The Australian Axis Rebels versus the Swedish Allied Empire (5 player game)

[toenailthehun]

Cannot complain, definately had the better of the Naval rolls

[toenailthehun]

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #6 (Axis)

Rail Movement:
Japan:
Germany:
Italy: Inf in Venice -> to German HQ-I Von Leeb

Land Movement:
Japan:
1-4 Div & 6-3 Marine -> next to Batavia

Italy:
Mot 42,52 -> 42,53
Mech recaptures French Ports

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[toenailthehun]

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #6 (Axis)

Land Movement:
Germany:
Units France continue to press forward

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Army Group Centre start mopping up and consolidating
Army Group South moves through the now vacant river defensive line looking for fleeing Soviets.

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[toenailthehun]

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #6 (Axis)

No Air transport

Japan HQ-I debarks next to Batavia

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[toenailthehun]

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #6 (Axis)

Land Combat:
2 Combats in Soviet Union & Japan attacks Batavia

No German ground support
Japan added 15 shore bombardment and 4 Air ground support

Soviets have 3 Lnd capable of flying def ground support

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2 ATR can reach here

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Currently odds are 30:6

All Lnd can reach this attack

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Currently odds are 37:3

Both German attacks will be Axis choice of table

Did Allies wish to fly Def Ground Support?

[GeneralAdvance]

The Pe-8 should be able to reach the attack northeast of Vitebsk and if so will support there and land back in Moscow.

[toenailthehun]

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #6 (Axis)

Land Combat:
Axis fly Bf 110C to counter intercept

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Both are aborted

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[toenailthehun]

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #6 (Axis)

Land Combat:
Japan adds 4 Ground Support to attack on Batavia

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Land Combats

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Allies choice of table in Batavia, but will assume Assault if I don't hear.

[toenailthehun]

Jul/Aug '41
Impule #6 (Axis)

Land Combat:

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Axis chose not to convert to retreat, Allies to choose which unit to lose

[GeneralAdvance]

Cav as loss.
Assault on Batavia.

[toenailthehun]

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #6 (Axis)

Land Combat:

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Batavia falls but Attackers flipped

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[toenailthehun]

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #6 (Axis)

Air Rebases:
Japan: B5N1 -> 111,130
D3A2 -> 106,136

Italy: Ca.133 -> Vitebsk
SM.82 -> 54,59
CR.42 -> 54,31

Germany: Bf109 -> 56,26
Bf110E -> Vitebsk
Ju88 -> 52,60

No re organisations

[toenailthehun]

New Weather for Jul/Aug '41 Impulse #7

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Turn sent

[Orm]

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #7 (Allies)

No declarations of war. USA aligns Brazil.

Land: USSR, China
Combined: USA
Naval: France, CW

No port strikes.

Naval air:
CW:
NAV2 Libya -> Italian Coast 0-box

Naval Movement:

USA:
TRS + PARA Boston -> West Med 0-box
TRS + PARA + 3 CA Norfolk -> West Med 0-box
TRS + ATR Norfolk -> Gibraltar

CW:
TRS + US ATR Gibraltar -> Tripoli
TRS Bombay -> Italian Coast 0-box - Embark INF (Malta)
CA Suez -> Tripoli - Embark INF -> Italian Coast 0-box
Liner + BB Liverpool -> West Med 0-box
CV + 4 BB + 2 CA Malta -> Italian Coast 4-box
CV Liverpool -> Italian Coast 0-box
CV Suez -> Italian Coast 0-box
3 BB Gibraltar -> Italian Coast 0-box
2 BB Scapa Flow -> West Med 0-box
CVL Gibraltar -> West Med 0-box
CA West Med 1-box -> 0-box
4 CP -> CSV
CP -> Norwegian Sea
CP -> Arctic Sea
SUB Malta -> West Med 4-box
SUB Malta -> Arabian Sea 0-box
A few convoy escorts leave port to escort Atlantic convoys

France:
TRS Gambia -> CSV - embark GARR (Gibraltar)
CP Perth -> SE Ind Ocean

No naval searches.

Axis may search in the Italian Coast. Both sides has two FTR2 that can reach the sea area.

Will Axis search? If so, which unit initiates?

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[toenailthehun]

No search thank you

[Orm]

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #7 (Allies)

No strategic bombing. No ground strikes.

Rail movement:
USSR:
2-3 MIL Ukraine -> B-town (Siberia)

Land movement:

USSR:
Siberia:
Mon CAV advance into Manchuria and disorganize.
CAV Div advance into Manchuria and disorganize.
INF advance from B-town towards K-town.
North:
GARR retreat into Pskov
Belarus:
Withdraw slightly, and strengthen the defence of Smolensk.
Gomel is made into a hero city.
Ukraine:
Hero city defence is adopted.
A mobile reserve is created, centred around Zhukov in the Tula-Kursk region.

CH Com
-------
CAV 1-5 Div -> E,E,NE
HQI 6(3)3 -> NE


CH NAT
-------
INF 3-2 -> SW

Debark:
USA:
MAR West Med -> Malta
MAR West Med -> Tripoli

Paradrop:
USA + CW:
US ATR3 + US PARA Tripoli -> Naples
CW ATR3 + US PARA Malta -> Naples

Include the Italian notional to avoid the paradrop being automatic.

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[Orm]

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #7 (Allies)

CW provide 9 points of shore bombardment, and one point in ground support, for the attack on Naples.

I select assault for you since blitz gives an automatic success result.

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[Orm]

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #7 (Allies)

The US paradrop into Naples is a success.

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[Orm]

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #7 (Allies)

Air rebase:
USSR:
LND4 Orel -> NW Voronezh
FTR2 Gomel -> Smolensk
FTR2 E Stalino -> Orel

China:
FTR2 -> E of Kweiyang

USA:
LND3 Faeroes -> La Rochelle
LND3 Greenland -> Iceland
NAV3 Port Vila -> 142,144 in NW Australia

CW:
LND3 Alexandria -> Naples
CVPs in Liverpool rearranged

Reorganization:
CW:
Liner West Med -> TRS Tripoli

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[Orm]

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