Tourney AAR Taxman66 (Allied) vs. IrishGuards (Axis)

[Taxman66]

Damn. Was hoping 7th Armour would at least survive the turn.

I've learned one valuable lesson from all this at least.

[Taxman66]

Allied Turn October 14, 1940

Previous Axis Turn:
Clear in England. Clear in Europe.

The Wehrmacht goose steps through London and both German and Italian (??) morale soars.

A Garrison in Cambridge and the 7th Armour behind a river to northwest of Cambridge are destroyed by German air and panzers.
A German Medium Bomber takes a hit from AA fire, as English fighters have little to no effect.
On the ground the German Army takes 1 damage and one of the Panzers takes 2 damage (but also earns a 2nd pip of experience).

A German paratrooper does 4 damage to a Garrison in Birmingham. While the Garrison in Coventry is ignored (for now).

Elements of the Luftwaffe stage to southern England.

In the Atlantic the U30 sub continues the engagement with HMCS Saguenay (1 exp) and get the better of the encounter (2 dmg to the DD, 1 dmg to the sub) and then flees in the direction of the French west coast.


Allied Turn
Clear in England. Mud in Europe.

On probably the last turn that the UK can put a crimp on the German supply situation in England, Sterling Heavy bombers first strike at Oxford where a German HQ has set up.
The Sterlings are escorted by fighters from HMS Courageous and encounter Me109s flying from Portsmouth: GE FTR -2 dmg, Oxford -1 dmg, Courageous Air wing -1 dmg, Strat Bombers -1 dmg.
A 2nd wave is launched at Southampton (Portsmouth's port) and is escorted by Spitfires and intercepted by German fighters in Caen: GE FTR -2, Port -1, UK FTR -3.
Oxford is now at a 2 while Southampton and Portsmouth are both at 3.

HMS Javelin surprises the Italian sub Leonardo da Vinci and does 3 damage while taking only 1 back.
ORP Blyskawica then comes to help Javelin and forces the da Vinci to dive.

Hungary joins the Axis

Raiders hit the Indian (iirc) and Egyptian convoy lines for 36 MPP damage.

I also believe that my poor weather luck continues as it appears that it will be clear (yet again) for the Axis in England.

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*I was hoping the Armour would survive the round. Probably too wishful thinking. Same goes with the weather rolls. [8|]

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Reports Info


USA 55%
USSR 31%


Yugoslavia 38% Axis
Spain 25% Axis
Netherlands 44% Allied
Vichy France 47% Axis
Algeria 54% Axis
Tunisia 60% Axis


UK 83% Morale
USA 100% Morale
USSR 100% Morale

IT 112% Morale
GE 113% Morale


UK 2,939 MPP in combat losses
USA 0 MPP in combat losses
USSR 0 MPP in combat losses
FR 5,551 MPP in combat losses

GE 4,485 MPP in combat losses
IT ?? MPP in combat losses


UK 230 MPP lost to Subs/Raiders
USSR 0 MPP lost to Subs/Raiders
GE 231 MPP lost to Subs/Raiders
GE 1 MPP lost to Strategic Bombing (35 Allied damage to bombers)
IT 0 MPP lost to Strategic Bombing


UK 3,775 MPP on Units, 1,025 MPP on Diplomacy, 400 MPP on Tech
USA 0 MPP on Units, 0 MPP on Diplomacy, 1,725 MPP on Tech
USSR 0 MPP on Units, 0 MPP on Diplomacy, 775 MPP on Tech
FR 1,114 MPP on Units, 150 MPP on Diplomacy, 0 MPP on Tech

GE 3,800 MPP on Units, 975 MPP on Diplomacy, 1,750 MPP on Tech
IT 439 MPP on Units, 275 MPP on Diplomacy, 625 MPP on Tech


UK Income: 204 MPP (excluding Lend Lease)
US Income: 208 MPP (excluding Lend Lease)
USSR Income: 117 MPP (excluding Lend Lease)


GE Income: 460 MPP (estimate)
IT Income: 125 MPP

Total Allied Income: 529 MPP
Total Axis Income: ~ 585 MPP (estimate)

*Note excluding DE costs from Allied Income listed above, but including convoy losses.


