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Jan/Feb '41
Impulse #12 (Allies) Cont

Strategic bombing: Lillie bombing raid aborted.

Servicemen takes a break from reorganizing the fighters after a busy day.

Jan/Feb '41
Impulse #7 (Allies) Cont'

Ground strikes: None.

Rail Movement: USSR 7-4 Manchuria to Novgoroad

Land Movement: CW advances in Eithopia. Russians consolidate defense.

Air Rebase: USSR Bombers recalled from Manchuria continue to fly west.

Reorganisation: None

Turn continues.
Weather roll 6.
Over to Axis.

Jan/Feb '41
Impulse #15 (Axis)

Germany aligns Finland. USA disapproves (1).

Do we have an opinion on whether it should be allowed to setup minor country units on frozen lake hexes, or not?

MWIF allows it, and I think the rules allows it as well. However, just because it is allowed does not mean that it should be used.

Thoughts?

Edit: The picture is an example, and does not reflect the actual Finnish setup.

Orm wrote: Sun Mar 15, 2026 4:10 pm Do we have an opinion on whether it should be allowed to setup minor country units on frozen lake hexes, or not?

MWIF allows it, and I think the rules allows it as well. However, just because it is allowed does not mean that it should be used.

Thoughts?

No issues with me. The game also allows more than half a minor country allied units like Finland to leave their home country so be mindful to manage the number that do leave the country.

Majorball68 wrote: Sun Mar 15, 2026 6:03 pm

Orm wrote: Sun Mar 15, 2026 4:10 pm Do we have an opinion on whether it should be allowed to setup minor country units on frozen lake hexes, or not?

MWIF allows it, and I think the rules allows it as well. However, just because it is allowed does not mean that it should be used.

Thoughts?

No issues with me. The game also allows more than half a minor country allied units like Finland to leave their home country so be mindful to manage the number that do leave the country.

Ok. I wondered if setting units up on a frozen sea could be felt as a bit gamey. But since none have issues with it then that is settled.

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I think the game handles minor country units leaving their homeland correctly. Do not recall seeing any issues there,

Although the rule, and game, actually allows more than half the unit to leave. It is half of the on map units plus one that can leave.


Cut from RAC: 19.4 Minor country units
....
Restrictions on use
Minor country units can move and fight outside their home country. However, you can only move a minor
country land or aircraft unit from inside the home country to outside the home country, if half or more of its on- map
land and aircraft units are currently inside its home country (exception: Rumania becomes a full Axis ally ~ see
19.6.2).

There are a couple of things i would consider gamey before Finnish units being place on ice. You guys probably got a good idea what they are.

Majorball68 wrote: Sun Mar 15, 2026 8:31 pm There are a couple of things i would consider gamey before Finnish units being place on ice. You guys probably got a good idea what they are.

I got one I think, The Bordeaux Redoubt post French armistice?

Majorball68 wrote: Sun Mar 15, 2026 8:31 pm There are a couple of things i would consider gamey before Finnish units being place on ice. You guys probably got a good idea what they are.

No. I am so dense that I seldom get it-.

If I got it I probably would ask about it, or avoid it.

Jan/Feb '41
Impulse #15 (Axis)

Land: Germany
Combined: Italy, Japan
Naval:



No Port Strikes. No Naval Air.

Naval Movement:
Japan:
2 CA -> Japanese Coast
2 CA -> SCS
Picture of the Finnish setup.

Jan/Feb '41
Impulse #15 (Axis)

Strategic Bombing:

Germany:
LND3 (ext range) -> D-town

Japan:
NAv3 -> Vladivostok

The raids yields no effect.

Jan/Feb '41
Impulse #15 (Axis)

No ground strikes.

Rail Movement:

Japan:
CAV Mukden -> Harbin

Italy:
AA Italy -> Lille

Land Movement:

Japan:
TERR moves into the mountains in west Manchuria.
Two INF begin outflanking the Soviet defences at Harbin.

Italy:
Minor movement in France.

Germany:

Finnish front:
The Finnish guard advance towards Murmansk.
AG Mannerheim cross lake Ladoga in an attempt to encircle Leningrad.

USSR North:
PARA advance into USSR along the coast of Gulf of Finland.
Minor advancement.

USSR Central:
AG Rundstedt advance towards the Soviet defences at Vitebsk.
AG von Leeb concentrate on Minsk.

USSR South:
AG von Bock prepare to clear a pocket, while the lead elements advance.
Reinforced AG Antonescu advance into the small gap in the Soviet lines.

Other fronts:
Minor movement in the west.

Three attacks in the east by Germany.

The three attacks go well (two of the attacks were automatic).

Jan/Feb '41
Impulse #15 (Axis)

Air Rebase:

Italy:
2 FTR2 -> AG Centre front
FTR2 -> AG South front

Germany:
FTR3 + LND3 -> AG Centre front
LND2 -> AG South front

No reorganization.

Turn ends on a 3 (1-8 to end). 5thJMPBJ 081 JF 41 EoT

Orm wrote: Mon Mar 16, 2026 10:33 pm Turn ends on a 3 (1-8 to end).
5thJMPBJ 081 JF 41 EoT.zip
5thJMPBJ 081 JF 41 EoT

Ok, EOT instructions to follow?

Yes. Tomorrow, I think.

Although, it would help knowing if US entry or partisans affects the Axis instructions.

Orm wrote: Mon Mar 16, 2026 11:41 pm Yes. Tomorrow, I think.

Although, it would help knowing if US entry or partisans affects the Axis instructions.

No problem. Will post when I get home.