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Posted: **Sun Feb 01, 2026 5:25 pm**

Orm wrote: Sun Feb 01, 2026 2:40 pm Two reasons for including oil to Italy.

1) Italy can then use the oil for production if needed, or saved for when saved oil might be needed. For example, we plan for Italy to produce for 10 factories, which yields 8 BPs (7,5 actually), and one of the resources was not available for production so we get under 10 factories then we use an oil instead. The Sardinia resource is often unavailable for Italy. The goal here is to not use oil for production, unless needed.

2) I always try to avoid using German oil for Italian reorganization , as that reduce the effect of oil rounding. If both MPs use their own oil then we get the rounding effect twice. For example: Germany has units costing 2,4 oil to reorganize, and Italy has a cost of 1,4, then it would cost 4 oil if only German oil is used, but 3 oil if both Italian and German oil is used.

Did that answer your question, or should I try to clarify?

Yes it did. Thanks!

With respect to use oil I get around the rounding twice effect you illustrated. I do this, only in my solo game(s), by allowing any fraction of left over oil to be be used by the other cooperating major power. For example, if Germany uses 1.7 oil, I allow Italy to use the remaining 0.3 oil for their own units

As I understand this, this is how RAW but not RAC works. Of course, this implementation requires some editing, made much easier with the beta tester's version that I use.

Posted: **Mon Feb 02, 2026 9:40 am**

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Posted: **Mon Feb 02, 2026 9:43 am**

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Posted: **Mon Feb 02, 2026 9:44 am**

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Posted: **Mon Feb 02, 2026 11:47 am**

July/August '40
Impulse #1 (Allies)
Declarations of war: None

Land: China, USSR
Combined: US
Naval: France, CW
Pass:

Port Strikes: None

Naval Air: Blenheim to 4 box EM.

Naval Movement: Subs to WM & IC. CW & French ships to escort duties in number of sea zones. Queens leaves Gibralter and collects the 7-4 Mot from France on the way to Belfast. Trans from Gibralter loaded with Mech destination Suez. Gort spotted on French transports of the coast of SA.

Naval Searches: None

Strategic Boming: None

Ground Strikes: None

Rail: USSR 7-3 railed to Zhukov

Movmement: USSR advances into Manchuria. Minor adjustments to Nationalist Chinese front line. Mao advances.

Air Supply: Queens in Belfast and 7-3 USSR Infantry.

Rebase: USSR fighter in Manchuria.

Over to Axis.

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Posted: **Mon Feb 02, 2026 11:59 am**

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Posted: **Mon Feb 02, 2026 12:01 pm**

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Posted: **Mon Feb 02, 2026 12:02 pm**

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Posted: **Tue Feb 03, 2026 9:25 am**

Jul/Aug '40
Impulse #2 (Axis)

No declarations of war.

Land: Japan
Combined: Germany, Italy
Naval:

No Port Strikes.

Naval Air:
FTR2 -> East Med 2-box

Naval Movement:

Germany:
SUB -> Faeroes Gap
SUB -> BoB

Italy:
2 SUB -> West Med

Italy search in the East Med, and Germany adds one NAV3 to the 2-box.

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Posted: **Tue Feb 03, 2026 9:31 am**

Cw finds in the Eastern Mediterranean (Axis 4, Allies 3), and Italy selects a naval air combat. How to proceed?

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Posted: **Tue Feb 03, 2026 9:38 am**

Orm wrote: Tue Feb 03, 2026 9:31 am Cw finds in the Eastern Mediterranean (Axis 4, Allies 3), and Italy selects a naval air combat. How to proceed?
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Reduce Axis A2A. Obviously abort A2A. Stay in zone. If aborted send to Alexandria

Posted: **Tue Feb 03, 2026 11:03 am**

Italy wins the air combat, and that ends the action in the East Med.

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Posted: **Tue Feb 03, 2026 11:04 am**

After some pondering Germany decline to initiate any searches.

Posted: **Tue Feb 03, 2026 4:51 pm**

Jul/Aug '40
Impulse #2 (Axis)

No strategic bombing. No ground strikes.

Rail Movement:

Japan:
MIL Canton -> Harbin

Italy:
HQA -> SW France

Germany:
GARR -> Poland

Land Movement:

Japan:
Minor withdrawal in Manchuria, and northern China.

Italy:
PART Rangoon -> NE
MECH -> Alps

Germany:
INF -> W Rome
INF Div -> La Spezia
INF -> E Bordeaux
HQI -> Lille
AA -> Frankfurt
GARR -> Reims

Air Rebase:

Germany:
FTR2 Munich -> Bari
LND2 + LND3 Sicily -> Tirana
2 FTR2 -> Calais
LND3 -> Lille

Italy:
LND3 -> E Taranto
FTR2 France -> Essen

Japan:
NAV2 NE China -> 59,151 in C Manchuria
NAV2 Hengyang -> Cheefoo

No reorganization.

Posted: **Tue Feb 03, 2026 4:55 pm**

Back to Allies, with mostly fine weather.

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Posted: **Tue Feb 03, 2026 4:58 pm**

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