GE 42 Land Units, 10 Air Units, 12 Naval Units
IT 17 Land Units, 3 Air Units, 11 Naval Units

UK 22 Land Units, 6 Air Units, 28 Naval Units
USA 3 Land Units, 1 Air Units, 1 Naval Units
USSR 26 Land Units, 1 Air Units, 3 Naval Units

[IrishGuards]

Ger Oct turn 1940
2 garisons destroyed around coventry .. ger armor takes 2 hits
2 para adjacent to manchester now ..
3rd para lands in conjunction w ftrs and bmrs in england destroy UK strat bmr
air from france and corp beside plymouth damage corp in bristol to a 5
sheffield hit and corp damaged to a 6
IG

[Taxman66]

I am having issues with my computer and will likely have to take it to the shop.

It won't access the Internet a couple minutes after booting up. Including jamming up whatever I could get started on briefly after logging in.
Then it won't shut down. It gets stuck on 'Waiting for Task Host Window'. If I force that closed it gets stuck shutting down. I get the 'Preparing to Configure Windows' message that will stay up for hours and hours until I kill the power. When I start it up the process repeats itself.

I've tried logging on with a different (wife's) user id;
and I've tried shutting down immediately after logging in;
and I've tried shutting it down at the login prompt screen. Always the same results.

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*Sigh I was hoping for fall rain; but why should 1940 be any different than 1939. I was also hoping I did enough to the supply situation to stop paradrop shenanigans.

[IrishGuards]

sounds like windows tried and failed to do an update
also sounds like your task manager is not responding
IG

[Taxman66]

Couldn't get it to work and had to drop it off at the shop.

Sorry.

I will resign if ypu don't feel like waiting.

[Taxman66]

Game on..

End of Axis turn

[Taxman66]

Allied Turn November 5, 1940

Previous Axis Turn:
Mud in England. Rain in the Atlantic.

An elite Garrison unit in Coventry withstands 3 attacks from 2 Panzer units before succumbing. They even manage to do 1 damage to one of the Panzer units.
The damaged Panzer (str 7, 2 exp) then pushes on south of Sheffield, defended by a Corps. A German Tactical bomber is sent to soften up the defenders and is hit by AA fire twice (1 by an AA unit, the other by the city/Corps).
The Panzer then attacks and the defenders hold after taking a total of 4 damage while managing a point of damage to the Panzer (now str 6).

The elite Garrison in Birmingham doesn't fair as well and is destroyed by a paratrooper and a German Army, with only the German Army taking 1 damage.

A 2nd Paratrooper moves next to Manchester and Liverpool and triggers a surprise combat against the Corps in Manchester (too bad not the Army in Liverpool).
The Corps in Manchester takes 1 damage while the Paratroopers take 2. The paratroopers do spot the Strategic Bombers between Manchester and Leeds.

The Strategic Bomber (str 5) air field is then targeted by Tactical Bombers (which take a hit from the AA unit between Sheffield and Leeds), a German Fighter and are wiped out by the 3rd set of paratroopers
dropping safely in the mountains between Sheffield and Manchester.*

The Corps defending Bristol is hit by 2 Medium Bombers, 1 Tactical Bomber and a German Corps. It is reduced to half strength with only the first Medium Bomber taking a hit.

In the Atlantic the scouting Italian Sub Leonardo da Vinci runs into ORP Blyskawica and manages to do 1 damage to the Polish Destroyer without repercussion.


Allied Turn
Mud in England. Rain in the Atlantic.

Tactical Bombers, escorted by fighters from HMS Glorious, strike at the 7th FSJ paratroopers (str 8) south of Manchester. German fighters stationed at Oxford intercept:
Glorious Air Wing -1 dmg, UK TAC -1 dmg, GE FTR -2 dmg, GE Para -2 dmg.

The BEF Army in Liverpool then attacks the 7th FSJ (str 6, supply 2, morale 49%, readiness 40%) and does 3 damage to them. The paratroopers retreat south, thus denying the Corps in Manchester a chance to kill them with low supply.

The Corps in Sheffield hops on a train and flees northward.

