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Sep/Oct '42
Impulse #5 (Axis)

Italy decline searching in the three remaining sea areas.

Sep/Oct '42
Impulse #5 (Axis)

Strategic Bombing:
Italy:
LND4 (Pskov) -> Moscow

The production in Moscow is temporarily halted due to the Italian bombing.

Need to consult with the German player before continuing with the ground strike.

Sep/Oct '42
Impulse #5 (Axis)

Two Italian bombers attack the CW garrison in the Arctic.

Sep/Oct '42
Impulse #5 (Axis)

The British garrison is disorganized.

Sep/Oct '42
Impulse #5 (Axis)

Rail Movement:

Italy:
AT (La Rochelle) -> 52,56 (Ukraine)

Germany:
INF Div (Aarhus) -> La Spezia
MTN (Munich) -> Reggio
MIL (Gabes) -> Tunis

Japan:
INF (Kunming) -> Haiphong
MIL (Tianshui) -> 69,146

Land Movement:

Japan:
HQI (93,134) -> Hanoi
Army Group Yamashita close in on Singapore, and relocate the reserve from Singora to Khota Baru.
TERR (Mandalay) -> Yenangyaung
In China the Armies continue their long march towards the coast, Burma, or Manchurian border.

Italy:
TERR (117,65) -> 117,63 (Kenya)
INF (Genoa) -> La Spezia

Sep/Oct '42
Impulse #5 (Axis)

Land Movement continued:

Germany:
TERR (74,34) -> 75,33

Over to Germany for the rest of their land moves, and for the remainder of our impulse.

Edit: Wrong thread.

Germany forces step on a USSR FTR2

WHERE does it rebase?





GOT Answer FTR2 -> Murmansk

Land Move continued

Germany moves a
- few units on Artic, North, Central, South front in the USSR.
- Germany Mec to Kiel
- few units in Greece

Land Combat

Does the CW choose Blitz or Assault? +18

No hex to retreat so it will die for sure.

Assault please, with heroic last stand!

The brave CW Gar is destoryed.

Sep/Oct '42
Impulse #5 (Axis)

Air Rebase:

Germany
FTR3 39,55 -> 24,53
ATR Bratilava -> Palermo
LND3 Minsk -> Palermo
LND2 43,52->41,53

Japan:
FTR2 (Menado) -> Truk
LND3 (Pyongyang) -> 71,153

No reorganization.

S/O 42 Allied #6

Western Allies are still planning. After taking Portugal they are seeking next target.

Allies have same invasion force in use
US: MAR, MAR ENG div and INF div (8 points).
CW: HQ-I/MIL and 2x INF div (about 4 points).
Enough ships for shore bombardment and hopefully enough planes to shoot down anything Axis send against them.

There are few plans on table, only one can be chosen. Debate is hard, analysis is deep, odds are counted carefully. Same time more Axis troops are railed to area, we should have been faster but Denmark and Murmansk demanded our attention...

Please don't guess here where we are going to, your idea might me better than our and it wouldn't be fair.

Good night. We will attack at dawn (but not tomorrow) [;)]

It's dawn!

S/O 42 Allied 6

No DoW

CW and US combined, FF naval, USSR land


Naval air
US P51B and Avenger to West Med box 3
2x CW Spitfire to West Med box 2


Naval move
CW from Portugal to West Med
box 3 CV, BB, TRS (US MAR), CA (CW INF div)
box 2 CV, 4x BB, AMPH (CW HQ-I)

US to West Med box 3
From Azores 2x CA (CW INF div, US ENG div)
From Gibraltar 4x BB, 2x CA (US INF div from Africa), AMPH (US INF),

US 3x CV and CA from Brisbane to NZC box 2


Naval combat
Allies initiate combat on West Med, no additional air.

Here are all units on West Med shown (Allied box 3 on left and box 2 on right).

Axis have lots of planes in range, any of them want to join the combat?

No, thank you. No additional air for Axis.

Rolling 10 and 8, no combat.

Over to USSR for their bombing and rail/land moves.

S/O 42 Allied 6 continues.

Rail move
USSR MOT from Bryansk to Mukden.
CW FTR2 from South Africa to Belgian Congo.


Land move
CW HQ in Algiers two hexes east.
USSR minor land moves in west, units closer to Japanese border in east.


As everyone knows from high school history lessons, operation Torch late 1942 was just a feint. Allies invade to Southern France!

Invasion
US MAR, INF div and MAR ENG div to NW of Marseilles (63,30). After full shore bombardment attack is +21 (15:1).
US INF and 2x CW INF div one hex west (63,29). After full shore bombardment and ground support (CW ground support this attack by CVP for 1 point) attack is +19.

I chose notionals to both attacks or they would be automatic.

Axis can send ground support with one Italian NAV and only to US hex, it can be escorted by 4 factor fighter. CW can intercept by 4 factor CVP. If GS is successful, attack will be +16.