It Takes A Village to Raze a Village

[rkr1958]

Turn 81. Axis. September 25, 1942. Rhodes & The Med. End of Turn.

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Turn 81. Axis. September 25, 1942. The Eastern Front. Army Group North. End of Turn.

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Turn 81. Axis. September 25, 1942. The Eastern Front. Army Group Center. End of Turn.

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Turn 81. Axis. September 25, 1942. The Eastern Front. Army Group South. End of Turn.

1. Army Group south pivoted from pushing further east to south and into the Caucasus.

[rkr1958]

Turn 81. Axis. September 25, 1942. Battle of the Atlantic. Murmansk Convoys.

1. U-boats sink 33 MPPs headed to Russia.

[rkr1958]

Turn 81. Axis. September 25, 1942. Battle of the Atlantic. Italian Subs.

1. da Vinci sinks 11 MPPs headed to the UK.
2. Heavily damage Axum gingerly (tries) to make its way back to port and safety.

[rkr1958]

Turn 81. Axis. September 25, 1942. Western Front. End of Turn.

1. U-37 heads back to port!
2. U-30 reinforced back to full strength.

[rkr1958]

Turn 81. Axis. September 25, 1942. MPPs.

[ElvisJJonesRambo]

Axis subs have serious experience.
Interesting Chinese defense.
Gates of Moscow battle looking good

[Elessar2]

Good: using those two tanks to threaten Gorky. Not so good: no German HQ anywhere nearby.

You may not know that your coastal guns can be upgraded with Arty tech.

[rkr1958]

ORIGINAL: ElvisJJonesRambo

Axis subs have serious experience.
Interesting Chinese defense.
Gates of Moscow battle looking good

Thanks for following!

ORIGINAL: Elessar2

Good: using those two tanks to threaten Gorky. Not so good: no German HQ anywhere nearby.

You may not know that your coastal guns can be upgraded with Arty tech.

Thanks! Both situations corrected (I think). [:)]

[rkr1958]

Turn 83. Axis. October 23, 1942. Opening Messages.

[rkr1958]

Turn 83. Axis. October 23, 1942. East Africa.

1. Apparently, Italian East Africa surrendered with the loss of Massawa (1st garrison destroyed).
2. Just a matter of time before Ethiopia is lost too.
3. Mr. Churchill seems most serious about securing his colonies and perhaps adding more.

[rkr1958]

Turn 83. Axis. October 23, 1942. Rhodes/Med. End of Turn.

1. The garrison defending Rhodes incurred their first losses (3-steps).
2. Only able to reinforce 2 of the 3-steps lost.
3. The loss of Rhodes is also only a matter of time.

[rkr1958]

Turn 83. Axis. October 23, 1942. Battle of the Atlantic. Murmansk.

1. German U-boats sink 28 MPPs headed to Russia.
2. But they also take losses from RN and Soviet DD squadrons (no longer seen).
3. U-377 makes it way to Trondheim for reinforcement (next turn).
4. U-35 is taken of patrol and order to Narvaik.

[rkr1958]

Turn 83. Axis. October 23, 1942. Western Front. End of Turn.

1. U-30 & U-37 were both upgraded.
2. All three costal artillery units were also upgraded.

[rkr1958]

Turn 83. Axis. October 23, 1942. Battle of the Atlantic. Italian Subs.

1. No MPPs headed to the UK were sunk.
2. Italian sub da Vinci was mauled (knocked down to 3-steps) and is unlikely to survive next turn.
3. Italian sub Axum (at 2-steps) is looking to make port next turn.

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Turn 83. Axis. October 23, 1942. The Eastern Front. Army Group North. End of Turn.

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Turn 83. Axis. October 23, 1942. The Eastern Front. Army Group Center. End of Turn.

1. Bitter fighting around Moscow continues in the rain and the mud.
2. It's do or die for Army Group Center.
3. Kuybyshev is captured which impacts Soviet National Morale.

[rkr1958]

Turn 83. Axis. October 23, 1942. The Eastern Front. Army Group South. End of Turn.

1. Dang it! Germany's able to shatter the Soviet unit in Grozny but is unable to get any unit into the city to claim the prize.