HMS Suffolk runs into the Gneisenau west of the southern tip of Ireland and west of the convoy lines. Both ships are shocked to find the other at relatively close range in the storm and put shells into each other.
Gneisenau -2 dmg, Suffolk -3 dmg.
HMS Salmon then slips in close from the south and puts a torpedo into Gneisenau for 2 more damage.
HMS Norfolk then arrives from the north to help her sister ship and exchanges 1 damage with the German Pocket Battleship.
Gneisenau flees eastward away from the British Cruisers and next encounters HMS Rodney. Rodney and Gneisenau exchange 3 damage.
HMS Duke of York then puts a shell into Gneisenau's magazine and blows her up, but not before taking a hit back (1 dmg).

The half strength Corps in Bristol boards transports and is evacuated.

The UK convoy lines are ravaged for 75 MPP in losses.

The weather gods continue to hate me as it appears to be clear skies and ground for Germany in the UK next turn. [:@]

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* A landing in mud in the mountains and no damage whatsoever. [8|]
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Reports Info


USA 55%
USSR 31%


Yugoslavia 38% Axis
Spain 25% Axis
Netherlands 44% Allied
Vichy France 47% Axis
Algeria 54% Axis
Tunisia 60% Axis


UK 82% Morale
USA 100% Morale
USSR 100% Morale

IT 112% Morale
GE 113% Morale


UK 3,729 MPP in combat losses
USA 0 MPP in combat losses
USSR 0 MPP in combat losses
FR 5,551 MPP in combat losses

GE 5,306 MPP in combat losses
IT 135 MPP in combat losses


UK 305 MPP lost to Subs/Raiders
USSR 0 MPP lost to Subs/Raiders
GE 231 MPP lost to Subs/Raiders
GE 1 MPP lost to Strategic Bombing (35 Allied damage to bombers)
IT 0 MPP lost to Strategic Bombing


UK 3,952 MPP on Units, 1,025 MPP on Diplomacy, 400 MPP on Tech
USA 0 MPP on Units, 0 MPP on Diplomacy, 1,875 MPP on Tech
USSR 0 MPP on Units, 0 MPP on Diplomacy, 775 MPP on Tech
FR 1,114 MPP on Units, 150 MPP on Diplomacy, 0 MPP on Tech

GE 4,153 MPP on Units, 975 MPP on Diplomacy, 1,900 MPP on Tech
IT 534 MPP on Units, 275 MPP on Diplomacy, 750 MPP on Tech


UK Income: 159 MPP (excluding Lend Lease)
US Income: 208 MPP (excluding Lend Lease)
USSR Income: 117 MPP (excluding Lend Lease)


GE Income: 480 MPP (estimate)
IT Income: 125 MPP

Total Allied Income: 484 MPP
Total Axis Income: ~ 605 MPP (estimate)

*Note excluding DE costs from Allied Income listed above, but including convoy losses.


GE 47 Land Units, 10 Air Units, 11 Naval Units
IT 17 Land Units, 3 Air Units, 11 Naval Units

UK 21 Land Units, 6 Air Units, 29 Naval Units
USA 3 Land Units, 1 Air Units, 1 Naval Units
USSR 26 Land Units, 1 Air Units, 3 Naval Units

[IrishGuards]

Nov16 40
trans found and knocked down to a 1
manchester falls
italy w ger mech and arm invades egypt
2 italian armies attack uk corps
ftrs intercept italian bmr .. 4 damage to uk ftr .. 2 damage to italy ftr
3 damage to italy bmr
mech kills uk corps
arm pushes thru and hits ftr for 6 .. ftr dies
hq right next door .. army cut off next to libya
IG

[Taxman66]

Kudos, IG.

I was not expecting a push in Egypt until after Malta was delt with.

My sparse units were placed lazily and now I've apparently paid for it.

This game is rapidly approaching ROFL Stomp territory.

In addition to all the normal German advantages, there is now a 30% (possibly more) national morale difference between the UK and both Axis powers.

The UK fleet can't defend the Isle, and the convoys, and prevent Italy from getting into the Atlantic. I haven't done any of those 3 things very well. All I've done is kept it from getting ambushed/picked off.

That's about the only thing I've done better than the AI would have.

