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Axis Builds for May/Jun 43

Germany 53; O-CHIT, 3 pilots, FTR2 x2, NAV3, LND3, MECH, ARM DIV, MOT DIV. ENG DIV, MOT, GARR, CA Lutzow (2nd)
Italy 15; MAR, MIL, pilot, LND4
Japan 24; 3 pilots, CVA1 x2, NAV3, INF, MIL, GARR, CV Hyuga (2nd), cp
Vichy 2; save

Reinforcements

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AXIS #1 MAY/JUN 43

Axis win initiative, clear weather globally. Germany and Japan land actions, Italy naval.

Only naval search to find is in Cape St Vincent. Both Italian subs are aborted (one survives a damage result) to Brest.


But 2 CW cps are sunk and another aborted to Gib.

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Soviets contest another Luftwaffe ground strike against Yeremenko's HQ, to the north of Moscow.

The Stuka hit the Mech but missed the HQ.

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Romanian ground strike on Sevastopol is successful.

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In the land combat phase, Soviets have the better of air combat above Rokossovsky's HQ at the southern end of the line.

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Leningrad holds out against Mannerheim's assault easily, despite shore bombardment and air support.

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Antonescu storms Sevastopol with the assistance of bombers, German engineers, and heavy artillery.

Retreated Soviet units are destroyed.

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Rundstedt forces Zhukov onto the defensive and to retreat in Central Russia.

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To the south, Rokossovsky successfully defends against Manstein. The Germans are disorganised.

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The Germans attack on the north bank of the Volga north of Moscow.

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Central Russia, after Axis #1 May/Jun 43

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S Russia, after Axis #1 May/Jun 43

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Hata regains control of the Burmese oilfield for Japan.

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Terauchi dislodges Mao from his mountain redoubt.

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In South China, Umezu at last eliminates the Chinese Nationalist pocket west of Kweilin.

End of impulse.

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Allied Production Mar/Apr 43
China: 3 bp. Inf.
CW: 30 bp. para, HQ-I, FTR-2,x2, CVA-1 x2, pilot x3, LND-4, Armd Marine.
US: 53 bp. Para, marine, arty-5, CV 1st phase, BB 1st phase, Amph 1st phase, CV 2nd phase, BB 2nd phase, Pilot, o-chit, FTR-2 x3.
Russia: 18 bp. mntn, HQ-I, Garr, arm div.

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The Allies having enough of Germany's puppet state DoW Vichy France. Troops load up on various US and CW ships.
Also seeing how massive the German war economy is CW and American bombers attack 4 German factory cities.
Short version, Germany loses one fighter, one allied bomber aborted and one strike hits for a 2 bp loss.

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Another shot of the air battles over German factories.

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Dusseldorf in flames after a visit from Allied bombers.

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Russian forces seeing a disrupted southern front launch a semi-risky + 8 assault and roll a 16 killing 2 high end german corp and overrun a flipped fighter.