A global war

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Allies impulse 2 Mar/Apr 42 ( impulse # 5 ) Blizzard snow and storm are back all over.

Cw redresses their naval positions. Russia moves a few units in their defense lines.

USA sends Marines on Transports to the Hawaiian Islands area

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Axis impulse 2 Mar/Apr 42 ( impulse # 8 ) Blizzards and storms
Ge loses a SUB in N Atlantic and suffers a SUB aborted in B Biscay.
Italy sends another unit to Egypt.

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Allie impulse 3 Mar/Apr 42 ( impulse # 11 ) Weather finally changed to rain in arctic and fine everywhere else.

Cw takes combined and the rest pass for 60 % end of turn chance.

CW tries to improve the Egypt position sending a fleet to the E Med to knock out Italian TRS and convoy. It did not work, HMS Hood sunk by Italian NAVs, CW aborts the area.

Air to air fight over Lille, three CW bombera and a fighter against a German Fighter. A bomber lost and on aborted. The last one took out 1 pp is stratbombing.

Turn end on a 2.

US entry takes no action, wants to DoW at the start of the M/J 42 turn.

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Losses for Mar/April 42 were very light due to the pervasive bad weather. The CW HMS Hood was sunk in E Med.

Reinforcements for May/Jun 42

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Production at end of Mar/Apr 42

Germany: 36 Mtn. Gar, 2Mot, Mech, Art, 2Ftr, Lnd3, 3Pilot
Italy 14 2Pilot, 2Ftr, Inf, CAV
Japan 23 2CV1, BB1, BB2, NAV4, Mil, 2CVP, Pilot, 2CP

China 2 Mil
CW 28 Inf, Gar, Ftr, Ftr3, NAV3, 4Pilot, 2CVP, Mech
USA 30 Amph1, TRS1, SUB, 3CV2, Pilot, CVP, Arm, 2Inf
Russia 24 5Inf, HQI, 2Gar

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Axis initiative for May/Jun 42. Fine weather everywhere.

Japan DoW on USA. Japan aligns Madagascar and takes a supercombined action. Germany and Italy land.

Germany ground strikes Kalinin to no effect, Disorganizes the OOS Indian Mech NW Cairo.

Japan invades the Philippines and Port Vila.

The Russian front with only 1 attack, but a front breaker.

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The Axis attacks this time all went according to plan.

The Russian Armor was blitzed and the Germans advanced into the hole with the breakthrough extra hex.

In Egypt the Indian Mech died allowing the Italian force to now have three hexes on Cairo.

The Japanese invasions were all at +21 automatically successful and Manila is now threatened from two sides. A Chniese warlord also succumbed.

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Allies impulse 1 May/Jun 42 ( impulse # 2 ) Fine everywhere

USA DoW Germany and Italy. USA aligns Mexico.

US and CW naval action.

USA damages a Japanese Cruiser in Polynesia Lots of Transports moving land units for both the USA and the CW.

CW sinks a Japanese SUB in Cap Naturaliste

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WOOHOO! USA! USA!

Where is the Big Green Machine going? The world wonders.

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Axis impulse 2 May/JunJ42 ( Impulse # 3 ) Weather is back to snow in arctic and storm almost everywhere else.

With this weather there is not much the Axis can do except get ready for better weather next impulse.

Ital did manage to take Cairo with a risky +9 attack on 2 units there.

Shown is the Russia front. The units in hex form shows the units in Rostov

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The situation in China is more fragmented now. The Japanese units remaining there has difficulties in containing the Chinese in several different locations.

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The situation in China is more fragmented now. The Japanese units remaining there has difficulties in containing the Chinese in several different locations.

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Allies impulse 2 May/Jun 42 ( impulse # 5 ) Still storms and snow

USA aligns Panama All take land action

CW ground strike on Tripoli fails. CW troops begin surrounding Tripoli

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Axis impulse 3 May/Jun 42 ( impulse # 7 ) Fine weather everywhere

All take a land action

Italian NAN shot down trying to disorganize CW units near Tripoli.

German ground strikes on Kalinin and Rostov both fail. Japanese strike on Manila also did not work.

Japanese attack on Manila with air and naval support knocked outthe Terr unit nd lost Japanese Div, City holds.

Italians kill an Indian Inf East of Cairo. Only one CW Inf left in the area now.

Germany attacks and takes Kalinin killing 2 Russian Inf. Other German attacks knock out a Mech and an Inf with no losses.

Turn ends on a 1. The Russians get a breather.

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The units destroyed in May/Jun 42

With a very short turn with one impulse of storms and snow only a few units were lost

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Reinforcements for July/August 42

There are also 3 CW Pilots, 1 Indian Infantry and 1 Indian HQ not shown in the form

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Production at the end of the May/Jun 42 turn

Germany 39 Arm, Art, Mtn, 2Mot, Ftr, Lnd2, Lnd3, 2CArep, 4Pilot
Italy 14 Lnd4, Gar, Mot, Ftr, Pilot
Japan 23 Div, BB1, TRS2, CVL2, SUB2, 3CVP, Ftr, 2Pilot, 2CP

China 3 Inf
CW 28 Inf, Arm, TRS2, 3Pilot, Ftr3, Ftr, 2CVP
USA 51 2Inf, Para, Arm, 2BB!, AMPH1, TRS1, SUB1, 3BB2, Ftr3, Ftr, 2Pilot
Russia 29 5Inf, Arm, Ftr, Pilot, Mot

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July/August 42 Allies initiative even after Axis reroll. Fine weather except North Monsoon rain.

The Russian front before they move this impulse

Units in hex form shows the Moscow defenders

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Allies impulse 1 July/August 42 ( impulse # 1 ) Weather fine except North Monsoon rain.

US naval, Cw combined, rest land

2US SUBs sink 2 Japanese convoys and aborts 1 i S China Sea. SUBs aborted to Madras

2US SUBs sink sink 2 Japanese convoys and aborts 3 in China Sea. Both SUBs damaged and aborted.

Russia rails Stalingrad factory to Tyumen and moves eastwards defensively. A sizable garrison has been placed in the Caucasus

CW attacks Tripoli with shore support and bombers and HQ support, The city falls. Egypt is the Italians hands though.

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Axis impulse 1 July/August 42 ( impulse # 2) Fine weather except N Monsoon rain.

Japan stratbombs Kunming for 1 pp lost.

Air fight over Moscow, Russ Fighter downed, striking bomber through. 2 of 3 units disorganized.

Bombing of Rostov disorganizes 2 of 4 units, 1 is a bomber.

Japan takes Manila and Italy takes out Port Said and the last CW unit in Egypt.

German attack SE Moscow killed a Russian Inf but lost a Mech Div and 3 units disorganized. HQ Guderian reorganizes them.