A musical global war AAR...

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And here is the initiative track. The Allies don't want a reroll. The Axis, after some thinking, decide to go first.

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Here is the weather report. And some French wartime Swing: "For Dancers Only" ,Alix Combelle & Le Jazz de Paris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReTAgb-dYFk

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November/December 1941, Axis impulse number 1:

Germany and Italy take land actions. Japan takes a naval action.

The Japanese admiralty wants to either force the CW navy to engage the Japanese carriers or to get ashore in New Britain and Papua in force. Apart from this, the general staff wants to take our Singapore this turn. Therefore a lot of naval activity at the start of the turn.

So here is: The Advance of The Sea March

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvU24r9J084

Apart from a loaded TRS in the China Sea , the convoy escorts and the Japanese SUB's again sailing to harass CW shipping, these are the major area's of the Japanese fleet:

South China Sea:

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Timor Sea:

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Coral Sea:

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Bismarck Sea:

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A small but healthy reserve fleet is still available in Fukuoka, consisting of fast moving cruisers and a loaded CV.

Japan initiates combat in Polynesia, however the Ocean is big. The SUB's don't find the convoys and their escorts.

Here are some pictures of the Japanese Fleet, with marches of course; The Glorious Imperial Japanese Navy　栄光の大日本帝國海軍

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRmUxH0bWO0

In the Ukraine, a Stuka grounds strikes a stack of defenders. Rain or Snow doesn't matter for the odds....

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Now, that pretty well ends any German attacking thoughts in the Ukraine for this impulse. The Mud season takes it's toll...

A German soldiers song: Das Balkan-Lied: "Wir stürmen dem Siege entgegen"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXN_jCMs6eM

In Iraq, Italian and German planes ground strike the USSR positions. After next impulse the Soviets will have air superiority over the frontlines, which means time is running out for Guderian to break out of the mountains.

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The second Stuka:

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And the Italians:

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The Finns finally liberate the borderlands, while a ski division is slowly making some disturbing progress towards the Moscow-Arhangel railroad. Something needs to be done about this, orders Stalin.
But what can be done about this (mistake made by me, I should have put one of the INF reinforcements into Vologda. I totally forgot about the Ski division being able to go this far during this turn).

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The Germans keep reïnforcing the frontlines in the USSR. A breakthrough however, is out of the question, since there are no weak points except around Leningrad, which is a minor front at the moment...

Time for some Italian music: Meme Bianchi- Un Giorno ti Dirò (One Day I'll Tell You)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2pj-aHibIA

After carefull inspection of several enemy positions, two attacks are declared on Soviet positions, first, Novgorod gets captured, but not without losses:

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Next is the attack in the mountains of Persia. A very important attack for Germany...

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Not totally without losses. Also, this outcome means that the next loss by Germany on this frontline will be an expensive one. Guderian decides to reorganise the Stuka and two land units:

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Before going to the maps, here is German Swing: Erwin Steinbacher - Finden Sie es nicht gefährlich?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52vZRr1K0JM

Here is the Persian Front:

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The Ukrainian Front:

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And the Belorussian Front:

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November/December 1941, Allied impulse number 3:

The French and the CW take naval actions. The US a combined and the USSR a land action.

The CW and the French transport more landunits around the Cape towards India and East Africa. The convoy chain from India towards the UK is repaired and the convoy escorts are installed. SUB's sail into the South China Sea. A French cruisers enters the Coral Sea to restore supply to Rabaul. The CW fleet in Brisbane stays in port.

Here's: Harry Roy - The Booglie Wooglie Piggy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaBWjQDwTlg

The Allies don't want to fight in any sea area. The Japanese, however, want to get rid of the French cruiser in the Coral Sea. Carrier planes spot the ship:

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The cruiser doesn't stand a chance against the carrier planes of the Japanese...

In Polynesia, the Japanese search for CW shipping again. At Sunset, the Japanese SUB's find the convoy and attack on the surface, surprising the escorting cruiser:

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There is no next combat round, because the Japanese decide not to include the submarines. Mission succesfully completed: