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For USA, scrap the three fighters shown below before builds:

For USSR, scrap the three fighters shown below before builds:

For Commonwealth, place pilots in the Indian fighter and the Nimrod CVP. Fighter in Bombay while the CVP goes in Manchester. Naval reinforcements in Liverpool. Mech and Motorized corps in London. Others in Southhampton.

Place the French amphib in Boma.

For USA, P51B and P47 in New York. Baltimore Lnd3 in Norfolk along with the Dauntless nav. TBF-4 CVP on the Ranger in San Diego along with the P-38F. All other reinforcements in San Diego.

For USSR, the 6-4 infantry corps in Kirov. One of the 6-3 infantry corps in Baku, the other in Tashkent. The cavalry in Stalinsk.

Modify lending from USA to France to three BP. Modify lending from Commonwealth to USSR to one resource. If the Allies win the initiative, the Axis will move first.

The CW build picture didn't show the final unit built (for 1 BP).

Build a CP for Commonwealth with the one BP.

Axis end of turn:

Use Oil:

Germany:
All units, except 5 SCS, are reorganized for 2 oil (2,45).

Italy:
All units are reorganized for 3 oil (2,9).

Japan:
All units are reorganized for 6 oil (5,6).

Breakdown:
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Production planning:
Germany - 40 production points - 61 BPs.
Italy - 11 production points - 22 BPs.
Japan - 24 production points - 36 BPs.

Scrap:
4 strength FTR2 scrapped for Japan.

Production:

Germany (61):
Offensive
HQI
ENG
2 INF
2 FTR2
AA
FTR3
LND3
NAV3
CVP1
4 Pilot
2 CA 2nd
2 SUB 1st
Repair SUB

Italy (22):
INF
2 FTR2
NAV3
3 Pilot
BB 2nd
TRS Repair
SUB 1st

Japan (36):
CBV MOT
TERR
GARR
4 Pilot
CVP1
4 FTR2
NAV2
NAV3
Rep CV + BB
3 CP
CVL Zuiho 2nd
SUB 1st

Conquest:
Germany conquers Egypt, and Kuwait.

Reinforcements:

Germany:
LND2 -> Helsinki
FTR3 > Vienna
LND3 -> Saarbrucken
SUB -> Kiel
MIL -> Baghdad
ART + MECH Div -> Kiel
Air Div -> Munich
2 MOT + ARM Div -> Saarbrucken

Italy:
FTR2 -> Genoa
FTR2 -> Turin
BB + CL + SUB -> La Spezia
HQI -> Genoa

Japan:
NAV3 + CVP + BB + CA + 2 CL + TRS + CP + GARR -> Fukuoka
TERR -> Canberra
Remove CVP

Voluntary Resource Lending:
Increased; Germany -> Italy: 12 resources (5 oil) + 6 BP

Axis goes first if we win the initiative. We will not re-roll.

Allies wins the initiative (Axis 1, Allies2), and let Axis go first.

Spring weather arrives.

4thJPBJ 190 MA 43 Axis 1

Mar/Apr '43
Impulse #1 (Axis)

Land: Japan
Combined: Germany, Italy
Naval:

No Port Strikes. No Naval Air.

Naval Movement:

Italy:
SUB Hamburg -> Norwegian Sea 3-box

Germany:
8 SCS -> Baltic Sea 4-box

Italy search in the Norwegian Sea, and I add the CW NAV2 to the 0-box for Allies.

No action (10-10).

Mar/Apr '43
Impulse #1 (Axis)

No strategic bombing.

Ground Strike:

Japan:
LND3 (extended range) -> Bombay

Germany:
FTR2 (as bomber) + 4 LND2 -> Leningrad

Will CW intercept the ground strike on Bombay with the FTR2?

Intercept, land whence.

The Japanese bomber was cleared.

What actions did you take?

I am sorry that I forgot to post that.

Land: Japan
Combined: Germany, Italy

Germany manage to score two hits in Leningrad.

The Japanese ground strike is a miss.

Mar/Apr '43
Impulse #1 (Axis)

Rail Movement:

Italy:
HQI Athens -> Suez

Germany:
MOT Stalingrad -> Tashkent area

Japan:
INF Siberia -> Manchuria
INF Adelaide -> Melbourne

Land Movement:

Japan:
INF -> Novosibirsk
IND Div -> Delhi
INF Div Central India -> opens railway through C India (with ART) and then moves back towards Bombay.
TERR -> Sydney
Forces in Burma advance towards CW forces in India.
Minor additional adjustments in India.

Italy:
TERR Djibouti -> SE
Supply in Chad towards the Libyan border

Germany:
HQI Mannerheim Karelia -> SW into Finland
INF Karelia -> Finland
HQI SE Alexandria -> W Alexandria
HQI P Paul Taskent area -> NW
HQA + INF Azerbaijan -> NW

No land combats.

Air Rebase:

Germany:
LND2 Gorki region -> Novgorod region

Italy:
LND3 Baku area -> Tashkent area
FTR2 Genoa -> NE Bordeaux
FTR2 Nice-> Bordeaux

Reorganization:
Japan:
ATR3 -> 96,104 reorg INF DIv lands 97,111

Over to Allies. Have fun.
4thJPBJ 191 MA 43 Allied 3