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As expected Burma rejects Britain's call to arms.

Hi Crispy

Some really interesting DE's. Glad you are posting the notes on them, but it would be really helpful if you could post your thoughts on the pro's & con's of them and why you are making each decision for those of us not familiar with your mod. (with out giving away your plan that is)

Thanks
Mike

May 1940

A mountain of popups.

To summarize the situation in the Pacific; Brunei, Malaya, Sarawak, and Solomons have joined the Allies. Burma has not, more to come on that. Also the newly formed Nanjing government in China has annexed Hong Kong.

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Hi Crispy

Some really interesting DE's. Glad you are posting the notes on them, but it would be really helpful if you could post your thoughts on the pro's & con's of them and why you are making each decision for those of us not familiar with your mod. (with out giving away your plan that is)

Thanks
Mike

Considering we are currently in August 1942 I don't think it would hurt to do so! I'll try to mix in my thoughts.

May 1940 - The Burmese Independent Movement

This is truly alternative history on what could have happened had the British activated the full British empire. Britain can either occupy Burma or allow it to fall under Japanese influence.

This has come about as I intend to spark war in the Pacific as early as possible. Increasing Western Allied influence in the Pacific, with the possibility of Allied garrisoning their territory could move up the date Japan intends to strike which would ultimately bring USA into the war much earlier then I presume they would.

May 1940 - The consequences of occupying Burma

The British have crushed the Burmese rebellion in Rangoon, but the colony will now be in rebellion and Japanese influence over Thailand will give the Axis a foothold in this critical region.

May 1940 - The British occupy Burma

May 1940 - Thailand signs a defense treat with Japan

May 1940 - Burma

May 1940 - Japan captures Changsha

May 1940 - East Africa

The Allies deployed what forces they could muster in the region of East Africa. A British Strategic Bomber was also sent to the region in hopes of quickly disrupting supply to speed our advance into Ethiopia.

May 1940 - France

June 1940 -

Italy has joined the war prompting the British to mobilize their forces in Egypt.

In the East, Thailand has mobilized their Army and have formed a defense alliance with Japan, now joining the war against China. This is a result of the British occupation of Burma. In Burma itself rebels have captured all of the northern supply centers along the Burma road, which could be troublesome for Chinese military imports later on in the war. Indian garrisons were too late to occupy the towns.

June 1940 - The French collapse

June 1940 - Pacific Theater

As earlier mentioned I introduced a bug when I made only 3 small changes to version 3.0, 1 of which was a belligerency script between Occupied Burma and the UK/India unaware that it would make Japan belligerent with India/UK as a result. Luckily for both sides we recognized this right away and declared a truce between these nations until Japan was ready to bring USA into the war (which would be the result of a DOW against the Commonwealth), the Allies would stay out of Japan's way as well. I'm glad to report this worked perfectly and the game did not suffer at all, with no other unintended events/actions triggered throughout the game. Thankfully! Bugs are modders worst nightmares especially in a live game.

July 1940 -

France has surrendered, it does not appear "All of France" was to happen, or maybe the French troops send to port in the South was enough deterrent. Either way France is out, Vichy is in, less their ships which were blown up.

The UK now feels very vulnerable, with such a long distance between London and Cairo.

The Soviets this turn seized Baltic gold reserves from Sweden, which pushed Sweden closer to the Axis. I forgot to take a screenshot of this decision, but it provides a one time 150 MPP bonus to USSR.

FYI - With the excellent assistance of mod @VPaulus, the web admins have very kindly upped the file size on all the SC AAR forums to 5000kbs.

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FYI - With the excellent assistance of mod @VPaulus, the web admins have very kindly upped the file size on all the SC AAR forums to 5000kbs.

That's good news! I think I should probably continue this one here though to keep it together.

August - September 1940

A few relatively quiet turns. The UK successfully raided Dakar which was a welcome boost and set aside for research. Italy curiously sent military equipment to Spain, however this appears to be a defensive maneuver as Spain is not currently targeted by Axis diplomacy.