RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign

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warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/4/2021 6:29:16 AM)
23 April - 7 May 1943 In a classic case of "let's fiddle while Rome burns", the SNLF are pushing forward in their own personal bid to create a Japanese "Co-Prosperity Sphere" [8\|]. The 7th Sasebo claim the vitally important Andaman Islands.....[:D] But a big shout to the 2nd Yokosuka, who are holding firm in Mandalay and desperately hoping for some support.... [image]local://upfiles/28156/52CFE67C9B244D33A1E6D4CAB70E999A.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/4/2021 6:33:24 AM)
23 April - 7 May 1943 Speaking of big shouts - I think a word should be said for these guys - who have been abandoned in the Marshalls all on their lonesome, but have held back the might of the USN for about 4-5 turns now. In other news, the IJN eventually took out a US submarine that was causing havoc among the Japanese convoys. [image]local://upfiles/28156/78EE9FA4844845649D4C333102371AB6.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/4/2021 6:38:11 AM)
23 April - 7 May 1943 ...and so to Europe where Sardinia holds on... just But in the USSR.... Apparently German anti-tank units are useless against Soviet mechanised units. The Axis forces have bitten off more than they can chew and the Soviets have been able to reinforce along the shores of the the Caspian Sea around Baku. The Romanian tanks are lucky to escape. [image]local://upfiles/28156/BDA2E625343A40F0BB782354D11FB6B4.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/4/2021 6:53:32 AM)
23 April - 7 May 1943 To the north, in another classic example of refusing to give in when the time has long since come to do so, Rommel and von Leeb press ahead between Saratov and Astrakhan. One of the fortified defences southeast of the former is destroyed, while a Soviet corps is pushed back northeast of the latter. [image]local://upfiles/28156/4DEDC3D0133D4DCB87DA9C4ACCE64B4B.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/4/2021 6:58:00 AM)
23 April - 7 May 1943 The same applies in the north, where the Death Ride of the 5th Panzer Army is about to be played out.... [image]local://upfiles/28156/AA0C5FDE8FE143B3AA06627861DA49EE.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/4/2021 7:03:15 AM)
23 April - 7 May 1943 ...and just to add to the merriment here at Axis HQ, there is naval activity in the Channel... [image]local://upfiles/28156/621E6EC889D64537B7370479A6F19F78.jpg[/image]

Platoonist -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/4/2021 5:07:43 PM)
So...any good news from the Solomons area lately? That front sounds like it's been pretty quiet.

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 9:53:15 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Platoonist So...any good news from the Solomons area lately? That front sounds like it's been pretty quiet. warspite1 No, none at all. I have lost the gains I made in the Solomons and New Guinea. That little SNLF in the Marshalls is the last of the Mohicans.

