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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (9/15/2018 9:12:04 PM)

A shock for Heeresgruppe Süd. Guderian was inspecting troops in the frontlines when suddenly the Soviets attacked the positions. He was badly wounded and is currently recovering in a hospital at Munich. His command however, was not as lucky. Even with large numbers of aircraft supporting in snow, the Panzer were destroyed in an all out attack (offensive chit used by the Soviets) led by Zhukov...



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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (9/15/2018 9:13:56 PM)

At Addis Abeba, Italian officers manage to raise troops for the defense of the capital...

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (9/15/2018 9:15:59 PM)

The destroyed pool of J/F 1942. Not shown are 12 Allied convoy points, an Italian and a Soviet pilot.

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Courtenay -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (9/16/2018 3:17:32 AM)

Interesting use of a Soviet O-chit. It doesn't get 15 BP worth of stuff, but now the Germans are missing Guderian for the rest of '42, which might a difference. On the other hand, the Russians won't be able to use the O-chit later.




Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (9/16/2018 12:13:46 PM)

It did get 17 BP, due to the fact that the MECH and the disorganised Italian FTR were present in the hex too. But it was truly interesting to see it's effects in this attack in snow.




Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (10/28/2018 12:33:33 PM)

A stalemate has occurred for this turn (M/A 1942). Not a lot did happen, due to bad weather continuing. After storms, there came blizzards in the Arctic and Northern Temperate and snow in the Med. Storms and rain were raging in the Far East. The Axis 3rd. impulse this turn is impulse number 11. The weather has changed to rain in the Arctic and the North Temperate zone. No "Panzerwetter" at all, I'm afraid. And Germany needed at least one good weather turn in the North Temperate (and the chance of getting that was 50% for this impulse...)

A lot of attemps to fight naval combats were taken in the Pacific and SUB's sailed into the Atlantic, but apart from some convoy points losses and the loss of a US CVP, not a lot has happened.

In the Med, US and British TRS loaded with troops sailed into the Western Med. The Italian fleet sorties, but didn't get lucky with the search rolls. All Italian BB's are currently in the repair pool. The Italian fleet now consists of 2 heavy cruisers...

As said, it's a stalemate, so no pictures...

On Netplay, we have had a lot of problems with naval interceptions and are still experiencing problems with Port Attacks. It looks like that one bug gets fixed and another one pops up due to that fix. It's really slow going at the moment (and sometimes a little frustrating also). The life of a beta tester isn't always fun and games, I'm afraid...







Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/4/2018 2:47:20 PM)

Of course, the turn ended without giving the Euroaxis one fine weather impulse. Here's the destroyed pool for M/A 1942

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/4/2018 2:48:38 PM)

So, we are now at the start of the M/J 1942 turn. The weather is fine and the Allies won the initiative. Here is the UK and the Atlantic Wall:

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/4/2018 2:49:16 PM)

France and Northern Italy:



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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/4/2018 2:50:47 PM)

In the Med, the Allies succeeded in invading Sardinia, however, they didn't conquer the Island. And the Hamburg Militiamen are still sunning at the beaches in Algiers...



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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/4/2018 2:51:44 PM)

Ehtiopia is still Italian controlled:

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/4/2018 2:52:22 PM)

The emptiness of Karelia...

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/4/2018 2:55:17 PM)

Heeresgruppe Nord. The OKH and OKW are not satisfied by how things are going here. The Soviets had a lot of bad weather making it possible for them to reinforce the frontlines in force. One would expect the Euroaxis to get one or two fine impulses from S/O to M/A. They got none. And coupled with the bad results in combat during the summer of 1941, things are not good looking at all...

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/4/2018 2:57:30 PM)

Heeresgruppe Süd:

von Manstein would have loved one good weather impulse to crack the defense line at Rostov... But it was storms, blizzard, snow and rain the whole time. Perhaps the summer of 1942 can make things a little better for the Euroaxis. But prudence is the key, because the Soviets will only get stronger and stronger from now on...

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/4/2018 2:58:27 PM)

The garrison in Yugoslavia

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/4/2018 2:59:55 PM)

And the emptiness of Manchuria. It looks like Uncle Joe doesn't want to fight the Japanese this summer.

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/4/2018 3:01:37 PM)

The frontlines in China have been at a stalemate too. Northern China doesn't see a lot of movement...

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/4/2018 3:03:54 PM)

The Chinese have no oil and with the Birma Road cut off by Japanese mountaineers west of Kunming, they have problem. Every impulse the Japanese have tried to disorganise Chiang and Mao but they didn't succeed until now. So the Chinese are still a threat to the Japanese...

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/4/2018 3:05:35 PM)

South-East Asia. There are no Allied units moving into Birma, so the Japanese are quite save here...

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/4/2018 3:09:51 PM)

The Dutch East Indies. The Japanese are mopping up the British possessions on Borneo

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/4/2018 3:10:45 PM)

The Tasman Sea sees US fleets in several bases:

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/4/2018 3:11:49 PM)

Further North, the Japanese did conquer New Guinea:

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/4/2018 3:15:08 PM)

Fleets are based throughout the several groups of islands here. The US managed to take Kwajalein away from the Japanese last turn. Well, the Japanese simply haven't got enough troops to defend everything, have they...

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/4/2018 3:18:22 PM)

The Japanese Home Islands. I tend to build all NAV and FTR's that are available to the Japanese, since land based air is the key for a good defense.

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/4/2018 3:21:46 PM)

And finally, Honolulu...

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/7/2018 3:38:45 PM)

After the next couple of impulses. This is the situation in Italy. The US burned an offensive and with only a few land units on the map, the invasion of Italy occurred. Things are bad, very bad for the Italians, since a calculation by me concluded that I cannot counter the garrison value in Italy at all this turn, if the Allies move every unit they can into Italy. I've been caught with my pants down. I'm terribly rusty and a fool...

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/7/2018 3:40:17 PM)

Heeresgruppe Nord reports a minor advance. But again, the Soviets are not destroyed but survive to fight another day. The continuing story of the Wehrmacht in Russia...

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/7/2018 3:45:12 PM)

Von Manstein is under orders to take Rostov at all costs. An offensive gets burned and the defenders of the city are destroyed. However, the die roll was poor on this attack (+12), causing the loss of a division...

A second attack by von Manstein ended with another poor die roll. At +11, the defenders got shattered and the attacking army partly disorganized. Sure, the loss of a Soviet FTR is good, but I rather would have killed the enemy forces. The story of not killing units in Russia continues...

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/7/2018 4:24:16 PM)

After the next couple of impulses, the stalemate in the Far East continues. Both sides don't want to engage in combat with the other side. Christmas Island and Cocos Island are occupied by the Japanese.

In Russia, no attacks this turn. Due to the Allies attack in Italy, the Axis are withdrawing a couple of units to get a frontline in Italy and make sure to be able to keep in supply...

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Centuur -> RE: Netplay Global War AAR (11/11/2018 12:50:13 PM)

Why is the Wehrmacht unable to roll more than a 10 on the 2D10 table in Russia on land attacks? The Luftwaffe rolls 15 and more a lot, but on land attacks, the rolls are poor again. Again, whole army groups are flipped on +10 or more attacks and Soviet units are all but destroyed...

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