The Aussie (axis) vs The Yank (allied).

[rkr1958]

Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. End of Turn. Partisans.

10/15/24, 8:15 AM - [Allied] Now for partisan checks.
10/15/24, 8:19 AM - [Allied] 6 countries to be checked, (1) Korea, (2) Malaya, (3) NEI, (4) Burma, (5) India, (6) FIC.
10/15/24, 8:20 AM - [Allied] I thought the allies were the good guys but only 1 of the 6 to be checked are for anti-axis partisans. The other 5 are anti-allied!
10/15/24, 8:24 AM - [Allied] No partisans.

Summary: Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. Partisan Checks.

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Roll One
Generating 6 rolls of d100, 6 per line.
Comment: (1) Korea, (2) Malaya, (3) NEI, (4) Burma, (5) India, (6) FIC.

15 49 57 87 59 28

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Roll Two
Generating 6 rolls of d10, 6 per line.
Comment: Conditional Garrison Checks Paired with (1) - (6) above.

7 9 2 6 4 10

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[rkr1958]

Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. End of Turn. Nazi-Soviet Pact.

10/15/24, 8:28 AM - [Allied] See that you're not on-line. In order to keep going I'm going to put 1 chit in offensive & 1 chit in defensive pool for Germany (Nazi-Soviet) pact. However; I can edit the game file to put the 2 drawn chits in the pool(s) that you wanted (if different) and even move an additional chit from one pool to the other too.
10/15/24, 8:29 AM - [Allied] Soviets are putting their chit in the offensive pool.
10/15/24, 8:33 AM - [Allied] Draws. German 1 -> offensive, 4 -> defensive. Soviet 1 -> offensive.

Summary: Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. Nazi-Soviet Pact Chit Draws.

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Roll One
Generating 1 rolls of d366-1, 1 per line.
Comment: German Draw -> Offensive Pool.

196

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Roll Two
Generating 1 rolls of d366-1, 1 per line.
Comment: German Draw -> Defensive Pool.

356

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Roll Three
Generating 1 rolls of d366-1, 1 per line.
Comment: Soviet Draw -> Offensive Pool.

190

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[rkr1958]

Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. End of Turn. US Entry.

10/15/24, 8:35 AM - [Allied] US Entry. US chit draw -> Ge/It Entry Pool.
10/15/24, 8:38 AM - [Allied] US drew a 1.
10/15/24, 8:40 AM - [Allied] US selects entry option 4. Intern French aircraft carrier (6 tension).
10/15/24, 8:43 AM - [Allied] Tenson(6) D10=10 -> no chit moved.
10/15/24, 8:44 AM - [Allied] Replace the Béarn with a US naval transport? No.
The US elects to add another CV to their fleet instead of converting the French CV to a transport.
10/15/24, 8:45 AM - [Allied] Béarn was transferred from France to United States.
10/15/24, 8:46 AM - [Allied] US elects no more options.

Summary: Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. US Entry Chit Draw.

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Roll One
Generating 1 rolls of d366-1, 1 per line.
Comment: Ge/It Entry Pool.

57

Summary: US Entry Option 4. Intern French aircraft carrier.

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Roll One
Generating 1 rolls of d10, 1 per line.
Comment: Tension = 6.

10

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[rkr1958]

Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. End of Turn.

Destroyed Pool.

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Repair Pool.
(1) US newest addition to their carrier force (Bearn) is put into dry dock for conversion to the USN.
(2) Bearn is slated for the USN Atlantic Fleet as a sub hunter.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. End of Turn.

10/15/24, 8:50 AM - [Allied] Game file at German preliminary production emailed.
10/15/24, 8:50 AM - [Allied] Assuming you wish to proceed as we did last turn, will await your instructions.
10/15/24, 8:51 AM - [Allied] Also, no rush.
10/15/24, 8:52 AM - [Allied] Finn (my Whippet) and I are off for our morning walk around the lake (3.67 mi).

