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The Japanese anti air is severe, and a Commonwelath naval bomber squadron goes in flames.

The americans concentrate their fire on the transports which are still at sea, protected by the fleet. Had they been in a port, they'd likely have been port striken...

The net result is that now, the armies in China have nowhere to go!

It also now becomes clear that hanging on the China sea is a losing proposition: the best that can be done are raids, in the way the Italians have done.

I will play with the two transports in sentry mode (unused)
I don't care about the the cruisers which are damaged or sunk : these are non events.
That's the best I can do.

On the med side, I'll also stick the sunk transports in a port as sentry.
I don't care about the damaged Italian ships: they are also mostly non events.

It's time to open the safe.

again...

and again...

and again...

but the safe holds well...

again...

and again...

and again...

and again...


While the allies were a bit lucky in air to air fights, they don't roll well on any of the carpet bombing. Even Rome survives its 40% chance of losing units.
However, to avoid the +1 bonus for non interception, and the simple risk of having an hex vacated, the axis had to use a lot of its available fighters. Few remain now.

I forgot: France at the start of the secodn allied impulse in July 44

Italy at the start of the second allied impulse of July 44

The East Front at the start of the second impulse of the allied player in July 44

The Balkans at the start of the second allied impulse in July 44.

Note that because the Italians used a combined on the last turn, they did not move.

The US push the Germans hard. They don't want to see thes units take hold on their fortifications. But they don't fare that well.

Paris falls like a ripe fruit.
The British enter first, as a tribute of what they paid to liberate the city!

Amsterdam falls too. This opens up a much needed port. And both fronts are almost united. Threats from behind the fortified line was not what the Germans had in mind...

In Poland, trailing units are attacked without mercy.
These won't probably make it behind the line.

In the Balkans, the Italians are caught from behind.
Failure to move in the last impulse doomed them.
The positive side is that this slows the Russian advance.