Will Hitler Trump All?

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Nov/Dec '39
Impulse #4 (Axis)

No declarations of war.

Land: Japan
Combined: Italy
Naval: Germany

No Port Strikes. No Naval Air.

Naval moves:

Germany:
2 SUB -> Faeroes Gap 2-box
AMPH + MIL -> Copenhagen
BB + INF -> Copenhagen
TRS + MIL -> Baltic Sea
4 CP -> Baltic Sea
Escorts -> Baltic Sea

Italy:
SUB -> CVB 2-box
SUB -> CSV 2-box

Axis will search in three sea areas, and begin with Faeroes Gap.

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No luck in Faeroes Gap (7-3). Next is CSV.

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Miss (4-10). CVP next.

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And a third miss (5-4).

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Nov/Dec '39
Impulse #4 (Axis)

No strategic bombing. No ground strikes.

Rail movement:
MIL Harbin -> Kaifeng

Land movement:

Japan:
Kweilin is liberated. No US reaction (5).
Defences are strengthened in North China.
In South China the manoeuvring begins again after a long, long, long break. (My fault for allowing Allies a double impulse )

Italy:
MIL -> Genoa
The supply depot begin their desert march.

Air rebase:

Japan:
LND2 SW Nanchang -> 90,142
NAV2 Nanchang -> NE Kweilin

Germany:
LND3 Breslau -> Cologne
LND2 E Germany -> Dusseldorf

No reorganization.

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Miserable weather.

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Over to Allies. Have fun.

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[NatRapsEno]

Naval for Britain, Land for France.

Naval Moves: Britain makes moves all over the map. I will pass on the search below for you. You can force me back to this search if need be.

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[GeneralAdvance]

Good call

[NatRapsEno]

One move of note was the British evacuated Denmark.

France rails units to Eastern France from Bourdeaux and Brest. Shuffles units around near Belgian border.

Turn attached.

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Nov/Dec '39
Impulse #10 (Axis)

No declarations of war.

Land: Germany
Combined: Italy, Japan
Naval:

No Port Strikes.

Naval Air:
Italy:
NAV2 -> Italian C. 4-box

Naval movement:

Japan:
TRS Canton -> Japan - embark MIL -> SCS

Italy:
2 BB + 3 CA + 2 CL -> Italian C. 4-box

Italy search in the Italian Coast. I exclude the CW SUB for you.

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Italy find in the Italian Coast (3-10), and make it a surface action.

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How should the results on the CW ships be applied?

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[NatRapsEno]

Coventry and Australia for the X. Abort zone to Malta for remaining ships.

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Very effective damage control on the CW ships.

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Nov/Dec '39
Impulse #10 (Axis)

The Italian damage control also seems to work.

Italy stay for a second round. Exclude the SUB for CW.

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Nov/Dec '39
Impulse #10 (Axis)

Strategic bombing:
Japan:
NAV3 -> Sian

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The Japanese bombers are right on target.

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Nov/Dec '39
Impulse #10 (Axis)

No ground strikes.

Rail movement:

Japan:
MIL Nanking -> Changsha

Germany:
Three units are sent to the west front.

Land movement:

Italy:
Supply just moves further into the desert.
The French border defence is strengthened.

Japan
HQI Yam -> SW
4-4 MAR -> SE

Germany:
Most of Denmark is liberated.
Available units move westwards to strengthen the defence against France.

Debark:
MIL -> Hainan
MIL -> Danzig

Air rebase:

Japan:
LND2 Sasebo -> NE Kaifeng
FTR2 71,142 -> 73,141

Germany:
2 FTR2 + FTR3 + LND3 -> Western border

No reorganization.

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Turn continues (5 rolled, 1-4 to end), with lousy weather except in southern China.

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