Storm Clouds Gathering (4-player game)

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Mar/Apr '42
Impulse #6 (Allied)

No contact in the Bay of Biscay (7-3).

Next search is in CSV. CW add one FTR2 to the 0-box.

Any Axis air added? SUBs?

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No support

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SUB?

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no subs

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Mar/Apr '42
Impulse #6 (Allied)

Axis finds in CSV (Allies 6, Axis 2). How to proceed?

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One box and avoid

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Mar/Apr '42
Impulse #6 (Allied)

That ends the Allied searches for now. Will Germany search in Faeroes Gap?

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No search

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Mar/Apr '42
Impulse #6 (Allied)

No strategic bombing. No ground strikes.

Rail movement:
USSR:
Yeremenko -> 47, 49

Land movement:

USSR:
7-6 ARM Vitebsk -> 46, 49

5-3 PARA Vlad -> 63, 160
3-3 INF 64, 160 -> 64, 159
4-3 Katyusha Blago -> 52, 156

CH Com
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INF 4-3 - SE

CH
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INF Div 2-3 - E,E,NE (5-4 mot)
INF Div 1-3 - SE
AT 3-2 - E
MOT Div 1-4 - W Changsha
CAV 3-4 -E
WAR 4-2 - SW
All in CAV Div 1-5 hex - SW
4-3 MIL - SW
3-2 INF - W
3-2 MIL - SE

Air rebase:

China:
FTR2 Chihkiang - NE Kweilin

CW:
FTR2 Cairo -> Southern Egypt
LND3 Cairo -> Aden
ATR3 SE Cairo ->Port Sudan

Reorganisation:
CW:
TRS -> CP Cape Town

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Lousy new weather. Winter returns to Europe.

Save sent.

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Combined actions for Japan and Germany, land for Italy.

Naval Air: Germany flies FW from Portugal to 2 box of CSV. Italy flies Erone from Portugal to 2 box of CSV.

Naval Moves: None for Japan.

Germany moves the task force in the 4 box of CSV to 2 box of CSV.

Germany will search CSV. Italy flies the Gabby from Portugal to 2 box of CSV. I don't think you would fly the Hambden in support at this time.

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Miss.

During land movement, the German mech corps overruns the Hurricane.

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Rail Moves: Germany rails a Stuka to Western France. Italy rails Balbo to Western France.
Land Moves:

Germany takes the Portugese resource and advances the infantry corps across the river there. Advances units in the Middle East next to British forces there. Italy moves units in Egypt to the East of that country. shuffles units around in France and advances units in Portugal to the front lines.

Germany rebases air units toward Western France. Bulgarian bomver goes to Cyprus. Japan rebases air units to Central Pacific and FIC.

Turn sent.

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CW sent out a warning that Japan were about to attack US, and CW, in the previous Axis impulse. This obviously did not happen, and I was in error. However, why I was wrong is still an open question among the Allies. Me theory is that it was the extremely bad weather that was the only reason that US was not declared war on by Japan.

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Picture from Mar/Apr '42 Impulse #12 (Allies) - DOW

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CW would very much like to reinforce Lisbon with a land unit from outside Portugal. The only two land units that can be practically sent to Lisbon at this point are located in Gibraltar. This because sending a unit (read TRS) through BoB with only one CL as a escort was considered to high a risk to take. However, leaving Gibraltar with only one defender is out of the question at this point as the invasion threat on Gibraltar is a operation that Axis can launch at short notice (weather allowing).

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Another question for the CW intelligence branch is whether Germany plan to attack USSR this summer, or not. Currently the intelligence community say that Germany has no such plan. The lack of any German aircraft on the Eastern Front is a strong indicator that Germany will stay passive against USSR.

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Pictures from Mar/Apr '42 Impulse #12 (Allies) - DOW

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The Suez canal is close to being opened for Axis shipping. Only one hex remain in Allied control, and that hex is in danger of being encircled. The supply situation in the Red Sea is also very weak. Remaining in the canal hex and allow Germany to blitz the hex from five directions does not realistically offer a way to delay the opening of the canal.

I wish that there was a possibility to sink a ship in the canal to block it.

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Nothing new in China, and little happening in Manchuria, or Siberia. So here is a picture of the Japanese build-up in Siam instead.

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Mar/Apr '42
Impulse #12 (Allied)

No declarations of war.

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

No Port Strikes. No Naval Air.

Naval movement:

USA:
SUB Midway -> The Marianas 3-box
CV + TRS San Diego -> Carribean

CW + FF:
CP -> SCS
3 CP Gambia -> Cent. Atl.
2 CV BoB -> Liverpool
Liner + BB + CA Cape Town -> Central Atl.

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CW search in the BoB. I'll include the SUB for you.

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