A Competitive GW (Solo) Scenario by the Numbers.

[rkr1958]

Turn 17. May/June 1942. Axis #8. Eastern Front.

Land Combat #4 (of 8). Minsk, USSR.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 17. May/June 1942. Axis #8. Eastern Front.

Land Combat #5 (of 8). Cernauti, USSR.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 17. May/June 1942. Axis #8. Eastern Front.

Land Combat #6 (of 8). Ukraine 53,54.

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Land Combat #7 (of 8). Ukraine 55,54.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 17. May/June 1942. Axis #8. Eastern Front.

Land Combat #8 (of 8). Ukraine 56,56.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 17. May/June 1942. Axis #8. Arctic & Eastern Fronts.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 17. May/June 1942. Axis #8. Germany Anti-Partisan.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 17. May/June 1942. Allied #9. Weather.

End of Turn Check (Axis #8) & Weather.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 17. May/June 1942. Allied #9. Impulse Planning.

Western Allies
Actions: USA –Combine, CW –Land, France –Land

Atlantic
1. P-38 FTR-2. Naval Air. Cape Farewell, Greenland -> Denmark Strait [0].
2. RTB @ EOT to Torshavn, Faeroes Islands.

Pacific
3. South China Sea – Search for & destroy IJN CPs (primary), CA Mogami (secondary), inflict equal or higher air/sea losses (secondary).
4. 2 of 4 LMs -> USMC V corps, 2nd div -> Telok Betong.
5. Malaya – AUS Terr-> Mtn, SW1-Kota Bharu.

Med
6. Alexander – Do NOT repeat Gen Wavell’s mistake (Asmara, Eritrea) that cost the CW 10 months & 1 failed assault by “waiting for better odds”.
7. Alexander will assault and take Olbia, Sardinia; instead of waiting & risking the very chance of significant Italian reinforcements (i.e., Garr & inf div w/V inf).
8. This would increase Italian DF from 5x2 = 10 to 12x2 = 24 and significantly increase the expected cost and time to take the last Italian port/city in Sardina & Corsica.
9. Odds are +6.2A w/80.2% PWIN; Gen Alexander hopes that luck is with the bold.
10. US 2 of 4 LMs – 3rd inf div, CBs Eng -> Corsica & closing on isolated & flipped LBA Terr.
11. Assault to take Tunis, Tunisia was evaluated (11.929A & 84.6% PWIN estimated); but will be deferred until significant US forces & reorganized tactical air available (next turn).
12. This deferral is consistent with General Montgomery’s planning & cautious nature and is assessed to carry little risk of or from potential reinforcement.

Active WAR.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 17. May/June 1942. Allied #9. Impulse Planning.

Western Allies.
Wavell's Strategic Error (Waiting for Better Odds).

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Med - Attack Planning.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 17. May/June 1942. Allied #9. Impulse Planning.

Atlantic. USAAF P-38 Rebase Strategy Analysis.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 17. May/June 1942. Allied #9. Impulse Planning.

USSR – Land.

Eastern Fronts
1. Baltic States Front – Hold Pskov; rear guard Riga, block entrance into Estonia.
2. Belorussian Front - Rail Vitebsk blue factory east; optimize FLOT Pskov through woods in front of Vitebsk & Mogilev.
3. Ukrainian Front – Hold Kiev (3-stack), Dnepropetrovsk; rear guards Krivoy Rog & Nilolayev; establish main FLOT along Dnieper (west & east as optimal).

Asian Front
4. Gather troops at rail heads in Manchuria; awaiting rail west (to Eastern Front), which takes second priority to railing factories east from Eastern Front.

Active WAR.

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CCP – Land.
1. Optimize Yenan to SE1-Sian (continuous) FLOT.
2. Minimize risk to Mao.

NAT – Land.
1. Nationalist forces are all destroyed with no units in production.

Active WAR (CCP & NAT).

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[Orm]

Turn 17. May/June 1942. Allied #9. Impulse Planning.

