It Takes A Village to Raze a Village

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Turn 71. Axis. May 8, 1942. The Eastern Front. Army Group North. End of Turn.

1. Bitter fighting (continues).
2. No movement on the main front but axis forces are trying to flank from the south.

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Turn 71. Axis. May 8, 1942. The Eastern Front. Army Group Center. End of Turn.

1. Bitter fighting continues here too.
2. Axis forces are tying to flank from both the north and the south, which more progress in the south.
3. However, Germany armor is the south has been significantly depleted and is vulnerable.
4. But fight and push they must, no matter the cost. That's the order!
5. Almost forgot, the Soviets pull back from Kalinin last (allied) turn and was captured by the Germans this turn.

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Turn 71. Axis. May 8, 1942. The Eastern Front. Army Group Stalingrad. End of Turn.

1. Stalingrad is captured.
2. Axis forces attempt to close the pincers around the surviving forces in the hopes of encircling and then eventually destroying them.
3. The axis forces in the Caucuses, which are mostly Italian, can't get any favorable odds and this are ordered to hold on their current positions.

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Turn 71. Axis. May 8, 1942. Japanese Home Islands. End of Turn.

1. The Japanese Home Defense Force deploys 4 more newly built garrisons to the Home Islands this turn.

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Turn 71. Axis. May 8, 1942. Production. Japan.

1. Japan builds a garrison (no frills), which is the last they can build at this time.
2. Japan also builds a corps (no frills).
3. These builds are to continue the staffing of the Japanese Home Defense Force.

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Turn 71. Axis. May 8, 1942. China. End of Turn.

1. The shift of forces to the south and to other theaters (i.e., Burma) continues.
2. A Chinese corps in the south was also destroyed.

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Turn 71. Axis. May 8, 1942. Burma. End of Turn.

1. A CW corps was destroyed as the Japanese push into Burma.
2. One objective either for this Army Group and/or the one operating in Southern China is to cut the Burma road.
3. However the main objective is the capture of Burma and eastern India.

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Turn 71. Axis. May 8, 1942. Gulf of Siam. Java Sea. End of Turn.

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Turn 71. Axis. May 8, 1942. Central Pacific. End of Turn.

1. The Japanese bomb and shell Midway.
2. This along with the IJN forces here are a diversion to draw the attention of the allies here and, hopefully, dilute their response to their defense elsewhere when Japan is pushing.

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Turn 71. Axis. May 8, 1942. MPPs.

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Turn 73. Axis. June 5, 1942. Opening Messages.

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Turn 73. Axis. June 5, 1942. Rhodes & Iraq. End of Turn.

1. Rhodes garrison holds again with loss.
2. Baghdad garrison destroyed, Baghdad captured by the Brits and Iraq surrenders.

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Turn 73. Axis. June 5, 1942. East Africa. End of Turn.

1. Italian corps holding Djibouti destroyed and Djibouti captured by the CW.
2. The walls are closing in on the Italians in East Africa.

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Turn 73. Axis. June 5, 1942. Battle of the Atlantic. Murmansk Convoys.

1. German U-boats sink 27 MPPs headed to Russia and remain on station hunting allied convoys.

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Turn 73. Axis. June 5, 1942. Battle of the Atlantic. Atlantic (1/2).

1. The two Italian subs continue to spread out.

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Turn 73. Axis. June 5, 1942. Battle of the Atlantic. Atlantic (2/2).

1. German U-boats and Italian subs combine to sink 20 MPPs headed to the UK.

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Turn 73. Axis. June 5, 1942. Western Front. End of Turn.

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Turn 73. Axis. June 5, 1942. Italy & Balkans. End of Turn.

1. Saw an RN ship sniffing around Sicily during the replay.
2. An additional axis (German) garrison sent there in case something is up.

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Turn 73. Axis. June 5, 1942. Production Italy.

1. Italy had the exact amount to buy a paratroop corps (with no frills).
2. It's about manpower and beefing up (static) defenses in Italy, the Balkans on the Western Front.

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Turn 73. Axis. June 5, 1942. Research. Italy.

1. Italy's budget for a while has gone to operations, reinforcements, upgrades and building new units.
2. Definitely there's been no budget in a very long time for additional research.