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Turn 13. Sep/Oct 1941. Axis #5.

Japan. Strategic Bombing (China). Both bombing missions miss.

Turn 13. Sep/Oct 1941. Axis #5.

Japan. Land Combat vs communist Chinese. Japan wins a hard fought victory in the rain and mountains of northern China. Also, the Japanese have managed to cut off and surround a communist cavalry corps and infantry army.

Turn 13. Sep/Oct 1941. Axis #5.

The Eastern Front. Ground Strike (1/2).

Turn 13. Sep/Oct 1941. Axis #5.

The Eastern Front. Ground Strike (2/2).

Turn 13. Sep/Oct 1941. Axis #5.

The Eastern Front. Army Group North. Land Combat. Pskov, USSR.

Turn 13. Sep/Oct 1941. Axis #5.

The Eastern Front. Army Group Center. Land Combat. Gomel, USSR.

Turn 13. Sep/Oct 1941. Axis #5.

The Eastern Front. Army Group South. Land Combat. Dnepropetrovsk, USSR.

Sicily is part of the Italian home country, so Palermo is a primary supply source for Italian (& cooperating) units.

Italy never needs to rely on overseas supply to Sicily unless Palermo is enemy-occupied.

ORIGINAL: composer99

Sicily is part of the Italian home country, so Palermo is a primary supply source for Italian (& cooperating) units.

Italy never needs to rely on overseas supply to Sicily unless Palermo is enemy-occupied.

Only reorganisation of oil depend units might be a problem, when playing with Limited Overseas Supply and Limited Overseas Supply across straits....

Turn 13. Sep/Oct 1941. Allied #7.

Actions. Free France - naval, Great Britain - land, China - land, USA - combine, USSR - land.

China. Post Movement.

Turn 13. Sep/Oct 1941. Allied #7.

Actions. Free France - naval, Great Britain - land, China - land, USA - combine, USSR - land.

USSR Rail. The blue factory at Stalino is dismantled and railed east to Magnitogorsk.

USSR. Post Movement & Air Re-base. Things are looking grim. The only positive is the weather and the the second front that Great Britain is opening against the Italians in the Med. Stalin is pressing Churchill to expand this "second" front by invading Sicily.

Turn 13. Sep/Oct 1941. Allied #7.

Free French "Navy" & RN. Italian Coast. Round 1. The Free French (and RN) initiate a successful naval combat against the Italians off the Italian Coast.

Turn 13. Sep/Oct 1941. Allied #7.

Free French "Navy" & RN. Italian Coast. Round 2. The allies are unable to maintain contact and keep the battle going.

Turn 13. Sep/Oct 1941. Allied #7.

Great Britain. Amphibious Invasion. Trapani, Italy.

At the cost of two divisions (1st and 2nd infantry), Great Britain is able to establish a bridgehead on Sicily. At sea ready to reinforce this bridgehead are Alexander's HQ-I, Gort's HQ-I and an engineering division.

FYI. With the Royal Marines having a zoc-lock on the empty city of Palermo and with not Italian supply (CP or TRS) off the Italian Coast, the two Italian corps in Sicily are now out of supply.

Turn 13. Sep/Oct 1941. Axis #9. Weather.

The turn continues and the weather stays (exactly) the same.

Time for a bit of back-seat WiFFing. The CW ought to have invaded the port of Bari, north of Taranto, instead of Sicily. They would have gotten a ZoC on the rail line into Taranto, meaning the Axis couldn't reinforce it, and then they could walk into the city unopposed subsequently (unless the turn happens to end early). Occupying a factory city in Italy is one of the possible conditions to trigger the conquest of Italy. Occupying Sicily is not.

Also, with no Italian ZoC, the notional in Bari would have been weaker, meaning a much better combat result on the same die roll.

Now I come to think of it, why was the notional in Sicily 4 factors? I count 1 base, +1 for home country, +1 for being in a friendly ZoC. Where is the 4th factor coming from? Did a unit invade from the 2 box?

ORIGINAL: composer99

Now I come to think of it, why was the notional in Sicily 4 factors? I count 1 base, +1 for home country, +1 for being in a friendly ZoC. Where is the 4th factor coming from? Did a unit invade from the 2 box?

+1 for being a notional in a major power.

ORIGINAL: Courtenay

ORIGINAL: composer99

Now I come to think of it, why was the notional in Sicily 4 factors? I count 1 base, +1 for home country, +1 for being in a friendly ZoC. Where is the 4th factor coming from? Did a unit invade from the 2 box?

+1 for being a notional in a major power.

No, I counted that already - that was the +1 for home country.

The only other positive modifier to the notional unit combat factor is if the notional is in a city hex, which isn't the case for this invasion.

So, either you had a unit invade from the 2 box or there was some kind of bug.

The invading marine corps was in the 2-box. Hence the mysterious +1 to the notional.

See post #674.

ORIGINAL: composer99

Time for a bit of back-seat WiFFing. The CW ought to have invaded the port of Bari, north of Taranto, instead of Sicily. They would have gotten a ZoC on the rail line into Taranto, meaning the Axis couldn't reinforce it, and then they could walk into the city unopposed subsequently (unless the turn happens to end early). Occupying a factory city in Italy is one of the possible conditions to trigger the conquest of Italy. Occupying Sicily is not.

Also, with no Italian ZoC, the notional in Bari would have been weaker, meaning a much better combat result on the same die roll.

Yes, that does look to have been the better choice.

ORIGINAL: composer99
Now I come to think of it, why was the notional in Sicily 4 factors? I count 1 base, +1 for home country, +1 for being in a friendly ZoC. Where is the 4th factor coming from? Did a unit invade from the 2 box?

ORIGINAL: Orm

The invading marine corps was in the 2-box. Hence the mysterious +1 to the notional.

See post #674.

Yes, the Royal marines invaded from the 2-box hence they extra notional.