My Historical Global War AAR #3.

[rkr1958]

Jul/Aug 1940. Axis #2. Land Combat. Lille, France.

12. In their second assault on Lille, the Germans roll better than average. Not a spectacular roll, but at least this time it was better than average. Lille falls and both French defenders are destroyed. The German success is not without cost. The Germans lose a 1-4 division and see half of the remaining attackers disorganized.

[rkr1958]

Jul/Aug 1940. Axis #2. Land Combat. Reims, France.

13. Now that's like it! There's the rolls that I've come to expect and love from the Germans. They roll a 7. Well, at least is wasn't a 2 or 3! And at this time I had a 1-5 mot available to the absorb the required loss.

14. In order to keep their offensive going, von Leeb and Rundstedt are use to reorganize all 6 ground units disorganized by the two attacks.

[rkr1958]

Jul/Aug 1940. Allied #3.

15. The fine weather worldwide continues except for the band of rain across the equation, which turns to storms. It must be the rainy season in the North Monsoon weather zone.

16. As much as I hate it, but the CW takes another combined. They have plans that require it. To commiserate with the CW player, the French player also takes a combined. Of course, so do the USSR and USA. Only China takes a land.

[rkr1958]

Jul/Aug 1940. Allied #3. The Western Front.

17. The CW use their two naval moves from the combined to move Alexander and a 5-4 infantry corps out to sea. These forces next impulse will land in France. Over next turn, two more CW ground units will be transported to France to reinforce Alexander's second BEF army there. The decision has been made. CW is doubling down on their commitment to the defense of France.

[rkr1958]

Jul/Aug 1940. The Eastern Med. Naval Battle.

18. The RN decides to go looking for the strong RM cruiser forces that's been operating openly in the Eastern Med since Italy declared war on the CW. The RN does find and winds up surprising this force. The net result is that the RN manages to sink 3 RM light cruisers and force a fourth to abort. The cost is that the RN loses 1 light cruiser.

[rkr1958]

Jul/Aug 1940. Allied #3. Greece and the Eastern Med.

[rkr1958]

Jul/Aug 1940. Axis #4. Land Combat.

19. The Germans decide to launch three land combats across the entire French front. They do manage to get the units in place such that all three attacks can be made on the Blitzkrieg CRT. The first of these three attacks is on the BEF in Boulogne, France. With the situation looking like the CW is going to expand the BEF in France, the Germans decide that it's going to have to be aggressive against the BEF if it wants to take France before the Fall rains set in.

20. In this first land combat, the CW player rolls slightly better than expected. Again, not a spectacular roll but at least above average. Disappointing is that the two CW units are only forced to retreat instead of being shatter, or even destroyed. Though disorganized and forced to retreat, the two CW units still remain in France.

[rkr1958]

Jul/Aug 1940. Axis #4. Land Combat. France[56,32].

21. Well, that's how to roll!

[rkr1958]

Jul/Aug 1940. Axis #4. Land Combat. France[55,32].

22. The axis player wasted a high roll on this attack. Hopefully they still have one left for the assault on the Greek mountain corps.

[rkr1958]

Jul/Aug 1940. Axis #4. Land Combat. Greece[71,48].

23. Nope. The axis player rolls a 6. This whole invasion of Greece is turning out to be a bad idea. The axis probably should have waited.

[rkr1958]

Jul/Aug 1940. Axis #4. Reorganization.

24. The last organized German HQ and a Ju 52 transport are use to reorganize four German ground units. The net result is that all German ground units on the Western Front are now organized and are ready to continue their offensive this turn. Though, short of playing an O-chit (which I won't do), there are no other German organizational resources available for the remainder of this turn. Well, there is a German transport and amphibious unit but it would be almost certain death for these units if they were moved into the North Sea to provide reorganization. So, I won't do that either.

[composer99]

2 more CW units in Greece and the theatre turns into a crapshow for the Axis, unless they have the means to crush Yugoslavia.

