The Wildfire Spreads (5-player game)

[Majorball68]

July/August '40
Impulse #5 (Allies)
Naval Movement Cont': CW lots of naval moves to reinforce sea zones.
Obvious intercept attempts on CA leaving Port Said(6) and Suez(4) fail to find and providing screening for Carriers in WM.
Trans from SA picks up 3-3 in Arabian Sea.
CW will be searching East Coast.
Axis nothing to lose by searching EM.

Shouldn't need a save.

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[Majorball68]

East Coast search fails to find, Allies 5 Axis 6.

Axis can search 3 areas, although obvious Axis may have other plans for East Med.

Require Axis decisions on searches BOB, FG & EM.

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[GeneralAdvance]

Search EM only thanks

[Majorball68]

• Allies find in EM, Allies 2 Axis 6. No subs committed.
  
  5 Surprise points with 4 spent to choose sub combat for a no combat round.
  
  Allies abort before round 2 searches.
  
  CW ships to Port Said.
  
  3 Greek CP to Victoria, Sychelles. Other Greek ships to Gibraltar.

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[Majorball68]

July/August '40
Impulse #5 (Allies) Cont

Strategic Bombing: None

Ground Strikes: Manchuria [54,150] 122mm (4), 2-3 Terr flipped(4).

Rail: Marshall Timoshenko transferred to Manchuria [62,158]

Movement: USSR advances in Manchuria. Chinese move forward.

Attacks: There is one attack vs the flipped 2-3 Terr currently an auto attack. If max air support of 2 is added odds would be +20.5 with Assault the only chance of a loss with fractional. With the odds of that very remote I will carry on as an auto attack to finish turn. Of course I can redo if required.

No reorg.

Airbase of note: Blenheim Malta to Egypt.

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[Orm]

Jul/Aug '40
Impulse #6 (Axis)

No declarations of war.

Land: Germany
Combined: Italy, Japan
Naval:

No Port Strikes. No Naval Air.

Naval Movement:

Italy:
TRS + Ge INF + CA in La Spezia sail into the Italian Coast. Will CW intercept?

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[Majorball68]

No intercept IC.

[Orm]

Jul/Aug '40
Impulse #6 (Axis)

Naval Moves continued:

The Italian transport force continues to Åatras.

Japan:
BB + 2 TRS

No strategic bombing. No ground strikes.

Rail Movement:

Japan:
ENG -> Changchun

Italy:
MIL -> Brest

Germany:
2 ART + GARR -> Poland

Land Movement:

Italy:
PART -> NE
MIL -> Genoa

Japan:
6-3 INF + 6-4 INF + 2-3 TERR adjust their defensive positions in Manchuria.

Germany:
Bayonne, and Salonica, are liberated.
The Greek liberation force concentrate on Athens.
Most of the armies in France return towards their German home bases.
PARA -> Taranto

Debark:
Germany:
INF -> Trieste

Germany assaults Athens. Current odds is 23:4. One LND2, and one LND3, add 9 points in ground support. This will give 32:4 or +15. However, CW may add defensive ground support. Germany has one 6-strength FTR2 available.

Will CW support Athens?

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[Orm]

Jul/Aug '40
Impulse #6 (Axis)

Naval Moves continued:

The Italian transport force continues to Åatras.

Japan:
BB + 2 TRS

No strategic bombing. No ground strikes.

Rail Movement:

Japan:
ENG -> Changchun

Italy:
MIL -> Brest

Germany:
2 ART + GARR -> Poland

Land Movement:

Italy:
PART -> NE
MIL -> Genoa

Japan:
6-3 INF + 6-4 INF + 2-3 TERR adjust their defensive positions in Manchuria.

Germany:
Bayonne, and Salonica, are liberated.
The Greek liberation force concentrate on Athens.
Most of the armies in France return towards their German home bases.
PARA -> Taranto

Debark:
Germany:
INF -> Trieste

Germany assaults Athens. Current odds is 23:4. One LND2, and one LND3, add 9 points in ground support. This will give 32:4 or +15. However, CW may add defensive ground support. Germany has one 6-strength FTR2 available.

Will CW support Athens?

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[Majorball68]

Will CW support Athens?

No support. Happy for you to make these decisions to keep things moving. I would rarely fly unescorted air support except in desperation or a critical attack that might make a difference.

[Orm]

Good to know. Thank you.

Picture of the final odds on Athens.

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[Orm]

Jul/Aug '40
Impulse #6 (Axis)

Athens is liberated.

The Greek, disorganized, CP in Athens is overrun and destroyed (4).

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[Orm]

Jul/Aug '40
Impulse #6 (Axis)

Air Rebase:

Japan:
LND2 S China -> Sian
FTR2 NE China -> W Harbin
NAV2 NE China -> W Changchun
NAV2 Manchuria -> NE China

Italy:
LND3 -> Sicily
FTR2 -> E Hamburg
ATR3 -> Salerno

Germany:
FTR2 France -> Cologne
2 LND2 France -> Germany
LND3 Aachen -> Amsterdam

No reorganization.

[Orm]

Over to Allies.

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[Majorball68]

July/August '40
Impulse #7 (Allies)
Declarations of war: None

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

Port Strikes: None

Naval Air: None

Naval Movement: None

Strategic Bombing: None

Ground Strikes: None

Rail: 1-5 Cav from Persia to East Poland

Movement: USSR and China moves all obvious. Italian food and wine heading north along with 5-4 inf.

Transport unload: 7-4 Mot debarks in Cape Town

Rebase: Sutherland Malta to Gilbraltar

Reorg: None

Turn continues with a 5.

Over to Axis.

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