The USSR is looking at not only a Germany with very high National Morale, but a very likely Barbarossa that includes Rommel attacking into, or possibly even from, Persia.

[Taxman66]

Allied Turn November 27, 1940

Previous Axis Turn:
Clear in England. Storms in the Atlantic.

An Italian Battleship finds the Transports (str 4 after rough seas last turn) from Bristol, but doesn't attack (Cruise mode, I presume).
An Italian Destroyer then moves in and does 3 damage to the Transports.

Another Italian Battleship (str 8) is observed entering the Atlantic.

The Italian Naval Bomber flies to the English East Coast where HMS Glorious flew her escorts from and is intercepted by Glorious's fighters.
There are no escorts and the Bombers take a hit of damage with none to Glorious's air wing.

The Corps in Manchester is destroyed.

The Garrison in Leeds takes 2 damage.

The USA Volunteer Fighter Group engages an Italian Fighter and a Medium Bomber. The UK Fighter takes 4 damage while hits are scored on both Italian air units, and the Bombers taking a 2nd hit from AA.
In Egypt the Corps south of Sidi Barani is forced to retreat and then destroyed. An Italian Army takes 1 damage and a German Panzer Grenadier takes 2 in the fighting.
A German Panzer unit bypasses the UK Army in Sidi Barani and destroys the fighters* on the ground. It takes a 2nd attack at O'Conner's HQ in Mersa Matruh but fails to do any damage.

Romania joins the Axis.


Allied Turn
Clear in England. Clear in the Atlantic.

The Garrison in Leeds is reinforced, while the AA unit north of Leeds bugs out northward.
The BEF Army in Liverpool digs in determined to be a thorn in the side, for a little while at least.

In Egypt, The O'Conner HQ and the WDF Army dig in as to attempt to escape would compromise what little defense there is.

In the Atlantic the it takes a major effort by the Royal Fleet but they manage to sink the RM Conte di Cavour (BB) and do 7 damage to the RM Lampo (DD).
HMS Duke of York (str 9) takes 4 damage and the HMS Rodney (str 7) takes 1 in the fighting.

The badly damaged (str 1) Transports then manage to high tail it out of the area.

The UK convoy lines are ravaged for 112 MPP in losses.

Rain appears in England, finally.

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* Funnily enough it is the USA Volunteers that is the name of the FTR group that is part of the Egyptian Reinforcements.
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Reports Info


USA 55%
USSR 31%


Yugoslavia 38% Axis
Spain 25% Axis
Netherlands 44% Allied
Vichy France 47% Axis
Algeria 54% Axis
Tunisia 60% Axis


UK 81% Morale
USA 100% Morale
USSR 100% Morale

IT 110% Morale
GE 113% Morale


UK 4,587 MPP in combat losses
USA 0 MPP in combat losses
USSR 0 MPP in combat losses
FR 5,551 MPP in combat losses

GE 5,350 MPP in combat losses
IT 831 MPP in combat losses


UK 417 MPP lost to Subs/Raiders
USSR 0 MPP lost to Subs/Raiders
GE 231 MPP lost to Subs/Raiders
GE 1 MPP lost to Strategic Bombing (35 Allied damage to bombers)
IT 0 MPP lost to Strategic Bombing


UK 4,087 MPP on Units, 1,025 MPP on Diplomacy, 400 MPP on Tech
USA 0 MPP on Units, 0 MPP on Diplomacy, 2,075 MPP on Tech
USSR 0 MPP on Units, 0 MPP on Diplomacy, 975 MPP on Tech
FR 1,114 MPP on Units, 150 MPP on Diplomacy, 0 MPP on Tech

GE 4,648 MPP on Units, 975 MPP on Diplomacy, 1,900 MPP on Tech
IT 534 MPP on Units, 275 MPP on Diplomacy, 750 MPP on Tech


UK Income: 103 MPP (excluding Lend Lease)
US Income: 208 MPP (excluding Lend Lease)
USSR Income: 117 MPP (excluding Lend Lease)


GE Income: 515 MPP (estimate)
IT Income: 125 MPP

Total Allied Income: 428 MPP
Total Axis Income: ~ 640 MPP (estimate)

*Note excluding DE costs from Allied Income listed above, but including convoy losses.


