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1. Sep/Oct 1939. Destroyed Pool.

Germany's other losses came from two French sub units working in the Baltic Sea which sank 4 German CPs and forced a 5th to abort leaving the 3 Scandinavian RPs idle with no way to get to Germany this turn.

1. Sep/Oct 1939. Central China.

1. Sep/Oct 1939. Southern China.

1. Sep/Oct 1939. India. 2nd British Inf Division transferred from England through the Med and the Suez Canal to Bombay to protect that city from possible partisans.

1. Sep/Oct 1939. East Africa. The French 3rd Inf Division transferred from Metropolitan France through the Suez Canal to French Somaliland to guard against a possible Italian incursion there.

The Italians are still neutral by the way. It just wasn't the German's plans for a Sep/Oct 1939 Fall Gelb that was ruined by the weather. A first turn entry by the Italians into the war was also ruined.

1. Sep/Oct 1939. Global Map.

1. Sep/Oct 1939. Victory Totals.

1. Sep/Oct 1939. Economic Reports.

1. Sep/Oct 1939. US Entry Options.

USA choose option 15 in order to immediately start sending oil to the CW for storage in Canada.

1. Sep/Oct 1939. Trade.

The USA starts with 2 oil points sent to the CW.

Turn 2. Nov/Dec 1939.

2. Nov/Dec 1939. The Western Front.

Once again the weather in the North Temperate combined with the British on alert in the North Sea conspired to keep the Germans from launch a 1939 Fall Gelb.

Snow in the NT did allow the Germans to invade and conquer Denmark without fear on the first axis impulse, impulse #4. However, with amphibious invasion not possible in snow, the risk of CW intervention even on the last axis impulse, impulse #13, was deemed too large of a risk to take. Let me explain. If the Germans had DOW the Netherlands on their last impulse, then as the allies I would have placed the Dutch corps in the hex with the RP (the hex across the lake and directly east of Amsterdam). While that Dutch corps would have easily been destroyed it would have prevent the Germans from capturing both Rotterdam and Amsterdam on the surprise impulse. With two CW corps on alert in the North Sea, if the turn had continued (30% chance) then the CW could have disembarked a corps to Amsterdam and one to Rotterdam, seriously complicating the German's life. As the German player, that 30% chance was too high of a risk so no invasion.

A follow-on strategy question. Even if the Germans had their airborne corps ready, if the Dutch corps is setup in the hex containing the RP, don't the Germans still need a successful amphibious invasion to ensure that both Amsterdam and Rotterdam are captured on the surprise impulse and ensure that the British are kept out, assuming the Brits have one or more units on alert in the North Sea?

By the way, the CW beefed up the BEF France with a mech corps which is under the CW 7-4 mot corps.

2. Nov/Dec 1939. Destroyed Pool.

2. Nov/Dec 1939. Southern China.

2. Nov/Dec 1939. Northern China.

The communist slip a 3-3 Mil unit through the Japanese lines and seize a RP. The Japanese lose a second RP to Chinese partisan that appears across the mountains to the north.

2. Nov/Dec 1939. Manchuria.

2. Nov/Dec 1939. Finnish Border.

Switch to Eastern Europe, the Soviets after successfully acquiring Eastern Poland, The Baltic States and Bessarabia without bloodshed move strong forces to their border with Finland in preparation for demanding the Finnish Borderlands, and if denied going to war with Finland. Of course, the Soviets will wait until the Germans are tied up in the West before making such a demand of them.

2. Nov/Dec 1939. Japan. Use Oil.

Watching their oil. Japan forgoes reorganizing two of their battleships in favor of not having to spend a second oil point.

2. Nov/Dec 1939. Italy. Use Oil.

Italy avoids having to expend any oil by forgoing the reorganization of one of their two transports.

2. Nov/Dec 1939. CW. Use Oil.

Even the CW get in on the act and avoids spending an additional oil point by not reorganizing one of their older heavy cruisers.