2 Whippets. Whippet it GOOD!
(1) Finn is on the right shown with my son's Whippet, Shelby on the left.
(2) When the two get together the two sure can do some running and chasing each other.
(3) Usually it's Shelby chasing Finn, who loves to run and be chased.
(4) Funny story, when my son first got Shelby (she's 4 and Finn is 2 1/2 yrs old), I kept singing the Devo song, "Whip it good".
(5) He had no idea what I was singing and then I showed him the video from the early MTV days, when MTV actually played music videos.
(6) He thought it was one of the funniest music videos he'd ever seen.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. End of Turn.

[Axis Instructions]

Neutrality Markers
Both GER Markers to Offense, don't move any prior markers

Prelim Production

GER is Building with 24 Factories for a Net 22BP - Thankyou Polish CAV, Goebbels trumpets to the world proof of Polish Aggression
4 Oil will be set to save - 2 in Berlin, 1 each in Vienna & Brno (For future reference please do not save oil to Stettin unless directed)
IT will send trade Oil to production and will build with 6 Factories for Net 5 BP
JP will build with 15 Factories for a net 14 BP, 2 Oil will be saved 1 to Harbin & 1 to Tokyo

Stay at Sea
GER only CP
IT CP, 2 CA in East Med & 1 SUB in CSV 3-4-4-7 SUB 5042
JP All CP, All in Jap Coast & South China Sea, In China Sea CA in 4 Box stays & CV Akagi with CA Suzuya in 1 Box stay

RTB
GER SUBs to Genoa
IT All to La Spezia
JP TRS 4-3 & AMP to Fukuoka, CV3, CA & TRS 4-4 to Canton

Use Oil
GER 2.8 to Reorg all, Use 2 Saved in Stettin, and the GE Oil saving to Berlin for 3
IT only needs .3 for Reorg so use any GER Oil,
This Should mean GER starts with 5 on Map Saved Oil next turn that should be a Net 1 increase to 6 Saved on Map
JP use Mukden Saved Oil for .9 to Reorg all
This Should mean JP Starts with 4 Saved Oil on Map next turn that should be a Net 1 increase to 5 Saved on Map

Breakdown
GER 7-3 INF in Netherlands will Breakdown to 1 INF & 1 MOT DIV
No other Breakdowns

Production
GER SYNTH (7), 2 x LND2 (4), FTR2 (2), PIL (2), INF (3), MIL (2) = 20 save 2 BP to Berlin
IT HQ = 5
JP AMPH (3), SUB 1st (1), CVP1 (1), CVP0 (0), MIL (2), MECH (5), CP (1) = 13 Save 1 BP Tokyo

[rkr1958]

Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. End of Turn.

10/16/24, 1:57 PM - [Allied] Starting through EOT.
10/16/24, 2:06 PM - [Allied] Per Axis EOT Instructions. Nazi-Soviet Pact, German chit draws (1,4) both to offensive pool.
10/16/24, 2:06 PM - [Allied] Edit (Correction) Made.

Neutrality Pact Correction.
Strawman (Original).

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Corrected.

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Allies (me) make a costly "rookie" mistake.

GER is Building with 24 Factories for a Net 22BP - Thankyou Polish CAV, Goebbels trumpets to the world proof of Polish Aggression

10/16/24, 2:12 PM - [Allied] By the way, that was rookie mistake on my part leaving an organized Polish Cav corps in Prussia (Germany).
10/16/24, 2:12 PM - [Axis] I was very pleasantly surprised
10/16/24, 2:13 PM - [Allied] So was I, with the exception of pleasantly.

[rkr1958]

Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. End of Turn. Allied Stay at Sea.

