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The USSR is down to only 35 units, the Germans have 99 units.

The USSR has lost 24046 MMPs, around 1000 MPPs per turn…

If 1942 was a hard year for the USSR... 1943 will be even more! Will Stalin survive one more summer?

I want to comment this moment, which in my opinion could totally change the game but did not. Taifun disembarked 3 land units north Europe (2 killed in 2 turns 1 forced to go out with total Axis loss of 0.4 panzer strength) 3 units Greece-Istanbul (all killed with minimal Axis loses) and I don’t know how much but guess at least 10 units in Egypt-Syria. So he had at least 15 or probably more land units with a lot of aviation and tons of Carriers. I was extremely afraid that he will invade Italy and force it to quit the war. I had 2 anti-air, 3 corps, armored train, HQ and 2 garrisons Italian troops in Italy. If Taifun went all in to Italy with 15 land units including tanks with a lot of bombers amphibious strikes he could easily kill Italy even if I send german panzers there. Just take Rome that’s it.
BUT he made few different invasions in many places which was easy to block, went Middle East which made no real problem to me at the moment of invasion. So he lost his chance to make sensitive strike when he could do it. I did not expect he will go Egypt and Middle east, but this place was less sensitive than any other.
My move with Japan. Actually all Japan fleet was going in Mediterranean to protect Italy. I was just 1-2 turns late with allies taking Suez. My amphibious transports were waiting additional troops to invade India. I decided to send them suiciding in Egypt just to win time for Germans in Turkey. My general strategy is straightforward – all in to kill Russia, so couple of turns for Germans were worth 4 Japan units.

January 15 - January 29 1943
Hamburg is lost. Indian troops enter Burma and capture Lashio coming from Wanting in China.
German troops bypassing Stalingrad continue their advance towards Saratov. The final assault on Moscow is about to begin.

Allied troops continue to expand their advance through the Middle East. The Japanese SNLF retire towards Sudan. The US marines holding Istanbul are sending worrying reports…

February 12 - February 26 1943
Konigsberg is evacuted as 2 panzerkorps attack the Hanseatic city. More Japanese troops enter Burma towards Mandalay.
The assault on Moscow begins, nothing can stop the 3 Tiger units. Stalingrad is isolated from the rest of the country. The Luftwaffe bombers are concentrated in this area. Soviet engineers are working in new fortified positions around Kubishev.

The Canadian tanks captured Erzurum, cutting Turkey in two. A Japanese Army suddenly appeared at Baghdad. More Italian troops arrived to Iraq from the Italian African colonies with an Italian General. A soviet infantry corps defends Baku, our last position in southern USSR. The US marines holding Istanbul are sending very worrying reports…

March 12 - March 26 1943
Moscow is evacuated. The few remaining troops retreat north and east. The USSR has 38 land units vs 110 Germans, the country is exhausted. Japanese forces approach Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk in Siberia. Singapore is assaulted by 2 SNLF from Japan.

The Germans are pouring many troops into Turkey including at least 2 panzerkorps, 2 infantry corps and a General from Europe and 2 Armies, some infantry with paras and artillery from the Caucasus. The Canadians retreated from Erzurum as soon as they saw the first panzers. Heavy combat around Baghdad. The US marines holding Istanbul are sending very very worrying reports…

April 9 - April 23 1943
The Germans enter triumphal in Moscow. They capture Novgorod near the Lake Ilmen.

US paratroopers jump for the first time in the war, capturing Van and isolating 2 enemy HQs. German troops recapture Erzurum. Indian tanks coming from India approach Basra in the Persian Gulf. No more reports from the US marines holding Istanbul…

May 7 - May 21 1943
The USA launched an offensive in the Pacific capturing the 2 Marianas islands and Palau.

The enemy has now 4 HQs including 2 German HQs in the area. But our strategic bombers are keeping the whole area in low supply, interdicting the main railway connections. Indian tanks recaptured Basra in the Persian Gulf.

The situation in the USSR is desperate. Gorky, Yaroslav and Saratov fell. Stalin tried to create a new front behind the Volga. Irkutsk, after holding for many months was captured.

June 4 - June 18 1943
US troops continued their offensive operations capturing an atoll in the Marshall Islands.
Indian troops are dealing heavy blows to the Japanese in Burma. The invaders lost 2 Armies, 1 SNLF and 2 corps in the area against minimal losses.
For the first time Japanese fighters operating from China are opposing our Air Forces.

The Axis are suffering some important losses: General von Rundstedt HQ was destroyed along a with panzerkorps, 2 Armies and 3 infantry corps. Baghdad was captured. Additional reinforcements arrived as 3 US tanks were disembarked in Egypt and Palestine.

June 22 - July 16 1943
German and Japanese troops meet south of Magnitogorsk! In one of our last counterattacks General Rommel HQ was destroyed southeast Kuybyshev.

Special troops from India landed near Bangkok, behind the Japanese troops holding Rangoon. Unknown to Allied leaders in the area, the Japanese have positioned strong Air Forces around Rangoon.

In Turkey the Axis are taking heavy loses. Kesselring HQ was heavily damaged (strenght 4), and they lost the Italian General Gariboldi HQ, a second panzerkorps, and another Army. US paratroopers captured Adana isolating the troublesome Italian armored train. The Germans are pouring troops into Iran…

July 30 - August 13 1943
US troops land in Italy and capture Turin, Genoa and Bologna. General Kesselring HQ is destroyed in Turkey. US paras captured Dusseldorf.

Kuybishev was captured by the Germans that now approach our last Capital Perm. The USSR has 31 units vs 106 German.