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professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/11/2017 9:18:15 PM)
AXIS #8 MAY/JUN 42 This is a bad situation for the Axis in Western France. An error to not send a fighter to the area, but if Keith's gonna roll 19 La Rochelle is gonna fall. Germany and Japan take land actions, naval for Italy. Planes from the Japanese CV Akagi launch a port attack against Mackay, Australia, and the Queens. But, already disorganised and out of supply, the Queens are only "aborted." The crew are exceptionally confused but the ships are okay. Don't think the CW can oil them though. [image]local://upfiles/55941/9CDA46850B6D42D08FA5FB480A0EB12E.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/11/2017 9:27:35 PM)
Five Italian subs brave the massive allied invasion fleet and head from Brest to Biscay. They find with 2, 10 and sink 4 cps (2 US). A scrambled Swordfish forces the subs to spend most surprise points to avoid damage to themselves. In the second round 4, 4 sees the Italians attacked from the air, they are fortunate to suffer only two aborts. In round 3 the Italians hide. The Germans rail what they can to the north of the Loire. Von Leeb and a MOT head for La Rochelle. Meanwhile in southern USSR, Rommel's dispersed forces look to further disrupt Soviet oil supplies. A Romanian cavalry corps occupies undefended Stalingrad. [image]local://upfiles/55941/8A0EB8744CDC4846937B03B3FE3399E7.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/11/2017 9:31:22 PM)
German columns in Kursk and Belgorod eliminate a Soviet Militia west of the Don. They elect to not advance. [image]local://upfiles/55941/A0F1FD14B53E487295CE6ABDD46A6FD9.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/11/2017 9:35:11 PM)
Von Bock's Army Group launch an overwhelming automatic assault on Kalinin. South East of besieged Leningrad, Guderian clears the swamps of isolated Soviet units. [image]local://upfiles/55941/A8CEA99010874F5EABA6FE84A78248C0.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/11/2017 9:39:37 PM)
Von Leeb writes a last letter to his wife, and prepares his will. La Rochelle must be retaken. A disorganised Wavell to the south cannot offer support. All the air cover on both sides is blown. To retreat across the Loire would be to concede the invasion and a two front war from hereon. And so La Rochelle changes hands again. Bordeaux remains open to the Americans. [image]local://upfiles/55941/3A2644B253E64E71914CDFA4E9781257.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/11/2017 9:42:01 PM)
Yamashita completes the Japanese conquest of Malaya at the cost of the Siam Militia. [image]local://upfiles/55941/BE86B6EDF9404FEFA00C52BEF0413F2D.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/11/2017 9:49:45 PM)
The Japanese launch a couple of automatic invasions, the first near Tonga. [image]local://upfiles/55941/C639C12CA21D407FAAF91ED0F4CF7B52.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/11/2017 9:50:29 PM)
A bigger prize is the major port at Rabaul. [image]local://upfiles/55941/720BB3378E914AD2910D779ADA768539.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/11/2017 9:54:30 PM)
The Japanese and the Italians are generally pleased with the way the war is going. The Germans have taken losses this impulse. It has been bloody for the Allies too. [image]local://upfiles/55941/D98B7DC5ED9940BC900ED26FA583646F.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/13/2017 8:11:59 PM)
AXIS #10 MAY/JUN 42 Japan combined, Germany and Italy land. The Japanese shift a carrier to Singapore from Coral Sea and move an infantry division to Truk. Their naval searches fail. The American sub in Solomons does not want to play. But Allied cps in the Pacific have taken a hammering. Australia cannot be supplied with oil. More in hope than expectation the Japanese ground strike Stilwell, but manage only to rattle the general's tea tray. [image]local://upfiles/55941/D35B71F4D48546DBBF2F87B8A9215DA3.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/13/2017 8:14:06 PM)
A new American Infantry Corps has landed at Bordeaux. The Germans have railed what they can to Nantes, St Nazaire, and St Malo. Next initiative is crucial. [image]local://upfiles/55941/AEECB3A9312143A9B97F296D934943A9.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/13/2017 8:19:59 PM)
Only two attacks. Rommel's army group is dispersed but has taken Grozny and disrupted the flow of oil from Baku also. There is a blitz attack in the Don bend. An indifferent roll of 9 retreats the Rostov militia (Rostov has been occupied by an SS division) and destroys a disorganised MiG1 fighter. Another theatre where the next initiative will matter. [image]local://upfiles/55941/09DDAC4843124552882D345C2DFE938A.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/13/2017 8:28:28 PM)
The Italians take Port Said blitzing across the Suez Canal, and by invasion by an Alpini Division that cut their teeth invading Cyprus. There's an intense shore bombardment and the available fighter bomber is sent in. Italians obvs roll 7 and lose a Mot Div. But another is on its way around the Gulf of Sirte. Jerusalem would be quite a prize. Papa would be impressed, surely. [image]local://upfiles/55941/BD507AF62F8647B8B0BA55DE58730520.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/13/2017 8:39:01 PM)
Turn ends on a 3. For the first time, the Axis are not unhappy about that. Indian Ocean. The Japanese control NEI, Malaya, Singapore, Burma. A substantial RN fleet approaches the theatre. [image]local://upfiles/55941/B0283D02B2CF44ECA948B7C7DCA8A707.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/13/2017 8:42:30 PM)
In the SW Pacific the Japanese control Guam, Rabual, the Solomons, Port Vila and a strategic island I won't pretend to remember how to spell in the Tonga group. Truk holds the strongest Japanese fleet. [image]local://upfiles/55941/945E9516785649B194A15BE81DCF00D0.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/13/2017 8:45:23 PM)
Progress in the central Pacific has been more modest. The Japanese hold Midway, but Wake is garrisoned and in supply, though Germany appears to be the Allied priority, very substantial US naval reinforcements are approaching Pearl Harbor. [image]local://upfiles/55941/4E537ABE484B41FC92B7C7E3996AF591.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/13/2017 8:48:55 PM)
Destroyed units May/Jun 1942. Mothers weeping across the world. India, Finland, Russia ... sad times. Some high value German losses. [image]local://upfiles/55941/1EDE480635AE447E8A0BDA25E9ACF560.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/13/2017 8:51:26 PM)
Reinforcements for July/Aug 1942 In the nick of time for Australia. [image]local://upfiles/55941/07A72F509D3F46C78602D059A8A62DCD.jpg[/image]

