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CW and France declares war on Germany, roll 8. 1 chit removed from US entry pool.

Reserves are called.

CW naval
France naval
USSR combined
China land
USA combined

NAVAL
CW spreads ships to secure convoy lines.

France sends 6 cuirsers/light cruisers to Baltic Sea in hope to sink convoys. Germany has NAV waiting for pray... France brings 5-4 INF from Algeria to southern France.

USA
1 transport to The Marshalls sea area.

NAVAL COMBAT
France tries to fight in Baltic Sea.
Search rolls: Allied 3, Axis 8.

Result: 2 CP sunk 1 CP aborted. Perfect, just what I wanted!

Search rolls: Allied 9, Axis 10.

Strategic bombing went better than I ever could hope:

Rolls 6,10,10,10! Total of 5 PP lost.

An 8 and a 10 for search rolls. I thought German optics were best in the world. Guess the aircrews forgot to take the lens caps off! Looks like the RAF had a bit more than leaflets for its first missions.

Attack #1

Attack #2

Attack # 3

Attack #4

RAIL MOVES
China rails one INF to Kweiling (South).

LAND MOVE
Nationalist Chinese take 2 unoccupied cities and move their forces to south.

AIR REBASE
In China: Fighter to Nanchang.

HQ REORGANIZATION
France reorganizes bomber.

It never rains but it pours. The weather should cheer the Allies up.

Thank you Weather, my best friend!!!

S/O 1939 Axis 3

Germany declares war on Denmark. On another 10, the US aren't bothered.

Germany & Japan Land, Italy Combined.

No naval air.

The Italian supply unit moves from the Red Sea to Tobruk.

Northern China after Japanese land movement.

Denmark and Poland after land movement. The weather has bogged progress down.

The Germans declare just the one attack on Warsaw and throw engineers and Von Leeb into the scrap. The engineers perish and 4 units disorganised but the capital falls.

The Germans rebase a Ftr and 2 Lnd to the west.

The Japs rebase an OOS Ftr and Lnd to near Yamamoto.

The Ju-52 reorganises an Inf by Warsaw.

No HQ re-org.

SO 1939, Allied impulse 5.

No DOW. USSR demands Bessarabia, does Germany allow or deny that?

Dear Uncle Joe,

Thank you for your recent communication on the subject of Bessarabia. I have flipped a coi ... I mean given such an urgent and pressing matter my undecisive attention and wish to inform you I am disinclined to acquiesce to your request.

I trust this won't lead to any souring of the understanding we have between our great nations.

Your most obedient servant,

The Little Bavarian Corporal.

USSR declared war on Rumania. US entry roll 2. 2 chits removed, no chits left in Germany/Italy pool.

Hmmm, how do I take East Poland now?

Nationalist China and France land
CW and USSR combined
USA pass

CW brings 2 transporters and a cruiser to North Sea with MOT, MECH and INF div.

France still remembers last weeks success in strategic bombings and attacks to Breslau with high hopes. With roll 7 another PP is lost! If anyone else has started a game with better strat bomb result (5 attacks, 6 PP) please let me know...

USSR makes 1 ground strike to attack hex.
Rain droppes factor to 2, rolls are 9 and 4 so 4-3 INF is not flipped.

RAIL MOVES
France rails one INF from south to north.
USSR rails one INF from Siberia to west.

LAND MOVE
Nationalist Chinese occupy empty city of Kaifeng.

DEBARK
CW lands 3 units to defend Denmark. This has been done to me once, I know that it is annoying...

LAND COMBAT
1 attack, USSR tries to break trough Rumanian line.
HQ support and ground support are used.

USSR kills INF and enters Bessarabia.

AIR REBASE
Nationalist FTR rebased to Nanyang.
2 Polish planes are rebased to Lithuania and pilots will soon continue war as RAF pilots.
Spitfire is rebased to Scotland.

HQ REORGANIZATION
France reorganizes bomber again.