A global war

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Allies impulse 2 Nov/Dec 43 ( impulse # 7 ) More blizzards and storms, even more than last impulse.

Landed unit from TRS's and beefed up the front in France. The US fleet in storm is keeping in position in the Marianas but no combat.

Russia keeps following the retreating Germans but cannot yet attack.

turn did not end.

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Axis impulse 2 ov/Dec 43 ( impulse # 10 ) Blizzards and storms.

Germany and Italy pass to end turn, Japan combined


More Japanese fleet movements but they fail to find the US fleet with carriers not flyable in storm.

Turn did not end.

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Allies impulse 3 Nov/Dec 43 (impulse # 13 ) Weather has moderated some, snow mostly now.

US forces knock down an Italian heavy bomber and kills 2 Italian Infantry units in Southern France, this makes a hole in the Axis front.

Russia knocks out a German Mech near Stalingrad using winterized units in the snow.

Turn does not end...

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Axis impulse 3 Nov/Dec 43 ( impulse # 16 ) Still storms.

A major naval air battle in the Marianas was likely the last Japanese offensive move. Japan lost a carrier and several planes, USA lost 2 carriers damaged and a couple of planes. Japan now join Germany and Italy in a defensive strategy to try to hold on to as many gains as possible.

Turn did not end.

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Allies impulse 4 Nov/Dec 43 ( impulse # 19 ) A very long winter turn, weather finally rain in Europe.

Russia kills a German Mot, the last German unit in Siberia.

Allies reshuffle their units to separate CW and USA units for better attack efficiency.

CW invades next to Cherbourg in rain.

Turn ended.

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Units destroyed in Nov/Dec 43.

A very long turn with mostly bad weather, not many units lost.

The losses from the naval battle in the Marianas show up bad for Japan

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Russian front at the end of Nov/Dec 43

Germany has enough force left there to maintain a front that will be a little shorted farther west. The Crimea may become a problem.

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End of Nov/Dec 43 in France

The CW and USA are pushing hard both in the south and the northern parts of France. Italy is being ignored for now but the fight is moving east in France and the Italian border is not that far away.

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Nov/Dec 43 production

Germany 55 Mech, Mot, Mtn, Mar, 3InfDiv, Mil, ART, 4pilot, 4Ftr, tr3, Lnd4
Italy 17 CAV, Mil, Lnd3, 2Pilot, NAV3, ART
Japan 29 SUB2, 3Pilot, 2NAV3, Ftr, 3CVP, Arm, Mot

CW 35 O-chit, CVP, 3Pilot, Ftr, NAV3, 2Mot
USA 74 2O-chit, 5Pilot, CVrep, SUBrep, NAV3, 2Lnd3, 3Ftr, 2Mot, ArmDiv, AT
Russia 19 2Mech, Mot, Ftr, Pilot, 1BPsave

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Jan/Feb 44 reinforcements

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Jan/Feb 44 Axis initiative Winter weather

In minor actions Germany loses a bomber and the US a Fighter. Germany reinforcements are almost all in the Wet and they move to beef up the defenses in France. In Russia the front is stable for now.

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Allies impulse 1 Jan/Feb 44 ( impulse # 3 ) Snow and rain.

US takes a super combined, CW a combined.

Russia again snuggles up to the German front in Russia forcing a few German planes to rebase.

USA oozes forward in the central French mountains. CW lands more troops in the Cherbourg area and knocks out a Rumanian Mech tp gain more territory.

US also moves to get ready for more actions against the Japanese using Kwajalein and eniwetok for a spring board

Several ground strikes in France were accomplished nothing except a few planes lost on both sides.

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AXis impulse 2 Jan/Feb 44 ( impulse # 5 ) Blizzard and snow....


More retrenching and improving strength in France, not much anywhere else except holding in place

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Allies impulse 2 Jan/Feb 44 ( impulse # 8 ) Blizzard and Storm, fine N monsoon

US ships fail to find Japanese in Bismarck Sea

One land attack in France knocks out 2 German Inf units and a German Fighter lost.

Russia has reentered Penza after the Germans have backed out.

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Axis impulse 3 Jan/Feb 44 ( impulse # 11 )

All pass Turn ends.

No partisans.

Only a few Axis infantry and planes were lost as well as one CW Mech in this tuen of bad weather.

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Production Jan/Feb 44

Germany 53 Mot,5Inf,Mech,Arm,3Ftr,Ftr3,2Lnd3,4Pilot
Italy 17 Inf,Mot,Ftr,Lnd3,2Pilot,Art
Japan 29 2Inf,2ftr,2NAV3,4Pilot,3CVP,2BPsave

CW 35 HQI,2Mot,Arm,2Ftr,Ftr3,4Pilot,CArep
USA 75 2O-chit,Para,Mtn,HQA,Mot,Arm,TRS2,4Pilot,Ftr,Lnd3
Russia 25 2Inf,Arm,Mech,Ftr,Lnd2,2Pilot

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Reinforcements for March/April 44

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March/April 44, Allies win initiative on a reroll. Fine weather everywhere

USA uses O-chit on Eisenhower, CW combined, Russia land.

6 ground strikes. all escorted and intercepted by German and Italian fighters. A lot of Aixs planes were shot down and all the ground strikes took place but with only moderate success.

Russia took a hex killing a German Mech near Stalingrad.

US and CW advanced further into France knocking out several German units

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Axis impulse 1 March/April 44 ( impulse # 2 ) Fine weather.

Germany lost 3 bombers trying to ground strike in France, no Allied losses.

German units in Russia have formed a new defensive line behind rivers and are still only slowly moving westwards.

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In France the Germans and Italians are reforming their lines with all the reinforcements rushing to the front.