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The Moscovian front:

The Ukrainian front:

The Caucasian front:

March/april 1942, Axis impulse number 2:

Japan and Italy take naval actions, Germany takes a land action.

Italy flies a NAV into the Red Sea.

An invasion force sails out of Singapore into the South China Sea. Another Japanese Task Force sails into the Bismarck Sea. Convoy escorst are also put in place.

The Italian Task Force sails out of Lisbon. They manage to slip by the Allied Fleet (roll: 7) and sail into the Western Med. Another Italian Task Force sails into the Red Sea. Italian SUB's arrive in the Cape Verde Bassin. They search for the enemy, after the British fly a Skua into the 0 box. The Provence detects the submarines and forces them to stay submerged (Allied 3, Axis 6 and the combat was avoided by the Allies).

An Italian March: Crivel, Inno marcia per i legionari dell'Africa orientale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1xcvPWR1-w

In the Red Sea, the Italian battleships are spotted on the radar of the Australian cruiser Shropshire. Of course, the faster ship avoids combat:

In the South China Sea, the Japanese don't want to fight. The Allies however, hope for a lucky shot and search. However, both sides fail to find the enemy.

The Japanese ground strike Yeremenko, while Germany does the same at Vitebsk and on the hex adjacent to Baku. The Soviet airforce intercepts. Italian and German fighters engage the Soviet pilots. The Italians abort after the Stuka is cleared through:

The flying artillery in action:

And again:

In Manchuria the results are average:

Germany rails Prince Paul to the outskirts of Leningrad, a Para goes to Kiev and a MECH is railed to Casablanca. German units move to attack positions.

German Swing: Willy Berking - Heiter und Beschwingt ! ft. Horst Winter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4cF16Q9ki4

The Soviet airforce decides not to intervene in the coming attacks, since the Luftwaffe has got a lot of fighters covering the attacked hexes.

Rommel orders the attack on Vitebsk, but decide to stay in his command post (no HQ support), the Soviets choose the Assault table:

Of course, the artillery is destroyed too, since it hasn't got a hex to retreat to. Another attack ordered by Rommel is on Smolensk:

Von Leeb orders a Blitzkrieg attack in the woods north of Kalinin:

At Dnepropetrovsk, von Rundstedt orders and leads the attack (HQ support used). The Luftwaffe provides ground support:

The Azerbaidzjan oil fields are attacked by the Germans. Koniev decides to throw in HQ support. The Italian airforce and the Luftwaffe throw in ground support.

Listen to: ...und wieder geht ein schöner Tag zu Ende... - Horst Winter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hICpf0RkOK8

This is the most risky attack on the German side. Guderian wants the Blitzkrieg table:

Air units are rebased. Guderian reorganises the Heinkel and the Me fighter. Here is the Karelian Front:

Rommel and von Leeb give the order: “nach Moskou”!

The Ukrainian Front:

The Caucasian Front:

And here is the weather for the next couple of impulses:

March/april 1942, Allied impulse number 3:

The Brazilian government decides it has got enough of the German diplomatic pressure on a lot of countries in the world. They decide to declare war on Germany and align themselves with the US.

So here is the national anthem of Brasil:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLvmsHlLmo0

The US takes a naval action, the USSR and the CW take land action. The French pass.

In Gibraltar, sirens are sounding again. Swordfish appear above the port, attacking the German fleet. Rolls are 1 for the Axis and three for the Allies, giving Germany 3 surprise points which is used to increase the effective anti air fire from the German fleet:

However, the second wave push forward the attack, damaging the Bismarck: