New AAR Keith Vs Ian

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Soviet AAA aborts a Dornier and severely blunts the impact of the cleared Stukas.

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First attack is an automatic antipartisan action in occupied France.

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Guderian's drive to the Neva south of Leningrad succeeds, though the Germans elect to not use the breakthrough result to push their Mech on further as it would be on its own. We lost an Arm that way last turn.

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The major German blitz in Ukraine fails despite HQ support from von Rundstedt, but there are no losses.

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Rommel and Romanian forces achieve a retreat against weak militias screening the Sevastopol garrison in Crimea.

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Communist partisans are cleared from Taiyuan in North West China.

End of impulse, turn continues on a 4.

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ORIGINAL: rkr1958

Entertaining AAR! Most impressive progress by the axis. While I do admire what the axis is accomplishing, I can certainly empathize with the allied player as I'm getting a similar beat down at the hands of Pat in our AAR. [:(]

Thanks for reading and for your compliments Ronnie.

I'm running behind the Hitlerian timetable on the eastern front, haven't had many clear weather impulses. Naval search rolls have also gone the Allies' way in the last year or so. It could be worse for them, and better for us! In North Africa it certainly has been going well for the Italians, if slowly. Probably all to play for in the Pacific, but the clock is now ticking since the US oil embargo.

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AXIS #11 JAN/FEB 42

Germany combined, Japan and Italy land.

German subs miss in Nth Atlantic, roll 9, 5.

The Japanese ground strike an isolated pocket of Communists in the snow. They don't gain a big enough advantage to launch a land attack.

Mountain warfare is slow.

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The Italian Army of Africa under Balbo occupies Cairo. Balbo calls upon the out of supply colonial troops of the British Empire to lay down their arms.

The weather is terrible nearly everywhere.

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The only German attack is against an already-retreated MIL in Crimea.

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Allied Production Jan/Feb '42

China: 8 bp. inf x2, Cav.
CW: 24 bp. Inf, convoy x2, ftr2 x2, pilot x2, amphib 2nd phase, CL Cleo 2nd phase, terr x3,
US: 28 bp. inf, ftr2, cva-1, cva-2, sub 1st phase, rpr cl dragon, pilot x2, CV 1st phase, BB 1st phase, para, lnd4, convoy.
USSR: 30 bp. pilot x2, ftr2 x3, mil x2, gar x2, hq-A, Arty.

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Destroyed Pool Jan/Feb 1942

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New Builds end of Jan/Feb 1942

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AXIS #1 MAR/APR 1942

With weather clear across the world, Japan declares war on USA and CW.

Japan plays its O-Chit for a supercombined operation. Italy and Germany take land actions.

Predictably, there is a port strike against Pearl Harbor from a large Japanese carrier fleet.

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US AAA destroys one Japanese bomber and blunts the impact of two more.

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Though the Lexington is destroyed, the Americans get off quite lightly at Pearl Harbor.

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The Japanese conduct complex and wide-ranging naval operations.

Three out of six searches locate Allied shipping.

2 CW cps are sunk by submarines in NZ Coast.

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2 more cps are destroyed in the Solomons by a squadrom of Japanese naval bombers.

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A large Japanese fleet sinks 5 cps in South China Sea.

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In Russia and Ukraine, Soviet aircraft intercept two Luftwaffe ground strikes. The first combat, near Leningrad, is a great success for the Reds.