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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/9/2013 1:20:27 AM

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With little else to do, the air war between England and Occupied France is now heating up. Both sides are launching bombing raids although usually with little effect. The previous impulse however the British lose their best FTR, a 6 factor Spitfire VB over Belgium.
The Germans hit back at London, and with nothing else to defend it except a Beaufighter group, it doesn't look good for the RAF. Sure enough, they suffer even more losses

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/9/2013 1:21:49 AM

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On the Russian steppe, the rains clear again. It is a disaster for the Red Army. Yeremenko is encircled.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/9/2013 1:23:17 AM

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In Kuwait, the Italians attack despite having only disorganized one of the Commonwealth units. For the first time they win a battle without taking a loss, even if they don't achieve everything they wanted to do.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/9/2013 1:25:31 AM

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In the Caucasus, von Bock is impatient and doesn't want to wait for reinforcements. He orders another attack. It is just as risky as the last one ...but this time the luck is on his side. Baku falls. There is now just one straggler to eliminate and the Caucasus campaign is over. It is a triumph for the Wehrmacht.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/9/2013 1:27:23 AM

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Meanwhile, in the Pacific, in late November 1941, the locals at Truk are stunned to see a huge Japanese fleet has arrived overnight.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/9/2013 1:29:07 AM

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In the Faeroes Gap sea area, the Royal Navy is hunting the Bismarck and it's escorting cruisers/panzerschiffe.
But it is the Kriegsmarine that gets the jump on the RN first.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/9/2013 1:30:31 AM

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Unsurprisingly the Germans choose the convoys, as the RN has been caught without any escort ships in the zero box.
It is a disaster for the Merchant Marine.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/9/2013 1:33:00 AM

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With some convoys left, and a handful of weak RN escort cruisers in the lower boxes, the Kriegsmarine stays to fight on. It is a disastrous mistake. They are caught by the Home Fleet and it's aircraft carriers. Someone had foolishly left the Graf Zeppelin back in Kiel without any planes. The Swordfish torpedo bombers home in on their target.
Bismarck narrowly escapes total destruction.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/9/2013 1:34:06 AM

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Even more foolishly, despite the damage to his ship, Admiral Lutjens hangs around. He figures the RN won't find him a second time.
...they do.
Ouch.
That hurt.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/11/2013 3:36:32 AM

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Back to Russia where Yeremenko has spotted a gap in the enemy's line. If they're lucky, and the turn ends, they could move twice and get back into supply! Its a faint chance, but its worth taking.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/11/2013 3:38:25 AM

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At Truk more reinforcements have arrived, as if the Combined Fleet really needed them. Along with the rebuilt Kongo class battlecruisers, there are now two super battleships. US intelligence does not even know for sure that these ships exist.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/11/2013 3:39:45 AM

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In Cape St Vincent, the Italian subs catch the merchant ships without an escort, and two more convoys are sent to the bottom.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/11/2013 3:41:52 AM

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In the Persian Gulf, the Royal Marines have arrived. Rather than muck about with a risky invasion, they disembark near Abu Dhabi, and will cross the Strait of Hormuz to Qeshm, then Bandar Abbas. With no rail lines to the port, the Italians have no way of countering this move.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/11/2013 3:44:13 AM

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Near Leningrad, newly promoted Erich von Manstein arrives at last. Whilst von Bock and Rundstedt have taken much of the credit for the war's successes so far, behind the scenes it is actually Erich who has been responsible for them. However Leningrad is a tough first ask; this will be a bloody assault.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/11/2013 3:45:39 AM

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At the top of the Persian Gulf, Graziani finally finishes off the resistance in Kuwait City.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/11/2013 3:46:28 AM

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In China, the Japanese advance towards slowly towards Kweilin.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/11/2013 3:49:15 AM

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The allies pass the turn, hoping to allow Yeremenko his escape. They fail.
Hindsight suggests it is better not to pass if there is something your other units can do. From now on the Allies will not be passing to end the turn early.
The German wolf packs are out, and they surprise the RN in the Faeroes Gap with only a few escorts. They don't do much damage, however.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/11/2013 3:50:13 AM

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In the North Atlantic, however, it is the RN who gets the jump on the subs, and they are lucky to escape with only one pack destroyed.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/11/2013 3:52:30 AM