10/16/24, 2:26 PM - [Allied] [French] Submarine 4940 was destroyed. There was no place to which Submarine 4940, belonging to France, could return to base.
10/16/24, 2:28 PM - [Allied] Allied Stay at Sea.
10/16/24, 2:28 PM - [Allied] North Sea. RN CV Courageous (w/Gladiator CAG), 2 BB, NED CA. [4] -> [3].
10/16/24, 2:29 PM - [Allied] Faeroes Gap. 2 RN CA. [4] -> [3].
10/16/24, 2:29 PM - [Allied] Bay of Biscay. 2 RN CA. [4] -> [3].
10/16/24, 2:31 PM - [Allied] Cape St. Vincent. 2 AUS CA. [4] -> [3].
10/16/24, 2:31 PM - [Allied] Cape Verde Basin. RN & French CA. [4] -> [3].
10/16/24, 2:32 PM - [Allied] North Atlantic. 2 RN CA. [4] -> [3].
10/16/24, 2:35 PM - [Allied] West Med. 3 RN CVs, BB, CA, 2 French CAs. [4] -> [3].
10/16/24, 2:36 PM - [Allied] Italian Coast. French CA[2] -> [1]. 2 RN, 1 NED Sub Gp. [3] -> [2]. RN CA[4] will RTB.
10/16/24, 2:37 PM - [Allied] Baltic. POL CA. [2] -> [1]. 1 French Sub group already scuttled, a second currently in the 0-box will also scuttle during RTB.
10/16/24, 2:38 PM - [Allied] East Med. RN CA. [4] -> [3].
10/16/24, 2:39 PM - [Allied] FYI. All CW & French CPs at sea are ordered to remain at sea.
10/16/24, 2:40 PM - [Allied] East Coast. No warships stay at sea.
10/16/24, 2:40 PM - [Allied] Brazilian Coast. No warship(s) stay at sea.
10/16/24, 2:41 PM - [Allied] Gulf of Guinea. No warship(s) stay at sea.
10/16/24, 2:44 PM - [Allied] North Sea (addendum). French BB, 3 CAs. [2] -> [1].
10/16/24, 2:44 PM - [Allied] USA. All CPs stay at sea.
10/16/24, 2:45 PM - [Allied] USSR. All CPs stay at sea.
10/16/24, 2:55 PM - [Allied] French RTB (Baltic Sea). Submarine 4938 was destroyed. There was no valid hex for Submarine 4938, belonging to France, and its owner chose to destroy it.

[rkr1958]

Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. End of Turn. Use Oil.

10/16/24, 2:56 PM - [Allied] Use Oil.
10/16/24, 2:56 PM - [Allied] USSR has no disorganized units which require oil.
10/16/24, 3:00 PM - [Allied] You got bit by a bug during German oil use, which I'll correct before sending the game file back to you.
10/16/24, 3:01 PM - [Allied] When I had to expend the 0.3 Berlin oil it expended that one as well as the other full saved oil in Berlin.
10/16/24, 3:01 PM - [Allied] Use Oil. Italy.
10/16/24, 3:03 PM - [Allied] In fact, I'll go ahead and take care of the German oil bug now by going back to German Use Oil and then using the oil being saved to Berlin instead of 1 of the 2 saved oil at Berlin.
10/16/24, 3:08 PM - [Allied] <Media omitted>
10/16/24, 3:09 PM - [Allied] That did the trick and as I go back to your instructions that's what oil you instructed me to use anyway.
10/16/24, 3:10 PM - [Allied]

USSR.
None required, none used.

Germany.

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Italy.

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Japan.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. End of Turn. Use Oil.

10/16/24, 3:11 PM - [Allied] China has no disorganized units which require oil.
10/16/24, 3:21 PM - [Allied] CW use 1 Bruma, 2 NEI & 0.4 Port of Spain Oil to reorg 3.4 of 3.7.
10/16/24, 3:22 PM - [Allied] 3 last century CAs (Erebus, Peder Skram, Niels Juel) left unoiled.
10/16/24, 3:24 PM - [Allied] France sends 2 oil in production leaving them with 2 saved oil (1 Bordeaux, 1 Paris).
10/16/24, 3:25 PM - [Allied] France uses 0.4 Bordeaux to reorg TRS Gp, BB Dunkerque, 2 CAs (in Aden) and leaves 2 BBs in Brest & 2 BBs in Marseilles unoiled.
10/16/24, 3:25 PM - [Allied] US flushed with oil only has to 0.1 (Sub Gp) to Oil.

China.
No needed, no used.

CW.

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France.

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USA.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. End of Turn. Army/Corps Breakdown.

10/16/24, 3:27 PM - [Allied] Breakdown.
10/16/24, 3:28 PM - [Allied] CW - none.
10/16/24, 3:29 PM - [Allied] France. XVIII Cav corps -> Cav & 2nd Mot div.

Germany.

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France.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. End of Turn. Final Production.

10/16/24, 3:30 PM - [Allied] Final Production.
10/16/24, 3:32 PM - [Allied] Germany. 24 Fac x 1 -> 24 BPs - 2 TS = 22 BPs. Oil. 3 + 3 saved = 6 saved.
10/16/24, 3:33 PM - [Allied] Italy. 6 x 0.75 = 5 BPs. Oil 0.
10/16/24, 3:34 PM - [Allied] Japan. 15 fac x 1 -> 15 BPs - 1 TS = 14 BPs. Oil = 3 + 2 saved = 5.
10/16/24, 3:35 PM - [Allied] China. 7 of 8 fac x 0.75 = 5 BPs. Oil = 1 + 0 saved = 1 total.
10/16/24, 3:37 PM - [Allied] CW. 22 of 23 fac (idle is Brussels) -> 17 BP - 3 TS (France) = 14 BPs. Oil = 9 + 4 saved = 13 total.
10/16/24, 3:38 PM - [Allied] France. 10 to 14 fac x 0.75 -> 8 BP + 3 TR (CW) = 11 BPs. Oil = 2 + 0 saved = 2.
10/16/24, 3:39 PM - [Allied] USA. 40 of 40 fac x 0.25 -> 10 BPs + 1 TR (Japan) = 11 BPs. Oil = 5 + 1 saved = 6 total.
10/16/24, 3:40 PM - [Allied] USSR. 23 of 29 fac x 0.5 = 12 BPs + 2 TR (Germany) = 14 BPs. Oil = 5 + 0 saved = 5 total.

Germany.

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Italy.

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Japan.

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China.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. End of Turn. Final Production.

CW.

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France.

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USA.

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USSR.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. End of Turn. Builds.

10/16/24, 3:42 PM - [Allied] CW scraps Polish L2, 2 BEL inf corps & BEL cav corps lost.
10/16/24, 3:42 PM - [Allied] France - none.
10/16/24, 3:44 PM - [Allied] Builds.
10/16/24, 3:49 PM - [Allied] CCP. Inf(3), Garr(2).
10/16/24, 3:53 PM - [Allied] CW (14 BPs). HQ-I(5), Cav(3), CVP(0), FTR(2), PIL(2), CP(1), CA Repair(1).
10/16/24, 3:55 PM - [Allied] France (11 BPs). Inf(3), MIL(2), Garr(2), AA Div(4).
10/16/24, 3:58 PM - [Allied] USA (11 BPs): CV Repair(2), PIL(2)x2, CVP(1)x2, BB 1st(3), CP(1)
10/16/24, 4:00 PM - [Allied] USSR (14 BPs). HQ-I(5), Inf(3), Arm(6).
10/16/24, 4:03 PM - [Allied] Game file emailed to you at reform armies.
10/16/24, 4:03 PM - [Allied] Going to a break for a while.
10/16/24, 4:04 PM - [Allied] Will update AAR and allied reinforcements later tonight (my time).

Germany.

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Italy.

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Japan.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. End of Turn. Builds.

CCP.

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CW.

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France.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. End of Turn. Builds.

USA.

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USSR.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. End of Turn.

