Turn 17. May/June 1942. Allied #3. Impulse Planning.
Western Allied
Actions: USA –Combine, CW –Land, France – Land
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Med, North Africa
1. West Med – Tactical mistake last impulse – Used Fr BB to search (only Fr unit in sea area); requiring USN or RN to search this impulse & forcing a combine vs both (US & CW) taking a land.
2. USA will take a combine & search West Med, which leaves US with (only) 4 land moves & 2 land combat.
3. US allocated 1 of 1 rail, 1 - 2 of 4 land moves & both (i.e., 2 of 2) land combats to W. Med.
4. If supply broken (in West Med), US 3rd inf div & UK Mar Eng civ land (unopposed); otherwise (i.e., supply NOT broken), then do NOT land (2 divs) & maintain amph threat.
5. Take Cagliari, Sardinia w/o loss or flip.
6. UK WDF armor capture Sousse & other organized CW & Fr land units move east into or towards Tunisia with the (eventual) aim of liberating Tunis.
7. Capture Benghazi (joint CW & Fr assault) without loss or flip.
Attack Planning
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USAAF & RAF Strategic Bombing Raids (X3)
8. RAF Stirling (Malta) -> (XR, Day, fine, UNOPP) Taranto; Ex[Kill] = 0.6 BP.
9. USAAF B-18 (Dover) -> (XR, Day, rain, UNOPP) Ge Oil RP (SE1-Hanover); Ex[kill]=0.4 Oil
10. USAAF B-18a(Harwich)-> (Day, rain, UNOPP) Ge Hanover fac; Ex[kill] = 0.5 BP.
Pacific
11. South China Sea – with storm & carrier flight operations suspended, do not risk search & with bad split having US CV surprised and possibly damage, or even sunk, by IJN patrol CA[3].
12. This restriction applies during (next) axis impulse even if IJN “replaces” lost/aborted CPs.
13. USN search restriction only lifted when flight operations can resume (i.e., fine or rain).
14. Of course, if IJN searches during storm, USN (non-phasing) will also search. Search restriction during storm applies to initiating search.
15. Malaya – US 1 LM, 10th Mtn div; US/CW make no moves that flip units.
16. CRITIAL – Keep in mind that MAL partisan (E1-Kuala Lumpur) will flip sides (again) when Malaya is liberated during that end of turn step.
17. Sumatra (NEI) – US 1-2 LM. Push Mar corps and/or div towards Palembang.
USSAF Air Rebase
18. Atlantic – P-38 FTR-2 rebase to Labrador 43, 22; put P-39 (6x3=18) 18-yexes from Cape Farwell, Greenland. Next AL impulse will then be able to fly naval air to Denmark St[0], then rebase at end of turn to Iceland (22,12). Then next turn (air missions & priorities allowing) rebase to UK. FYI, rebase for US to UK make w/o any sea lift.
19. Pacific x 2. P-35 (8x3=24), P-40(8x3=24). Truk -> Sorong, NEI & then later (AM priorities allowing), rebase to Menado on the South China & Bismarck Seas.
Active WAR.
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