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Turn 5. May/June 1940. East Africa. Red Sea Squadron at Peace.

Axis #1.
1. Italy neutral and continues to build up their Red Sea Squadron (2 CAs & 1 CP).
2. Italy assures Great Britain that the presence of their Squadron is peaceful and is their only to ensure the sovereignty of their East Africa conquests.

Turn 5. May/June 1940. East Africa. Red Sea Squadron at War.

Axis #5.
1. Italy enters the war.
2. Italy's Red Sea Squadron surprise British & French merchantmen in the Red Sea and manage to sink 1,000,000 tons before the allies knew what hit them.

Turn 5. May/June 1940. East Africa. Red Sea. Combat Logs.


Axis #9.
1. Italy invades the Sudan.

Allied #10.
1. Churchill orders an RN carrier force into the Red Sea to hunt down and destroy the Italian Red Sea squadron.
2. The RN force is successful. 1 of 2 Italian CAs are damaged and the second is force to seek refuge in an East African port with no hope of supply or oil.

Axis #11.
1. Italian captures Khartoum and conquers the Sudan.
2. Italian forces also capture Dijibouti and conquer French Somaliland.

End of Turn.
1. Mussolini Expands Italy's East Africa Empire.
2. Sudan and French Somaliland Surrender to Italy.

Turn 5. May/June 1940. Battle of the Atlantic. Combat Logs.

Quite ... which is the way the Brits prefer it.

Turn 5. May/June 1940. Med. North Africa. Combat Logs.

Turn 5. May/June 1940. Med. North Africa.

Axis #5.
1. Italy enters the war and surprises allied navies in the Western Med. An RN heavy cruiser is damaged and 1.4 million tons of shipping is driven off.

Allied #7.
1. Major naval battle in the West Med. Both sides claim victory. More CW shipping sunk.

Axis #9.
1. Italians invade Tunisia.
2. Port of Gabes, Tunisia falls. Port of Sousse and Tunis threatened.

Allied #10.
1. The Second Naval Battle of the West Med takes place and sees a major Italian victory over the RN.
2. CW supply transport group damaged.
3. Supply through the West Med to British forces in Egypt broken.
4. Churchill's collation government teetering on the brink.
5. Brits do manage to get a garrison into Tunis and save it from Italian capture.

Turn 5. May/June 1940. China. Combat Logs.

Turn 5. May/June 1940. China.

Axis #1.
1. IJA Army Group in northern China and threatens to turn Mao's southern flank.

Axis #5.
1. IJA forces captures Changha and critical raw materials (Antimony mine).
2. Chaing's demoralized 6th army is destroyed.

Turn 5. May/June 1940. Destroyed/Repair.

Turn 5. May/June 1940. US Entry.

1. The US anti-isolation forces are able to make some headway.
2. The US congress agree to ship war resources to China and provide oil to Great Britain (opts 9 & 15).

Turn 5. May/June 1940. Economics.

Turn 5. May/June 1940. Production Spiral. Axis.

Turn 5. May/June 1940. Production Spiral. Allied.

Turn 5. May/June 1940. Global Map. Control.

Turn 5. May/June 1940. Global Map. Units.

Turn 5. May/June 1940. Global Map. Active Axis.

Turn 5. May/June 1940. Global Map. Active Allied.

Turn 5. May/June 1940. Victory Totals.

Turn 6. July/Aug 1940. Trade, Weather, Actions & Events.

Resource Lending.
1. With the BEF devastated, French army in disarray, France on the verge of collapse and Paris about to fall to the Nazi's, Great Britain suspends all aid to France.
2. Great Britain announces that the 1 Oil and 4 non-oil given as aid to France will now instead be used for Great Britain's War Effort.
3. Fleeing French Government is Enraged By this Apparent Abandonment of France by Great Britain.
4. PM Churchill Assumes the French people that once the allied armies and airforces stop and turn back the Nazi's aid will be resumed.
5. German aid to Italy determined by D10 roll. 1-5=3 non-oil, 6-8=4 non-oil & 9-10=5 non-oil.
6. D10= 4, Germany starts giving 3 non-oil to Italy.

Initiative.
1. No advantage either side. Allies win ties.
2. Both sides "desperately" wish to move first.
3. Axis win first roll 9 to 3.
4. Allies request a re-roll, which gives the axis +1. Allies still win ties.
5. Axis win second roll 9+1=10 to 3, and elect to move first.
6. Jul/Aug is almost always a long turn with fine weather in the north temperate. Exactly what the Germans and Italians are looking to exploit in order to deal a final fatal blow to France and the BEF.
7. The Western Allies start granting 2 RPs to China, 1 oil from Great Britain and 1 non-oil from France.

Turn 6. July/Aug 1940. Western Front. Combat Logs.

On the Western Front this turn both sides logged a total of 33 combats: 2 naval, 18 air and 13 land.