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Orm wrote: Sat Sep 14, 2024 8:15 pm

Germany Invades Poland.
UK and French Governments Issue Ultimatum, "Pull all German Forces Out in 48 hours or It's War."

An ultimatum has been issued. What will the response be? Will peace hold out? Or will the world be plunged into yet another great war? Will USA stay neutral this time around? Will Sweden? And whatabout Spain? Ohh... And USSR... they support Germany in this conflict. This can be a bloody close run thing if it goes to war. Lets all pray that the sane minds prevails, and that peace will return to Europe.

Seems like only yesterday when PM Chamberlain boldly declared (predicted), "Peace in Our Time". The PM still holds out hope that sanity with triumph over madness and that Heir Hitler will stop this insanity and pull all German forces out of Poland.

JP & IT Combined
GER Land

IT sends a Cruiser squadron to patrol East Med
JP moves TRS Loaded with Yamamoto & CA loaded with ENG from Fukuoka to Canton

No Strat Bomb

JP no Ground Strikes

In Poland, having received intelligence that the Polish Airforce was about to surprise attack the Luftwaffer, Hitler orders preemptive stikes on Airfields and Command Centres ... to devestating effect.

No Rail Moves

In China JP moves forward in the South

No Land Attacks in China

Not beleiving Chamberlain's words for 1 minute Hitler orders the Wehrmacht forward before the Poles can attack

GER declares 3 Land Attacks with Fighter Bomber supporting the attack on Katowice

The Frontier is cleared with no early stumbles ....

Air Rebases

JP NAV3 from Hainan to Soochow

GER FTR2 51, 42 to 51, 43

Reorgs

JP, IT none
GER Reorgs 2 LND3 using 1 Air & 3 HQ points

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #3.

Commonwealth & France declared war on Germany.

This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government a final Note stating that, unless we heard from them by 11 o'clock that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us. I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received, and that consequently this country is at war with Germany.

US Entry Action: CW & France declares war on Germany.
1 US Entry chit removed (die roll = 7).
Prior to Chit loss: Ge/It Entry (4 chits)=9, Tension(0)=0 Jp Entry(0)=3, Tension(0)=0.
Ge/It Entry Chit Pull (loss). Range 0-3, D(0-3)=0, 1 value chit removed.
Ge/It Entry (3)=8, Tension(0)=0 Jp Entry(0)=3, Tension(0)=0.
I know, the allies should practice better OPSEC, but who’s really listening anyway!

Call out the reserves (Germany)? Yes.
GER Reserves to be placed - Named cities, then 5-1 GAR Karlsruhe, 5-4 INF & 4-1 GAR Saarbrucken, 6-3 INF & 8-6 MECH Essen, 9-4 INF & 8-4 MOT Dusseldorf.

Call out the reserves (Commonwealth)? Yes.
MIL -> London, Manchester, Sydney, Delhi. II Inf (7-3 WP) -> Bristol. XLV Garr(4-1) -> Hull.

Call out the reserves (France)? Yes.
MIL -> Lyons, Paris. 4-1 Garr -> Nice. 5-1 Garr- > Strasbourg. 4-3 inf -> Metz. 5-3 inf -> Lille.

Actions.
Naval – France, CW.
Land – China.
Combine – USSR, USA.

Port Attack – none.

Naval Air – none.

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #2.

Naval Moves (Summary).
US – (1) 2 CPs. Christmas Islands RTB Honolulu. (2) TRS w/Nimitz. San Diego – Hawaiian Islands [0]. (3) TRS w/AA & AT div. San Diego – Hawaiian Islands [0].

CW & France – (1) FR TRS w/3-3 inf. Syria -> Tunis, Tunisia. (2) RN TRS w/RSA Terr -> Red Sea[0]. (3) RN TRS w/KEN Terr -> Arabian Sea[0]. (4) Queens w/AUS Terr -> Red Sea[0].

(4) RN TRS w/Gort. Plymouth -> Calais, France.
(5) POL CA DD Sq & FR Sub Gp x 2 -> Baltic Sea[4].
(6) RN CA Hawkins w/UK 2nd inf div. Liverpool -> Malta.
(7) FR CA w/1st inf div. Marseilles -> Ajaccio, Corsica.

(8) North Sea – Combine RN & FR Carrier Task Force -> [4]. RN & FR Surface Task Force -> [3].
(9) Faeroes Gap – POL & 2 RN CP, BB, CA -> [0]. 2 RN CA -> [4].
(10) CSV – FR CA ->[4]

(11) West Med – Combine RN & FR CV TF -> [4]
(12) Italian Coast – RN Carrier TF -> [2]. FR CA -> [4].
(13) East Med – Combine RN & FR CV TF -> [2]. FR CA -> [4]
(14) Red Sea – 2 RN CA -> [4]. 2 RN TRS w/Cargo -> [0].
(15) Arabian Sea -> FR CA -> [4]. Queens w/KEN Terr -> [0].
RN (Reserve). In Port.

