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Turn 18. July/August 1942. Asian Front. Combat Logs.

Turn 18. July/August 1942. Asian Front. China.

Turn 18. July/August 1942. Asian Front. Dutch East Indies.

Turn 18. July/August 1942. Asian Front. Mongolia, Manchuria & Korea.

An uneasy peace between the Soviets and Japanese still in effect.

Turn 18. July/August 1942. The Atlantic. Combat Logs.

Turn 18. July/August 1942. The Atlantic. Cape St. Vincent.

Turn 18. July/August 1942. The Eastern Front. Combat Logs.

Turn 18. July/August 1942. The Eastern Front. Black Sea to Caspian Sea.

Turn 18. July/August 1942. The Eastern Front. The Arctic.

Turn 18. July/August 1942. The Eastern Front. Leningrad/Moscow/Central Soviet Union.

Turn 18. July/August 1942. The Eastern Front. Eastern Russia.

Turn 18. July/August 1942. The Med. Combat Logs.

Turn 18. July/August 1942. The Med.

Turn 18. July/August 1942. The Pacific. Combat Logs.

Turn 18. July/August 1942. The Pacific. Sea of Japan/China Sea/Japanese Coast.

Turn 18. July/August 1942. The Pacific. Western Central.

Turn 18. July/August 1942. The Pacific. Central.

Turn 18. July/August 1942. The Pacific. South.

You my loyal and I must say very patient readers of this AAR now have a part to play. Consider yourselves the diplomats of the waring nations. I will allow a week for interested diplomats to responds to the following questions and based on the collective responses, including votes, I will decide whether or not I continue this AAR and, if so, how.

The situation for the Western Allies in Italy has become very dire. Alexander's HQ-I was eliminated and Eisenhower's HQ-A along with an airborne division are now surrounded by Axis forces. To make matters worse for Eisenhower his HQ-A is disorganized and can't be reorg except by O-chit. With the Soviet Union and the Red Army in collapse, Germany is and will continue to redeploy significant ground and air forces from the Eastern Front to Italy.

1. Should the Western Allies seek an armistice with Germany and Italy?

2. And if they do, would Germany and Italy only agree to one if Japan is included because of, "The Tripartite Pact"?

3. Would the Western Allies agree to an armistice only between Germany and Italy and one that includes all three axis powers?

4. What would be the terms of any armistice(s) agreed to by some or all of the waring powers?

My short answers to your questions:
1. No, I see no valid reason why they should?
2. Yes, if such an armistice would constitute a draw in game terms, this would be a far better result than the Axis player could expect by JA45, based on current situation.
3. No, the WAllies are far ahead on their usual and also historical schedule. No need for either armistice.
4. Can't see any incentive for WAllies to demand less than Unconditional Surrender. Axis should take any better offer.