time it works even with a roll of 5. Germans could not fly to defend in Blizzard.

[Grotius]

Germans could not fly to defend in Blizzard.

This reminds me of a question I keep forgetting to ask. Can you fly defensive ground support even if the attacker does not fly ground support first?

[Courtenay]

ORIGINAL: Grotius

Germans could not fly to defend in Blizzard.

This reminds me of a question I keep forgetting to ask. Can you fly defensive ground support even if the attacker does not fly ground support first?

Yes.

[lomyrin]

an/Feb 42 Axis impulse 2 ( impulse 11 ) Blizzard even in the Med.

Germany naval, Italy and Japan combined.

German SUB damaged in N Atlantic with no success against convoys. German ships in B Biscay fail to find in the Blizzard.

Turn did not end.

[lomyrin]

Jan/Feb 42 Allies impulse 3 ( impulse 15 ) Snow and snow

CW, Russ land, rest combined
Cw takes Vichy French Guyana and Guadeloupe.

Cw attacks and takes Tripoli using HQ support and shore bombardment. An Italian bomber got thru and the CW lost a Fighter downed by an Italian Fighter.

Russia backs off the Dnieper line and works to set up city defenses and the next river line to the east. A few units are stationed in the Caucasus.

Turn ends.

USA finally passes the War Appropriations Bill

[lomyrin]

The Russian front at the end of the Jan/Feb 42 turn.

[lomyrin]

Units destroyed during the Jan/Feb 42 turn

Really bad weather the whole turn, not many units gone

[lomyrin]

Reinforcements for Mar/April 42

[lomyrin]

Production at end of Jan/Feb 42

Germany 35 Inf, Arm, 2Ftr, Lnd2, Lnd3, 4Pil, SUB2, SUBrep, Mot, Gar
Italy 11 Inf, Pil, Ftr, 2CP, Gar
Japan 21 3CV, CV2, 3Pil, 3CVP, SUB Inf

CW 28 MarDiv, BB2, 3Pil, Lnd3, Ftr, Ftr3, 2CVP, Arm, 3CP
USA 30 HQA, Inf, 4CV, 3Pil, 3CVP, SUB2, CP
Russia 20 3Inf, Mil, HQI, 2Gar

[lomyrin]

Mar/Apr 42 Axis initiative impulse 1 Rain arctic rest fine.

Germany land, Italy air, Japan DoW Cw, 2 chits to US entry. Supercombined action.

Japan gets into postions for invading in many places.

Japanese SUB's sinks CW convoys in several areas

A major air to air fight in W Med is shown at its start below.

The first CW shot downed the German Fighter and killed the pilot with no adverse result on the CW.
The Axis now outclassed in the air in W Med aborts all.

[lomyrin]

Mar/April 42 Axis impulse 1 continued

Germany finally takes Dnepropetrovsk after successfully ground striking three units there. 6 German units were disorganized though.

Rain in the north slowed the moves down and no attacks there.

In the Pacific Japan invaded Malaya from Siam and threaten Singapore. Invasions also near Batavia and in Tarakan and Balikpapan. Rabaul was taken as was Port vila. New Zealand was also invaded.