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Turn 12. Jul/Aug 1941. Axis #1. Germany. The Eastern Front. Ground Support. Air to Air Combat.

Germany takes a land, conduct five land combats and ground support to three. The Soviet Red Air force opposed two of the ground support and even lent defensive ground support to one.

The first air to air combat was only opposed by Soviet fighters and did not include defensive ground support. The air to air battle was won by the Luftwaffe which got all their bombers through to the target.

The second air to air combat, which included Soviet fighters and bombers, was for air support to a critical attack that could open a path to Moscow if successful for the Germans. This critical attack was being conducted on a narrow front (i.e., one stack versus one stack) and saw now less than 6 Luftwaffe bombers attempting to provide 23 factors of ground support to the attack. The air battle that resulted was an embarrassment to the Luftwaffe. Though the Red Fighter unit was out classed it managed to get its bomber through to the target and shoot down two quality Luftwaffe bomber units.

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Turn 12. Jul/Aug 1941. Axis #1. Germany. The Eastern Front. Land Combat 1, 2 & 3.

The second land combat (middle cap) was the critical one. While the Germans didn't lose the battle the fact that they failed to destroy or shatter the Soviet mech makes the result at best a draw. The main reason is that the Germans were trying to isolate the two corps directly northwest of the mech and by retreating those two corps remain in supply.

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Turn 12. Jul/Aug 1941. Axis #1. Germany. The Eastern Front. Land Combat 4 & 5.

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Turn 12. Jul/Aug 1941. Axis #1. Germany. Guderian HQ Reorg.

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Turn 12. Jul/Aug 1941. Axis #1. Germany. The Eastern Front (North).

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Turn 12. Jul/Aug 1941. Axis #1. Germany. The Eastern Front (South).

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Turn 12. Jul/Aug 1941. Allied #2. CW Naval.

The CW takes a naval and the first naval moves they make is to replace the 4 "missing" CPs in Cape St. Vincent. This restores full production as intended by the CW player.

The RN transports into more ground troops into the Red Sea. Though at a significant advantage the RN doesn't want to risk their loaded transport and elects not to initiate combat. The Italian RM being heavily outnumber also chooses, as the non-phasing player, to initiate combat.

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Germany is badly played there.
For ground support you -wasted- an amount of planes which are meant to be used to ground strike over multiple impulses of a long turn (Jul / Aug) to stop the Soviets from running and getting benefits in combat.
By playing this way probably the Allies have an easy, easy life.

I'd suggest you to redo Germany turn - use 2 / 3 actions to bomb down to disrupt some Soviets - keep 1 / 2 to rebase FTRs and make sure to send some Italian airplane to help with rebasing upfront with the troops and provide cover vs the Soviet bombers.
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Turn 12. Jul/Aug 1941. Allied #2. RN. Cape St. Vincent and the Italian Coast.

Neither side choose to initiate combat in both areas.

The reason the CW choose not to try to initiate combat in the Italian Coast was due to a German NAV and fighter nearby.

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Turn 12. Jul/Aug 1941. Allied #2. RN. The East Med.

The RN does try to initiate combat in the East Med. However, both sides roll a 10 for their search. This makes me wonder if either side was really trying to find the other.

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Turn 12. Jul/Aug 1941. Allied #2. USA. Pacific.

The USA continues to reinforce three critical bases in the Pacific. Hawaii, Midway and Pago Pago (American Samoa). Really there's a fourth area not shown which Dutch Harbor. The USA has deployed there a 3-4 artillery division, which has been based there since turn 2.

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Turn 12. Jul/Aug 1941. Allied #2. Northern China.

Mao and his communist pull back slight to the protection of mountain and river defenses.

To the southeast, two Nationalist cavalry units push through holes in the Japanese lines and threaten to raid rear areas.

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Turn 12. Jul/Aug 1941. Allied #2. Southern China.

In the south, Monsoons have shut down most, if not all, military operations.

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Turn 12. Jul/Aug 1941. Allied #2. USSR. Air to Air Battles x 2, Ground Strike Missions x 3.

The Soviets take a land and use their three air missions for three separate ground strikes against the Germans. Two of the three ground strikes are opposed by Luftwaffe fighters and result in air to air battles. Though both battles were bloodless, the Soviets win both and managed to get their bombers through to their intended targets.

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Turn 12. Jul/Aug 1941. Allied #2. USSR. Ground Strike Missions x 3.

The three Soviet ground strike missions managed to disorganize only 2 of 7 possible German units. However, one of the two units disorganized was Rundstedt's HQ and the other, though only a division, occupied a critical breakthrough hex in the south. Overall, I'd say the three ground strikes were moderately successful.

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Turn 12. Jul/Aug 1941. Allied #2. USSR. Kiel Factory Railed to Stalinsk.

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Turn 12. Jul/Aug 1941. Allied #2. USSR. Eastern Front (North).

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Turn 12. Jul/Aug 1941. Allied #2. USSR. Eastern Front (South).

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When I posted this above I hadn't rolled for end of turn yet. Unbelievable! The Germans only got one good impulse for fighting against the Soviets this entire turn! Unbelievable!
Seems normal enough to me. [:)]

I have had way too many Barbarossas go this way, usually when I am the Axis. In fact, I have never seen the Axis have average weather in a '41 Barbarossa. It was always either awful or superb.
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I agree that the Germans are using way too much ground support and not nearly enough ground strikes. A disrupted Russian unit at the start of the turn will almost always turn into a dead one by the end of the turn, at least in J/A 41.
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