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rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/26/2015 9:33:11 PM)
Mar/Apr 1941. German and Soviet Mobilization. Nazi-Soviet Pact Germany chooses two more markers and adds them to their offensive pool. The USSR chooses one more and adds it to the defensive pool. With supply issues due to weather, disorganization due to railing it makes no sense to give the pact numbers now. I'll provide them next turn when it makes sense. [image]local://upfiles/31901/401D5778AB6D432B86428088CF15D13E.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/26/2015 9:34:03 PM)
Mar/Apr 1941. Italy and the Balkans. [image]local://upfiles/31901/7C8B0770ABD6404795D44239279FC690.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/26/2015 9:35:00 PM)
Mar/Apr 1941. Greece, Egypt and the Eastern Med. [image]local://upfiles/31901/4221CAC0256D4680A11A6690D362F8EE.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/26/2015 9:36:00 PM)
Mar/Apr 1941. China. [image]local://upfiles/31901/DE0FA24F29BC4E6E8C92E75D8B92F496.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/26/2015 9:36:44 PM)
Mar/Apr 1941. Global Control. [image]local://upfiles/31901/D309343125E44D3FAB59FDE9CC275236.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/26/2015 9:38:00 PM)
Mar/Apr 1941. Victory Totals. Totals unchanged from last turn. [image]local://upfiles/31901/2A28A35A58604575BB9F8FBC754A6935.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/26/2015 9:38:43 PM)
Mar/Apr 1941. Destroyed and Repair Pools. [image]local://upfiles/31901/CB294071A32740BCB295BB24D8B9994B.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/26/2015 9:41:46 PM)
Mar/Apr 1941. US Entry Pool and Options. The US chooses to add a chit to the German/Italy Entry pool and gets what they wanted, which is the levels required to choose option 34 (17), "Pass War Appropriations Bill" and that's what they do. Worth noting is that the US is starting to build up their probability of declaring war on Germany/Italy and Japan. Currently, it's at 30%. [image]local://upfiles/31901/2D720B2EB5894272A2B5DC5A0B09649A.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/26/2015 11:20:54 PM)
Mar/Apr 1941. Six Month Production Queue. [image]local://upfiles/31901/DDBD193960A24BD0980B941EAF1D46FE.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/26/2015 11:25:14 PM)
Mar/Apr 1941. Country Economic Reports. Look at Italy working at 100% capacity! Germany too, but without being able to save any oil. If fact, Germany had to use an oil point to reach 100% capacity. Germany will probably cut back on its trade with Italy so that Germany can remain at 100% of capacity and save an oil point or two per turn. For now, one per turn would be enough. Look at the US peacetime, war economy! The O-chit built by the US is the first o-chit built by any power this game. My plan is for the US to build at least 1 per turn for now on. [image]local://upfiles/31901/77F01F3D92EE4E9E9F2548368657BA53.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/27/2015 12:20:04 AM)
May/Jun 1941. Country Trade Reports. Changes in trade agreements since last report (Mar/Apr 1941). Free France cancelled sending 1 oil point to the CW. Germany decreased the resources it was sending to Italy from 7 to 5. That 5 still includes 1 oil point. The USA decreased from 5 to 4 the amount of oil it's sending to the North America Strategic Oil Reserve (i.e., oil traded to the CW and saved in Canada). [image]local://upfiles/31901/1E4B4E5D9B8D43A18A72B09DA195ECC7.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/27/2015 12:26:48 AM)
May/June 1941. Initiative. First Roll. The axis roll a 3, which is modified by 2, to a 5. The allies roll was 3 and don't have a chance to re-roll. The decision for who moves first goes to the axis and they choose to move first. The hope is that the weather in the Arctic and North Temperate are fine and that the Germans have or can get enough garrison points this turn to break the pact. Nazi-Soviet Pact. The Germans aren't even close to being able to break the pact. The question is whether or not they can even get there by the end of this turn. [image]local://upfiles/31901/7659532F51DD4DC98C6EA69F24DEB803.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/27/2015 1:27:09 AM)
May/Jun 1941. Axis #1. Germany, Italy and Japan take a land. Breaking the Pact. Germany's main focus this turn is to increase the force level in the East in order to break the pact. The Germans were able to increase forces this impulse to a level that reduce the deficient for breaking the pact from 37.5 at start of the turn to 30 at end of this impulse. Of course this deficient will increase during the Soviet impulse as they will bring more forces forward towards to border. It's an interesting cat and mouse game that Hitler and Stalin are playing at. [image]local://upfiles/31901/9DAC3EC0A0474140A930625118BCBAD6.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/27/2015 1:32:42 AM)
May/Jun 1941. Axis #1. China. A strategic shift in the Japanese strategy for China was made this turn. The decision was made for the Japanese to hold what they have in the south and stop their push against the Nationalist. The Japanese military push in China will now be in the and against the communist. Also, Yamamoto and IJN elite marines units were order backed to the coast for potential amphibious operations sometime in the future. [image]local://upfiles/31901/BF14D866D03A42B08EE4A4AC578BEBC5.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/27/2015 1:34:27 AM)
May/Jun 1941. Axis #1. Japanese Strategic Bombing. Southern China. Japan will continue in earnest their strategic bombing attacks against Chinese production. Unfortunately for the Japanese this impulse their two strategic bombing raids did no damage to said production. [image]local://upfiles/31901/CAC86654F41F457D876175B1297803C7.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/27/2015 1:38:25 AM)
May/Jun 1941. Axis #1. Land Combat. China[77,138]. Japans land combat attack against a communist Chinese militia army unit defending in the mountains produced mixed results. The Soviet (communist Chinese) player chose to see the attack on the Blitz table in order to maximize the chance that their unit would survive. They were rewarded in that the unit did survive thought it was disorganized and forced to retreat. The Japanese lost no units but half their attacking forces were disorganized. [image]local://upfiles/31901/01876F8FC5A348449D7E9410D0E99FA5.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/27/2015 1:39:33 AM)
May/Jun 1941. Axis #1. Japanese Reorg. Terauchi reorganized 2 of the 4 IJA units disorganized by the attack. [image]local://upfiles/31901/FD47583671A1493BB16A2B1EA74E1A12.jpg[/image]

