The axis win the initiative, elect to go first and hope for good weather. They don't get it. Fall Gelb is delayed again. This time truly because of weather and not because Hitler's generals are being too passive, or too cautious. [:)]
Global War AAR in Pictures
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Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Axis #1. Weather.
The axis win the initiative, elect to go first and hope for good weather. They don't get it. Fall Gelb is delayed again. This time truly because of weather and not because Hitler's generals are being too passive, or too cautious. [:)]
The axis win the initiative, elect to go first and hope for good weather. They don't get it. Fall Gelb is delayed again. This time truly because of weather and not because Hitler's generals are being too passive, or too cautious. [:)]
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Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Axis #1. German Naval.
The Germans take a naval in order to move both naval and u-boat units. Four German surface ships are sent to the North Sea and to the Baltic Sea. The surface ships sent to the North Sea are there to establish the KM presence in that sea area. The purpose of this is that if the weather turns to fine next axis impulse (30% chance), then the Germans can use the two 5-5 CAs that remained in port in Kiel to load and move two divisions to the 4 box and use those division to amphibious invade Rotterdam and / or Amsterdam. If the weather, instead is snow (20% chance) then no amphibious invasion is required regardless of where the allies set up the Dutch corps due to the lake east of Amsterdam freezing over.
Well, the reality is that even in fine weather given that the Germans have an airborne unit, no amphibious invasion is required to take both Rotterdam and Amsterdam. But until lately I mistakenly though that was only true for snow.
See tm.asp?m=4016564#
The two German ships sent to the Baltic is to protect their CPs from the remaining French sub trapped there.
The Germans take a naval in order to move both naval and u-boat units. Four German surface ships are sent to the North Sea and to the Baltic Sea. The surface ships sent to the North Sea are there to establish the KM presence in that sea area. The purpose of this is that if the weather turns to fine next axis impulse (30% chance), then the Germans can use the two 5-5 CAs that remained in port in Kiel to load and move two divisions to the 4 box and use those division to amphibious invade Rotterdam and / or Amsterdam. If the weather, instead is snow (20% chance) then no amphibious invasion is required regardless of where the allies set up the Dutch corps due to the lake east of Amsterdam freezing over.
Well, the reality is that even in fine weather given that the Germans have an airborne unit, no amphibious invasion is required to take both Rotterdam and Amsterdam. But until lately I mistakenly though that was only true for snow.
See tm.asp?m=4016564#
The two German ships sent to the Baltic is to protect their CPs from the remaining French sub trapped there.
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Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Axis #1. Naval Action.
North Sea. Both sides decline to search for the other. No action.
Baltic Sea. The Germans decline. The French (non-phasing) accept but fail their search rolls. No action.
North Atlantic. Action. The Germans fail their search but the CW don't. The German u-boat is forced to abort. It could have gone worse for the Germans.
North Sea. Both sides decline to search for the other. No action.
Baltic Sea. The Germans decline. The French (non-phasing) accept but fail their search rolls. No action.
North Atlantic. Action. The Germans fail their search but the CW don't. The German u-boat is forced to abort. It could have gone worse for the Germans.
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Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Axis #1. Japanese Strategic Bombing.
The Japanese decide to bomb Kweiyang, China. They forget (or overlook) that this city is within range of the Chinese fighter, which intercepts. Fortunately for the Japanese, they win the air battle and proceed on to the target. Unfortunately for the Japanese, their bomber misses the target.
The Japanese decide to bomb Kweiyang, China. They forget (or overlook) that this city is within range of the Chinese fighter, which intercepts. Fortunately for the Japanese, they win the air battle and proceed on to the target. Unfortunately for the Japanese, their bomber misses the target.
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Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Axis #1. Japanese. Ground Strike. Hengyang, China.
In the south of China, the Japanese airforce performs not better failing in a ground strike against three Chinese Nationalist ground units.
In the south of China, the Japanese airforce performs not better failing in a ground strike against three Chinese Nationalist ground units.
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Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Allied #3. North Sea.
The CW takes a naval. They move the ground units on transports supported by significant naval power into the North Sea. The CW elects to initiate naval combat and is rewarded
The CW takes a naval. They move the ground units on transports supported by significant naval power into the North Sea. The CW elects to initiate naval combat and is rewarded
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Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Allied #3. North Sea. Naval Combat. Round 1.
A surface naval battle takes places and sees the German heavy cruiser Blucher sunk and the Admiral Hipper damaged. The RN sees two of their heavy cruisers damaged and two forced to abort.
