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Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #5. Naval Moves.

(1) OPSEC, who needs stinking OPSEC.
(2) I guess they've never heard, "Lose Lips, Sink Ships".
(3) Below produced by MWIF MAGIC naval report imported and filtered in EXCEL.

BOA Escort & Patrol Summaries. East & West Med.

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #5. Naval Search/Combat.

(1/7). North Atlantic.
RN will not search, given U-boat in 1-box and storm with no chance to find ... no search, no combat.

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #5. Naval Search/Combat.

(2/7) Red Sea.
(1) AUS Australia will search.
(2) The searches in Red Sea were unsuccessful.
(3) No naval combat occurs.
(4) Axis roll was 2. Allied roll was 10.

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #5. Naval Search/Combat.

(3/7) CSV.
(1) Allies will not search.
(2) You may; but the Italian sub would be surprise if you do.
(3) Search CSV?

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #5. Naval Search/Combat.

(4/7) Bay of Biscay.
(1) RN will NOT search.
(2) Does Germany?

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #5. Naval Search/Combat.

(5/7) Baltic Sea.
(1) POL CA DD flotilla[4] searches.
(2) Fr commits subs.
(3) The searches in Baltic Sea were unsuccessful.
(4) No naval combat occurs.
(5) Axis roll was 9. Allied roll was 8.

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #5. Naval Search/Combat.

(6/7) Italian Coast.
(1) RN CA Sussex[2] searches.
(2) RN commits both sub Gps.
(3) Search. RN/FR=8, IT=1, no find.

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #5. Naval Search/Combat.

(7/7) East Med.
(1) RN BB Malaya[0] searches.
(2) The searches in Eastern Mediterranean Sea were unsuccessful.
(3) No naval combat occurs.
(4) Axis roll was 10. Allied roll was 8.

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #5.

Non-Phasing. Naval Searches.

[ax]No Axis searches

Anyway, bedtime for me ... will get to my land moves tomorrow. Doubt I'll need any reaction.

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #5.

Ground Strike.
(1) Surprise Ground Strike. FR SBC-3(1/2=1 TAC x 2 ) vs IT 3-stack (Bardia, Libya).
(2) Missed all three.
(3) Oh well, 50/50 shot (53%) I'd get (flip) at least one. Can't win them all; even with they're coin flips.

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #5.

Rail.
FR – V inf corps. Algiers, Algeria -> Gabes, Libya.
China – none.
USA – 3rd inf div. Norfolk, VA -> San Diego, CA.
USSR – none.

Land Move.
USSR – 2 Cav corps. Minsk -> Eastern Poland (garrison frontier).
CCP – 5th Garr army -> Mtn 74,140 (flips).
NAT - 1st Cav -> Mtn 79,142 (opposite IJA 27th inf army)
Peking MIL -> Nanyang, China.
French (summary) – troops shift north along the Belgium border.

Air Rebase – none.

HQ Reorg – none.

Europe (EOI).

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #5.

Med (EOI).

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #5.

China (EOI).

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Axis #7.

Weather.

GER will DOW Denmark & The Netherlands

No other DOW

Please do US Entry and Set Ups and send file

Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Axis #7.

DOW (Minor).
(1) Germany declares war on Denmark & The Netherlands.
(2) US Entry Action: Axis declares war on a minor country (Denmark). 1 US Entry chit added (die roll = 1).
(3) 2 value chit drawn for DOW on Denmark.
(4) US Entry Action: Axis declares war on a minor country (Netherlands). 0 US Entry chits added (die roll = 5).
(5) Ge/It Entry(1 chit)=3, Tension(0)= 0, Jp Entry(0)=1, Tension(0)=0
(6) Both Denmark & Netherlands are aligned to the CW.

Setup.
Netherlands.
(1) I inf corps -> Amsterdam.
(2) 3 CAs, 1 Sub, 1 CP -> Rotterdam.
(3) TRS, 6 CPs -> Paramaribo, Dutch Guyana.
(4) NEI Terr -> Palembang, Sumatra.
(5) 3 CPs -> Batavia, Sumatra.

Denmark.
(1) 2 CAs, 1 CP -> Frederikshavn.
(2) 5 CPs -> Torshavn, Faeroes Islands.

ACTIONS

GER Land
IT Naval
JP Combined

PORT ATTACKS
GER LND3 will strike Rotterdam, SUB not included

Surprise roll was 5, 6 points used to shift Attacker 3 Columns giving Risk of 2D, 1A
GER will place 1st D on CP
Where to place 2nd?

D on CA Java (1-5-7) please.

Also, any overruns (Frederikshavn) that escape please go to Liverpool.

Java hit
Axis place A on Sumatra, hit

NAVAL AIR

IT / JP none
GER flys FTR2 & FTR3 to 2 box of North Sea