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #2. Naval Combat.

Baltic Sea.
(1) My first of many tactical errors to come this game.
(2) POL CA takes the surprise away so Germany may react their Naval Air to the Baltic.
(3) French Sub Gp[2] flips to search.
(4) Will Germany react their He 115c?

No reaction thankyou

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #2. Naval Combat.

Baltic (Concluded).
(1) French commit subs.
(2) Only the search by the Allied side in Baltic Sea was successful. Axis rolled 3; Allied rolled 1.
(3) Submarine combat, 6 surprise points (allied), used to increase KM CP loss from D,3A (1 sunk, 3 aborted) to X,D,3A (3 sunk, 1 aborted of 4 CPs present)
(4) 3 CPs sunk, 1 aborted. Abort to Stettin.
(5) Lesson learned. Poland at war with Germany removes CW/French surprise! Rookie Mistake on my part.
(6) The Polish Navy claims a great victory in the Baltic over the KM.
(7) While Western Newspapers gladly print the story of the "heroic" Polish navy, historians years for now will write the true history that it was French subs that inflicted the losses.
(8) And that the Polish navy almost snatched defeat from victory by getting in the way!

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #2.

Strategic bombing - none.

Ground Strikes.
(1) Surprise RAF XR (extended range) vs Rundstedt.
(2) Surprise FR XR vs von Leeb & 1st Eng div.
(3) Polish vs Wehrmacht 3-stack, which can (and likely will) be intercepted.

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #2. Ground Strikes.

(1/3). Poznan, Poland.
POL P-23 (unescorted) -> Poznan (3-stack). Bf 109 E-2 intercepts.

Axis units fire on Allied units.
Die roll was 8. AA was the result.
Germany decides whether to abort the Allied front fighter or bomber.
Only one unit to choose: P.23 Karas.

Allied units fire on Axis units.
Die roll was 8. AC was the result.
Commonwealth decides which Axis bomber to clear through.
No Axis bomber present to clear through.
(2/3). Remagen, Germany.
(surprise) FR LeO vs von Bock, Eng Div (Remagen). KEEP THAT BRIDGE INTACT! The allies will need it in 1945 to cross the Rhine.
I think I just hit my second tactical error of this game.
French surprise ground strike (XR) vs von Leeb & 1st eng div. Do you wish to fire AA -

[ax] Yes Please.

Don't see why you wouldn't as the LeO451 after XR & vs woods is only attacking with 1 TAC factor.

[ax] Leo shouldn't be XR

Ok, you're correct.
Was going to originally fly him against Rundstedt.
So there's still hope, but need a one out of 6 dice.
AA Fire = 7 1 7 3 8 2 -> 1. 3 bombs reduced to 2 and then halved to 1 due to woods.
FR LeO misses von Bock & Eng Div.
On the upside for the FR LeO (if there is one), they would have missed even without the AA fire.
(3/3) vs Rundstedt.
(surprise) RAF Hampden XR vs Rundstent.
3 bombs quartered to 1 due to XR & woods.
Hampden gets Rundstedt.

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #2.

Rail.
USSR. Garr. Minsk -> Brest-Litovsk (26. USSR controls Eastern Poland).
US Entry Action: USSR occupies Eastern Poland. 1 US Entry chit removed (die roll = 1).
Prior to Chit Loss. Ge/It Entry(3)=8, Tension=0. Jp Entry(0)=3, Tension=0.
2 value chit lost. Ge/It Entry(2)=5, Tension=0. Jp Entry(0)=3, Tension=2.

Land Move. USSR.
LM (1/5) 4th inf div moves SE of Grozny & to northwestern bank of the Caspian Sea.
(2/5) MGL Cav. Ulan-Bator -> 3 hexes southwest of Ulan-Ude.
(3/5) CCP Mao -> (E1)Tungkwam.
(4/5) CCP 5th Garr -> CH 74,139. 74,139.
(5/5) CCP 1st inf -> CH 73,139.

Nationalists. Numerous movements. Armies in the south pull back a bit. Armies in the center push forward and make strong contact with opposing IJA armies.

US LM (1/4) Eng div moves from adjacent to into San Diego.
(2-3/4) Nimitz HQ-I & AA div. Debark -> Honolulu.
(4/4) AT div. Debark -> Midway.

Air Rebase. USSR. (1-2/4) TB-3, SB-2bis -> Baku. (3/4) Pe-2 -> Turkmenistan 71,83. (4/4) I-15bis FTR -> Lvov, Poland.

Reorg. CW - Harrow ATR reorgs RN TRS (Calais, France).
USA – Nimitz reorgs 2 CPs (Honolulu).

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #2. End of Impulse.

China.

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #2. End of Impulse.

Caspian Sea (USSR).

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #2. End of Impulse.

Europe.

OUCH!