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Jan/Feb '40
End of Turn (Axis) Continued

Breakdowns;
Germany:
Italy:
Japan:

Prod Plan Final;
Germany: 17BP 7 saved oil
Italy: 3BP 2 saved oil
Japan: 11BP 14 saved oil

Production;
Germany: Mech (5), Mtn (4), 2 x Lnd2 (4), Ftr2 (2), Pil (2)
Italy: Pil (2), 2nd Sub (1)
Japan: Inf (3), Mil (2), 1st Trn (2), Ftr2 (2), Pil (2)

Reform;
Germany:

Mar/Apr '40
New Turn (Axis)

Reinforcements;
Germany: Pilots to Lnd2 and Ftr3, Rumanian units to Bucharest, Lnd2 to Cologne, Ftr3 Aachen, Para Frankfurt

Remove Air;
Germany: Rum Lnd2

Italy Reinforcements: Pilot to Erone (Nav3), BB to La Spezia, Nav3 to Genoa
No remove air

Japan Reinforcements: Pilot to D3A2 (Nav2), Mil to city, Mech to Fukuoka, Nav2 to Sasebo
Remove air: Ki-51

Jan/Feb '40
End of Turn (Allies)

Preliminary planning:
CW - 21 production points - 14 BPs. 1 oil saved in UK was used for production.
France - 14 production points - 11 BPs. 1 oil saved in France was used for production.
USA - 40 production points - 11 BPs.
USSR - 25 production points - 16 BPs.
China - 7 production points - 7 BPs.

Stay at sea:
The following units stay at sea.

CW:
All CP except 2 CP in BoB
North Sea: CA in 2-box, BB + CA in 4-box
Faeroes Gap: 4-box
North Atlantic: 1-Box + 4-box
East Coast: 4-box
CSV: 1-Box
CVB: 1-Box

France:
All CPs
North Sea: CA in 2-box, 2 BB in 4-box

USA:
CPs

USSR:
CPs

Return to Base:

France:
West Med: TRS + CA -> Dakar

CW:
Italian Coast: 2 SUB -> Malta
East Coast: -> Bermuda
North Sea: 3 BB + 2 CA -> Plymouth

West Med:
CA -> Malta
BB -> Aden

BoB:
NAV -> 51,24
TRS + GARR -> Casablanca
BB -> Port Said
CA -> Casablanca
CA -> Liverpool
CP -> Liverpool
CP -> Freetown

Red Sea:
TRS -> Gibraltar
Liner -> Adelaide

North Atlantic:
CA -> Liverpool
BB -> Bermuda

CSV:
BB + CA + SUB -> Gibraltar

Cape Verde Basin:
CA -> Freetown
BB -> Gibraltar

USA:
TRS + CA -> San Diego

Use Oil:

USSR:
All units are reorganized for 0 oil (0.2).

CW:
All units, except one CVL and one CA, are reorganized for 3 oil (3.1).

France:
All units are reorganized for 1 oil (0.8).

USA:
All units are reorganized for 0 oil (0.2).

China:
All units are reorganized for 0 oil (0.0).

Breakdown: -

Prod plan Final:
x

Scrap: -

Production:
China (7):
2 INF
Save 1 BP in Urumchi

CW (14):
2 MIL
2 FTR2
Pilot
CP
BB (2nd)

France (11):
GARR
INF
AA
FTR2

USA (11):
TRS fd(2)
BB fd(2)
NAV3(3)
PIL(2)
GAR(2)

USSR (16):
INF
HQI
ARM
Pilot

Conquest:
Germany conquers Yugoslavia.

The CP in Dubrovnik sail to Aden.

Factory Destruction:
-

Mar/Apr '40
Start of turn
Allies

Reinforcements:

CW:
MIL -> Glasgow
MIL -> Bombay
BB-> Plymouth
2 FTR2 -> London
CP -> Cape Town

France:
CBV -> Dakar, Damascus. Algiers
MECH -> Vichy
ARM -> Rouen

USA:
CV -> San Diego
CP -> Manila

China (Nat):
-

China (Com):
CAV Div -> Tungkwan

USSR:
FTR2 + 2 LND3 -> Blagovyeshchensk
FTR2 + 2 LND4 -> Vladivostok
INF -> Blagovyeshchensk

Voluntary Resource Lending:
CW -> France - 2 resources
CW -> China - 2 resources (1 oil)
USA -> China - 1 resource

Mar/Apr '40
Start of turn

Both sides rolled 5 for the initiative. Since the Axis have a solid die bonus they win. Will the Australian Rebels move first in the turn?

Yes please.

Mar/Apr '40
Impulse #1 (Axis)

Winter remains strong in Europe.

Picture from Mar/Apr '40 Impulse #1 (Axis) - DOW

Picture from Mar/Apr '40 Impulse #1 (Axis) - DOW

Picture from Mar/Apr '40 Impulse #1 (Axis) - DOW

Picture from Mar/Apr '40 Impulse #1 (Axis) - DOW

Picture from Mar/Apr '40 Impulse #1 (Axis) - DOW

Picture from Mar/Apr '40 Impulse #1 (Axis) - DOW

Picture from Mar/Apr '40 Impulse #1 (Axis) - DOW

Training helps relieve the boredom of this phoney war.


Men of the 1st Royal Welch Fusiliers fire Boys anti-tank rifles near Etaples, end of February 1940

If any German tanks come this way, then they are toast

GER will DOW Belgium

No other DOW, No Special Actions

Please advise Aligning Major Power and Belgium Set Up

Belgium will align to CW.

Setup will follow shortly.

Belgian setup:
2 INF -> Antwerp
CAV -> Liege
FTR2 -> 51,30 (West Antwerp)
2 CP -> Boma, Belgian Congo
TERR -> Boma, Belgian Congo

Mar/Apr '40
Impulse #1 (Axis)

US very upset with the escalation of the war in Europe 1 US Entry marker added to Ge/Italy Pool

Belgium deploy their forces

Mar/Apr '40
Impulse #1 (Axis) Continued

No other DoW's
No Minor aligned

Action;
Land: Germany
Combined: Italy, Japan
Naval:

No Port Attack
No Naval Air missions flown

Naval Moves;
Japan: Task Force of Transports leave Canton for China Sea and pick up some troops from Formosa and Japan.