A musical global war AAR...

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And the mess at the Persian-Turkish-Soviet border:

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The turn doesn't end (30% chance, 6 rolled. Some Italian music: Ernesto Bonino & Silvana Fioresi - Rosabella del Molise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrjwB2vFwEc

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Apparently the mud makes it impossible for the German tanks to move properly on the battlefield. The Ukrainian front stalls for the remainder of this turn...

Here's another German military Song: Soldaten sind immer Soldaten

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpSlWTh ... 1425740128

Next, Guderian carries out his orders from the Führer. Zhukov decides he wants to improve his chances on survival, chooses the Blitzkrieg table.

Der Fuhrer ist immer recht.

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November/December 1941, Allied impulse number 11:

Now, if all nations pass, the chance of the turn ending is 70%. However, the USSR is in deep trouble if the turn doesn't end if they pass, since then Baku will be taken by the German MECH. Also, the convoy line from the US to the UK needs to be repaired. Therefore, the Allies don't pass:

CW takes a naval, the USSR a land and the French and the US take combined actions.

Listen to: Walkin’ By The River - Una Mae Carlisle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7DmNTZzWBA

The US sends 4 CP into the North Atlantic. The British send a lot of cruisers into the 4, 1 and the 0 boxes of the same sea area, together with 8 CP. Some other naval movement is made too. Of course, the CW doesn't want a fight in the North Atlantic, but the Italian admiral is coninually searching for enemy shipping. He hasn't seen a lot of that, in the last couple of weeks, but the orders from Rome are clear: stay in the sea area and search for enemy shipping for as long as you have fuel available for the return to Lisbon...

And again, the Italians find the Allied merchantmen:

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And again, the guns of the Italian battleships open fire:

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However, this time, the CW cruisers are able to damage the Littorio:

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Both sides decide to stay in the sea area. The Allied convoys disappear in the rain (search rolls fail to find eachother).

And here is: Blitzkrieg Baby (You Can't Bomb Me), by Una Mae Carlisle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCOpP2xQY08

Bomber Command takes off again. Target: Brussels, and there are no Axis fighters available to intercept:

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STAVKA receives word of Zhukov getting wounded in the battles in the south. He is currently in hospital and the Comrade doctor estimates it will be a long time, before he can get back into action again. Another factory is railmoved into Siberia. Baku is within reach of the German mobile spearhead and needs to be defended. Some minor movement is made along the frontlines to improve positions. Here is the Persian front:

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The turn doesn't end (roll: 9, chance 50%). And here is the weather report for the next couple of impulses:

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November/December 1941, Axis impulse number 13

The chance that the turn will end is now 70%. The Luftwaffe is all but exhausted, das Heer almost completely disorganised and not in the position to do more than move some units at the Turkish-Persian-Soviet border and make one last attack this turn. That leaves the German fleet.

So listen to: Unsere Marine Marsch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-PjGLaq_DU

Germany takes a combined impulse, Italy and Japan naval action. A fast taks force, consiting of the ugly sisters and 4 cruisers sails into the 4 box of the North Atlantic. The Germans wants to initiate combat in the North Atlantic.

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Just as the Gneisenau spots the merchantmen, the Italians also enter the scene of the battle. Trapped between the two forces, the CW cruisers don't stand a chance:

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Losses are high:

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The Axis fleet comes away almost unharmed:

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Of course, the Axis fleet stays in the sea area. Now, this gives the CW some thinking. Aborting means that the CW production will be almost nothing this turn. Staying runs the risk of getting more losses on the convoys in the sea area. Difficult decision. The CW decides to stay and hopes for the best. A wise decision, since both sides don't find eachother anymore (search rolls 8 and 6)...

Italian music: Giovanni Vallarino - Quando Ascolto alla Radio una Canzone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcDwDATEf5s

Italian Flying boats appear above the city of Glasgow. They target the industrial area. There are no CW FTR's to protect the factories:

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In an attempt to let the Soviets use some oil, a German ART opens fire to ground strike a Soviet MECH...

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Guderian orders his forces to take positions at the Turkish borders. In Ankara and Istanbul the Turkish population goes on the street to force the government to join the Axis and retake territory which is now part of the USSR. The Turkish government calls for a full mobilization of the military forces.

Von Bock orders an attack in the Ukraine to see if he can get a beachhead across the Dniepr. The remaining Luftwaffe FTR's give ground support. The Soviets choose the Assault table:

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German infantry crosses the river in force...

Here's a German Schlager out of 1941: "Heimat deine Sterne"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIxKH7Pm2k8

The Japanese move rather aggresively in Manchuria. Umezu personally directs an attack on Soviet positions in the Marshes. If the attack succeeds, the USSR has another problem. Therefore, Yeremenko also decides to go to the frontlines. Japanese Zero's support the attack. Yeremenko chooses the Assault table...

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After rebasing some aircraft, it's time to show the frontlines:

The Belorussian Front:

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The Ukrainian Front:

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The Turkish-Persian-Soviet border: