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Beginning a new 4-player Global War email game.

Players are:
Allies - NatRapsEno
Germany - Orm
Italy - GeneralAdvance
Japan - peskpesk

The following options, and house rules, are in play.

+ Only strategic bombing missions are allowed at night.
+ No CAP allowed.
+ SUBs always excluded in port strikes versus major ports.
+ Partisans must be placed actively, if possible, and then used actively. No 'hiding' partisans in remote areas just to increase partisan value.
+ No air reaction for naval searches from the mainland to the North Atlantic. Reacting from the Azores is ok. And flying actively during own impulse is also ok.
+ Chinese aircraft may not react to any sea area. They may actively fly to the sea area.
+ One VP lost for CW if there is any controlled country by Italy in Sub-Saharan Africa at the beginning of 1942. One more lost at he beginning of 1944, And one more at the end of the game. Up to a total of 3 VPs may be lost for CW that way.
+ France lose one VP if Madagascar is Axis controlled at the end of the game.
+ NEW: You can’t move naval units between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea (not even via Fredrikshavn or Kristiansand) if major powers you are at war with control at least 2 of Oslo, Copenhagen and Kiel. If you do not have access to passage, then ships in port must return to the sea zone that they entered from. (The exact wording of this house rule might change)

Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #1 (Axis) - DOW

Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #1 (Axis) - DOW

Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #1 (Axis) - DOW

Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #1 (Axis) - DOW

Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #1 (Axis) - DOW

Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #1 (Axis) - DOW

Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #1 (Axis) - DOW

Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #1 (Axis) - DOW

Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #1 (Axis) - DOW

Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #1 (Axis) - DOW

Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #1 (Axis) - DOW

Yesterday, the polish forces attacked our peace keeping border guards in an attempt to take more land from Germany than they have already taken. Attempting to enslave more of the German people! We will have no more of this blatant polish aggression. Therefore, I have ordered our military forces to begin their mobilization, and sent an ultimatum to the polish government. Free the German people from their Polish slavery, or we will free them by force! If not, then there will be war! They will reap what they have sowed! They have asked for war! They asked for destruction! They will have it!

Sep/Oct '39
Impulse #1 (Axis)

Germany declare war on Poland. One US entry chit added (7 rolled).

Polish setup sent.

Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #1 (Axis) - DOW

Sep/Oct '39
Impulse #1 (Axis)

Land: Germany, Japan
Combined: Italy
Naval:

Port strike:
Germany:
The NAV3 strikes the Polish fleet in gdynia (2 rolled), and damages the CA (8), and disorganizes the CP.

Sep/Oct '39
Impulse #1 (Axis)

Naval air:
Germany:
FTR2 -> Baltic Sea 0-box

Naval movement:
Italy:
CP (Italian Coast) -> La Spezia

No strategic bombing. No ground strikes. No rail movement.

Land movement:

Italy:
The Libyan TERR in Tripolitania is withdrawn to Tripoli.

Japan:
Army group Terauchi is transferred from Manchuria to Northern China.
Army group Umezu begins the encirclement of the Chinese forces in the Mufu mountains.
3rd division open up the railroad to Nanchang.
SNLF is practicing amphibious operations in the Pusan area.

Germany:
The Prussian defence corps moves west to break the lines of communications between Lodz and Danzig.
Army Group von Leeb advance in order to attack the Krakow Army.

Land combat:
7:1 blitz, or automatic, vs the Krakow Army.
7:1 assault vs the Chungking militia. Three air units (FTR2 + 2 LND2) provided 4 points in ground support.

Sep/Oct '39
Impulse #1 (Axis)

The Japanese attack is a success with tiny margin.