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And the West part of Manchuria.

The Japanese carrier force at their home base and most carriers have yet to get their air component.


Picture from Jul/Aug 41 Impulse #2 (Allied) - DOW

During the last impulse Finland withdrew their raiding force.


Picture from Jul/Aug 41 Impulse #2 (Allied) - DOW

And a overview picture of the East front.


Picture from Jul/Aug 41 Impulse #2 (Allied) - DOW

What is the western allies doing? No Strat campaign against Germany (not even a night one), no CV battle in the Med against the Italians NAVs and 2box FTRs, no landing raid i France, etc. Building up for a major offensive?

ORIGINAL: peskpesk

What is the western allies doing? No Strat campaign against Germany (not even a night one), no CV battle in the Med against the Italians NAVs and 2box FTRs, no landing raid i France, etc. Building up for a major offensive?

really a central question of the game World in Flames - how do the Allies respond to a 1941 Barbarossa?

ORIGINAL: brian brian

ORIGINAL: peskpesk

What is the western allies doing? No Strat campaign against Germany (not even a night one), no CV battle in the Med against the Italians NAVs and 2box FTRs, no landing raid i France, etc. Building up for a major offensive?

really a central question of the game World in Flames - how do the Allies respond to a 1941 Barbarossa?

Go after the Italians in the Med. Start by making sure the Western Med becomes a dangerous place for Italian ships to sail into (FTR 3 and NAV in Gib, together with a nice fleet) and invade Sardinia. Or start building up in Egypt and try if you can throw the Italians out of Lybia.
Together with the bi monthly strategic air raid on Lille, such a strategy should at least make sure that a lot of airplanes are in France and in the Med.

You don't need very strong land units to fight the Italians in the Med. Just air and sea power is enough. And the CW shouldn't be afraid of losing BB's. If the Italians use the same number, the CW is winning the war in the Med...

You don't need to be succesfull, just make sure you make life interesting for the Italians...

ORIGINAL: peskpesk

What is the western allies doing? No Strat campaign against Germany (not even a night one), no CV battle in the Med against the Italians NAVs and 2box FTRs, no landing raid i France, etc. Building up for a major offensive?

warspite1

That is a very good question peskpesk.

In answering, I would ask you first to imagine if you will, the following:
General Gamelin
General Prasca
General Percival
General Fredendall
Marshall Timoshenko
Field Marshal Busch
and General Hyakutake

Now, mix these fellows up, taking the worst of their military capabilities for each and hey presto.....

.... that is who is commanding the Allies in this game.[:)]

ORIGINAL: warspite1


That is a very good question peskpesk.

In answering, I would ask you first to imagine if you will, the following:
General Gamelin
General Prasca
General Percival
General Fredendall
Marshall Timoshenko
Field Marshal Busch
and General Hyakutake

Now, mix these fellows up, taking the worst of their military capabilities for each and hey presto.....

.... that is who is commanding the Allies in this game.[:)]

I noticed you left off Col Klink from that list, so I guess things could be allot worse! [:D]

Enjoying this AAR btw, thanks for doing it!!

Brian.

ORIGINAL: BrianJH

ORIGINAL: warspite1


That is a very good question peskpesk.

In answering, I would ask you first to imagine if you will, the following:
General Gamelin
General Prasca
General Percival
General Fredendall
Marshall Timoshenko
Field Marshal Busch
and General Hyakutake

Now, mix these fellows up, taking the worst of their military capabilities for each and hey presto.....

.... that is who is commanding the Allies in this game.[:)]

I noticed you left off Col Klink from that list, so I guess things could be allot worse! [:D]

Enjoying this AAR btw, thanks for doing it!!

Brian.

warspite1

No idea who Colonel Klink is but if he's rubbish then yes.... add him to the list [:)]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: BrianJH

ORIGINAL: warspite1


That is a very good question peskpesk.

In answering, I would ask you first to imagine if you will, the following:
General Gamelin
General Prasca
General Percival
General Fredendall
Marshall Timoshenko
Field Marshal Busch
and General Hyakutake

Now, mix these fellows up, taking the worst of their military capabilities for each and hey presto.....

.... that is who is commanding the Allies in this game.[:)]

I noticed you left off Col Klink from that list, so I guess things could be allot worse! [:D]

Enjoying this AAR btw, thanks for doing it!!

Brian.

warspite1

No idea who Colonel Klink is but if he's rubbish then yes.... add him to the list [:)]

Don't know who Colonel Klink is!?! That has to be one of the saddest statements I have read recently.

ORIGINAL: RickInVA

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: BrianJH





I noticed you left off Col Klink from that list, so I guess things could be allot worse! [:D]

Enjoying this AAR btw, thanks for doing it!!

Brian.

warspite1

No idea who Colonel Klink is but if he's rubbish then yes.... add him to the list [:)]

Don't know who Colonel Klink is!?! That has to be one of the saddest statements I have read recently.

warspite1

Well I've just googled it and to be fair, I was barely school age when the series finished. I do not recall Hogan's Heroes being on TV when I was a kid - although may be wrong. Sorry [;)].

Jul/Aug 1941
Impulse: 2

The CW, having chosen a combined, put a couple of units to sea in the Gulf of Guinea.

They then try and extract the remnants of the Mediterranean Fleet from Alexandria. Orm is not around to ask but I see no reason why he would not seek to intercept. However the throw is a 7 - higher than the 4 required - and the RN force head through the Suez Canal into the Red Sea.

The USN put three cruisers into the North Atlantic.

Jul/Aug 1941
Impulse: 2

I base the Italians next decision on what Orm did in the first impulse. Therefore the Italian submarines do not seek to initiate combat in the Bay of Biscay due to the strength of the escorts in that zone.

Jul/Aug 1941
Impulse: 2

The Soviets rail a factory from Dnepropetrovsk to Ufa (at a cost of two rail points). Never done this before so I will need to check production over the coming turns to see if it works. The Factory should be available for use in two turns.

The Indians rail a Militia to Calcutta.

Jul/Aug 1941
Impulse: 2

The CW continue the retreat to......

....... the capital of Egypt [:)]

A Submarine is left behind, but I just do not have sufficient moves for everyone.

Jul/Aug 1941
Impulse: 2

The Soviets also try and retreat where they can - which is not very far, with not very much. Yeremenko reorganises a couple of units.



Its pretty binary; if the weather holds then the Soviets are finished. Their only hope is a short turn/rubbish weather combo.

...and a throw of 5 does not help. Fine everywhere except North Monsoon.

Whoever heard of good weather in summer? - it's a disgrace [;)]

I feel some more of this headed my way.... (couldn't find this music set to images of Operation Blau which is a shame - great music to imagine scores of PzKpfwIII + IV's charging across the endless Soviet Steppe).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aj4JppzHQQ

Japan declare war on USSR (1 US entry chit drawn)

Axis go all land.

No Port Strikes. No naval air. No strategic bombing.

Japan ground strike Vladivostok and Chengtu. Germany ground strike Vilna and Kiev and bombard Minsk.

The ground strike on Vilna did not go as well as I had hoped.


Picture from Jul/Aug 41 Impulse #3 (Axis) - Ground Strike

The bombardment of Minsk.


Picture from Jul/Aug 41 Impulse #3 (Axis) - Ground Strike