It Takes A Village to Raze a Village

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Turn 91. Axis. February 12, 1943. China. End of Turn.

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Turn 91. Axis. February 12, 1943. Production. Japan.

1. Japan adds an infantry corps w/available upgrades to their production queue.

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Turn 91. Axis. February 12, 1943. MPPs.

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Turn 91. Axis. February 12, 1943. Battle of the Atlantic. Murmansk Convoys.

1. German U-boats sink 54 MPPs headed to Russia.
2. RN sinks U-81. [:(]
3. How "easily" the RN was able sink U-81 gives me concern. I'm afraid the Battle of the Atlantic may be shifting to the allies in such a way that German U-boats may become obsolete.

Your subs by this juncture probably should be around tech level 3 at a minimum. That they are still at only 1 is a concern, but they've done a yeoman's amount of work so far (my guess would be costing the Allies around 1000 MPPs so far, many destined for Russia).

But your performance in Russia proper has been pretty astounding-one huge pocket about to be pinched off around Moscow-note that he can't place any new units anywhere without a rail connection to his capital! Which means he probably has a fairly large backlog of unplaceable units in his queue.

But you'll need to effectively finish him off soon, given how weak your Atlantic Wall is currently...

I do have to apologize: I thought all the DEI hexes would flip upon conquest-I may be misremembering an old patch or something... Next time bring along 2 cheapo corps to pawn grab oil wells while your good troops attack the capital.

[rkr1958]

ORIGINAL: Elessar2

Your subs by this juncture probably should be around tech level 3 at a minimum. That they are still at only 1 is a concern, but they've done a yeoman's amount of work so far (my guess would be costing the Allies around 1000 MPPs so far, many destined for Russia).

As you shall see later in the post for my next turn, new research is done for all three axis. Unless you and/or others much more experienced than I advise against not continuing research in specific areas in which case I will.

ORIGINAL: Elessar2
But your performance in Russia proper has been pretty astounding-one huge pocket about to be pinched off around Moscow-note that he can't place any new units anywhere without a rail connection to his capital! Which means he probably has a fairly large backlog of unplaceable units in his queue.

But you'll need to effectively finish him off soon, given how weak your Atlantic Wall is currently...

I wonder if you'll be as surprised as I was when you see the situation around Leningrad and Moscow at the start of my upcoming turn. Only two posts away. [8D]

ORIGINAL: Elessar2
I do have to apologize: I thought all the DEI hexes would flip upon conquest-I may be misremembering an old patch or something... Next time bring along 2 cheapo corps to pawn grab oil wells while your good troops attack the capital.

No apology necessary! Field Marshall Elessar2, veteran of many wars, you are my most treasured advisor. [&o]

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Turn 92. Axis. March 12, 1943. Opening Messages.

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Turn 92. Axis. March 12, 1943. Leningrad & Moscow Sectors. Start of Turn.

1. What the heck?!
2. Don't get me wrong, I'll take both but I'm dumfounded as why my opponent abandoned both these cities?

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Turn 92. Axis. March 12, 1943. Decision Event. Minsk. Corps.

1. Sure, I'll take as many corps as I can get especially in the East.

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Turn 92. Axis. March 12, 1943. The Eastern Front. Army Group North.

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Turn 92. Axis. March 12, 1943. The Eastern Front. Army Group Center.

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Turn 92. Axis. March 12, 1943. The Eastern Front. Army Group South.

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Turn 92. Axis. March 12, 1943. Battle of the Atlantic. Murmansk (1/2).

1. Looks like U-505 is a gone. It tried to make it's escape from the two RN DD squadrons but appears to be a bit trapped.
2. U-371 & U-35 move east along the Murmansk convoy route in order to put distance between themselves and the RN.

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Turn 92. Axis. March 12, 1943. Battle of the Atlantic. Murmansk (2/2).

1. U-377 sails to Bergen for reinforcement. No additional upgrades possible.

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Turn 92. Axis. March 12, 1943. Battle of the Atlantic. The Atlantic (1/2).

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Turn 92. Axis. March 12, 1943. Battle of the Atlantic. The Atlantic (2/2).

1. U-30 & U-37 continue south in order to put distance between themselves and know elements of the RN.

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Turn 92. Axis. March 12, 1943. Greece & The Med. End of Turn.

1. After finally capturing Rhodes the CW no seems interested in Greece.
2. Mr. Churchill's dream!

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Turn 92. Axis. March 12, 1943. Production. Germany.

1. A Bulgarian corps with all available upgrades is added to Germany's production queue.

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Turn 92. Axis. March 12, 1943. Research. Germany.

1. Unless counseled otherwise, this it for German research.

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Turn 92. Axis. March 12, 1943. Research. Italy.

1. Unless counseled otherwise, this it for Italian research.

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Turn 92. Axis. March 12, 1943. Research. Japan.

1. Unless counseled otherwise, this it for Japanese research.