Atlantic. USAAF P-38 Rebase Strategy Analysis.
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Then alternative one to get the P-38 to Torshavn is 3 air moves, and alternative two is one air move + oil cost. Not sure that alternative two is better unless an oil situation analysis is made at at least a basic level.

[rkr1958]

Turn 17. May/June 1942. Allied #9. Impulse Planning.

Atlantic. USAAF P-38 Rebase Strategy Analysis.
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Then alternative one to get the P-38 to Torshavn is 3 air moves, and alternative two is one air move + oil cost. Not sure that alternative two is better unless an oil situation analysis is made at at least a basic level.

Good point. For the US, I generally don't factor in oil use into my decisions. Maybe I should?

[Orm]

I am told that it is common for US, and the Western Allies to suffer a late war oil shortage. No idea if this is the case.

Personally, I do not have enough late war experience. In my current late war game as Axis, the Allied side has huge amounts of oil reserves. But that may reflect more on the poor Axis performance.

[rkr1958]

I am told that it is common for US, and the Western Allies to suffer a late war oil shortage. No idea if this is the case.

Personally, I do not have enough late war experience. In my current late war game as Axis, the Allied side has huge amounts of oil reserves. But that may reflect more on the poor Axis performance.

Personal MWIF Experience.
(1) Started 34 games - 21 solo (62%) & 13 multi-player (38%).
(2) Completed 8 of 33 (1 still on-going) or 24%.
(3) 2 of those 8 completed were played to Turn 43, Nov/Dec 1946.
(4) All of the 8 completed games were solo.
(5) 6 of the 8 were allied (or allied MPs) victory & 2 were axis.
(6) 23 of 34 (68%) documented with AAR.

Have I experienced any late oil issues with the allies?
(1) With the Soviets, I don't believe so; i.e., never been an issue I can recall.
(2) With the Western Allies? Well, yes; but not really when yes.
(3) What I mean by that is that the Western Allies have always had enough oil for full reorg (or oiling) of all their units.
(4) In late war situations this has resulted at times will less than full production; primarily for the US.
(5) Was this an issue? No it wasn't.
(6) For example, on one late game turn when the US didn't have enough oil left over for full production the impact was that the US could only build 4 O-chits, in additional to their other builds, instead of 5.
(7) To summarize, my experience is that when this starts happening (possibly May/June 1944 and later); the US is making what builds and repairs they need and building multiple O-chits.
(8) The impact is that they may build 1 less O-chit then they could otherwise build.

My MWIF Gaming List.

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My "Completed" MWIF Gaming List.

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AAR Links.
Talisman Sabre
A Competitive GW (Solo) Scenario by the Numbers
The Aussie (axis) vs The Yank (allied).
Operation Global War.
Counterfactual History of WW2 Using MWIF (Solo GW)
GW Counterfactual Take 3.
Global War. Angeldust (Axis) vs Ronnie (Allied).
6-Player Friendly PBEM Global War
PBEM Global War: Narrative AAR.
By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR
GLOBAL WAR COUNTER-FACTUAL (W1/Wilhelm vs rkr1958/jp)
Reporting from the Front. A Narrative AAR.
xis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99.
Witness to World War 2.
An Attempt to use MWiF to Simulated WW2 Reasonably Historically
The Rematch. GW AAR #2. Ronnie vs Pat.
IN-COW Leaked Report on WW II.
Pat vs Ronnie GW AAR
Global War AAR in Pictures
Global War: Japanese Aggression
Winston's Soft Underbelly -- A Dream Realized?
My Historical Global War AAR #3.
My Historical Global War AAR

[rkr1958]

Turn 17. May/June 1942. Allied #9. Atlantic Theater.

Combat Logs.

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Denmark Strait.

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Central Atlantic.

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Bay of Biscay.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 17. May/June 1942. Allied #9. Asian Theater.

Soviet Asia.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 17. May/June 1942. Allied #9. Asian Theater.

China.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 17. May/June 1942. Allied #9. Pacific Theater.

Coral Sea.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 17. May/June 1942. Allied #9. Pacific Theater.

South China Sea. Round 1 (1/2).

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