It Takes A Village to Raze a Village

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Turn 49. July 4, 1941. Axis. Battle of the Atlantic (1/2).

1. These 2 German u-boats and 2 Italian subs continue to move south along CW convoy lines in the South Atlantic.
2. Last turn they interdicted 37 CW MPPs.

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Turn 49. July 4, 1941. Axis. Battle of the Atlantic (2/2).

1. U-35, in Bordeaux was reinforced 3-steps to full strength.
2. Next turn, U-35 will be upgraded.
3. U-81 was a new arrival. Will need to check out her upgrade status.
4. The crews of these two U-boats can't wait to get out into the Atlantic and hunt allied convoys.

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Turn 49. July 4, 1941. Axis. Finland. Start of Turn.

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Turn 49. July 4, 1941. Axis. Finland. End of Turn.

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Turn 49. July 4, 1941. Axis. The Eastern Front. Start of Turn.

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Turn 49. July 4, 1941. Axis. The Eastern Front. End of Turn.

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Turn 49. July 4, 1941. Axis. China. Start of Turn.

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Turn 49. July 4, 1941. Axis. China. End of Turn.

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Turn 51. Axis. August 1, 1941. Opening Messages.

The Italian RM in the Med and garrisons in North and East Africa took a beating during my opponents turn!

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Turn 51. Axis. August 1, 1941. Greece & North Africa. Start of Turn.

1. Both the Italian RM and North Africa are gone.
2. Would like to finish off the Greek campaign though.

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Turn 51. Axis. August 1, 1941. Greece. End of Turn.

1. The Greeks in Athens stubbornly hold on at 3-steps.
2. Hopefully next turn.
3. Already redeploying to other fronts a few of the corps/armies originally involved in this campaign but honestly are now just in the way.

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Turn 51. Axis. August 1, 1941. East Africa. Start of Turn.

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Turn 51. Axis. August 1, 1941. East Africa. End of Turn.

1. My opponent during his turn had swapped the RSA HQ unit with the CW corps to stay the corps I suspect.
2. Well, very pleased that during my turn the two Italian corps managed to shatter the RSA HQ, push into British Somaliland and spots an RAF bomber unit holding the capital Berbera.
3. Unfortunately, the forces that took Mogadishu will likely soon arrive spoiling the Italian's fun.

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Turn 51. Axis. August 1, 1941. The Western Front. End of Turn.

1. This front remains static, with Germany building another infantry corps and two garrisons this turn.
2. Also, U-35 in Bordeaux was upgraded to sub level 1.

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Turn 51. Axis. August 1, 1941. Production Queue. Germany.

1. Germany was given an option to "deploy" 1 of their 2 u-boats in the production queue to the Med.
2. I decided no to the Med.
3. It will be deployed to Kiel instead.

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Turn 51. Axis. August 1, 1941. Battle of the Atlantic (1/2).

1. Newly deployed U-81 sails from Kiel and into the Murmansk convoy line.

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Turn 51. Axis. August 1, 1941. Battle of the Atlantic (2/2).

1. German u-boats and Italian subs interdicted 38 MPPs worth of allied convoys this last turn.
2. They spread out a bit and continue to attack these convoys along the South Atlantic.
3. U-37 even moves in position to blockade Cape Town, South Africa.

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Turn 51. Axis. August 1, 1941. Finland. Start of Turn.

1. A Soviet garrison looks to have the flank on the Finnish garrison near Saila.
2. I attempted, but failed, to Operational Move one of the German garrison in Norway to Finland. But apparently, even though the two countries are directly connected by rail I couldn't.

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Turn 51. Axis. August 1, 1941. Finland. End of Turn.

1. Fortunately the Finnish garrison responsible for Saila regained it's flank by getting the Soviet garrison to retreat.
2. I'm finding the Finnish army that started near Leningrad on the banks of Lake Lodoga but finished on the shores of the Gulf of Finland isn't able to reinforce more than 1 step.
3. That's a bit concerning as the opposing Soviet units have the "odds" advantage.
4. Doing what I can to hold this area at stay off the Soviets until the Wehrmacht arrive from the south.

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Turn 51. Axis. August 1, 1941. The Eastern Front. Start of Turn.