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Nov/Dec '39
Impulse #15 (Axis)

No declarations of war.

Land: Germany, Japan, Italy

No Port Strikes. No Naval Air.

Strategic Bombing:

Italy:
LND3 -> Marseilles

Germany:
LND3 (ext range) -> Lyons
LND2 -> Metz

France may intercept the raid on Metz. Axis has two FTR2 to counter with.

Will France intercept?

Yes intercept. Land whence

Axis send up both fighters.

No losses in the air combat, but the Axis bomber reach the target.

No hits.

Nov/Dec '39
Impulse #15 (Axis)

No ground strikes. No rail movement.

Land Movement:

Italy:
The supply cross the border and enter Libya.

Germany:
Some straglers reach the west front.

Japan:
Minor movement in north China. CAV Div opens up oil supply route to a couple of units.
In central, and south China most organized units push forward.

Air Rebase:
Japan:
LND2 Taiyuan -> 73,139

No reorganization.

Turn ends on a 2 (1-8 to end).

Over to Allies for partisan, and other end of turn stuff.

Germany place one marker in each pool.

Losses for the turn.

Axis end of turn:
With reservations for partisans, US Entry, and errors.

Preliminary planning:
Germany - 22 production points - 15 BPs. 4 oil saved. 2 Berlin, Bratislava, Prague
Italy - 5 production points - 4 BPs. Save 2 oil in Milan
Japan - 14 production points - 10 BPs. 3 oil saved in Japan. Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima.

SAS:
Following stays at sea;

Germany:
Baltic Sea: 4 CP

Italy:
Italian Coast: 1 CP

Japan:
All CPs, all SCS, all CVs

RTB :

Germany:
FTR2 -> La Spezia
2 SUB + 2 CA + TRS + AMPH -> Kiel

Italy:
3 SUB -> La Spezia
NAV2 - 73,37 on W Sicily

Japan:
TRS -> Fukuoka

Use Oil:

Germany:
All units are reorganized for 2 oil (2,35). Use oil in Berlin,

Italy:
Reorganize all, except 4 CA (reorganize Zara), for 1 oil (1,0).

Japan:
All units, except 1 TRS in Canton, are reorganized for 1 oil (1,4).

Axis end of turn continued:

Breakdown:
Italy:
INF Genoa -> INF Div + MOT Div

Production planning:
Germany - 22 production points - 15 BPs. 4 oil saved.
Italy - 5 production points - 4 BPs. 2 oil saved.
Japan - 14 production points - 10 BPs. 3 oil saved in Japan.

Scrap: -

Production:

Germany (15):
FTR3
LND2
Pilot
Synth Oil
Save 1 BP in Berlin

Italy (4):
FTR2
Pilot

Japan (10):
2 INF
2 TERR

Conquest:
Tunisia, and British Somaliland, is conquered by Italy.

Factory destruction:
Japan destroys factory in Shanghai, and Changsha.

Scrap:
Germany scraps 4 LND3
Japan scraps 1 LND3

Reinforcements:

Germany:
-

Italy:
Remove FTR2 in Genoa

Japan:
-

Voluntary Resource Lending:
Increased; Germany -> Italy: 3 resources, (1 oil).

Axis goes first if we win the initiative. No re-roll.

EoT addendum

Japanese reinforcements: Terr to respective captails

Could have really done without the Axis 15 impulse with favourable weather, changes everything.

Nov/Dec '39 - EOT
Expedited version
DEI partisan placed on an island but I can edit to another desired location. Given they convert to Allied partisans on Japan DOW the DEI partisans are problematic.

USE chit for Japan. Resources to China selected and tension marker moved. No roll required, both 3 chits.

Axis win initiative 10 to 7 and get consecutive flip flop turns moving first with weather roll a 1.

Over to Axis.

Majorball68 wrote: Sun Apr 26, 2026 12:42 am
DEI partisan placed on an island but I can edit to another desired location. Given they convert to Allied partisans on Japan DOW the DEI partisans are problematic.

Yes, they are indeed problematic. But I prefer to use partisans actively, and so does our Italian player so could you, please, edit the partisan to Balikpapan? Perhaps '"throw away" one oil for CW during next end of turn to compensate for the oil the partisan would have blocked?

Perhaps the edit is enough if it is done during the next Allied impulse? Or do you prefer now and post us a new save?

Note 1: The partisans are transfered after Japanese conquest of DEI.

Note 2: We have an house rule about partisans to encourage active use of partisans. I suppose we got tired to see partisans in remote deserts, and on remote islands.

Orm wrote: Sun Apr 26, 2026 5:47 am

Majorball68 wrote: Sun Apr 26, 2026 12:42 am
DEI partisan placed on an island but I can edit to another desired location. Given they convert to Allied partisans on Japan DOW the DEI partisans are problematic.

Yes, they are indeed problematic. But I prefer to use partisans actively, and so does our Italian player so could you, please, edit the partisan to Balikpapan? Perhaps '"throw away" one oil for CW during next end of turn to compensate for the oil the partisan would have blocked?

Perhaps the edit is enough if it is done during the next Allied impulse? Or do you prefer now and post us a new save?

Note 1: The partisans are transfered after Japanese conquest of DEI.

Note 2: We have an house rule about partisans to encourage active use of partisans. I suppose we got tired to see partisans in remote deserts, and on remote islands.

That's new for me because I wasn't aware that a Palembang oil would be used for the Japanese trade. Keep the save you got and I will fix when the turn comes back to me and I'll reduce 1 off the CW saved oil in Canada to reflect the reduced oil for reorg last turn.

Majorball68 wrote: Sun Apr 26, 2026 5:51 am

Orm wrote: Sun Apr 26, 2026 5:47 am

Majorball68 wrote: Sun Apr 26, 2026 12:42 am
DEI partisan placed on an island but I can edit to another desired location. Given they convert to Allied partisans on Japan DOW the DEI partisans are problematic.

Yes, they are indeed problematic. But I prefer to use partisans actively, and so does our Italian player so could you, please, edit the partisan to Balikpapan? Perhaps '"throw away" one oil for CW during next end of turn to compensate for the oil the partisan would have blocked?

Perhaps the edit is enough if it is done during the next Allied impulse? Or do you prefer now and post us a new save?

Note 1: The partisans are transfered after Japanese conquest of DEI.

Note 2: We have an house rule about partisans to encourage active use of partisans. I suppose we got tired to see partisans in remote deserts, and on remote islands.

That's new for me because I wasn't aware that a Palembang oil would be used for the Japanese trade. Keep the save you got and I will fix when the turn comes back to me and I'll reduce 1 off the CW saved oil in Canada to reflect the reduced oil for reorg last turn.

I am sure I am missing something. What has the DEI-Japanese trade to do with this? Japanese trade shouldn't be affected unless three or more oil is blocked in DEI as I understand it.

Fun thing about the DEI partisan. It will change controlling MP at least 2 times if it survives. Thus controlled by three different MPs.

Italy -> Japan -> CW