Both sides decide to stay. The CW with hopes of finding the Germans again. The Germans in hopes of avoiding the CW naval search during a storm.
A surface naval battle takes places and sees the German heavy cruiser Blucher sunk and the Admiral Hipper damaged. The RN sees two of their heavy cruisers damaged and two forced to abort.
Both sides decide to stay. The CW with hopes of finding the Germans again. The Germans in hopes of avoiding the CW naval search during a storm.
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Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Allied #3. North Sea. Naval Combat. Round 2.
Round two goes just a badly as round 1 for the Germans. The Admiral Hipper is finished off and the German battleship Scharnhorst is sunk.
The CW sees one of their WW1 battleships and a heavy cruiser forced to abort.
Round two goes just a badly as round 1 for the Germans. The Admiral Hipper is finished off and the German battleship Scharnhorst is sunk.
The CW sees one of their WW1 battleships and a heavy cruiser forced to abort.
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Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Axis #5. Weather.
Storms in the North Temperate continue. Fall Gelb delayed again.
Storms in the North Temperate continue. Fall Gelb delayed again.
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Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Axis #5. Japan. Land Combat. Hengyang, China.
I thought long and hard and worked the odds before I committed to this land combat as the Japanese. Here are my calculations and thoughts based on a +8A attack. I knew if I carried it out that Umezu would provide HQ support and the attack would be at +8.5A. My calculations at +8A were conservative in that they assumed the Japanese wouldn't get the factional, which in fact they didn't. Anyway, here are the details on my decision to make this attack.
A Japanese total victory against the stack of there Chinese units (i.e., 1S or 2S result) requires a modified roll of 20 or higher. At +8, this means an unmodified roll of >= 12. The odds for that is 45%.
The Japanese lose three units on a modified roll of 14, or a unmodified roll of 6. There's a 5% chance of that, which would be a very bad result for the Japanese in China. While very bad this result is short of a total disaster.
The Japanese lose two units on modified rolls of 15, 16 or 19 (or unmodified rolls of 7, 8 or 11). There's a 23% chance of that. This would be bad.
So my through process was, 45% chance of total success versus a 5% chance of a very bad result. That's a 9 to 1 ratio in Japan's favor.
45% (same) chance of total success versus a 23% chance of a bad result. That's nearly a 2 to 1 ratio in Japan's favor.
There's no chance of a disaster. So I decided to go for it. The Japanese don't get the fractional odds but are rewarded with a roll of 15, which produces a modified roll of 23. This results in the destruction of two Chinese ground units, shattering of the remaining one and no losses or disorganization of any of the Japanese attackers except for Umezu who provided HQ support to the attack.
The USA does react to the Chinese losing Hengyang by adding a chit to the Japanese entry pool.
I thought long and hard and worked the odds before I committed to this land combat as the Japanese. Here are my calculations and thoughts based on a +8A attack. I knew if I carried it out that Umezu would provide HQ support and the attack would be at +8.5A. My calculations at +8A were conservative in that they assumed the Japanese wouldn't get the factional, which in fact they didn't. Anyway, here are the details on my decision to make this attack.
A Japanese total victory against the stack of there Chinese units (i.e., 1S or 2S result) requires a modified roll of 20 or higher. At +8, this means an unmodified roll of >= 12. The odds for that is 45%.
The Japanese lose three units on a modified roll of 14, or a unmodified roll of 6. There's a 5% chance of that, which would be a very bad result for the Japanese in China. While very bad this result is short of a total disaster.
The Japanese lose two units on modified rolls of 15, 16 or 19 (or unmodified rolls of 7, 8 or 11). There's a 23% chance of that. This would be bad.
So my through process was, 45% chance of total success versus a 5% chance of a very bad result. That's a 9 to 1 ratio in Japan's favor.
45% (same) chance of total success versus a 23% chance of a bad result. That's nearly a 2 to 1 ratio in Japan's favor.
There's no chance of a disaster. So I decided to go for it. The Japanese don't get the fractional odds but are rewarded with a roll of 15, which produces a modified roll of 23. This results in the destruction of two Chinese ground units, shattering of the remaining one and no losses or disorganization of any of the Japanese attackers except for Umezu who provided HQ support to the attack.
The USA does react to the Chinese losing Hengyang by adding a chit to the Japanese entry pool.
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Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Allied #8. Japan. China
Two things to note.