GE 53 Land Units, 11 Air Units, 11 Naval Units
IT 17 Land Units, 3 Air Units, 10 Naval Units

UK 23 Land Units, 7 Air Units, 30 Naval Units
USA 3 Land Units, 1 Air Units, 1 Naval Units
USSR 26 Land Units, 1 Air Units, 4 Naval Units

[IrishGuards]

dec8 1940
some minor fleet hits to uk
HQ dies in mersa, italians get the 500 nmm .. gar dies in leeds
hull, plymouth, leeds taken
raiders did 112 mpp last turn in damage
IG

[Taxman66]

Allied Turn December 19, 1940

Previous Axis Turn:
Rain in England. Storms in the Atlantic.

O'Conner's HQ is destroyed at the cost of 1 damage to German Panzer.
A Panzer Grenadier takes 4 damage while doing 5 to the Aussie Corps.
A German Bomber is spotted operating to the Egyptian/Libyan border by the cut off WDF Army.

The Garrison in Leeds is destroyed but not before doing 1 damage to a German Panzer (str 6 -> 5, 2 exp).

An Italian Light Cruiser is spotted entering the Atlantic from Gibraltar.

HMS Hood takes 1 damage from U37 (str 10, 1 exp).
HMS Suffolk takes 2 damage from the Italian sub (str 7)


Allied Turn
Clear in England. Storms in the Atlantic.

Iraq revolts as Sanctions are imposed.
The BEF Army in Liverpool evacuates, via transports.
The Australian Corps is reinforced.

HMS Salmon discovers U30 (str 8) to the east of the English fleet that recently fought an engagement. Salmon then moves off.

Iraq joins the Axis, as Syria leans towards them.

Axis raiders hit the convoy lines for 32 MPP worth of damage.

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Reports Info


USA 55%
USSR 31%


Yugoslavia 38% Axis
Spain 25% Axis
Netherlands 44% Allied
Vichy France 47% Axis
Algeria 54% Axis
Tunisia 60% Axis


UK 80% Morale
USA 100% Morale
USSR 100% Morale

IT 111% Morale
GE 113% Morale


UK 5,275 MPP in combat losses
USA 0 MPP in combat losses
USSR 0 MPP in combat losses
FR 5,551 MPP in combat losses

GE 5,499 MPP in combat losses
IT 841 MPP in combat losses


UK 449 MPP lost to Subs/Raiders
USSR 0 MPP lost to Subs/Raiders
GE 231 MPP lost to Subs/Raiders
GE 1 MPP lost to Strategic Bombing (35 Allied damage to bombers)
IT 0 MPP lost to Strategic Bombing


UK 4,130 MPP on Units, 1,025 MPP on Diplomacy, 400 MPP on Tech
USA 158 MPP on Units, 0 MPP on Diplomacy, 2,075 MPP on Tech
USSR 85 MPP on Units, 0 MPP on Diplomacy, 1,175 MPP on Tech
FR 1,114 MPP on Units, 150 MPP on Diplomacy, 0 MPP on Tech

GE 5,255 MPP on Units, 975 MPP on Diplomacy, 1,900 MPP on Tech
IT 625 MPP on Units, 275 MPP on Diplomacy, 950 MPP on Tech


UK Income: 90 MPP (excluding Lend Lease)
US Income: 208 MPP (excluding Lend Lease)
USSR Income: 117 MPP (excluding Lend Lease)


GE Income: 515 MPP (estimate)
IT Income: 125 MPP

Total Allied Income: 415 MPP
Total Axis Income: ~ 640 MPP (estimate)

*Note excluding DE costs from Allied Income listed above, but including convoy losses.


GE 53 Land Units, 11 Air Units, 11 Naval Units
IT 17 Land Units, 3 Air Units, 10 Naval Units

UK 23 Land Units, 7 Air Units, 30 Naval Units
USA 3 Land Units, 1 Air Units, 1 Naval Units
USSR 26 Land Units, 1 Air Units, 4 Naval Units

[IrishGuards]

dec 16 40
AK arrives .. aussie corps in mid east died .. some damage to a few bmrs
no Uk units in el alamein ..
corp dies in newcastle .. armor takes and retreats
liverpool invested
fierce Uk air battles .. 3 ftr and a cv vs 2 ftrs 2 med bmr 3 tac bmr 1 martime bmr
some damage to all ...
seas are quiet
im sure he sees my 2nd ger HQ in mid east now .. !!
IG

[Taxman66]

Allied Turn January 20, 1941

Previous Axis Turn:
Clear in England. Storms in the Atlantic.

