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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/27/2014 7:00:33 PM)

Sep/Oct 1940

Beginning of Turn Phase:

Conquests:
Dutch Guyana completely conquered by USA
Lithuania completely conquered by Germany
Latvia completely conquered by Germany
Egypt completely conquered by Germany
Angola completely conquered by Commonwealth
French Indo-China completely conquered by Japan

Initiative:
Axis rolls a 7, Axis rolls a 9. Axis doesn't reroll. Allies decide to go first.

Weather:
Roll of 7. Rain most everywhere except Med. and Southern regions


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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/27/2014 7:44:10 PM)

Sep/Oct 1940

1st Allies Impulse:

Actions:
US Combined
CH Land
CW Naval
Fr Combined
SU Land

Naval Moves:
US tries another port strike on Truk, but once again Japan rolls well enough to avoid the port attack

France moves their fleet out to West Med, if the situation allows they want to support a possible breakout from Marseilles

CW transports a South African TERR to Bay of Biscay to land in Spain
CW moves its smaller CV fleet out to Bay of Bengal to protect India
CW moves a SUB to South China Sea
CW moves a BB fleet to Bay of Biscay for bombardment support to Wavell in Spain
CW moves a Greek SCS to East Med to make things difficult to Italian fleet wanting to do shore bombardment of Athens (Italy did a dumb move and went to port in Turkey, making them easy to put out of supply)

US moves 3 BBs and brings 2 MILs from Venezuela off of Brazil coast

Combat:
- CW initiates search in South China Sea for Japanese CONVs. Search unsuccessful.
- France initiates search in Italian Coast for Italian CONVs. Search unsuccessful.

Strat Bombing:
Successful strike on Hamburg

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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/27/2014 7:58:15 PM)

Sep/Oct 1940

1st Allies Impulse:

Ground Strikes:
CW sends the TAC bomber at Gibraltar and a CVP on a ground strike on the Spanish units guarding Gibraltar. If they get lucky, they'll try to complicate things for the Spaniards. Missed.

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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/27/2014 7:58:52 PM)

Sep/Oct 1940

1st Allies Impulse:

Ground Strikes (continued):
US tries an ARTY strike on Rio de Janeiro, but no effect.

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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/27/2014 7:59:48 PM)

Sep/Oct 1940

1st Allies Impulse:

Ground Strikes (continued):
Soviets try a ground strike on an OOS Swedish MOT corps. If successful, they'll try to get an easy kill in the land attack phase. Nope.

Wasted strikes globally. Not a single hit.

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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/27/2014 9:32:52 PM)

Sep/Oct 1940

1st Allies Impulse:

Land Moves:
No attacks this impulse. Rain is playing havoc with Axis and Allies alike. Here is the US invasion of Brazil.

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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/27/2014 9:33:22 PM)

Sep/Oct 1940

1st Allies Impulse:

Land Moves:
Here's the Ukraine

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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/27/2014 9:34:17 PM)

Sep/Oct 1940

1st Allies Impulse:

Land Moves:
Here's Northern Russia. Soviets think its better to keep their units in place, but OOS then move them and become disupted.

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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/27/2014 9:35:24 PM)

Sep/Oct 1940

1st Allies Impulse:

Land Moves:
Northern China

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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/28/2014 10:40:45 AM)

Sep/Oct 1940

1st Axis Impulse:

Actions:
GE Land
IT Land
JA Land

Ground Strikes:
Rainy weather precludes alot of air usage, but in Marseilles in the Fine weather, the Italians strike Marseilles. Clearing this city will be their priority this turn, as it will create a land bridge between Spain and Italy and negate the need of CONVs in the West Med. The strike goes OK, hitting 1 of 2.

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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/28/2014 11:07:04 AM)

Sep/Oct 1940

1st Axis Impulse:

Land Moves:
Japan secures another resource in the Soviet Union, and puts a Communist Chinese defender OOS.

