Witness to World War 2.

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Turn 10. Mar/Apr 1941. Production. Great Britain.

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Turn 10. Mar/Apr 1941. Production. Free France.

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Turn 10. Mar/Apr 1941. Production. USA.

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Turn 10. Mar/Apr 1941. Production. USSR.

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Turn 10. Mar/Apr 1941. Production. Summary.

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Turn 10. Mar/Apr 1941. Production. 1-Year (6-Turns).

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Turn 11. May/June 1941.

Trade. No changes from last turn.

Initiative. Axis lose ties but have a +2 die roll modifier. Axis lose the first roll 3+2=5 to 10 and elected NOT to re-roll. The allies elect to move first.

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Weather (Allied #1).

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China.

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Japanese-Soviet Neutrality Pact.

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Western Europe.

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Yugoslavia Conquered by Germany. Almost forgot to mention.

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Eastern Europe.

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North Africa.

[brian brian]

You know Ronnie, your idea of dropping the Fallschirmjaegers in the hex row beyond Brussels is the handiest development for German operational tactics that I have seen in some time. Using their PARA in Belgium can be an excellent thing, with very nice strategic knock-on potentials all round the globe, even. But I have always seen it done, and used the idea myself, with the idea of keeping the Allies off the Dyle line by dropping them right on the Belgian capital.

Putting them a little farther out front and telling the Allies - come n git it - is a different approach. Risk goes up, but so does reward. I am still trying to decide if I would pull that trigger on a sudden burst of sunshine in March or April, knowing the rain might slow down the Panzers on a potentially sehr gut riposte a fortnight later. I know what Kurt Student would have said about the whole thing; he would volunteer.

Now if only they could land a whole bunch of Anti-Tank guns, like the Red Devils could with their gliders later in the war. But I think I figured out a work-around there...


Anyhow in your current game I wanted to comment that Stalin is putting too many rubles into his truck infantry. Uncle Joe needs 76.2mm PAK to back up his rifle squads, and T-34s. Lotsa T-34s. Let Uncle Sugar send mass quantities of Ford Trucks along later.

Also remember that Uncle Joe was both right and wrong at the same time when he told Churchill "In the Soviet Army, it takes more courage to retreat than to advance." You need the MOT on the advance, but there is a lot of retreat coming along shortly.

[Centuur]

Thing is, if the Germans drop the PARA in Belgium, simply decline the notional so that it will be alone in the hex it occupies. The Germans can't put in more the 4 points of ground support for the PARA. If the French or the CW army is in good order (not disorganized) there's a high probability that one of those will kill the PARA and retake Brussels (or the hex it has landed in)...

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True. But the Allies could also fail at that, which is where the German reward could be reaped. And the Luftwaffe can accomplish a lot in 1940...

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ORIGINAL: brian brian

You know Ronnie, your idea of dropping the Fallschirmjaegers in the hex row beyond Brussels is the handiest development for German operational tactics that I have seen in some time. Using their PARA in Belgium can be an excellent thing, with very nice strategic knock-on potentials all round the globe, even. But I have always seen it done, and used the idea myself, with the idea of keeping the Allies off the Dyle line by dropping them right on the Belgian capital.

Putting them a little farther out front and telling the Allies - come n git it - is a different approach. Risk goes up, but so does reward. I am still trying to decide if I would pull that trigger on a sudden burst of sunshine in March or April, knowing the rain might slow down the Panzers on a potentially sehr gut riposte a fortnight later. I know what Kurt Student would have said about the whole thing; he would volunteer.

Now if only they could land a whole bunch of Anti-Tank guns, like the Red Devils could with their gliders later in the war. But I think I figured out a work-around there...

Interesting ... what would be the "work-around"? (Adjacent) HQ support? (Adjacent) Artillery? Well, artillery would be part of ground support the total of which would be limited to 4 factors in this case.

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Turn 11. May/June 1941. Allied #1.

Actions.

USSR - combine.

China - land.

Great Britain - naval.

France - naval.

USA - combine.

Great Britain/RN (Turn) Objectives:

1. Protect/maintain production (i.e., ASW escorts and patrols).

2. Blockade the Italian Coast.

3. Capture Tripoli, and rest of Libya.

4. Attrict Italian RM.

Allied Convoys and Production.

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Axis Submarine Threat Matrix, RN ASW Escorts and Patrols.

Note that RN dispositions in the West and East Med include forces allocated to to object 3 (i.e., captured of Tripoli).

Where applicable, intended or potential ASW air reactions, all of which would be to the 0-box, are shown. Situations where an air group is assigned to multiple sea areas are indicated by the letters A & B. Of course, if reacted, the air unit could only manage to react to only one of the two (i.e., A/B) designated sea areas.