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Mar/Apr 1940, Axis Impulse #9:

No combat in China as the best odds IJA can come up with is +6.8 (with maybe +8 or +9 with all the support); in Poland, Germany pulls out all stops for a +16.77 in Lodz. Final roll is +23 - Poland collapses.

Full passes on Allied side - now that German troops are free, they've got to be slowed down at all costs. And it works!

Interlude, US Entry pools:

Quite low - so far only "Chinese build aircraft" and "US occupies Greenland" options have been chosen.

Neither have been utilized - CHI keep building ground troops, and all US efforts are based on producing ships.

Interlude, US forces in the Philippines:

The ranks are growing - and there are talks of additional manpower being shuffled east

Mar/Apr 1940, End of Turn:

Taking over Poland is a major relief for Germans, especially since an ENG unit was right there to repair the damage. It's still disappointing that Germany is 1 CP down in Baltic Sea - for the Swedish resource, and now Commonwealth has a clear path to keep bringing units into the area, but oh well. On a positive note, Soviets are so bogged down in Finland that they aren't even in a position to claim Bessarabia. It's still uncertain as to whether an invasion of USSR can take place in 1941.

Germany builds 2 submarines, 2 militias, a fighter/pilot combo, and an railway artillery unit.

Italy builds a MTN division and repairs BB Andrea Doria.

Japan is all over the place once again, torn between the necessity to prepare against Americans and the need to garrison China.

Mar/Apr 1940, End of Turn:

Chinese build an INF-HQ.

Commonwealth builds a militia, 2 territorials, 2 bombers (LND 3 and LND 4), a CVP, and 2 pilots.

France builds 2 militia, a territorial, and a pilot. Quick, cheap fill-in units, as it's preparing for German onslaught.

USA builds an amphibious, 2 convoys, 3 cruisers, and, for the first time since the start of the campaign, an infantry, to be later spliced into garrisons.

Soviets keep building bombers, but with some infantry mix as well.

May/Jun 1940, Allied Impulse #1:

CW shuffles a few territorials around, Aden is finally protected by ground forces.

Three CW bombers attempt a night-time run of an oil field in Western Germany. The whole thing is a major wash; 3 German FTR units are scrambled, but end up letting all the bombers through, who end up missing all the shots anyway.

Russians follow this up with a 4-bomber carpet-bombing roll in Finland, only to roll a ...1.

May/Jun 1940, Allied Impulse #1:

Communist Chinese are starting to become a major roadblock for the Japanese.

May/Jun 1940, Axis Impulse #2:

As French troops are reshuffling defenses - an INF division is moving to Marseilles, a brand-new volunteer MTN corps is taking its place - a momentary gap is noticed by Italians - who immediately declare a war on France! That costs a US entry chit.

Allies are over-enjoyed for the prospect of extra American entry, although the fact that CW might have to declare war on Italy on its own is concerning, as that will cost US goodwill.

May/Jun 1940, Axis Impulse #2:

Italian bombers swarm Marseilles - one is aborted due to AA, but the other two wreck havoc.



Pretty much every heavy French ship is taken out of action.

May/Jun 1940, Axis Impulse #2:

French convoys in the Mediterranean are essentially wiped, with one falling back to Syria.

May/Jun 1940, Axis Impulse #2:

To quote Bananarama, it's going to be a cruel, cruel summer.

May/Jun 1940, Axis Impulse #2:

May... let's say 5th, 1940. The day Nationalist Chinese Cavalry died.

May/Jun 1940, Axis Impulse #2:

Italy opens the ground kill tally with a single French INF in the Alps. Italians choose not to exploit the opening left by regrouping French Mountain troops on the fear of being isolated.

May/Jun 1940, Allied Impulse #3:

Commonwealth, of course, has to retaliate, even if a US entry is lost: CW declares war on Italy.

British battleships are deployed all over the Mediterranean.

4 x 6-3 cruisers fall back from Singapore to Aden.

It's a British world, after all.

P.S. Carrier fleet, although powered up through appropriate reshuffles, still holds ground in UK.

May/Jun 1940, Allied Impulse #3:

Commonwealth takes no prisoners - British ships scour the Mediterranean, seeking Italian vessels. However, luck does not favor the Brits; all they have to show for their effort is a single sunk CP just off Rome.

May/Jun 1940, Allied Impulse #3:

Second wave of strategic bombardment hits German mainland; French bombs miss, but British, despite active Wehrmacht AA, find their target.

May/Jun 1940, Allied Impulse #3:

French forces fall back marginally in the Alps, straightening the defense lines.

May/Jun 1940, Axis Impulse #4:

Germans lined up against the Netherlands.

Italians flood the Alps.

Japanese keep retaking the area around Wuhan. Nat-CHI losses are starting to add up.

May/Jun 1940, Allied Impulse #5:

Emboldened by the shift of Japanese forces to the south, Communist Chinese launch their first attack of the campaign. A +8 before the HQ support, so may Mao help them...

P.S. He did - no Communists were lost, but they were sure disorganized across the entire front.