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 2:58:03 PM)
22 May - 4 June 1943 The Axis are in all sorts of trouble as the Americans land in Belgium. Not sure there is anything I can do about this. I make the decision (probably wrong) to keep units in western and northern France where they are. They may get cut-off but on the other hand if I move them then that just gives free ports to the Allies. In for a penny... I decide to sacrifice the last of the Kriegsmarine in the channel - anything to delay things - even for a turn. [image]local://upfiles/28156/4F6EB4AACB9647BAAC8A02BB94CA0C15.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 3:35:13 PM)
22 May - 4 June 1943 Giving up in the USSR isn't going to help any, so I just keep going. von Kuchler's troops destroy an army, and force another into retreat from Novgorod, as they continue to press toward Leningrad. [image]local://upfiles/28156/88D6E960A19B4E61B0A0EA63BA36AA04.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 3:38:27 PM)
22 May - 4 June 1943 In the Caucasus Dumitrescu's forces force a Soviet corps into retreat, but can't afford to move in. [image]local://upfiles/28156/AAE40FE9378B44CBB438BF9288BF9214.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 3:41:29 PM)
22 May - 4 June 1943 The main focus remains on the area between Saratov and Astrakhan, but progress is such hard going.... [image]local://upfiles/28156/F47954CB54DF42F9A0107A863693E45D.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 3:44:37 PM)
22 May - 4 June 1943 Manchuria remains a mess and I try and fall back, having at least temporarily, taken back Hsinking. I completely fall back in China and give up Chengchow... The forces in Thailand continue to press-on toward Rangoon and I await to see what nasty surprise is waiting in the Indian Ocean.... [image]local://upfiles/28156/BB9F065165BB49D4B77BC686F25367B5.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 3:49:40 PM)
22 May - 4 June 1943 There's an unhealthy drop in German income..... [image]local://upfiles/28156/C2981E2C03024714855CE3B3699D0702.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 5:16:38 PM)
18 June - 2 July 1943 The turn was pretty bad for all three Axis powers, and so taking the ostrich approach, I stick my head in the sand and concentrate on the better news.... A British transport and heavy cruiser squadron runs into my fleet in the Andaman Sea. The transport is sunk and the heavy cruiser damaged, before being finished off by my sub. My maritime bomber can't fly but my carrier aircraft hurt a battleship squadron and a destroyer flotilla. [image]local://upfiles/28156/22EE9137971C4DE882536C2F8ABD70CC.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 5:42:25 PM)
18 June - 2 July 1943 But then things go awry.... I use my German sub to try and find what else is around, and spot a second CV southwest of the the previously identified. How best to use my limit assets? I despatch the remaining BB with my heavy cruiser. I then send two BB south of the enemy task force to sink the newly found CV. I decide to use my two remaining BB to sink the second CV. The first sails north, but runs into a Dutch light cruiser squadron. I send the second BB slightly wider... only to run into an AV in port.... So the British CV escapes any damage.... All I can do is set up a screen and hope my CV in port are not overwhelmed.... [image]local://upfiles/28156/5F1D67C4C5CF4993B5DEA7DD5BB680D3.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 5:54:27 PM)
18 June - 2 July 1943 In Africa, Massawa falls and Sardinia is also lost. Almost the last of the large Kriegsmarine units are sacrificed to try and hold Antwerp. The Germans gather together what they can and destroy a US army northeast of Brussels. It's going to be difficult to hold Paris..... [image]local://upfiles/28156/643648C5C7BF4811BFFE39B17F0D1D04.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 6:30:53 PM)
18 June - 2 July 1943 In the north, the Finns are in all sorts of trouble. I launch what I can against the Soviets in a desperate attempt to make a breakthrough in the approaches to Leningrad - but its painful.... [image]local://upfiles/28156/9AB61C4A381A41558D1DDBFBEF6682E4.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 6:32:44 PM)
18 June - 2 July 1943 I decide to check out what the Soviets have around Moscow. [image]local://upfiles/28156/A687A0B2BE8146E79978927C55ECB58D.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 6:35:22 PM)
18 June - 2 July 1943 In the east east, Saratov is surrounded and the Axis lead elements are not far from Kuybyshev.... [image]local://upfiles/28156/49CC3350D132495F9561C029C7615E73.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 6:39:48 PM)
18 June - 2 July 1943 [image]local://upfiles/28156/305A582E4B3B43B4BEDB5078B23D6DCD.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 8:19:07 PM)
16 - 30 July 1943 The position in Manchuria remains precarious at best. I need a fighter unit here but I just can't afford one.... [image]local://upfiles/28156/DC86E3477CBB45A4B8004C3C937545E4.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 8:23:43 PM)
16 - 30 July 1943 The RN fleet British sank one of my battleship squadrons and retired into the Bay of Bengal. But I got some measure of retaliation with the finding and sinking of the second carrier. [image]local://upfiles/28156/2D621B4BE585446EBEEE473C091E7428.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 8:26:20 PM)
16 - 30 July 1943 The rains bring a halt to any move against Rangoon, but I successfully maul an HQ north of the capital.. [image]local://upfiles/28156/54A2FB6744604EE38736BFFCF2EF508E.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 8:30:50 PM)
16 - 30 July 1943 Halfway into 1943 and the Italians have done as well as they can in East Africa. More allied reinforcements have arrived and I decide to withdraw my bomber and fighter as they will just get destroyed anyway. [image]local://upfiles/28156/01CEA246534642F0AD6D156D21A7730A.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 8:37:41 PM)
16 - 30 July 1943 The Allies get Antwerp and more reinforcements are on the way... My chance of squeezing out the landing has gone... [image]local://upfiles/28156/EF37FE78C2AB4435B2C2CBA40ED8D991.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 8:41:15 PM)
16 - 30 July 1943 I continue to try and do something about Moscow. I am concerned the Soviets have large forces between Moscow and Kuybyshev.... [image]local://upfiles/28156/C043C1CE72C7418AB932D4EC9EA1DF40.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/5/2021 8:44:09 PM)
16 - 30 July 1943 Luxembourg surrenders! [image]local://upfiles/28156/CF4B47EF24934A7BB201DE9BA5B79FFA.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/6/2021 3:18:34 PM)
13 - 27 August 1943 There's about two years to go. So what is the state of play? Well it's something of a mixed bag. If we look at the high level situation. Positives - I haven't lost yet (which is a first, or near as dammit) - The Axis have not yet turned to the defensive on the Eastern Front (although the Northern sector (inc. Finland) is looking rather ropey. - The Italians in East Africa are still (just about) keeping Allied units away from the main theatre. Negatives - The Western Allies have a solid foothold in Belgium and are not now going to be ejected. Their air power is colossal. - The Japanese have lost income and the initiative in China - The Soviets are keeping lots of Japanese occupied - The Italians have lost Sardinia [image]local://upfiles/28156/2D816EB2D8A9419A967E063B54919556.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: 2 warspite1 (Axis) vs AllenK (Allies) Full Campaign (4/6/2021 3:33:22 PM)
13 - 27 August 1943 In terms of losses we have the following: In isolation this does not tell us too much. However there are some points of note: Japan Losses have been relatively light I think considering. In particular, the IJN has lost only 1 battleship squadron. Almost 50% of the land losses have been garrison units. Two bomber units have been destroyed however, which the Japanese can't afford. Italy Almost 50% of total Italian losses have been garrisons. They too have largely kept their fleet intact, suffering the loss of a heavy cruiser squadron and a destroyer flotilla. Germany Germany's losses have racked up recently as the Kriegsmarine threw itself away trying to stop the Allies obtaining a port in France/Belgium for as long as possible. Almost half the German losses have been provided by the navy. Almost all land and air losses have come courtesy of the Soviets - although the Western Allies have begun the job of evening up that score.... USA Worryingly, the US losses have been light. The expected losses at Pearl, and the PI have accounted for the bulk of their losses so far. An intact USN is not a good thing for the Axis.... UK The UK numbers are exaggerated by the minors (but the UK and Dominion losses should be light given the debacle of the desert war for the Axis). The navy is a source of some comfort for the Axis. A battle squadron, three heavy cruiser squadrons and five destroyer flotillas is a healthy number, and the two carriers are very welcome. USSR Almost a quarter of the total Soviets losses have been armies - which is surprising. A further thirty-three corps have bitten the dust, but there is a worrying lack of HQ, and only three aircraft units killed to date. China Nothing of surprise in China. The Japanese have destroyed corps and army mostly, with no aircraft lost by the Chinese at all. India Indian losses have been negligible - just three land units all game. [image]local://upfiles/28156/FF81F6C1649C4B87AC8DF693AA8C9506.jpg[/image]

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