10/17/24, 10:07 AM - [Allied] Poland was completely conquered by Germany.
10/17/24, 10:08 AM - [Allied] US Entry Action. Allies support an attacked minor (Belgium).
10/17/24, 10:17 AM - [Allied] US Entry Action: Allies support an attacked minor (Belgium). 1 US Entry chit added (die roll = 2).
10/17/24, 10:20 AM - [Allied] 1 value chit drawn.
10/17/24, 10:21 AM - [Allied] Factory Destruction.
10/17/24, 10:23 AM - [Allied] Based on your standing orders, Germany destroys the captured blue factory in Liege, Belgium.

US Entry.

Summary: US Entry Action. Allies support Belgium.

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Roll One
Generating 1 rolls of d10, 1 per line.
Comment: Ge/It Entry Chit

2

Summary: Ge/It Entry Chit Draw.

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Roll One
Generating 1 rolls of d366-1, 1 per line.
Comment: Range 0-365.

143

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Victory Totals.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 3. Jan/Feb 1940. End of Turn.

Production Spiral.

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[rkr1958]

Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Start of Turn.

Reinforcements.
10/17/24, 5:18 AM - [Axis] GER Reinforcements - Pilots To LND2 Stuka & LND3 JU88A1 4TAC
10/17/24, 5:18 AM - [Axis] Both AC to Aachen, PARA to Aachen, INF to Cologne, MIL to City
10/17/24, 5:19 AM - [Axis] no Remove Air
10/17/24, 5:19 AM - [Axis] IT - BB & TRS to La Spezia
10/17/24, 5:20 AM - [Axis] MTN DIV to Genoa
10/17/24, 5:21 AM - [Axis] JP - MIL to City, INF to Fukuoka
10/17/24, 5:22 AM - [Axis] Remove CVP from CV4 Kaga

10/17/24, 10:28 AM - [Allied] Move the air unit B5N1 (Kate) [from CV Kaga] to the reserve pool? Yes.
10/17/24, 10:29 AM - [Allied] Reinforcements (Allied).
10/17/24, 10:29 AM - [Allied] Nat cav div -> Changsha.
10/17/24, 10:35 AM - [Allied] CW 2 PIL -> Spitfire I F2, Blenheim L3.
Trinidad has been placed in the Construction Pool.
Howe has been placed in the Construction Pool.
Indomitable has been placed in the Construction Pool.
BEL MIL -> Brussels.
7th Mech div, Spitfire I F2, CA London -> Liverpool
Blenheim L3 -> London.
CP -> Cape Town, RSA.
Remove Air - none.
10/17/24, 10:39 AM - [Allied] France.
1 PIL -> MS 406 F2.
Jean Bart II has been placed in the Construction Pool.
MIL -> Bordeaux.
Chevalier arm corps, 4th DLM mech div, MS 406 F2 -> Paris.
CP -> Livreville, Gabon.
Remove Air - none.
10/17/24, 10:42 AM - [Allied] USA.
1 PIL -> F4F-4 CAG.
CP, CV Wasp w/F4F-4 CAG -> Norfolk, Va.
Remove Air - none.
10/17/24, 10:45 AM - [Allied] USSR.
1 PIL -> TB-3 L4.
Zhelezniakov has been placed in the Construction Pool.
1st Mtn -> Kiev.
43rd inf army -> Vitebsk.
TB-3 L4 -> Sevastopol.
Remove Air - none.

[rkr1958]

Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Start of Turn.

10/17/24, 5:37 AM - [Axis] Axis Lending - Delete Trade Agreement GER to IT, no new trading
10/17/24, 10:46 AM - [Allied] Resource Lending.
10/17/24, 10:47 AM - [Allied] As per axis instructions. Stopped German 1 RP to Italy.
10/17/24, 10:48 AM - [Allied] CW stops their trade (1 oil, 3 BPs) to France.
10/17/24, 10:51 AM - [Allied] Only Mandatory trade agreements for both axis & allied left.

Resource Lending.

Deleted Trade Agreements.

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Only Mandatory Trade Agreements Left.

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