1. The Japanese Army Group in the North, and under command of Yamamoto (not seen, under a stack), left their southern flank exposed. A Chinese Nationalist cavalry corps exploited this and put Yamamoto and a large portion of his Army Group out of supply.
2. The communist Chinese under Mao considered a counterattack against the 4-4 IJN marine corps. With HQ support they could get +8A. However, unlike the Japanese land combat that took Hengyang, China (in south), a loss of three communist land units would be a total disaster. The loss of two wouldn't be much better. All this risk for the possible gain of destroying a single Japanese, albeit marine, corps was determined not worth it. So the communist choose not to attack.
Two things to note.
1. The Japanese Army Group in the North, and under command of Yamamoto (not seen, under a stack), left their southern flank exposed. A Chinese Nationalist cavalry corps exploited this and put Yamamoto and a large portion of his Army Group out of supply.
2. The communist Chinese under Mao considered a counterattack against the 4-4 IJN marine corps. With HQ support they could get +8A. However, unlike the Japanese land combat that took Hengyang, China (in south), a loss of three communist land units would be a total disaster. The loss of two wouldn't be much better. All this risk for the possible gain of destroying a single Japanese, albeit marine, corps was determined not worth it. So the communist choose not to attack.
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Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Axis # 11. Weather
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Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Axis #11. Germany DOW The Netherlands.
Enough waiting. Hitler is threatening to shoot all his generals if they don't invade now.
By the way, the USA does NOT react.
Enough waiting. Hitler is threatening to shoot all his generals if they don't invade now.
By the way, the USA does NOT react.
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Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Axis #11. Japan Closes the Burma Road.
No reaction by the USA to this either. Isn't isolationist grand. [:D]
No reaction by the USA to this either. Isn't isolationist grand. [:D]
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Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Axis #11. Germany. Port Attack. Rotterdam.
The port of Rotterdam is bombed by the Germans. There's 2 CPs that won't be finding their way to CW convoy routes.
The port of Rotterdam is bombed by the Germans. There's 2 CPs that won't be finding their way to CW convoy routes.
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Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Axis #11. Germany. Land Combat. Netherlands.
The Dutch make a grave mistake in setting up their corps in Holland. Of all the Dutch should have known that the lake between that corps and Amsterdam freezes during snow. Meaning that the Germans can attack that attack with a Blitz and used a breakthrough to capture the unoccupied city of Amsterdam. The German airborne unit supported by two ground units easily captures Amsterdam. After all the waiting the conquest of the Netherlands was anticlimactic and a piece of cake given the mistake the allies made in setting up the Dutch corps. For more on this see: tm.asp?m=4016564#
The Dutch make a grave mistake in setting up their corps in Holland. Of all the Dutch should have known that the lake between that corps and Amsterdam freezes during snow. Meaning that the Germans can attack that attack with a Blitz and used a breakthrough to capture the unoccupied city of Amsterdam. The German airborne unit supported by two ground units easily captures Amsterdam. After all the waiting the conquest of the Netherlands was anticlimactic and a piece of cake given the mistake the allies made in setting up the Dutch corps. For more on this see: tm.asp?m=4016564#
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Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Axis #11. Japan. Land Combat. China.
With the weather easing up a bit, Japan is able to reestablish supply to all of Yamamoto's army group in the north. Yamamoto is forced into a below average attack against the Chinese Nationalist cavalry corps to reestablish his southern flank and make sure supply to his army group is secured. Though, it was Yamamoto who left his flank exposed in the first place so he's reaping a bit of his own medicine.
The attack, never the less, goes very well.
With the weather easing up a bit, Japan is able to reestablish supply to all of Yamamoto's army group in the north. Yamamoto is forced into a below average attack against the Chinese Nationalist cavalry corps to reestablish his southern flank and make sure supply to his army group is secured. Though, it was Yamamoto who left his flank exposed in the first place so he's reaping a bit of his own medicine.
The attack, never the less, goes very well.
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Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Destroyed and Repair Pools.
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Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. India. Partisan.
A partisan does show up in India and takes over one of the CW RPs there. It's going to be a pain to deal with him. However, much easier and less impact than if Bombay had been lost.
A partisan does show up in India and takes over one of the CW RPs there. It's going to be a pain to deal with him. However, much easier and less impact than if Bombay had been lost.
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Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. USA Entry Pool.
The USA chooses option 13, "Embargo on strategic materials [to Japan]".
The USA chooses option 13, "Embargo on strategic materials [to Japan]".
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