Global War AAR in Pictures

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Turn 10. Mar/Apr 1941. Economic Reports.

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Turn 10. Mar/Apr 1941. CP Losses.

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Turn 11. May/June 1941. Trade.

No changes to any trade deals. Trade's the same as last turn.

Initiative (Pre): I'm calling it a night. The next item of interest is who's going to win the initiative. I haven't rolled so even I won't know until tomorrow, or when, I get back to the game.

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Turn 11. May/June 1941. Initiative.

First roll. Axis 5, Allied 9. No modifier so the final roll is 5-9, allies win. The axis choose to re-roll. The axis win ties, but the allies have a +1 modified due to the axis choosing to re-roll.

Second roll. Axis 7, pretty good but then Allied 8. Final roll 7-9, allies. The allies choose to go first.

Allied #1. Weather.

On the up side for the axis, at least the weather is fine.

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Turn 11. May/June 1941. Allied #1. CW Naval.

The CW takes a naval and beefs up their ASW escorts in critical sea areas reachable by Italian subs and German u-boats.

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Turn 11. May/June 1941. Allied #1. RN. Cape St. Vincent.

One critical area in which the axis keep ships and subs at sea in was Cape St. Vincent. Neither side attempted to initiate combat. The RN being content with replacing the 4 CPs lost there last turn and establishing full resource flow through that area. And the axis not having the strength to challenge the RN escorts.

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Turn 11. May/June 1941. Allied #1. RN. The East Med.

The CW also used their naval to beef up their air and naval patrols in the East Med. The CW used their 3 air missions to place 2 fighters and 1 NAV in the 3 box.

The CW chose to initiate combat there after which the Germans and Italians added 2 fighters (total) and 3 NAVs (total) to the 1 box.

Both sides found each other, however, the search result favored the RN with all their carriers being able to isolate the 3 RM ships in the 3 box.

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Turn 11. May/June 1941. Allied #1. RN. The East Med. Naval Battle. Round 1.

Not a great result but at least a tolerable one for the RN. The Italian battleship in the 3 box is damaged and forced to abort. The remaining two Italian heavy cruisers, though not damaged, are forced to abort. This for now, leaves the highest Italian presence in the East Med in the 2 box.

Both sides decide to stay but neither side finds the other so the naval combat ends.

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Turn 11. May/June 1941. Allied #1. RN. The Red Sea. East Africa.

The slow buildup of the CW forces in Eastern Africa continues with the transport of a heavy artillery division into the Red Sea.

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Turn 11. May/June 1941. Allied #1. Northern China.

With the Japanese failure to take Sian it looks like the communist Chinese have withstood Japans attempt to cripple them. It's expected that Japan will pull the forces back slightly and position them for a stalemate in this theater. No to do so could risk encirclement. The communist Chinese don't suffer from the same attack weakness as the Nationalist do.

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Turn 11. May/June 1941. Allied #1. Southern China.

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Turn 11. May/June 1941. Axis #2. Japan. Land Combat. Hanoi, French Indo-China. Southern China.

Japan aligns French Indo-China. The USA reacts and adds 1 chit to the Japanese entry pool.

Japan takes a land action and carries out two land combats. The first is an automatic attack against the partisan, that changed sides with Japan aligned French Indo-China, to get "liberate" the non-oil RP being held by the partisan.

The second is not automatic but is Japan's first on the Blitz table against China. The attack costs Japan their mech division. However, this attack was a victory for Japan.

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Turn 11. May/June 1941. Axis #2. Japan. Southern China.

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Turn 11. May/June 1941. Axis #2. Japan. Hanoi, non-oil RP.

Japan ships the newly "liberated" Hanoi non-oil RP immediately to one of their three idle factories in Japan.

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Turn 11. May/June 1941. Axis #2. Japan. Ground Strike. Southern China.

Prior to the land combat against the Chinese 5-3, Japan did conduct a ground strike on the unit which failed to disorganize it. However, this ground strike was opposed by the Chinese fighter unit which was shot down by an escorting Japanese fighter unit.

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Turn 11. May/June 1941. Axis #2. Japan. Strategic Bombing Raid. Chungking, China.

Japan also flew a strategic bombing raid against Chungking, China. This raid failed to do any damage.

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Turn 11. May/June 1941. Axis #2. Japan. Northern China.

The Japanese conducted no land combat or air missions against the communist in northern China. The Japanese did, however pull back and a defensive line anchored on the eastern mountain ranges in the Hansi and Honan Providences.

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Turn 11. May/June 1941. Axis #2. Italy. Naval. Red Sea.

Italy takes a naval and unlike Germany, does not declare war on the Soviet Union.

Italy uses their naval to move a heavy cruiser into the 4-box of the Red Sea, which provides supply to the Italian non territorial land units in East Africa. Both the Italians and the CW, for different reason, choose not to initiate combat. The Italians for not wanting to jeopardize supply and the CW for not wanting to risk the loss of their artillery division on transport.

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Turn 11. May/June 1941. Axis #2. Italy. Subs. North Atlantic.

Italy moves two sub units into the North Atlantic and decides to initiate combat. The search rolls goes against the Italians.

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Turn 11. May/June 1941. Axis #2. Italy. North Atlantic. Surface Naval Battle.

And so does the resultant naval battle.