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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/28/2014 11:09:01 AM)

Sep/Oct 1940

1st Axis Impulse:

Land Moves (continued):
Japan starts moving up the rail line from Hanoi with the goal of taking the next Chinese city and resource

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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/28/2014 12:39:05 PM)

Sep/Oct 1940

1st Axis Impulse:

Land Moves (continued):
Turkey maneuvers towards Baku

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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/28/2014 12:40:02 PM)

Sep/Oct 1940

1st Axis Impulse:

Land Moves (continued):
Von Bock and Antonescu split up, with the German HQ hoping to get around to the North

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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/28/2014 12:40:43 PM)

Sep/Oct 1940

1st Axis Impulse:

Land Moves (continued):
Belgium doesn't have much movement, while the Italians surround Marseilles

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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/28/2014 12:41:40 PM)

Sep/Oct 1940

1st Axis Impulse:

Land Moves (continued):
Germany captures Novgorad and tries to find a weak point to mass on the scattered Soviet defenders

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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/28/2014 2:21:09 PM)

Sep/Oct 1940

1st Axis Impulse:

Land Combat:
Only two attacks declared. Italy holds off on attacking Athens until they can get the fleet out (Plus, the Axis hasn't fared well on mediocre attacks). But they do declare an attack on Marseilles.

Here they throw in ground support. France doesn't use up its air power on a factory its already chalked up as lost.

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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/28/2014 2:30:12 PM)

Sep/Oct 1940

1st Axis Impulse:

Land Combat (continued):
Here's the battle results. Italy has a strong +11.75 modifier. France chooses the Assault table.

Italy doesnt get the fractional (uh-oh), and rolls a ...11. at this point, rolling 1 short of a full max, and having to lose a unit and half disorganized is par for the course for the Axis. Seems a bit unfair that such a high odds attack, rolled well, still costs that much to the attacker. Oh well.

Italy loses a DIV, and disorganizes a bunch, but Marseilles is theirs and their useable resources just went up by 3.

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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/28/2014 2:42:03 PM)

Sep/Oct 1940

1st Axis Impulse:

Land Combat (continued):
In Russia, the Finnish HQ is used in an attack on a OOS 7-4 INF. Axis is able to get a nice +10.429 modifier, and picks the Blitz table.

Dice are thrown across the room, as the Germans don't get the fractional, and with their mediocre roll of 10, have to lose a unit, plus disorganize half, and the Soviet don't even lose a unit. The Axis rolls a 20 overall and honestly take the worst of it.

The worst part about this is that I KNOW that the Axis has absolutely no chance of winning this scenario given the terrible rolls that they have been getting, but it won't take effect until a long time from now, and I honestly feel as though I am wasting my time here delaying what is going to be an outcome already determined. Vent over, for now, until the next loss the Axis has to take on an attack where they have overwhelming superiority.

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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/28/2014 2:58:19 PM)

Sep/Oct 1940

2nd Allied Impulse:

Weather:
More help for the Allies. Weather turns sour over more areas. Athens may be safe for the turn. We'll see.

Oh, and more bad news for the Axis. They still have to kill that little 3-3 French INF that is putting a ZOC on the rail line from Spain to France. It's preventing 2 resources from getting through to Italian factories. Sigh.

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markb50k -> RE: Alternative History: The Great War that never happened (5/28/2014 9:05:02 PM)

Sep/Oct 1940

2nd Allied Impulse:

Actions:
CH Land
SU Land
CW Land
US Land
FR Combined

Naval Moves:
FR moves their slower BBs out to the 3 box in the West Med

Rail Moves:
USSR rails another factory out

Land Moves:
Bad weather restricts movement so most theaters show no change. In Brazil, however, the US invasion launches an attack on Rio. With shore bombardment and HQ support, the US has a +10 modifier.

Germany chooses the Blitz table. US rolls a 4. (I guess this game is going to roll low on attacks for everyone). Each side loses a unit, and all disorganized.

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