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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 2:49:21 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Axis Impulse: Land Moves: Being the first turn of hostilities and all three Axis majors declaring Land impulse, we have lots of movement around the globe. In the Ukraine, German and Rumanian forces launch an attack on Cernauti. [image]local://upfiles/12574/55FED49A297B4634B46E17A72EA98DFB.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 2:51:11 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Axis Impulse: Land Moves (continued): In Poland, Germany attacks one stack of Polish troops, while screening the Soviet forces to the NE [image]local://upfiles/12574/D5B3B6D757424AAF8540C666B230B064.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 2:52:30 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Axis Impulse: Land Moves (continued): In France, two attacks. Swiss units get around the Maginot line and attack with a German 3-1 GARR. While in the south, Spanish forces attack in a clear hex with Mech support [image]local://upfiles/12574/FE0EB959D0DD4DC994864A97CE8BAE95.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 2:53:20 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Axis Impulse: Land Moves (continued): In Belgium, German units ooze up to the front but don't get a good ratio for an attack [image]local://upfiles/12574/3D208CBC43D44B4F9E08A064DFA07FFD.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 2:54:19 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Axis Impulse: Land Moves (continued): Way over in the Far East, Japan launches an attack on a stack of Soviet units outside of Vladivostok, throwing in HQ support. [image]local://upfiles/12574/B58C9DEA5393444E9A0B28EABAF61EF9.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 2:55:11 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Axis Impulse: Land Moves (continued): In China, a speedbump is attacked by the Japan HQ and army group [image]local://upfiles/12574/1D57EE5B6E1045CFA1746BADF2EF5C06.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 2:56:14 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Axis Impulse: Land Moves (continued): In Malaya, Japan secures two resources but don't have the strength to attack Singapore yet [image]local://upfiles/12574/0B29CA27475649B5A2203E51B02C7692.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 2:57:45 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Axis Impulse: Land Moves (continued): In Syria, Turkish forces approach Damascus [image]local://upfiles/12574/C5267EE50EDC4A3088A830D643FC4D16.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 2:58:39 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Axis Impulse: Land Moves (continued): Finally, in Greece, Yugo/Italian forces close in on the Greek defenders, but no attack yet. [image]local://upfiles/12574/F756E67CB50145EDA46E64224505EE2B.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 3:00:37 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Axis Impulse: Land Combat: Several attacks this impulse. First the Swiss/German attack into France. France brings in two bombers with fighter escort for ground support, Switzerland sends up an interceptor. Even with a slight Axis advantage, the first French bomber is cleared in the initial round, and then France aborts the rest. [image]local://upfiles/12574/767DE85530594C21A822CE749BD210BF.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 3:04:16 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Axis Impulse: Land Combat (continued): The resulting ground support helps the French a lot, bringing the modifier down from around +10 to +6. France chooses the assault table. Germany does not get the fractional, but rolls high with a 16. the 22 overall kills the French defender, but Axis must take an additional loss and half are disorganized. Germany decides to lose a MIL, and sends two ready Swiss corps into France. [image]local://upfiles/12574/97C40FCCB3BD4E7BA29B21A6D39905CB.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 3:16:00 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Axis Impulse: Land Combat (continued): In Southern France, the Spanish attack. with the Blitz table, Italy gets a +9.5 modifier. They do not get the fractional and roll a 9, for 18 overall. The French must retreat, and Spain has to disorganize two units. Italy chooses to have the French unit retreat to the West, opening up a gap some to get to Marseilles. [image]local://upfiles/12574/0A7F7C72E09C40A2BC587BB75D9D5282.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 3:52:42 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Axis Impulse: Land Combat (continued): In Cernauti, Bessarabia, Axis has a +10.3 modifier. Soviets pick the Assault table. Germany once again does not get the fractional, and rolls a 12, for 22 overall. Really stinks that you can roll a 22 on the Assault table and still have to lose a unit. Axis must lose a unit (Rumanian INF) and disorganize 3 units, but the city is theirs. [image]local://upfiles/12574/C243487C062147D080C01826EA29DA85.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 3:58:23 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Axis Impulse: Land Combat (continued): Near Vladivostok, Japan has a +11.5 modifier. Soviets choose Assault table. Japan gets the fractional and rolls a 12, for 23 overall, both Soviet units lost. [image]local://upfiles/12574/97A423E838C44D0A8D5E0E5A51DD4FAB.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 4:06:43 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Axis Impulse: Land Combat (continued): In China, a +19 modifier leads to a near-automatic victory for Japan on a Chinese city. [image]local://upfiles/12574/E7819FB470C6423EA492F02674CA0D2D.