News From the Front - 4 player game

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The white winter continues.

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Picture from Nov/Dec '39 Impulse #5 (Axis) - DOW

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Nov/Dec 1939
Impulse: 5 (Axis)

Declarations of War and Alignments:
Germany

The Germans declare war on the Netherlands. The Us don't see this as any concern of theirs (a 5 is thrown).

Can the CW confirm set up of the Dutch please?

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I will return with the Dutch setup in a few minutes.

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Netherlands align with CW, and their setup is as follows.

INF -> Amsterdam
4 x SCS -> Rotterdam
SUB -> Rotterdam
6 x CP - Paramaribo
TRS -> Paramaribo
TERR -> Palembang
4 x CP -> Padang (Sumatra)

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Nov/Dec 1939
Impulse: 5 (Axis)

Japan: Land
Germany: Land
Italy Combined

Naval Air: None

Naval Movement: None

Strategic Bombing: None
Ground Strike: None

Rail Movement: None
Land Movement:
Japan

The Japanese occupy Tungkwan. The US are uninterested (a 10 is thrown). The army in the north moves in a general westerly direction with three corps being posted to the south to protect the flanks.

Germany

German forces converge on Amsterdam

Land Combat:
Germany

Just one attack declared - that on Amsterdam. No aircraft are called in - it is automatic.

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Nov/Dec 1939
Impulse: 5 (Axis)

Air Rebase:
Germany

A Bf-109-E2 flies to Holland
A Ju-52 flies to Dusseldorf
A Stuka flies to Aachen

Japan

A Ki-51 flies to northeast of Nanyang

Reorganisation: None

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Nov/Dec 1939
Impulse: 7 (Allies)

No declarations of war.

Land: China
Combined: USA, USSR, France, CW
Naval:

No port strikes. No naval air.

Naval Movement:

France:
TRS + 2 x CA + INF (Beirut) -> Cape St Vincent 0-box

CW:
CP (Aden) -> East Med
CP (Plymouth) -> West Med

USA:
BB (Norfolk) -> Mexican Coast
2 x BB (San Diego) -> Norfolk

The French cruiser in the Baltic Sea hunt for German merchant shipping.

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No contact in the Baltic Sea. (Allies 9, Axis 5)

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Nov/Dec 1939
Impulse: 7 (Allies)

No strategic bombing. No Ground Strikes.

Rail Movement:

CW:
MIL (Rangoon) -> Mandalay


Over to China for the second part of the Allied impulse.

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USSR

Rail Movement

INF DIV Odessa -> Leningrad

Land Movement

France

4-3 -> Saone hex
1-4 -> Reims hex
1-5 -> Lille

USSR

HQA Zhukov mowes west

China see Images

Debark:
CW
INF -> Rotterdam
MIL -> Rotterdam
INF (Ind) -> Suez

Air Rebase:

CW:
LND3 (London) -> Harvich
LND3 (49,27) -> London

France

FTR2 Paris -> NE Paris

China
FTR2 -> Ichang


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EOT roll -> 2. A One was needed.

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Weather 1939 Nov/Dec Axis #9

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1939 Nov/Dec Axis #9

Westfront

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1939 Nov/Dec Axis #9

North China

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1939 Nov/Dec Axis #9

South China

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1939 Nov/Dec Axis #9

Alps

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1939 Nov/Dec Axis #9

USSR/Finland

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Nov/Dec 1939
Impulse: 9 (Axis)

Declarations of War and Alignments:
Germany

The Germans declare war on Belgium. Where do the Belgians set up?

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Belgium aligns to CW

Setup:
CAV -> Liege
2 x INF -> 51,30
Terr + 2 x CP -> Boma, Belgian Congo


Picture from Nov/Dec '39 Impulse #9 (Axis) - DOW

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Nov/Dec 1939
Impulse: 9 (Axis)

The US acts with anger to the German move (a 5 is thrown)

Japan: Land
Germany: Land
Italy: combined

Port Attack: None
Naval Air: None

Naval Movement: None

Strategic Bombardment: None
Ground Strike: None

Rail Movement:
Germany

A MIL heads from Bremen to Stettin
An INF heads from Copenhagen to Stettin

Japan

A MIL heads from Mukden to Kirin

Land Movement:
Japan

The rain puts paid to any meaningful move from the Japanese - although a couple of division press forward into the mountains north of Taiyuan.

Germany

The Germans make some detail changes to the defences in Poland and send an infantry corps to Danzig.

In the west the Germans enter Belgium, although there is nothing they can do about the capital.

Land Combat:
Germany

One attack announced against Liege. This is automatic. So no HQ support or aircraft.

Air Rebase:
Germany

A couple of fighters rebase into Belgium
A stuka does the same

Reorganisation: None