It Takes A Village to Raze a Village

[rkr1958]

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

1. The axis continue to rush forward into the every expanding vast territory of the Soviet Union.
2. Very apparent that the axis, especially the Wehrmacht need more ground units that can fight!
3. That is, infantry corps and armies on the Eastern Front.

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

1. Japan's war budget this turn went in to reinforcement but mostly upgrades.
2. And the upgrades were mostly for the navy.

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

1. Japan continue their major offensive all along the Chinese front (North to South).
2. Japan captured Ichang (central China).
3. In the North, the IJA pushes to turn the northern flank of the Chinese.
4. This was the force that brazenly launched a major offensive and tried to push into southern Manchuria.

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Turn 51. Axis. August 1, 1941. Decision Event. FIC.

1. Japan acquires access to French Indo China.
2. I now need to assemble the forces to garrison this new acquistion.

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Turn 51. Axis. August 1, 1941. MPPs.

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ORIGINAL: rkr1958

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

1. The axis continue to rush forward into the every expanding vast territory of the Soviet Union.
2. Very apparent that the axis, especially the Wehrmacht need more ground units that can fight!
3. That is, infantry corps and armies on the Eastern Front.

Actually, you are doing very well considering you only have 3 tanks, and no mech infantry.

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Turn 53. Axis. August 29, 1941. Opening Messages.

1. U-boats sink 25 MPPs headed to Russia and 12 MPPs headed to Great Britain.

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Turn 53. Axis. August 29, 1941. Libya. End of Turn.

1. The British 8th army continues unopposed to roll up Libya.

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Turn 53. Axis. August 29, 1941. East Africa. Start of Turn.

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Turn 53. Axis. August 29, 1941. East Africa. End of Turn.

An interesting low intensity campaign is playing out in this secondary theather.

[rkr1958]

Turn 53. Axis. August 29, 1941. The Western Front. End of Turn.

1. All quite and that's the way I like it at this point.
2. Just noticed a tactical mistake I made that impacts the Battle of the Atlantic.
3. I forget to move the German u-boat in Bordeaux out to sea. [:@]

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Turn 53. Axis. August 29, 1941. Battle of the Atlantic (1/3).

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Turn 53. Axis. August 29, 1941. Battle of the Atlantic (2/3).

1. Note to self. Don't forget to move the two new guys in Kiel next turn!
2. U-377 & U-505 arrived all fresh and shiny this turn.

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Turn 53. Axis. August 29, 1941. Battle of the Atlantic (3/3).

1. The two Italian subs also combined to sink an RN DD which attacked da Vinci during the allied turn.
2. A bit of payback I think from the Italians to the Brits.

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Turn 53. Axis. August 29, 1941. Greece. Start of Turn.

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Turn 53. Axis. August 29, 1941. Greece. End of Turn.

1. Athens finally falls and the Greek campaign finally comes to an end.
2. Though, Crete will not be axis.
3. On the upside, lots of axis units are now available for redeployment to other fronts (i.e., mostly to Eastern where they're desperately needed).

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Turn 53. Axis. August 29, 1941. Finland. Start of Turn.

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Turn 53. Axis. August 29, 1941. Finland. End of Turn.

1. Another interesting low intensity conflict playing out here.
2. But unlike East Africa, Finland has far greater significance.

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Turn 53. Axis. August 29, 1941. The Eastern Front. Start of Turn.

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Turn 53. Axis. August 29, 1941. The Eastern Front. End of Turn.

1. More ground troops needed!
2. To answer that call Germany built and infantry and mech corps with all the bells as whistles (i.e., max research levels available).
3. The infantry corps cost 232 MPPs and the mech corps 387 MPPs.
4. It's expensive building, running, reinforcing and upgrading an army!