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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 9:18:33 PM

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Turn 6. July/Aug 1940. Western Front (1/3).

Axis #1.
1. Massive Air Strikes by Luftwaffe.
2. French fighters hold their own but take losses.
3. Luftwaffe bombers under perform.
4. German and Italian land forces continue their advance across central France.
5. The Wehrmacht establishes a bridgehead on the west bank of the Seine.

Allied #2.
1. RAF carries out massive ground strikes on German spearheads in attempt to slow them down.
2. RAF manages to disrupt 1 Panzer Corps, but performs a bit below average (1.2 expected units flipped, 1 actually flipped).

Axis #3.
1. France and the French army are in crisis. A crisis which Hitler and Mussolini hope to continue to exploit.
2. A massive German artillery barrage pounds and disorganizes the surviving remnants of the BEF (XV mech corps).
3. The encirclement of Paris by German forces is nearly complete.

Allied #4.
1. In a shown of unity and resolve with France, PM Chruchill orders a second BEF led by General Alexander to Western France.
2. 2nd BEF deploys to Bordeaux.

Axis #7.
1. The City of Lights falls to an all out assault by the Whermacht.
2. British XV corps destroyed, which completes the annihilation of the 1st BEF.

Allied #8.
1. Down but not Out! The allies establish three defensive enclaves in mainland France.
2. Enclave 1 is in the Vichy-Lyons region and the French forces there are designated as the newly formed French 2nd Army.
3. Enclave 2 is in north and western France and the French forces there are designated as the newly formed French 1st Army.
4. Enclave 3 is in southern France and is a joint defense by the British 2nd BEF and French XII corps. General Alexander has command of all British and French forces in this enclave.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 9:25:50 PM

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Turn 6. July/Aug 1940. Western Front (2/3).

Axis #9.
1. Newly formed French 1st Army defending enclave 2 in north-west France is annihilated by a joint German-Italian offensive in that region.
2. Axis ground troops overrun the French naval bases at St Nazarene and La Rochelle. The French scuttle 2 CAs and 1 BB in order to avoid capture by the axis.

Axis #11.
1. 2nd BEF threaten with annihilation. Crisis at White Hall. Celebrations at OKH & OKW.
2. It's rumored that senior leaders at OKH & OKW and possibly even Hitler himself love to see the word "annihilation" in action reports when applied to the enemy.

End of Turn.
1. All remaining French battleships at sea order to return to base in metropolitan France. (This is to avoid the hit if Germany installs Vichy).
2. Only such base still in French hands, and not occupied by the Brits (i.e., Bordeaux), is Bayonne.
3. French BB Lorraine is scuttle due to no more room left in Bayonne (i.e., overstack digression).

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 9:34:09 PM

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Turn 6. July/Aug 1940. Western Front (3/3).

End of Turn.
1. Marshall Petain, the hero of Verdun, agrees to take over and lead what's left of France.
2. He immediately agrees to an armistice with Germany and to the partitioning of France into occupied administered by Germany and Vichy administered by him (Petain) and his Vichy government.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 9:35:29 PM

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Turn 6. July/Aug 1940. Vichy and Free France.

Colonies that went Vichy: (1) Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, (2) French West Africa, (3) Syria, (4) French Indo-China, (5) Madagascar and (6) Other minor countries and territories.

Colonies that went Free: (1) Asian minor countries and territories, (2) French Equatorial Africa and (3) Pacific minor countries and territories.

Vichy and Free French Units Remaining (on Map).

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 9:48:24 PM

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Turn 6. July/Aug 1940. Corsica & Sardinia.

While axis armies and airforces were ravaging French and British forces in mainland France an interesting drama was playing out on the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia. The French 1st division supported by the RAF managed to slip across the straights from Corsica to Sardinia and capture the Italian port of Olbia on the Italian Coast.

More interesting though when France signed the armistice and agreed to Vichy, Corsica became part of Vichy and so did the captured port of Olbia on Sardinia. Though Mussolini tried his best to have Hitler force the return of Olbia back to Italy, Hitler wouldn't budge.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 9:56:10 PM

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Turn 6. July/Aug 1940. Med & Red Sea. Combat Logs.

This turn saw a combined total of 7 naval,2 air and 1 land for a total of 10 combats logged for the Med, North Africa and Red Sea.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 10:04:44 PM

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Turn 6. July/Aug 1940. Med and North Africa.