keith63 -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/17/2017 1:55:33 AM)
Allied Production May/June 42 China : 6 bp. HQI, cav div. CW: 24 bp. inf, pilot x2, naval rpr x2 cl, cva-1, ftr2, nav3, convoyx2, armor, sub 2nd phase. USA:41 BP. inf, para, pilot x5, naval repair , sub 2nd phase, trs 1st phase, amphib 1 st phase, carrier 1st phase x2, cva1, cva2, nav3 , lnd 4. Russia: 19 bp. inf x6, cav div.

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/17/2017 5:23:35 PM)
AXIS #1 JULY/AUGUST 1942 Axis relieved to win the initiative. Japan naval, Germany and Italy land. The Japanese put a large combined fleet with 4 carriers, troops aboard landing boats, and additional air cover in Bay of Bengal. They destroy more CW (Dutch) cps in Tasman sea (2 subs sink 1 cp) and East Indian Ocean (where the heavy cruiser Mogami sinks 2 cps). The US sub in Solomons hides. [image]local://upfiles/55941/E2C0696FCB6A4577B3B083C4808A483B.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/17/2017 5:24:59 PM)
Italians ground strike the CW pocket in the Nile Delta. [image]local://upfiles/55941/C49CA528367342CE9BEB91F747A9A811.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/17/2017 5:26:34 PM)
Japanese artillery hits the remaining isolated Chinese Communists in mountains near Yenan. [image]local://upfiles/55941/220196B4BAE548B9B113F757C7723E10.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/17/2017 5:28:47 PM)
Air combat goes less well for the Axis. Maximum Allied support is ordered against von Leeb's attack on Wavell on the west coast of France, and they mostly get through, shooting down two good German units. [image]local://upfiles/55941/B4C12C7F17EF4F8BB143ECA3ABC37B0C.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/17/2017 5:29:40 PM)
In Russia, SW of Moscow, Soviet bombers get through. [image]local://upfiles/55941/D552AA955A674763BF2E3314A2C9A1AC.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/17/2017 5:30:58 PM)
The Battle of La Rochelle continues in bloody fashion. More German losses, but a win. [image]local://upfiles/55941/23992A85C0E844B3A70F994EFF7364FD.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/17/2017 5:32:00 PM)
The attack SW of Moscow is too strong, despite Soviet efforts in the skies. [image]local://upfiles/55941/6B3D8347C5D746CC80C02F17BD72CB1C.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/17/2017 5:33:32 PM)
The Italians eliminate two of the trapped CW units in Egypt and force the other to retreat, disorganised and out of supply. End of impulse. [image]local://upfiles/55941/A64872DA69714E169EF22604D2B89B58.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/19/2017 8:08:57 PM)
AXIS #3 JULY/AUG 42 The Allies counter-attacked in western France, at the cost of Eisenhower's HQ and two strong German units, a Mech and a Mot, shattered. Soviet ground strikes against the Germans in northern Russia fail, but a Finnish fighter is shot down. The Reds pull back again, looking powerful still around Moscow and in the centre, but the south and the oilfields have been more or less surrendered. The Axis all take land actions. There is air combat above Yeremenko's HQ as the Luftwaffe attempt a ground strike. [image]local://upfiles/55941/1A08D76248C0440C9F44379A50BAE9FC.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/19/2017 8:16:37 PM)
But the Heinkels miss Yeremenko and hit only an infantry division. Japanese carrier planes from the CV Soryu miss all three Indian Army units in Chittagong. In a strike in north China, only an infantry division is hit in the Chi Comm column farthest west. The Germans advance to the Don River. Manstein launches two attacks in the south, in the north Vologda is assaulted. [image]local://upfiles/55941/479B7214E5E64F239E3C70EFEAA9E218.jpg[/image]

professorhex -> RE: New AAR Keith Vs Ian (5/19/2017 8:21:43 PM)
A lull in the fighting in W France as the Germans bring up reserves. Some are Italian, many are slow moving. A couple more Allied units have landed at Bordeaux, including some decent US armour. [image]local://upfiles/55941/89324CB0E68E4AFDAF5B6AA01BC7A220.jpg[/image]

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