GW Counterfactual Take 3.

[rkr1958]

Turn 34. Mar/Apr 1945. Allied #1. Naval Moves.

MTO.
(1) Reinforcements for Turkey in Eastern Med[0] & Balkans off Italian Coast[0].
(2) RN Cruiser squadron, East Med[0] redeploying to Pacific and providing ASW escort while on the way.
(3) RN BB squadron, West Med[0] redeploying to Pacific and providing ASW escort.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 34. Mar/Apr 1945. Allied #1. Naval Moves.

PTO. Red Sea. Azanian Sea. Arabian Sea. Persian Gulf.
(1) 2 RN CA squadrons, Arabian Sea[0] redeploying to Pacific & providing ASW escort.
(2) The Pacific threat likelihood unlike that for the Atlantic & Med is a 99.9999%.
(3) The USN with the much appreciated help from the RN did what they could to cover the convoys.
(4) However; significant number of naval assets were (are) allocated to planned amphibious operations in the China Sea against Formasa.

[rkr1958]

Turn 34. Mar/Apr 1945. Allied #1. Naval Moves.

PTO. Bay of Bengal. South China Sea.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 34. Mar/Apr 1945. Allied #1. Naval Moves.

PTO. Timor Sea. Bismarck Sea. Coral Sea. The Solomons.

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Turn 34. Mar/Apr 1945. Allied #1. Naval Moves.

PTO. Cape Naturaliste. Tasman Sea.

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Turn 34. Mar/Apr 1945. Allied #1. Naval Moves.

PTO. Polynesia. The Marshalls. Hawaiian Islands.

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Turn 34. Mar/Apr 1945. Allied #1. Naval Moves.

PTO. Mendocino. Clarion. West Coast. Mexican Coast. Gulf of Alaska.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 34. Mar/Apr 1945. Allied #1. Naval Moves.

PTO. China Sea. Sea of Japan.
China Sea [4],[3] -> Formosa invasion and support task forces.
Sea of Japan[4],[3] (sub Gps) + China Sea [4],[3] (BBs & when clear CVs), blockade of Japanese battle (i.e., surface) fleet in Fukuoka.

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Turn 34. Mar/Apr 1945. Allied #1. Naval Search.

Baltic Sea.
(1) Miss.

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Turn 34. Mar/Apr 1945. Allied #1. PTO & Asian Front.

Taihoku, Formosa.
(1) [fine,clear,14AF] China Sea[3] ->USN BB North Carolina(4), Indiana(4), Washington(3), Alabama(3) -> 14 SBF vs 4 DF -> +7 + 7A(79% PWIN, 32% N/L)=+14A(100%, 81%).
(2) [fine,clear, unopposed, 14AF] -> China Sea[4] TBF-4(3), SBD-3(1) + China Sea[3] TBF-3(2), TBF(1), F4F-4(1) -> +4 + 14A(100% PWIN, 81% N/L) = +19A(100%,98%).
(3) LC (+19A) RES: No FOR, 2D10=9, LCR=19+9=28 -> FOR Terr destroyed, Taihoku captured without loss or flip.

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End of Impulse.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 34. Mar/Apr 1945. Allied #1. PTO & Asian Front.

China 77,136.
(1) LC(+20A) RES: No FOR, 2D10=11, LCR=20+11=31 -> isolated & flipped IJA 40 mm AA div destroyed without loss or flip. No advance due to flip (i.e., Mtn in storm).

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End of Impulse. China.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 34. Mar/Apr 1945. Allied #1. PTO & Asian Front.

End of Impulse. Manchuria. Korea.

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Turn 34. Mar/Apr 1945. Allied #1. Turkey. Middle East.

End of Impulse.

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Turn 34. Mar/Apr 1945. Allied #1. West Africa.

End of Impulse. Niger Colony.
(1) Is this the end of Vichy?
(2) We'll see during the conquest phase at end of turn.

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Turn 34. Mar/Apr 1945. Allied #1. Balkans. Italy.

Yugoslavia 62,46.
(1) De Gaulle calls a blitz even though there's a 1% chance for disaster.
(2) LC (+18B) RES: No FOR, 2D10=9, LCR=18+9=27 -> German inf div destroyed without loss or flip.
(3) Advance after combat isolates the Belgrade defenses (2 inf, at div, fighter wing).

End of Impulse.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 34. Mar/Apr 1945. Allied #1. The Western Front.

Rouen, France.
(1) Automatic > +21A vs isolated 7th Banner inf div.
(2) The allies expand their bridgehead across the Seine north of Paris.

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France 56,32.
(3) Blitz to eliminate 1 of 2 isolated & flipped German army in eastern central France west of Strasbourg.
(4) LC(+18A) RES: No FOR, 2D10=14, LCR=18+14=23 -> Wehrmacht VIII mech corps, AA div & I SS panzer corps destroyed without loss or flip.

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End of Impulse.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 34. Mar/Apr 1945. Axis #3. Impulse #235.

Actions & Weather.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 34. Mar/Apr 1945. Axis #3. PTO.

Naval Moves & Intercepts.
China Sea -> South China Sea.
(1) [storm] USN CA Augusta intercepts IJN 2 CV TF, allies do NOT commit subs, D10(3)=4 -> failed, IJN task force continues to South China Sea[3].

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China Sea -> Bismarck Sea.
(2) [storm] USN intercepts IJN 1 CV TF, allies do NOT commit subs, D10(3)=7 -> failed, IJN task force continues to Bismarck Sea[2].

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IJN Sub Squadrons (5 total).
(3) 2 I-boat Squadrons. Tokyo -> Polynesia [rain],[2], [1].
(4) 1 I-boat Squadron. Tokyo -> New Zealand Coast [fine],[0].
(5) 2 I-boat Squadrons. Tokyo -> Coral Sea [rain], [2], [3].

[rkr1958]

Turn 34. Mar/Apr 1945. Axis #3. PTO.

Naval Searches. Polynesia
(1) [rain] IJN Sub Sq[2][1], Sq[2] searches, no air in position to react, I-boats commit.
(2) Search(P/O=AX/AL): IJN=10, USN=3 -> only USN CA[4] find, elects to fight a surface vs IJN [3][2] with 9 SP.
(3) USN use 8 SPs to increase IJN risk to X, 2A and USN keeps their D risk.
(4) USN Risk (D) RES: D vs CA New Orleans(3-6-6)=4 -> D.
(5) IJN Risk(X,2A) RES: (1) X vs I-boat Sq 4459 (5-5-7)=3 -> sunk, (2-3) 2A vs I-boat Sq 4460 -> aborted.
(6) IJN Sub Sqs cleared out of Polynesia.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 34. Mar/Apr 1945. Axis #3. PTO.

Naval Search. New Zealand Coast.
(1) [fine] Lone IJN I-boat Sq[0] looking to get lucky (10% find) and sink 2 unescorted USN CPs.
(2) I-boat search, no air in position to react, I-boats commit.
(3) Search(G/B=AX/AL): IJN=9, USN=10 -> no find.

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