Allied #8.
1. British 8th army led by General Wavell is on the move.
2. The 8th army enter Libya, capture Bardia and destroys the Italian V corps.

On the Sea, many attempts were made by both sides to initiate naval combat but all failed.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 10:10:04 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. East Africa.

Axis #7.
1. British Somaliland falls to Mussolini. Is there any stopping the Italians in East Africa?

End of Turn.
1. British Somaliland formally surrenders to Italy.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 10:13:41 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. India.

Allied #10.
1. Commonwealth forces finally clear out the last of the separatists.
2. Iron ore mine liberated and stockpiled raw materials immediately put to use supporting Great Britain's war effort.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 10:20:51 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. Battle of the Atlantic. Combat Logs.

The Battle of the Atlantic continues to go well for the allies. There were 5 sub searches by the axis. Both sides missed on 3 of the 5. For the remaining 2, only the allies found.

German saw 1 u-boat flotilla sunk and 2 damaged and Italy saw 1 of her sub groups damaged in these two encounters.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 10:23:05 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. China. Combat Logs.

In China, 5 air and 5 land, for a total of 10 combats were logged by both sides this turn.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 10:31:21 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. China.

Axis #1.
1. Yamamoto's IJN Army Group in Central/Southern China continues their push against the Nationalist.

Axis #3.
1. Yamamoto's IJN Army Group captures Kweilin. No reaction by the US.

Axis #5.
1. Monsoon rains stopped Yamamoto's IJN Army Group cold and, for now, save the Nationalist.

Axis #7.
1. Major IJA victory in northern China over CCP forces.
2. Tungkwan Falls and Mao's HQ-I shattered.

Axis #9.
1. Umeza's IJA Army Group stopped cold by desperate defense of Lanchow MIL army.

Allied #10.
1. Mao's CCP forces liberate Tungkwan, China.
2. In the process Japan's 27 inf army destroyed.
3. General Umeza called to Tokyo to explain and apologizes personally to the emperor before returning to his command in Northern China.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 10:31:54 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. Destroyed/Repair.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 10:37:01 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. US Entry.

1. FDR continues to work around the isolationist and somehow gets approval for US naval forces to escorts convoys off the US East Coast.

Competitive:
1. One thing I overlooked was what was required to intern the French CV Bearn. The US certainly had the required entry level. What they didn't "have" was that Paris was French controlled.
2. So, the US misses out on a free transport, or CVL.
3. Live and Learn.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 10:37:34 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. Economics.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 10:38:11 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. Production Spiral. Axis.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 10:38:48 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. Production Spiral. Allied.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 10:39:18 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. Global Map. Control.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 10:39:43 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. Global Map. Units.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 10:40:07 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. Global Map. Active Axis.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 10:40:31 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. Global Map. Active Allied.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/20/2020 10:41:00 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. Victory Totals.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/21/2020 2:15:52 PM

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For the French defense, a double line is infinitely more important than a strong front line. Ideally the second line is overrun-proof after an offensive chit is played, which means having 6 factors per clear hex. 2 hints: the BEF MOT corps have that level of strength, and defending the Maginot for too long also stretches the length of the French line for too long. The Maginot does not defend Paris, only weakens it. And the Allies should trade in the BEF for an entire turn of the Axis schedule, not deploy them as beach holiday spectators and then sail them away again.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/21/2020 4:56:53 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: brian brian

For the French defense, a double line is infinitely more important than a strong front line. Ideally the second line is overrun-proof after an offensive chit is played, which means having 6 factors per clear hex. 2 hints: the BEF MOT corps have that level of strength, and defending the Maginot for too long also stretches the length of the French line for too long. The Maginot does not defend Paris, only weakens it. And the Allies should trade in the BEF for an entire turn of the Axis schedule, not deploy them as beach holiday spectators and then sail them away again.

Brian, thanks!

No doubt that the French defense was lacking. I do attribute the luck the axis had with initiative and end of turn to the French collapse. Germany (i.e., the axis) got to move last and first in a turn twice in a row during the critical MA40/MJ40/JA40 turns. The MA40 turn ending when it did just after Germany captured Brussels and with Germany (i.e., axis) getting the initiative the next turn before the French & British could march into Belgium was very fortunate for the axis. Also, Germany (i.e., axis) got 3 more impulses over these three turns than did the allied. That is, the axis got 14 impulses versus the allied 11 over.