[Centuur]

With all the losses in France, I expect that Germany hasn't got any reserves left anymore. So an alignment of Yugoslavia by the CW will be a large blow to Germany.

Usually, it's a bad idea to attack Greece in 1940, before France has been dealt with. Neither Italy nor Germany can spare the units to conquer Greece...

[rkr1958]

ORIGINAL: Centuur

With all the losses in France, I expect that Germany hasn't got any reserves left anymore. So an alignment of Yugoslavia by the CW will be a large blow to Germany.

Usually, it's a bad idea to attack Greece in 1940, before France has been dealt with. Neither Italy nor Germany can spare the units to conquer Greece...

I'm finding out the painful way that "shortcuts" that work in other strategic level ww2 games don't work in MWiF. German and Italy have really got themselves in another mess haven't they. [:(]

ORIGINAL: composer99

2 more CW units in Greece and the theatre turns into a crapshow for the Axis, unless they have the means to crush Yugoslavia.

That's my plan for next turn. I have two CW TRS in the East Med that dropped off the two CW units that are now there. And I plan to use them to drop two more units off next turn. Question. In Egypt I have Wavell's HQ, 7-3 inf corps and a 3-2 territorial. Can I use the territorial, and 7-3 corps, in Greece for this? Or, does it need to be Wavell's HQ and the 7-3 CW corps?

[composer99]

ORIGINAL: rkr1958

ORIGINAL: composer99

2 more CW units in Greece and the theatre turns into a crapshow for the Axis, unless they have the means to crush Yugoslavia.

That's my plan for next turn. I have two CW TRS in the East Med that dropped off the two CW units that are now there. And I plan to use them to drop two more units off next turn. Question. In Egypt I have Wavell's HQ, 7-3 inf corps and a 3-2 territorial. Can I use the territorial, and 7-3 corps, in Greece for this? Or, does it need to be Wavell's HQ and the 7-3 CW corps?

The HQ, INF, and TERR are all Commonwealth corps, so any of them will do nicely.

[rkr1958]

Jul/Aug 1940. Allied #5 and Axis #6. Weather.

25. The fine weather except for storms across the equator (North Monsoon) continues.

26. The CW takes another combined. Though limiting, these actions are necessary as the CW needs to do both naval and land things this impulse. France and China take a land. The USA and USSR take a combined.

Allied #5.

27. The French make an attack in the south in attempt to cut off the German breakthrough there.

[rkr1958]

Jul/Aug 1940. Allied #5. French Land Combat. France [56,32].

28. The French manage to shatter a German motorized corps and isolate a Panzer Jag I division. Though they lose no units, two French garrisons are disorganized.

[rkr1958]

Jul/Aug 1940. Axis #6.

29. All three axis take a land.

30. A German artillery division ground strikes a French stack containing a 4-3 infantry and a 5-2 militia corps. It also contains a 2-3 AA division that's already disorganized. This stack will be the subject of a German land combat.

31. The artillery attack (i.e., ground strike) is unsuccessful. The French 4-3 and 5-2 corps remain organized.

32. No matter, the German player rolls well. Two of the French units are destroyed and the third is shattered. The Wehrmacht advance into the vacated hex.

[rkr1958]

Jul/Aug 1940. Axis #6. Chinkiang, China.


33. In China, the Japanese ground strike the lone Chinese defender holding the city of Chinkiang. The ground strike is a combination air (Ki-51) and artillery attacker. It too is unsuccessful. The Chinese unit remains organized. This hex will also be the subject of an axis (Japanese) land combat.

34. Like the previous German attack, the failed ground strike is overcome by a very good land combat roll. The Japanese capture the city. The only downside (for the Japanese) is that the USA takes notice and reacts by pulling a chit for the Japanese entry pool.

[rkr1958]

Jul/Aug 1940. Axis #6. Land Combat. France[56,32].

35. Back in France, the Wehrmacht make the two disorganize French garrison pay the ultimate price for their attack on and shattering of the German 8-4 motorized corps.