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A Stuka ground strikes Malta. The Germans move units around.

Japan moves units by sea. In the only attack, 1 SNLF Div landed in the former French Indo China to crush partisans in Hanoi.

AXIS #5 JAN/FEB 1941

Words will have to serve for this impulse as my usual resource for storing screenshots failed.

Snow in Mitteleuropa. Germany declared war on Hungary. The US didn't mind. South Dobruja, man. That was awful.

Japan aligned Madagascar. For some reason this really upset the USA, +2 chits.

Germany and Japan land, Italy combined.

The Italians put another fleet into the E Med, 1 box. A large CW force in the 0 box cannot intercept and the mission is successful in delivering good quality Mot and Mech Corps to Balbo behind his lines at Bardia and Tobruk. The Italians do not search. Searches by Italian aircraft searching for unescorted CW cps in W Med fail.

But a lone Italian sub in North Atlantic rolls 1 and causes havoc amongst 9 unescorted CW cps. Two are destroyed, three aborted to Halifax Nova Scotia.

Meanwhile the German invasion of Hungary proves premature. Stukas ground striking snowy Budapest completely miss. The garrison survives a 41:7 +5 assault, Germans rolled 7, lost a Mot Div, and disorganised their spearhead of elite troops in that area as Rommel and substantial reserves lumber behind. A gamble and a mis-step.

AXIS #9 JAN/FEB 1941

Three land actions, little to report aside from storms and blizzards.

Rommel railed in to take charge of the Budapest disaster.

One attack in South China from the dishonorable General Umezu.

Backpedaling a bit here with Allied Production.

China: 6 bp Mnt, garrison.
CW: 14 bp pilot, inf, HQI, Prince of Wales 2nd phase. Convoy x 2.
US: 9 bp. Amphib 2nd phase. Transport 1st phase. Pilot, convoy.
Russia: 14 bp. inf x2, mech, pilot, ftr-2.

Turn ends on the allied impulse. A commie chinese partisan appears in Changsa, trying to cut supply to the Japanese army deep into chinese territory.

And having enough of Japanese aggression, and taking the advice of is senior naval commanders, President Roosevelt orders the Fleet from San Diego to take up residence in Pearl Harbor.

Reinforcements for Mar/Apr 41.

Axis Production Jan/Feb 1941

Japan: CV Junyo (2nd), CV Taiyo (1st), cp, CVA1, pilot, HQ-I Yamashita, INF

Germany: 3 pilots, 2 FTR2, LND2, HQ-A Manstein, INF, TERR

Italy: TRS (2nd), pilot, GARR

Vichy France: repair BB Paris

Destroyed J/F 1941: mainly lorries.

Allied Production:
China 7 bp. Inf, Mnt Div, Garrison.
CW: 13 bp. pilot x 2, convoy x 2, CVA-1, BB Duke of York 2nd phase, BB Howe 2nd phase. Territorial.
US: 9 bp. Amphib 2nd phase. Pilot, CV YorktownII 1st phase, convoy x 2.
Russia: 15 bp. inf x2, HQI, pilot x2.

AXIS #1 MAR/APR 1941

Axis win the initiative and move first. Fine weather all over the world, roll 10. Fighting weather.

Land moves for Germany and Japan. Italy takes a combined, sends two subs to Cape St Vincent, and a Gabbiano to the W Med 4 box to hunt unescorted British Empire convoys.

The subs find for one round in CSV and there is carnage.

The Italians roll well in E Med too, and W Med. 4 further CW cps are destroyed. Just one remains to supply Malta in the E Med.

Il Duce is delighted. These raids have been a great victory for Italy, though we only had the one combat round in each sea area.

To further pressurise CW production, the Luftwaffe hammers Manchester.

Air combat is fiercely contested by the Hungarian air force as the Luftwaffe ground strikes Budapest. The Germans lose a fighter, but the Stuka eventually gets through, hitting the weaker defending infantry corps.

A German artillery ground strike from Calais misses the bomber and Mot Corps in Dover.

In South China, Umezu's Army Group moves against a cavalry division and the beleaguered Chiang's supply line.

Umezu advances towards Kweichow province but must surely be concerned at partisans in his rear at Changsha.

Terauchi can at last go on the offensive against the communists in the valley east of Tungkwan.

At the same time, the highly mobile Yamamoto's northern command moves against the Sian militia.

North China: Mao is disorganised beneath the Communist 2 Inf.

The Germans roll poorly in forests NW of Budapest and suffer some disorganised units.