Centuur -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/27/2015 11:02:59 AM)
Why build offensives with the US at this time? An offensive can be build within three turns, where a good navy takes years to build. And if you don't have enough land and air units to use those offensives on, they are worthless anyway... If you start building offensives in SO 1943 (two each turn), you have those in abundance to use with you other units you've deployed already. You can't use more than one each impulse and two or three used each turn in 1944 and 1945 should be enough to crush the Axis. End of 1944 you build 3 of those each turn...

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/27/2015 12:02:32 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Centuur Why build offensives with the US at this time? An offensive can be build within three turns, where a good navy takes years to build. And if you don't have enough land and air units to use those offensives on, they are worthless anyway... If you start building offensives in SO 1943 (two each turn), you have those in abundance to use with you other units you've deployed already. You can't use more than one each impulse and two or three used each turn in 1944 and 1945 should be enough to crush the Axis. End of 1944 you build 3 of those each turn... O.K. then. I'll wait until Sep/Oct 1943 to build any more o-chits for the US and then starting build 2 per turn. Thanks for the advice.

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/29/2015 3:04:36 AM)
May/Jun 1941. Allied #2. The CW takes a naval, China a land, USSR, Free France and USA a combined. CW Convoy Route Adjustments and CP Reserve The CW uses part of its naval to take care of the business of convoy protection using the strategy described earlier and make adjustments to convoy routes in the Far East to increase CW's reserve of CPs. CW production is at full capacity, is only using 2 of 15 oil resources for production (i.e., currently saving 13 of 15) and has 31 of its 109 CPs in reserve. Of those 31 in reserve 21 are in port and 11 are at sea (which will require return to base and reorganization). [image]local://upfiles/31901/1E7FB17E68494B30816680FC68FB776B.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/29/2015 3:07:07 AM)
May/Jun 1941. Allied #2. USN East Coast Escorts The CW is getting help from the USN to protect convoys on the USA East Coast. In fact, the only escorts there are USN. [image]local://upfiles/31901/381CA00C29404C50A7C9ECCF64FBFF8E.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/29/2015 3:12:40 AM)
May/Jun 1941. Allied #2. Eastern Med and Red Sea. MI6 indicates that the Germans and Italians have become focused on mobilization in the East for possible war with the Soviets. The CW acting on this intelligence moves three loaded troop transports in the Eastern Med and one into the Red Sea intended to reinforce Egypt. The 3 transports in the East Med are accompanied by strong escorts. [image]local://upfiles/31901/DE588A84D6FF467EA93DEC3456B7C6A3.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/29/2015 3:15:04 AM)
May/Jun 1941. Allied #2. Western Med. A fifth troop transport task force is put into the Western Med. [image]local://upfiles/31901/F2CF5F632A724020B5458B16CE5BE334.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/29/2015 3:17:20 AM)
May/Jun 1941. Allied #2. Cape St. Vincent. A six troop transport headed to the Med is forced by an Italian subs to stop in the Cape St. Vincent sea area. [image]local://upfiles/31901/A1E270D1E7F14ADD9C1DAB8A447FBB62.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/29/2015 3:29:20 AM)
May/Jun 1941. Allied #2. East Med. Naval Air Combat. Round 1. The RN in the East Med decides to initiate combat with the Italian RM. Including the forces already both sides add all the additional air units that they can. While the RN and RAF has an overwhelming advantage over the axis in surface ships and aircraft. Though in the air this advantage is not as big. Though the decision to engage probably puts at least one of their loaded transports at significant risk, England has ruled the seas for 100's of years and the CW decide now is not the time to back down. So the fight is on and round 1 clearly goes to the RN. Axis air power is decimated without loss of any air units for the CW. Needing to maintain supply for the land forces in Libya and Egypt, the Italians decided to stay. Not surprisingly, so does the CW. [image]local://upfiles/31901/648C6740B2A74D5895657098C6955A9B.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/29/2015 3:37:05 AM)