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 4:08:15 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Axis Impulse: Land Combat (continued): Final combat is in Poland, with a +19.7 modifier on the Blitz table. Germany rolls a 5 but luckily for them it doesn't matter. [image]local://upfiles/12574/982371F6EDDE41FD8EBC005B2E7680DD.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 7:06:16 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Allied Impulse: Actions: CH Land CW Combined FR Land US Combined SU Land Naval Moves: CW moves a Blenheim to the 0 box in Bay of Biscay for transfer to Gibraltar US moves a PBY to the Marshall Islands sea area CW also moves 4 TRS plus escort into the Bay of Biscay for landing in France [image]local://upfiles/12574/13D0B0E1748C401E90FA7F8F0D2EB5F0.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 7:06:55 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Allied Impulse: Naval Moves (continue): A US invasion fleet is put out to the Mouths of the Amazon sea area for landing in Brazil [image]local://upfiles/12574/EA607F5B6E454019800FC9D295EE9266.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 7:07:29 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Allied Impulse: Strat Bombing: No effect on Hamburg [image]local://upfiles/12574/8A7A1FFFC6A04AF69745EC7083DBEAEF.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 7:17:21 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Allied Impulse: Ground Strikes: CW responds with an ARTY strike on the strongest German stack facing them in Belgium. Hits 2 of 3. Nice. [image]local://upfiles/12574/7BE96F9354254F4FA32E9954CD0D3DDF.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/16/2014 7:18:35 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Allied Impulse: Ground Strikes (continued): With the French having no bombers available, a long range CW bomber attempts to disrupt the breach that the two Swiss units have caused on the French border. No luck. [image]local://upfiles/12574/D518B5B130EC44AEBD5938A96A807EC6.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/18/2014 3:22:25 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Allied Impulse: Land Moves: Here we see the CW land Wavell and another corps. I think they should be able to land another land unit but the game won't let me (bug reported). [image]local://upfiles/12574/10E55637EA2B4201B626663BC68937CD.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/18/2014 3:24:10 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Allied Impulse: Land Moves (continued): France advances into Belgium and also reinforces the line to try to keep the Axis from gaining anymore foothold in France. In the South, they also maneuver to try and close in on the Spanish troops that have moved across the border as well. [image]local://upfiles/12574/D1F8E23CEE16412EB70FD644052FF171.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/18/2014 3:25:04 PM)
May/Jun 1940 1st Allied Impulse: Land Combat: Only one attack, and that is in Brazil, where the US Marines successfully land adjacent to a Brazilian port. [image]local://upfiles/12574/641829A3628347B2AF2575AB8A052484.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/18/2014 6:38:10 PM)
May/Jun 1940 2nd Axis Impulse: Actions: GE Land IT Land JA Land Ground Strikes: Germany uses its remaining Stuka to hit Lodz [image]local://upfiles/12574/84747204E5AE4F0DA11592E46BF0D29E.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/18/2014 6:39:05 PM)
May/Jun 1940 2nd Axis Impulse: Ground Strikes (continued): Italy fails on its strike on a lone French unit Italy wants to attack later [image]local://upfiles/12574/D924045C26BD4386A92283A7D937E668.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/18/2014 6:42:18 PM)
May/Jun 1940 2nd Axis Impulse: Land Combat: Around 6 attacks are declared this impulse. As a player, I am being a little more aggressive with everyone, and am declaring attacks near +8 or above. Last game I really wanted to be over +10. In France, an important attack along the Maginot line. Amazingly the Allies have scared the Germans from attacking through Belgium with the CW forces there in strength. The Swiss however have been a boon for the Axis and are helping roll up the French defenses. To assist in the ground attack, the Luftwaffe does a paradrop on a defending French unit. [image]local://upfiles/12574/7C0E858B62154F379958634491F5E682.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/18/2014 6:43:27 PM)
May/Jun 1940 2nd Axis Impulse: Land Combat (continued): In Southern France, Italy declares two attacks. There are no nearby French air, so they send all air to ground support the attack across the France/Italy border. [image]local://upfiles/12574/009E999A13C64644816F9594124989C3.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/18/2014 6:45:06 PM)
May/Jun 1940 2nd Axis Impulse: Land Combat (continued): Now to the resolution phase. First attack is the one along the Maginot line. Germany has a lower modifier here, only +7.6667. France chooses the Assault table. Germany doesn't get the fractional, but rolls well enough to get a 21, allowing them to advance into the hex [image]local://upfiles/12574/1B518130D6E9495997CD69F9EE9DF195.jpg[/image]

markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/18/2014 6:47:41 PM)
May/Jun 1940 2nd Axis Impulse: Land Combat (continued): Next attack is by Italian forces on a French 3-3 INF. With the ground support they have a +10 modifier. France chooses the Blitz table to conserve forces and it works. Italy rolls a 21 overall, and chooses to convert to a retreat. [image]local://upfiles/12574/FEB3C7AA170D4D5986D1014B09ACF000.jpg[/image]

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