A German Army (str 8?) is surprised running into a UK Corps defending Newcastle. It takes 1? dmg (ends at str 7) and does 2 dmg to the Corps.
A massive air battle then occurs over Newcastle. UK Fighters take 9 damage spread over 3 Fighter wings and 3 damage to the air wing of the newly christened HMS Formidable.
4 hits are recorded over 2 German Fighters as well as 2 hits to the German Maritime Bomber, and single hits to a Medium Bomber and 2 Tactical Bombers.
The defenders are finally shattered after the mass bombing raid, and the weak (str 5) German Panzer seizes the city and then retreats back south.

In Egypt the Aussie Corps is destroyed after bombings and Panzer attacks. The Panzer does take 1 damage in the fighting and an Italian Medium Bomber is hit by the Corps AA.
The Italians attack the cut off WDF Army in Sidi Barani doing 2 damage while one Italian Army takes 2 back.



Allied Turn
Clear in England. Storms in the Atlantic.

The Kiwi troops give up their fortifications and retreat to El Alamein, where they will probably be destroyed next turn.

Bulgaria joins the Axis.

UK looses 51 MPP to raiders.

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Reports Info


USA 55%
USSR 34%


Yugoslavia 38% Axis
Spain 25% Axis
Netherlands 44% Allied
Vichy France 47% Axis
Algeria 54% Axis
Tunisia 60% Axis
Syria 25% Axis


UK 79% Morale
USA 100% Morale
USSR 100% Morale

IT 111% Morale
GE 112% Morale


UK 5,987 MPP in combat losses
USA 0 MPP in combat losses
USSR 0 MPP in combat losses
FR 5,551 MPP in combat losses

GE 6,037 MPP in combat losses
IT 960 MPP in combat losses


UK 449 MPP lost to Subs/Raiders
USSR 0 MPP lost to Subs/Raiders
GE 231 MPP lost to Subs/Raiders
GE 1 MPP lost to Strategic Bombing (35 Allied damage to bombers)
IT 0 MPP lost to Strategic Bombing


UK 4,143 MPP on Units, 1,025 MPP on Diplomacy, 400 MPP on Tech
USA 316 MPP on Units, 0 MPP on Diplomacy, 2,075 MPP on Tech
USSR 164 MPP on Units, 0 MPP on Diplomacy, 1,175 MPP on Tech
FR 1,114 MPP on Units, 150 MPP on Diplomacy, 0 MPP on Tech

GE 5,524 MPP on Units, 975 MPP on Diplomacy, 2,100 MPP on Tech
IT 625 MPP on Units, 275 MPP on Diplomacy, 950 MPP on Tech


UK Income: 51 MPP (excluding Lend Lease)
US Income: 208 MPP (excluding Lend Lease)
USSR Income: 120 MPP (excluding Lend Lease) ?Missed the exact number


GE Income: 650 MPP (estimate)
IT Income: 125 MPP

Total Allied Income: 379 MPP
Total Axis Income: ~ 725 MPP (estimate)

*Note excluding DE costs from Allied Income listed above, but including convoy losses.


GE 53 Land Units, 11 Air Units, 11 Naval Units
IT 17 Land Units, 3 Air Units, 10 Naval Units

UK 23 Land Units, 7 Air Units, 30 Naval Units
USA 3 Land Units, 1 Air Units, 1 Naval Units
USSR 26 Land Units, 1 Air Units, 4 Naval Units

[IrishGuards]

I took way more damage than that .. especially to ftrs
sent a ftr to mid est last turn ..
prob a mistake
IG[X(]

[Taxman66]

For defense air battles, I only see the explosion to your units without any numbers.
So I describe them as 'hits', instead of specifying a damage amount.
I could/should have noted that 1 or 2 of them were against bombers that didn't have any escorts, but it is hard enough to keep track of it watching 1 play through.