May/Jun 1941. Allied #2. East Med. Naval Air Combat. Round 2. Round 2 also goes to the RN and RAF. Though the Italians did manage to get their unescorted naval air unit through against a significant CW fighter screen. It's prime target was the Queens TRS unit and the 7-4 Canadian motorized corps that it carriers. Fortunately for the CW, the Italian naval unit bombs were reduced. Even so, the Queens TRS was 1/2 aborted and an escorting light cruiser was aborted. Though no CW transports were sunk, damaged or aborted this result does show how fortunate the CW was in round 1 that the surprise was with them and not the Italians and that no axis bombers got through. On the Italian RM side, their two remaining SCS (2 BBs) were driven from the area, with one being damaged. The Italians, who only had a single naval air unit left, decide they had had enough and withdrew from the East Med, giving full control of that area the CW. Italian ground troops in Egypt and Libya are indeed on their own. [image]local://upfiles/31901/115B5F51133D44D9AAA3BFFE71E2659A.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/29/2015 3:40:36 AM)
May/Jun 1941. Allied #2. RAF Strategic Bombing. With the Luftwaffe being redeployed to the East in order to help in trying to break the Nazi-Soviet pact, German industry is left unprotected. The RAF carries out strategic bombing raids against Essen and Dusseldorf and manages to reduce German production by 2 PP's. Though England is standing alone it certainly is carrying the fight to Germany and Italy. [image]local://upfiles/31901/86CB9BFDD2954D6899791DFFE1294A84.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/30/2015 12:17:01 AM)
May/Jun 1941. Axis #3 & Allied #4 Weather. Fine weather across the world continues except for a band of rain on the equator, which unfortunately for the Japanese includes southern China. Axis #3. Actions. The Germans and Japanese take a land. The Italians take a naval with the focus being on getting and keeping 1 or more SCS in the Eastern Med in order to reestablish supply to their army in Libya and Egypt. [image]local://upfiles/31901/DDBDD9575E2A443884A65BCEB516605D.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/30/2015 12:21:44 AM)
May/Jun 1941. Axis #3. Eastern Med. The Italian RM sends what SCS they can spare to the East Med which constitutes a meager force of a BB, 2 CAs and 2 CPs. Of course the Italians decline to initiate combat in the hopes of avoiding it against the superior RN and RAF forces operating there. Unfortunately for the Italians, the CW, who initiates combat, not only finds the Italians but manages to surprise them too. Eastern Med. Naval Air Combat. Round #1. RN carrier based planes managed to damage the Italian battleship, sink a CP and force a heavy cruiser to abort. The RN accomplished this without any loss to their forces. Needing to reestablish supply to their land forces in Egypt and Libya, the Italians choose to stay and hope for the best. Which is, to avoid combat which proceeds to a potential round 2. [image]local://upfiles/31901/35FEF5447D4048A9815A68336F99595D.jpg[/image]

rkr1958 -> RE: Historical Global War AAR #2 (4/30/2015 12:29:22 AM)
May/Jun 1941. Axis #3. Eastern Med. Naval Air Battle. Round 2. The again not only finds but manages to surprise the remaining Italian force in the East Med. RN carrier planes sink another heavy cruiser and CP but only manage to 1/2 abort the damaged Italian BB. Not thinking clearly the Italians decide to stay for a third round with only a damaged and half aborted BB. [image]local://upfiles/31901/2A4D6AA04FF84013A2D126EBF6773088.jpg[/image]

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