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Rotterdam is captured.


Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #3 (Axis) - Land Combat

The Dutch fleet in Rotterdam is overrun, and the CL Tromp is sunk, while the German forces capture the CA Java.


Picture of the latest addition to the German Navy.

Sep/Oct '39
Impulse #3 (Axis)

Air Rebase:

Japan
NAV3 Wuhan->85,145(SE Nanchang)

Italy:
NAV2 Trapani -> Bardia
FTR2 La Spezia -> Turin

Germany:
FTR2 (Cologne) -> Arnhem
FTR3 (53,34) -> Amsterdam
FTR2 (53,43) -> 53,34
LND2 (52,43) -> Saarbrucken

Reorganization:

Germany:
von Bock (HQI) -> INF + LND2
von Leeb (HQI) -> INF + MOT (Breslau)

Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #5 (Allies) - DOW

Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #5 (Allies) - DOW

Sep/Oct 1939
Impulse: 5 (Allies)

Declarations of War and Alignments:
Commonwealth and France

Mussolini - this is where you get yours.

China: Land
Commonwealth: Naval
France: Land
Soviet Union: Combined
United States: Combined

In his Palazzo Il Duce groans as he wanted to be the one to declare war, and now those pesky Western democracies beat him to it.
He solemnly wows that his alpini army shall reach Paris before Adolf does.

Please set up INF and GARR in Turin and expect swift retaliation. [:)]

Sep/Oct 1939
Impulse: 5 (Allies)

The US aren't happy about the old imperial powers gettin' all up their grill an **** (an 8 is thrown)



Wha'ppen Homies? You is gettin' all up my grill an' ****. I've got voters in Brooklyn and, if you ever visited the General Discussion thread you'll know American public opinion is the only one that counts.

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4675694

ORIGINAL: GeneralAdvance

Please set up INF and GARR in Turin

warspite1

Thanks - done.

Sep/Oct 1939
Impulse: 5 (Allies)

Port Attack: None
Naval Air: None

Naval Movement:
Commonwealth

The CW puts various units to sea on convoy duty. Small task forces are put into the Italian Coast, the Western Mediterranean and the North Sea. Cruisers are sent to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Baltic.

United States

Three TRS put to sea loaded with aircraft and Nimitz and head for Hawaii

Naval Search:
Commonwealth and French

There are three areas for potential combat:
Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Italian Coast
Baltic Sea

The Allies will try all three:

Eastern Mediterranean - the sub is committed

Allied - 10
Axis - 7

No combat

Baltic Sea

There are 3 cruisers in the Baltic, Arethusa and Galatea in the 3-box and Emerald in the 2-box. Do the Germans wish to bring in the NAV?

Allied - 9
Axis - 1

No Combat

Italian Coast

The sub is committed

Allied - 4
Axis - 3

In the Italian Coast the Allies have 6 surprise points. Naval Air is chosen and the points used to increase enemy damage. The convoy is destroyed.



Over to AllenK for the remainder of the impulse.

No NAV please

Nothing else happens until land movement.

In China the Communists move some units around.

The Nationalists make a couple of minor changes.

I leave Nimitz embarked for now as debarking would disorganise the HQ. I hope Warspite1 is okay with it as he doesn't appear to be online at the moment and I want to move the game on.

No combats.

Two air units offload to Pearl.

Georges reorganises the two units at Lille and the Paris MIL.

Most of the weather clears up.

Sep/Oct '39
Impulse #7 (Axis)

Germany DOW Belgium. US react with horror at this aggression against the world peace. One US entry chit added. (6 rolled)

Will Belgium align with France, or CW? (note the change in Vichy rules)

How will the Belgian Army be placed? Not shown are 2 CPs.

Germany DOW Denmark. US politicians are confused and take no action. (No entry chit added - 4 rolled)

Will Denmark align with CW, or France?

How shall the Danish Fleet be placed?

Align both Denmark and Belgium with CW, thanks.

I'll leave the set-up instructions to Warspite1.

Denmark - 5 conv in Iceland and the rest in Fredrikshaven
Belgium - 2 Inf in Antwerp and Cav in Liege + rest in Buma

Thank-you

Sep/Oct '39
Impulse #7 (Axis)

Land: Germany, Japan
Combined: Italy
Naval:

Italy bomb the French transport in Nice.

France rolls 3, while Italy rolls 6, and that gives France 3 surprise points. And that equals to no effect of the port strike.


Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #7 (Axis) - Port Strike