The final countdown - En svensk uppgörelse

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May/Jun '40
Impulse #5 (Axis)

Italian submarines decline to search.

No strategic bombing.

Two German bombers, one from Tirana on extended range and one from Leros, ground strike the Greek defenders in Athens.

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May/Jun '40
Impulse #5 (Axis)

The ground strike in Greece is good.

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May/Jun '40
Impulse #5 (Axis)

Rail Movement:

Germany:
INF (Karlsruhe) -> Memel
INF (Paris) -> Krakow
GARR (Metz) -> Memel

Italy:
HQI (55,24 in France) -> 72,42 in Southern Italy

Land Moves:

Germany:
INF (69,46) -> 69,48 in Greece
HQI 3 hexes west to St-Malo
INF (Munich) -> 60,37 in Italy
German units on the west front either moves eastwards, or towards train stations.

Italy:
5-5 MECH Turin -> La Spezia

Japan:
MIL 61,155->156(E)
INF Kirin->61,155(NE)
MIL 5-2 Changchun->Kirin
TER 64,155->65,156(SE,E)
HQI 64,154->64,155(E)
MEC 62,153->62,152(W)
INF 78,145-Kaifeng
INF Kaifeng->74,143(N,N)
HQI 74,143->72,143(N,N)
MIL Paoting->72,143(SW,SW)
WAR 70,142->69,141(NW)
GAR 74,142->75,143(SE)
MAR 85,147->Hangchow
MAR DIV Canton->90,142(N,N)

Air Transport:
PARA (Malta) -> Tirana via HQI in hex 72,42

Debark:

Italy:
INF Div -> Leros

Japan:
GAR -> Haichow

Invasion:
14th SS Div invade Heraklion
2nd, and 3rd, infantry divisions invade Athens

Paradrop:
German PARA in Tirana is loaded onto Italian SM.81 bombers and drops on Athens

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Will the Notional in Athens be included in the combat? Germany has 5.5 combat factors in the invading/paradropping force. This can be tripled with shore bombardment and ground support. The odds is expected to be 17:4 +2 without notional, or 17:5 +3 with notional. And will CW select blitz or assault in Athens?

The notional in Heraklion has no combat factors and has no relevance.

Edit: I had wrongly written Tirana when I should have written Heraklion. This is now corrected.

[jesperpehrson]

Use notional and chose blitz

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May/Jun '40
Impulse #5 (Axis)

Two Italian BBs and one CA add 5.5 points (6 points) to the attack on Athens. One German LND3, flying from Leros, adds another 5.5 points (8).

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May/Jun '40
Impulse #5 (Axis)

The attack on Athens is good.

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The Greek merchant fleet in Athens are overrun. 4 CPs are sunk, and 1 CP is captured. 4 CPs escape. (10,4,7,2,1,3,7,3,7 rolled)

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The 4 Greek CPs flee Athens and head for Aden. Each one sail separately. The German FTR2 in the East Med initiates a hunt for the escaping ships.

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The two first CPs to sail were hunted down, and sunk, by the Italian fleet. The remaining 2 CPs sailed for Aden, but where declined entry into the port. The CPs then continued to Bombay. I hope Bombay works. Otherwise I can go back and change. (Axis intercept rolls were 2,2,5,7 - Allied surprise rolls were 9,7)

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May/Jun '40
Impulse #5 (Axis)

Air Rebase:
Italy:
FTR2 (Palermo) -> 75,40

No reorganization.

[jesperpehrson]

LOL I meant to write assault but instead I wrote blitz. Tired it seems but since a 9 was rolled it did not matter.

[jesperpehrson]

Turn 5. May/Jun 1940. #6.

No declarations of war or alignments

Russia - Land
China - Land
Commonwealth - Combined
France - Pass
US - Combined

Portstrikes:
None

Naval air:
None (UK, US, Rus)

Naval Movement:
CW sails 6 CP from Liverpool to Faeros Gap
CW sails 2 CP from Bay of Biscay to Liverpool

US sails 1 CP from San-Fran to Bering Sea
US sails 1 CP from San-Fran to Gulf of Alaska
US sails 1 CP from Norfolk to Canadian coast

Naval combat:

Allies does not initiate anywhere.



Do GE want to search?

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No, thank you.

[jesperpehrson]

Turn 6. May/Jun 1940. #6. Continued.

Strategic bombardment:
CW bombs Metz (Wellesley) and Lille (Whitley). All fails miserably (3 and 2 rolled).

Groundstrike:
None

Rail movement:
USSR HQ Timoshenko from Manchuria to east of Lvov.

Land movement:
Minor movements in China to consolidate lines.

CW moves a MIL towards the partisan south of Agra.

Russia prepares defenses against German aggression.


USSR moves eastward in Manchuria


Debark:
Indian INF debarks in Suez

Landcombat:
Indian forces attack partisan south of Agra. Odds are 6:1 becoming 5:1 in the rain.


Air rebase:
USSR rebases 2 bombers from Manchuria towards Europe


New weather for next impulse is a 6.

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No declarations of war.

May/Jun '40
Impulse #7 (Axis)

Land: Japan
Combined: Germany, Italy
Naval:

No port strikes. No naval air.

Naval Movement:

Italy:
La Spezia 2CAs+2TRS+7-4 INF+5-5 MECH -> East Med 0-box
One CA embark German Division from Heraklion.

Germany:
2 BB and 2 CA leave Brest for Bay of Biscay 4-box.

The German SUB initiates combat in the Bay of Biscay. Germany decline to add any air to the sea area. CW has 4 units that can fly to the Bay of Biscay. Will CW reinforce the sea area?

[jesperpehrson]

Fly the swordfish to the 0-box please

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No combat in the Bay of Biscay. Both sides rolled 9.

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May/Jun '40
Impulse #7 (Axis)

No strategic bombing.

Germany ground strikes the isolated Polish defenders in Warsaw with one LND2.

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One defender was hit. The HQI.