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Sep/Oct '39
Impulse #2 (Allies)

CW has 12 surprise points to place in Kiel (9 rolled). Two were used to eliminate the AA fire. And the remaining are used to increase damage.

Sep/Oct '39
Impulse #2 (Allies)

The CA Graf Spee is bottomed.

How will Germany place the D result (and the A result if that can be decided on now)?
Edit: Changed to the correct picture.

D on Schweslig Holstein. Aborts on it if damaged, then any other aborts on best defense ship available

Sep/Oct '39
Impulse #2 (Allies)

Additional damage in Kiel are one old BB damaged, and disorganized, and one CA disorganized.

Sep/Oct '39
Impulse #2 (Allies)

Surprise allocation in Hamburg.

Sep/Oct '39
Impulse #2 (Allies)

The CA Karlsruhe is aborted.

Sep/Oct '39
Impulse #2 (Allies)

No naval air.

Naval Movement:

USA:
CP -> Manila
TRS + HQI (Long Beach) -> Hawaiian Islands
TRS + NAV3 (Long Beach) -> Polynesia

France:
TRS + INF + CA (Beirut) -> CSV 0-box
CA + CL (Brest) -> Baltic Sea 4-box
2 BB (Brest) -> North Sea 3-box
2 CA (Brest) -> North Sea 4-box
2 CA (Dakar) -> CVB 0-box
2 CA (Mogador) -> CSV 0-box
CA (Mogador) -> BoB 0-box
CA (Oran) -> BoB 0-box
CA (Brest) -> North Atl 0-box

CW:
TRS + HQI + CA + CL -> BoB 0-box
4 BB + CA (Plymouth) -> North Atlantic 3-box

The French first light cruiser squadron begin searching for German shipping in the Baltic Sea.

Sep/Oct '39
Impulse #2 (Allies)

The French cruisers find, and sink, the German convoy point. (Allies 2, Axis 7)

Sep/Oct '39
Impulse #2 (Allies)

No strategic bombing. No Ground Strikes.

Rail Movement:
USA:
INF Div (East Coast) -> Long Beach

Land Movement:

USSR:
HQA Zhukov moves w 4 hexes

CH COM
INF 76,138->75,139 (E,NE)
HQI 75,137->75,138 (E)
MIL Yenan->73,138 (E)
WAR Ningsia->72,136 (E,SE,SE)

CH NAT
MIL Chengchow->by hex 75,142, Kaifeng back to Chengchow
INF Changsa->85,141 (W)
MIL 85,143->Changsa
INF Div 86,144->85,141 (W,W,NW)
MIL 89,141->Hengyang
INF 90,140->90,141 (E)
INF 90,141->89,141 (NE)

CW:
Polish INF (Brest-Litovsk) -> Lvov

Debark:

USA:
HQI -> Honolulu

CW:
HQI -> St-Nazaire

No land combats.

Air Rebase:

CW:
Polish FTR2 + LND2 -> Rumania where they are interned.
FTR2 (Dover) -> 59,25 (West France)

USA:
NAV3 -> Pago Pago

No reorganization.

The new weather.

Sep/Oct '39
Impulse #3 (Axis)

Italy declares war on France and the Commonwealth. Americans ignore it as no entry chit was added.

Land: Japan
Combined: Germany
Naval: Italy

Axis will search the following sea areas

West Med and North Atlantic were misses. However, Axis find in Faeroes Gap
Axis will continue the fight. I will wait here for Allied fight or abort decision.

CW stay for one more round in the Faeroes Gap.

Edit: Abort surviving CPs to Liverpool.

Miss second round of Faeroes Gap.

Now North Sea. Support?

Yes, please. FTR2 to the 1-box.

Allies find 4 -6. Picked 2 box and avoided for you.

That's it for searches.

Japan moves closer to Kaifeng in the North and move west toward Chihkiang in the center. In the South, forces advance out of Canton. Germans close on Warsaw for attack.

Warsaw falls.

Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #4 (Allies) - DOW

Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #4 (Allies) - DOW

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Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #4 (Allies) - DOW