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ORIGINAL: EarlyDoors

July 1946
Allies have liberated
- urumchi (china is back in the game)
- singapore
- DEI
- formosa & okinawa

manilla holding out
guam holding

russians beseiging irkutsk

Challenge ID 346287

ORIGINAL: BillRunacre

ORIGINAL: EarlyDoors

I can't find the changelog for ? v1.12 ?
Can you post the pacific locations that affect NM?

Here are the relevant ones:

The USA currently loses 25 National Morale points per turn if Hawaii including its ports are under Axis occupation. This will now increase to 125 points per turn that Honolulu is occupied by the Axis. It will increase to 250 points per turn from the 1st January 1943, and 350 points per turn from the 1st January 1944 (ElvisJJonesRambo ; firsteds; taffjones; pjg100).
• The USA will now lose 50 National Morale points per turn that Manila is occupied by the Axis. This will increase to 100 points per turn from the 1st January 1944.
• The USA will now lose 30 National Morale points per turn that American Samoa is occupied by the Axis.
• The USA will now lose 30 National Morale points per turn that Kukum is occupied by the Axis.
• The USA will now lose 30 National Morale points per turn that Fiji is occupied by the Axis.
• The USA will now lose 30 National Morale points per turn that Guam is occupied by the Axis.
• The UK, USA and India will now lose 50 National Morale points per turn that Batavia is occupied by the Axis.
• The UK, USA and India will now lose 50 National Morale points per turn that Sydney is occupied by the Axis.
• The UK, USA and India will now lose 50 National Morale points per turn that Wellington is occupied by the Axis.
• The UK and India will now lose 50 National Morale points per turn that Singapore is occupied by the Axis.
• The UK and USA will now lose 50 National Morale points per turn that Calcutta is occupied by the Axis, while India will lose 75.

The USA currently loses 25 National Morale points per turn if Hawaii including its ports are under Axis occupation. This will now increase to 125 points per turn that Honolulu is occupied by the Axis. It will increase to 250 points per turn from the 1st January 1943, and 350 points per turn from the 1st January 1944 (ElvisJJonesRambo ; firsteds; taffjones; pjg100).
• The USA will now lose 50 National Morale points per turn that Manila is occupied by the Axis. This will increase to 100 points per turn from the 1st January 1944.
• The USA will now lose 30 National Morale points per turn that American Samoa is occupied by the Axis.
• The USA will now lose 30 National Morale points per turn that Kukum is occupied by the Axis.
• The USA will now lose 30 National Morale points per turn that Fiji is occupied by the Axis.
• The USA will now lose 30 National Morale points per turn that Guam is occupied by the Axis.
• The UK, USA and India will now lose 50 National Morale points per turn that Batavia is occupied by the Axis.
• The UK, USA and India will now lose 50 National Morale points per turn that Sydney is occupied by the Axis.
• The UK, USA and India will now lose 50 National Morale points per turn that Wellington is occupied by the Axis.
• The UK and India will now lose 50 National Morale points per turn that Singapore is occupied by the Axis.
• The UK and USA will now lose 50 National Morale points per turn that Calcutta is occupied by the Axis, while India will lose 75.

ORIGINAL: BillRunacre

Thanks for this, I've had a look and run a test and you'll be glad to know that only casualties are reducing US National Morale at the moment.

ORIGINAL: ElvisJJonesRambo

Morale didn't turn around for the Yanks, because some accountant added up donations to the Red Cross. After the disaster of Battle of Kasserine Pass, things changed, because of one person. Morale improved, General Patton. Things changed, in 10 days with real leadership. All the German hype was over. No more sleeping farmers in Poland, Demark, Netherlands, France, etc. Patton should clearly be the highest ranked & influencing piece in the game. Repeat, things changed in 10-days. Same men, same equipment, same everything, that had just got their asses kicked. Patton is the real deal. All the Bunta worship can be tossed out the window. This is no different than comparing the bums the North had in early days of 1861 (McClellan , Burnside, Hooker), then came Grant from the West. Ulysses was a beast.

Wherever Patton is, morale should be spiked up, big-time. That's a fact, and undeniable. HQ pieces need modified. Too many bums given nearly same skillset. Patton is a 10. If Rommel was so smart, he wouldn't have been buying shoes on D-Day. If Manstein & the rest were so dam_n good, they would have packed a jacket, hung up the phone on the Corporal and not get erased at Stalingrad.

Patton was stripped of his command, before D-Day; AND HE STILL WAS A FACTOR. The Germans knew he was the man. Dude was a 10-rated General w/o even have an Army. Decoy.

Clearly, this dude should be a 10