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War France (Japan) 11/95-9/97. 42 Prestige At Start.

Battlleships: France: 2B/CL/DD, BrB2, +1 Prestige.
Fra. blockaded, Djibouti invaded.
Battlleships.: France:CA.
Djibouti taken (+1 Prestige).
Small:: France: 2D.
Rejected peace, Japan declares war on us.
Bombardment: Losses: France: CA, +1 Prestige.
Convoy Defense: Losses: France: 3CL/1DD, +1 Prestige.
France breaks blockade.
Mozambique invaded, France under blockade.
Peace rejected.
Cruisers.: Losses::France: 2CA/2CL, +1 Prestige.
White peace, despite big advantage. Happens when you have miserable Froggies in FO. Prestige: 47.

Got Shanhai and Norway via coups. Getting the Cruisers up and running.

War Germany. 1/02-2/04, 54 Prestige At Start.
Fleet: Losses: Germany: 3B/2CA/20DD, B: CA/CL/10DD, +2 Prestige.
Fleet: Losses: Germany: B/3CA/3CL/7DD, B:CL, +2 Prestige. Removed Bs, went with CAs.
Convoy Defense: Losses: Germany: 3B/DD, +1 Prestige.
Cruisers: Losses: Germany:5CA/CL/DD, +1 Prestige.
Rejected peace.
Small.: Losses: Germany: 2CL/3DD.
Convoy Defense: Losses: Germany: DD.
Convoy Defense: Losses: Germany: 2CL/DD.
Rejected peace.
Coastal raid: G:3B, B:DD, +1 Prestige.
Cruisers.: Losses: Germany: 4B/3CA/CL/8DD, +2 Prestige.
Invaded Cameroon.
Unrest Germany.
Cruisers: Losses: Germany: 3CL/DD.
Rejected peace.
Coastal raid: Losses: Germany: CL.
Cameroon falls (+1 Prestige).
Cruisers: Losses: Germany: CL/3DD.
Convoy Defense: Losses: Germany: CA/DD.
Peace refused.
SW Africa Invaded.
Convoy Defense.: Losses: Germany: 4B/2DD, +2 Prestige.
Unrest Germany.
Cruisers: G:CL/DD.
Coastal Raid: Br:CA (Legacy, to a mine).
Bombardment: Br:DD (mine while retiring).
Unrest Germany.
Victory, 10 reparations, 67 Prestige.

Starting out BCs.

BRITAIN (Cont.)

War USA (allied with Russia), France allied with us. 10/10-6/11, 80 Prestige At Start.
Coastal Defense: Losses: US:CL, +1 Prestige.
Russia Joins USA.
Spa. Joins us, Japan co-belligerent. Rus/US both blockaded.
Coastal Defense: Losses: US:CL/2DD, B: CL/DD.
Ally, Japan. US breaks blockade.
US. re-blockaded.
Coastal Raid: US: Losses: CA/CL/3DD, +1 Prestige.
Food SHortage US.
Coast.Raid: Losses: US:CA/2CL/2DD, B: CA.
Unrest USA.
Peace refused.
Coastal Raid: Losses: US:CL/DD, +1 Prestige.
Coastal Raid: Losses: US:CL/DD, +1 Prestige.
Victory (+1 Prestige), 8 reps, took Midway, 85 Prestige.

BRITAIN (Cont.)

War with USA. 2/16-8/16, 94 Prestige.
Coastal Raid: Losses: US:2CL/DD, +1 Prestige.
Coastal Defense: Losses: US:BB/2BC/CL/5DD, B:BC/CA/2DD, +1 Prestige.
US invades New Provenance
Invasion Maine: Losses: US:BC/6DD, B:CL/2DD, Inv. succeeds, +2 Prestige.
Victory (+1 Prestige), 5 reps+Aleutians (for more enmity), 99P. Short and sweet.

War with Germany, 12/1918-3/21. 103 Prestige.
Germany blockaded.
Convoy Defense: Losses: G:2BB, +2 Prestige.
Japan Joins us., Austria declared war on us.
Germany breaks blockade.
Coastal Raid: Losses: G:CL/7DD, +1 Prestige.
Med. dominated, -1 Prestige.
Coatal Raid: Losses: G:BC/3DD, B:CA (sunk after action), +2 Prestige.
Raider: Losses: G:CL.
Bombard: Losses: G:CL/6DD, B:BC/CA, -2 Prestige.
Invasion Algeria: Losses: G:BB/5DD, B:CL/DD.
Cruisers: Losses: G:CL/DD.
Convoy Defense: Losses: G:CA/3DD, +1 Prestige.
Unrest Germany.
Cruisers: Losses: G:3CL/4DD, +1 Prestige.
Japan decl. war on Austria.
Algerian invasion defeated.
Small: Losses: G:3DD
CA (legacy) torpedoed.
Ita. (ally of Japan) declares war on Austria.
Coastal Raid: Losses: B:CA/DD. -1 Prestige. (Terribkle luck. Which happens.)
Cruisers: Losses: A:5DD, B:DD.
Austria Blockaded.
Italy at war with Germany.
Convoy Defense: Losses: G:DD.
Alliance with Italy.
Bombardment: Losses: G:2BC/3DD, +2 Prestige.
Germany Breaks blockade.
Cruisers: Losses: G3DD.
SW Africa invaded, Germany under blockade.
Cruisers: G:CL/DD, B:DD.
Coalition Collapses (+1P), 9 reps. (5G/4AH.), 109 Prestige.

Got Samoa because why not.

War with USA 1/26-12/27 119 Prestige.
USA blockaded.
Cruisers, No losses, but -1 Prestige.
France joins USA.
USA breaks blockade.
Convoy Attack: Losses: F:CA/5DD, B:CL, +2 Prestige.
France blockaded.
Bahamas invaded.
New Prov invaded.
Japan joins us.
France breaks blockade.
France blockaded.
We allied with Japan.
Rejected peace (+1 Prestige.)
Convoy Attack: Losses: F:CL/5DD, B:CL, +2 Prestige.
Fleet" F:BB/3DD, B: Bad damage, no losses, +1P.
C.Def.: Losses: F:2DD.
Austria at war on US.
2 Unrest events, France.
White peace, 122 Prestige.

War with France, 9/29-3/3/30, 128 Prestige.
Cruisers: Losses: F:5DD, -1 Prestige. (We took heavy damage.)
Coastal Def: F:BC/DD, +2 Prestige.
Cruisers: Losses: F:CL/DD.
(Legacy CL torpedoed).
Coastal Raid:Losses: F: 3CL/3DD, B:DD, +1 Prestige.
Victory (+1 Prestige), 131 Prestige. On track so far, considering it's 1930.

I play rear Admiral, myself, and have taken to giving the AI my old ship templates when I finish a campaign to make the game harder. How does fighting in admirals mode work, how do you get such consistent results with it? Is carrier air power still handled automatically or do you have to do it yourself?