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06. July/August 1940. Economic Reports.

USA BP output alone is greater than Germany's and Italy's combined and double that of Japan's.

06. July/August 1940. Trade for Sep/Oct 1940.

The Axis might have a major problem:

17. VICHY FRANCE
The Axis may be in a position to install a Vichy French government before France is conquered.
17.1. CREATION
An Axis major power can choose to install a Vichy Government if one of its in-supply land units occupies Paris in a peace step and France is not conquered (Clarification: And the U.S.A. and Germany are not at war).

As I see it, the US has a 50-50 chance of going to war with Ge/It next turn. If they do so, the Axis will never be able to declare Vichy. Of course, it is my experience that critical 50-50 chances work about one third of the time, at best. [:)]

If the US does not succeed in declaring war, it would be nice if you did a test game, where the US does manage to declare war, and the Germans capture Paris, just to see if the rule about no Vichy if the US and Germany are at war has been correctly implemented. I am not sure if anyone has ever tested this.

ORIGINAL: Courtenay

The Axis might have a major problem:

17. VICHY FRANCE
The Axis may be in a position to install a Vichy French government before France is conquered.
17.1. CREATION
An Axis major power can choose to install a Vichy Government if one of its in-supply land units occupies Paris in a peace step and France is not conquered (Clarification: And the U.S.A. and Germany are not at war).

As I see it, the US has a 50-50 chance of going to war with Ge/It next turn. If they do so, the Axis will never be able to declare Vichy. Of course, it is my experience that critical 50-50 chances work about one third of the time, at best. [:)]

If the US does not succeed in declaring war, it would be nice if you did a test game, where the US does manage to declare war, and the Germans capture Paris, just to see if the rule about no Vichy if the US and Germany are at war has been correctly implemented. I am not sure if anyone has ever tested this.

I'll see what happens ... by the way, I've attached my game turn so in case anyone else wishes to use it to experiment and sees what happens.

7. Sep/Oct 1940. France.

Germany rejected the offer to establish a Vichy government in France. France refused to surrender. How did it get to this point?

The axis won the initiative, choose to move first and got fine weather across the map. Paris was easily captured without loss and, at this point, Germany would have accepted a Vichy government provided the French ceased all military operations against them at that point. They didn't. In the allies next impulse the French army, with a with a good roll, destroyed a lone (vulnerable) Germany mech corps. To do so, France had to expose the bulk of their remaining army in Metropolitan France to German and Italian counterattack. The Germans and Italians did counterattack to great effect. So great, that all of Metropolitan France except Marseilles was captured, which would have and will lead to the surrender of France to Germany.

07. Sep/Oct 1940. Successful German Attack That Captured Paris.

07. Sep/Oct 1940. Remaining French Factory.

07. Sep/Oct 1940. Western Med.

The Italian Regia Marina make several attempts this turn to establish and maintain a naval presence in the Western Med for both supply to their forces in North Africa and to the convoy the Bechar resource in Algeria back to one of their factories in mainland Italy.

The Italians weren't successful and suffered a number of naval losses including the loss of the 3 CPs.

07. Sep/Oct 1940. Eastern Med, Libya and Egypt.

In Libya and Egypt the Italian army has the British 8th army on the run and possibly on the ropes. However, their ability to keep their army in supply hangs by a thread through the Eastern Med.

07. Sep/Oct 1940. Destroyed and Repair Pools.

The French paid dearly for their decision not to halt military operations against the Germans after Paris fell.

While the Italian RM lost only 1 heavy cruisers, they saw 4 more heavy cruisers, a battleship and a transport damaged in their naval battles against the RN and French Navy in the Western and Eastern Med.

07. Sep/Oct 1940. CP Losses.

07. Sep/Oct 1940. Nazi-Soviet Pact.

07. Sep/Oct 1940. USA Failed DOW on Japan.

Before turning to Asia and the Pacific, the USA tried and failed on a 60% chance to DOW Japan. This was tried on the first allied impulse. No other attempt by the USA to DOW Japan (or Germany) was made this turn.

07. USA Entry Options.

The USA choose options 23 & 29.

23. Freeze Japanese Assets.

29. USA North Atlantic Escorts.

07. Sep/Oct 1940. Land Combat. Soviet Attack on Seoul, Korea.

The Soviets pushed hard into Korea and came close to capturing Seoul.

07. Sep/Oct 1940. North China, Korea and China Sea.

The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) is in trouble in Northern China and Korea.

07. Sep/Oct 1940. Southern China.

The IJA in Southern China isn't in much better shape and occupies just a foothold that includes the strategic ports of Canton and Hong Kong.

07. Sep/Oct 1940. IJN. Indian Ocean to the East Coast of Africa.

07. Sep/Oct 1940. IJN. Pacific.

07. Sep/Oct 1940. Victory Totals.