New AAR Keith Vs Ian

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Italians ground strike the CW pocket in the Nile Delta.

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Japanese artillery hits the remaining isolated Chinese Communists in mountains near Yenan.

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Air combat goes less well for the Axis. Maximum Allied support is ordered against von Leeb's attack on Wavell on the west coast of France, and they mostly get through, shooting down two good German units.

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In Russia, SW of Moscow, Soviet bombers get through.

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The Battle of La Rochelle continues in bloody fashion. More German losses, but a win.

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The attack SW of Moscow is too strong, despite Soviet efforts in the skies.

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The Italians eliminate two of the trapped CW units in Egypt and force the other to retreat, disorganised and out of supply.

End of impulse.

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AXIS #3 JULY/AUG 42

The Allies counter-attacked in western France, at the cost of Eisenhower's HQ and two strong German units, a Mech and a Mot, shattered.

Soviet ground strikes against the Germans in northern Russia fail, but a Finnish fighter is shot down.

The Reds pull back again, looking powerful still around Moscow and in the centre, but the south and the oilfields have been more or less surrendered.

The Axis all take land actions.

There is air combat above Yeremenko's HQ as the Luftwaffe attempt a ground strike.

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But the Heinkels miss Yeremenko and hit only an infantry division.

Japanese carrier planes from the CV Soryu miss all three Indian Army units in Chittagong.

In a strike in north China, only an infantry division is hit in the Chi Comm column farthest west.

The Germans advance to the Don River. Manstein launches two attacks in the south, in the north Vologda is assaulted.

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A lull in the fighting in W France as the Germans bring up reserves. Some are Italian, many are slow moving.

A couple more Allied units have landed at Bordeaux, including some decent US armour.

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Balbo looks to destroy the remaining CW forces in Egypt and Palestine.

The Italians are doing quite well, no?

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Naval bombardment from two battleships and a cruiser makes the assault on Jaffa overwhelming.

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The remnants of the CW Army in Egypt are destroyed in a second automatic assault.

Il Duce proclaims an historic victory and the dawn of a second Roman Empire. Mare Nostrum.

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North of Stalingrad, the Saratov Militia puts up a good fight. The fragile Romanian Cavalry Corps is destroyed.

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A 2! But it doesn't matter. They can't rebuild this militia, and cut supply to this Soviet sector promises further gains.

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At the far north of the line Vologda is stormed by German and Finnish infantry. They capture an oil.

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Missed the screenshot for a blitz to the south of the Communist lines in China which resulted in the Lanchow Militia retreated north and a couple of disorganised Japanese militias.

The long mountain siege near Yenan is finally brought to an end.

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The Japanese invade Fiji.

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I'd had a pint after work, invaded the wrong island, at considerable risk.

But it is in a nice spot.

I'll take the good die roll, in view of what happened next.

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Shore bombardment from the brand new Yamato notwithstanding. Shocking.