Not sure if you'd call my Case Yellow a spectacular axis success, allied failure or combination of the both? But it was fun and for the axis a bit lucky I think with end of turn, initiative and I'll also throw weather in there too.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/21/2020 6:44:29 PM

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ADDENDUM. Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. Eastern Europe.

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Axis #7.
1. Germany aligns Hungary. No reaction by the US.

Nazi-Soviet Pact.

Competitive: With Vichy declared and the Battle of France all but over except for Brits and Alexander holding on to Bordeaux, it's time to get serious about the Nazi-Soviet pact. Especially, for what it's going to take to break it. For the axis perspective they'd like to be able to launch their invasion even as early as the Mar/Apr 1941, ideally on May/June 1941 and not later than July/August 1941. Note that the optional rule "Breaking the Nazi-Soviet pact" is being used which means that the defensive multiplier (Def X) applied to garrison value decreases from 1 on the May/June 1941 turn to 0.75 on the July/August 1941 turn.

The Script. Stalin is denial that Germany will break the pact and invade before the Soviets are ready for war with Germany sometime in 1942. As such, Stalin will continue to do everything possible to prevent such a war before then. In reality, this meant ignoring the massive Nazi buildup in Poland and the Balkans and Luftwaffe reconnaissance overflights of Soviet held territory. In MWiF attributes, this means that the Soviets will continue to stuff the border to the maximum extent possible given that limited land moves due to being neutral. This stuffing will continue after a time that a reasonable player would have recognized the situation and have begun to pull back from their forward positions to more defensible/survivable positions. Not so with this script, which I title, "Stalin's Denial".

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/21/2020 11:22:06 PM

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Trade, Weather, Action, Events.

Resource Lending/Grants.
1. Japan last turn closed the Burma Road through political pressure.
2. Until the Burma Road can be re-opened France and Great Britain stop their grants to China.
3. Free France grants their 1 non-oil resource to Great Britain.
4. German maintains grant of 3 non-oil resources to Italy.
5. USA maintains grant of 2 oil to Great Britain.

Competitive:
1. The grant of oil by a neutral US to Great Britain is effectively a way that the allies can get around the restriction that neutrals can only save a maximum of 1 oil point per turn. Excess US oil beyond max production and 1 oil point saved can be granted to Great Britain who then store (i.e., save) that oil in Canada. Once the US enters the war that oil can be used by the US, or any other Western Ally, for reorg.

Initiative.
1. First roll. No advantage and allies win tie. The allies win the first roll 10 to 4. With only a 36% chance of winning a re-roll, for which the allies would have a +1 advantage in addition to winning ties, the axis request and promptly lose a re-roll.
2. The rationale between the re-roll request was the desire by Germany to kill off the lone Alexander HQ unit in Bordeaux.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/21/2020 11:30:19 PM

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. British Evacuation.

Allied #1.
1. Ulta-intercept decodes reveal a strong push by the axis to destroy Alexander's HQ-I and any other British units that may wish to disembark into Bordeaux.
2. PM Churchill orders the evacuation of Alexander and his HQ-I after the betrayal of Marshall Petain and his Vichy government collaborates.
3. From a military perspective, Churchill's advisors candidly relay to the PM that Great Britain is in no position to stand alone against the axis in mainland France. Any such stance would see more destruction of British units.
4. Alexander's evacuation from France officially signals the dismal end of the, "Battle of France".

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/21/2020 11:33:57 PM

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Combat Log Tally.

1. Four theaters saw combat this turn: (1) Western Front, (2) Atlantic, (3) Med and (4) China.
2. A total of 26 combats were logged, broken down as: (1) 16 naval, (2) 7 air and (3) 3 land.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/21/2020 11:35:25 PM

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. The Western Front. Combat Logs.

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RE: By the Numbers: Another Solo Global War AAR - 8/21/2020 11:36:57 PM

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. The Western Front. End of Turn.

This front quickly changed from one of intense action to one of garrison and de-mobilization. Actually, the de-mobilization of units by the axis was really one of transfer of units to the Balkans and other points east.

The only active element of this front are the western ports in France in support of the Battle of the Atlantic.