It Takes A Village to Raze a Village

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Turn 9. Dec 22, 1939. Axis. Military Activity Summary.

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Turn 9. Dec 22, 1939. Axis. Japan. Research.

175 MPPs for Ground Attack Weapons research chit.

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Turn 9. Dec 22, 1939. Axis. Japan. Northern China. Turn Start.

1. The Chinese took 5-steps off of the Japanese 6th army. Ouch
2. Paid 68 MPPs to reinforce the army back to full strength.

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Turn 9. Dec 22, 1939. Axis. Japan. Northern & Central China.

Northern China.
1. 6th Army brought up to full strength.
2. 1st Kwantang Army (Port Arthur), which was going to Southern China (Nanning Sector) was instead redirected to via Operation Movement to hex SW of Suchow to shore up Japanese defenses there.

Central China.
1. Chinese CCCXXIII corps is shattered.

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Turn 9. Dec 22, 1939. Axis. Japan. Manchuria.

1. Umezu HQ in Harbin is ordered to deploy to Southern China (Nanning Sector). He starts his slow journey to Port Arthur for where he'll be embarked and transported to Southern China.
2. 10th gar originally in Seishm is forced marched to the hex SE of Harbin. This garrison is ordered to relieve Umezu HQ of their garrison duty there.
3. 15th gar is transported from Japan and unloaded in Seishm.

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Turn 9. Dec 22, 1939. Axis. Japan. Southern China (Nanning Sector).

1. 5th gar is forced marched to Canton in order to relieve XIX corps.
2. XIX corps is moved into two hexes directly east of Nanning.
3. II corps defending Nanning through air and ground attacks is knocked down to 4-steps (from 10).
4. The corps to the north through air attacks is reduced to 8-steps (2-steps lost).
5. 13th gar in Kyoto is transported to Amoy to relieve the 5th gar who forced march to Canton.

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Turn 9. Dec 22, 1939. Axis. Italy. North Africa.

1. 5th army transported from Tripoli to Tobruk.
2. Ariete tanks reinforced to 8 steps.

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Turn 9. Dec 22, 1939. Axis. The Western Front.

Italy.
1. 25 MPPs to upgrade their 1st fighter squadron.

Germany.
1. 175 MPPs for research chit in Advance Fighters.
2. 23 MPPs to reinforce Luftwaffe fighter 1 by 2-steps to full strength (10).
3. 13 MPPs to reinforce Luftwaffe fighter IV by 1-step to full strength (10).
4. 9 MPPs to reinforce U-35 in Kiel by 1-step.
5. 11th & 12th garrison deploy adjacent to Munich.
6. 10th garrison in Munich relieves German corps on border with France.
7. Transfer of air and ground forces from Poland to the West is nearly complete. Will use the foul weather turns to reinforce, rest and upgrade units.
8. At the end of the turn, paratroopers deployed to Hamburg.

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Turn 9. Dec 22, 1939. Axis. Battle of the Atlantic (1/3).

Grap Spee takes position off the coast of South Africa. Did consider attacking Cape Town but the expected odds where against the Grap Spee.

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Turn 9. Dec 22, 1939. Axis. Battle of the Atlantic (2/3).

U-30 heads back to Kiel, German, for upgrade, but still moving and hunting along CW convoy lines.

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Turn 9. Dec 22, 1939. Axis. Battle of the Atlantic (3/3).

U-32 and U-47 keep station close to Spain, hunting for allied convoys.

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Turn 11. Axis. January 19, 1940. Military Activity Summary.

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Turn 11. Axis. January 19, 1940. Decision Event. Graf Zeppelin.

Sorry Gross Admiral Rader, but Albert Speer convinces the man in charge (Adolf) that this money could be better spent on troops, tanks, airplanes, research ... heck anything other that wasting it on a hull of an aircraft carrier.

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Turn 11. Axis. January 19, 1940. Decision Event. Graziani to Abyssinia.

My initial reaction to this one was also no. But after giving it due consideration I decided that an Italian effort in East Africa might just be the ticket to dilute British forces, effort and attention. Especially since the axis are going to make a play for Egypt and the Suez out of Libya.

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Turn 11. Axis. January 19, 1940. Italy. Libya.

As the great philosopher John Myer once said:

So we keep waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change

In this case, Italy's building up in Eastern Libya and waiting for war to come so they can make a push for the Suez Canal.

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Turn 11. Axis. January 19, 1940. Italy. Production.

Italy builds the 13th gar which will be used to free up an Italy corps/army for deployment to East Libya (i.e., Tobruk).

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Turn 11. Axis. January 19, 1940. Italy. French Border.

1. III corps was reinforced to full strength.
2. I'm not sure, but hoping that corps, army and two Italian air units on the French border are enough to keep the French honest in the southern France.

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Turn 11. Axis. January 19, 1940. Germany. Research.

1. 175 MPPs for long range aircraft.
2. So as I understand Germany is 125 MPPs under the max research cap of 2000 MPPs.
3. Next turn they plan to invest in Anti-Aircraft defense which will max out their research.

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Turn 11. Axis. January 19, 1940. Germany. The Western Front.

1. Germany mobilization from Poland to the West is complete.
2. Next turn Germany will begin reinforcement and upgrades in preparation for Case Yellow.
3. After all these (research, reinforcement, upgrades) are complete Germany will start building more tanks, planes, artillery, u-boats, etc.

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Turn 11. Axis. January 19, 1940. Germany. Battle of the Atlantic (1/4).

1. The RN, or possibly the French navy too, forced U-32 to silent mode, which got away with no damage.
2. As the convoy route from RSA has be interrupted (I assume because it's showing white), U-32 is put back in hunt mode and move 4-hexes west of Gibraltar to hunt for allied convoys coming out of the Med.
3. U-47 moves north along the Med to UK convoy line in order to dilute RN/French navy ASW.