[Taxman66]

Allied Turn March 3, 1941

Previous Axis Turn:
Snow in England. Storms in the Atlantic.

The WDF Army in Sidi Barani is shattered, but not before damaging 2 Italian Armies (1 dmg each) and a German Medium Bomber with AA fire.
An Italian Battleship (str 8) is spotted off the eastern side of Gibraltar entering the Med.

German forces gather at the gates of Carlisle.


Allied Turn
Rain & Mud in England. Storms in the Atlantic. Clear in the South Atlantic.

Carlisle is abandoned as the defending Corps moves northward.

El Alamein is also abandoned.

HMS Sheffield (CL) finds the repaired Scharnhorst on the Egyptian Convoy line southwest of Santa Cruz.
The Sheffield takes a heavy blow (5 dmg), but manages a hit (2 dmg) of her own against the Battle Cruiser.
HMS Ark Royal's swordfish strike Scharnhorst twice for 7 dmg, while the air wing suffers 2 dmg in the fighting.
Scharnhorst limps to the southwest but is chased down and sunk by HMS Malaya (BB).

HMCS Assiniboine finds U30 (str 8, lvl 1, 1 exp) northwest of Ireland. Both Destroyer and Sub miss each other in the stormy weather.
HMS Jersey coming to help Assiniboine finds U35 (str 8, lvl 1) north of U30. Both miss each other.

43 MPP raided on the Egyptian and Canadian Convoy lines.

Sandstorms spotted moving in on Egypt. Unknown weather in England.


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Reports Info


USA 55%
USSR 35% (+1 or 2 missed it recording the income)


Yugoslavia 38% Axis
Spain 25% Axis
Netherlands 44% Allied
Vichy France 47% Axis
Algeria 54% Axis
Tunisia 60% Axis
Syria 25% Axis


UK 78% Morale
USA 100% Morale
USSR 100% Morale

IT 111% Morale
GE 113% Morale


UK 6,436 MPP in combat losses
USA 0 MPP in combat losses
USSR 0 MPP in combat losses
FR 5,551 MPP in combat losses

GE 6,362 MPP in combat losses
IT 1,010 MPP in combat losses


UK 553 MPP lost to Subs/Raiders
USSR 0 MPP lost to Subs/Raiders
GE 231 MPP lost to Subs/Raiders
GE 1 MPP lost to Strategic Bombing (35 Allied damage to bombers)
IT 0 MPP lost to Strategic Bombing


UK 4,143 MPP on Units, 1,025 MPP on Diplomacy, 400 MPP on Tech
USA 316 MPP on Units, 0 MPP on Diplomacy, 2,275 MPP on Tech
USSR 243 MPP on Units, 0 MPP on Diplomacy, 1,175 MPP on Tech
FR 1,114 MPP on Units, 150 MPP on Diplomacy, 0 MPP on Tech

GE 5,839 MPP on Units, 975 MPP on Diplomacy, 2,100 MPP on Tech
IT 715 MPP on Units, 275 MPP on Diplomacy, 1,075 MPP on Tech


UK Income: 82 MPP (excluding Lend Lease)
US Income: 208 MPP (excluding Lend Lease)
USSR Income: 140 MPP (excluding Lend Lease) ?Missed the exact number


GE Income: 650 MPP (estimate) probably off, I forgot to check.
IT Income: 125 MPP

Total Allied Income: 430 MPP
Total Axis Income: ~ 725 MPP (estimate)

*Note excluding DE costs from Allied Income listed above, but including convoy losses.


GE 53 Land Units, 11 Air Units, 11 Naval Units
IT 17 Land Units, 3 Air Units, 10 Naval Units

UK 23 Land Units, 7 Air Units, 30 Naval Units
USA 3 Land Units, 1 Air Units, 1 Naval Units
USSR 26 Land Units, 1 Air Units, 4 Naval Units

[Elessar2]

I'll just point out that the Scharnhorst isn't a pocket battleship.[:-]

[Taxman66]

You're right. Somehow my mind equated Pocket Battleship with Battle Cruiser.

The Pocket Battleships were really just Heavy Cruisers (variants? perhaps).