Witness to World War 2.

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Axis #9. RN. French Navy. Non-Phasing.

1. East Med Neither side finds.

2. Italian Coast. Only the allies find. Details to follow.

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Axis #9. French Navy. RN. Italian Coast. Round 1.

The French battleships and RAF twin fighter group (only) find the Italians and with enough surprise points to: (1) force surface battle, (2) increase Italy's damage risk by 1-column and (3) select the 1 target (i.e., 2 CP's) for destruction, this breaking supply through the Italian Coast to Balbo.


Round 2 searches see the allies (only) again finding.

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Axis #9. French Navy. RN. Italian Coast. Round 2.

Oh my goodness. On paper the RAF fighter group should have no trouble splashing or aborting the German Nav group. This battle proves that no matter the odds, and air to air battle can go south and this one certainly did.

Round 3 searches see neither side finding.

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Allied #11. Great Britain Convoy Routes and Production.

Even though the turn continues there's nothing Great Britain can do about previous impulse convoy losses and disruption to their convoy routes. Great Britain got full production for one impulse and lost it the next.

[Courtenay]

With the chance to destroy Balbo, I would have sent as much naval gunfire support as possible to the Eastern Med; with that I think you would have had good odds to attack him.

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ORIGINAL: Courtenay

With the chance to destroy Balbo, I would have sent as much naval gunfire support as possible to the Eastern Med; with that I think you would have had good odds to attack him.

With all the areas that the RN had to cover and the disposition of their forces at the start of the turn, they put everything they could into get into the East Med. Don't worry though, Wavell and his 8th army will likely get another crack at taking Balbo out. Stay tuned for how all that worked out. [8D]

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Allied #11.

Actions.
France - combine.
Great Britain - land.
China - land.
USSR - combine.
USA - pass.

France's 1 Naval Move.

Sub group to 4-box of the East Med, which in addition to the Italian Coast, will allow France to attempt combat if they so desire.

Italian Coast.

Both sides searches fail. Neither find.

East Med.

After (re) assessing the situation the French decide NOT to attempt naval combat in the East Med.

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Allied #11. El Alamein, Egypt (1/2).

General Wavell and the British 8th army designate Balbo and the remnants of his desert army for land combat. CRT choice lies with General Balbo. Balbo elects to fight a blitz for the ~25%, or 1 out of 4, chance that Wavell and his HQ-A will be lost due to no other until, except Wavell, available to take the first loss in a blitz.

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Allied #11. El Alamein, Egypt (2/2).

Balbo (barely) survives. However, Great Britain decides to retreat him and keep him in Egypt instead of shattering him and letting him escape.

Unless supply can be restored before the end of the turn, Balbo and the Italian land on the border will remain disorganized.

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Destroyed Pool.

The turn ends at the conclusion of the allies impulse #11.

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. End of Turn. Partisans.

No (additional) appear.

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. End of Turn.

Pact Chits.

Nazi-Soviet.

Germany picks two 1's and both go in their offensive pool.

The USSR picks a 4 and it goes in their defense pool.

Japanese-Soviet.

Japan picks a 1 chit and places in their offensive pool. They move a 2 chit from defensive to offensive.

US Entry Pool.

The US draws a 1 chit and decides to select no further options this turn.

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. End of Turn. Great Britain and French Production.

Owing to 1 save oil point (already) in London and a second oil point being routed from North America to Great Britain, Great Britain was able to get full production, save/use for reorg all oil resources and leave only 3 non-oil RP's idle. They accomplish this only by the skin of their teeth.

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. End of Turn. Production. Great Britain.

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. End of Turn. Production. France.

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. End of Turn. Production. USA.

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. End of Turn. Production. China.

Effective Japanese strategic bombing has reduced the already Chinese production to a sprinkle.

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. End of Turn. Production. Japan.

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. End of Turn. Production. Germany.

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. End of Turn. Production. Italy.

When it can time for Italy to do her production, it was discovered that the Germany to Italy trade agreement for 4 non-oil RP's was never signed. The impact was that Italy's war production remained anemic.

To compensate for the error in not having a signed trade agreement and the impact on Italy's war production, German in addition to the 4 RP's that it will send Italy will provide Lend Lease to Italy of 2 BP's for the next two turns after this one.