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The Nov/Dec 1941 turn is going on much longer than the Allies really wanted, and with time on their hands the Luftwaffe launch a huge raid on London. The large air battle is a disaster for the RAF, with their Hurricanes and Mosquitos completely outmatched by Focke-Wulf 190s and Bf-109's.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/11/2013 3:53:56 AM

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To add insult to injury the only bomber that was cleared through hits a vital factory

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/11/2013 3:55:07 AM

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With the turn failing to end, Yeremenko's escape attempt is over. Ouch.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/11/2013 3:57:11 AM

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With a Luftwaffe strike force finally available Antonescu launches his long awaited assault on Sevastapol. As expected it is a costly one, but necessary. The Soviets also lose the cruisy Krasny Krim, scuttled in Sevastapol harbour as the Germans enter the city.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/11/2013 3:58:01 AM

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Yeremenko meets his doom. He takes a German INF corps with him, at least.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/11/2013 3:59:26 AM

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On Impulse #11 of Nov/Dec 1941 here is the situation in Southern China.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/11/2013 4:01:16 AM

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In Pearl Harbour, the US fleet sits, uncertain of its fate.
The turn ends. The year ends. Next: 1942

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/11/2013 4:25:10 AM

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Lot of high rolls with your risky attacks. Some of those attacks don't seem that important to risk such attacks.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/11/2013 4:29:54 AM

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As 1942 commences all sides assess their situation.

For the Allies, it is the hope that the US will be in the war soon to try to turn the tide. They realise too that they have made a terrible mistake; the US needs two aircraft carriers in Pearl Harbor to be able to declare war on the Japanese. However they can�t even pass War Appropriations yet! They should be able to in Jan-Feb 1942. Of course the Japanese are also waiting for War Appropriations with the intention of declaring war immediately following that bill passing.
The US fleet has plenty of submarines, transports and amphibious units under construction as well as new aircraft carriers of course. There are also a reasonable amount of land units available to reinforce Europe. Where to strike first?

One thought is to leave the Indian Ocean to the Commonwealth, and use the US forces to invade Murmansk and French North Africa. The Indian Ocean is still at risk from the Italian fleet however, and this may not be possible when Japan joins the fray. Even the UK is still not safe with the Russian campaign almost a sideshow. In the Med Greece will not hold out much longer and it is not possible (or at least very easy) to reinforce anyway.

For the Soviets their only hope now is survival. If they can hold at the Urals they can survive until hopefully the US distracts the Germans sufficiently that they can build up and strike back in 1944. It will be a long drive back to Berlin even so. The biggest worry is that their production is lower even than that of Italy now! The Germans don�t need to do much to keep them down. The Urals aren�t all that they�re cracked up to be as a defence line either, with a rail line that goes around them to the south, and the centre with only forest. A concerted effort from the Wehrmacht will surely breach it, and then the Germans will be aiming for Novosibirsk, the last blue factory city, and all that will stand between them and conquest of the USSR�!!

Here then is global control at the start of 1942. Will it be the decisive year? And decisive for whom?
Please note the Vichy areas are grey also, so technically this is Axis & Axis allied in grey, rather than Axis controlled in those cases.

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/11/2013 4:33:00 AM

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For the British the lack of things to do and the huge German production can only mean trouble for them. The production pools show that there are more German ships on the slipways and more submarines too. The Germans have plenty of aircraft coming and of course there aren�t many land units left in their force pool. The recent loss of convoys also hasn�t helped; the deliberate German plan of not attacking the Netherlands or Norway to prevent the Commonwealth from gaining those convoys has hurt. The Netherlands look unlikely to survive the first few months of 1942 though.
Here are the reinforcements (as currently scheduled) for Mar/Apr 1942:

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RE: DQ2004's AAR #2 - "Ouch. ...that hurt" - 12/11/2013 4:39:31 AM

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For the Axis the plan from here is simple: Finish off the USSR in 1942, as much as possible.
Take Leningrad and move past the Urals. Against the Western Allies, take control of the Arabian Gulf and join the Axis allies together (we will call this 'Operation Orient'). The Italians will then lend the Japanese their oil from Persia and Iraq. With the Indian Ocean an Axis lake the Japanese must then continue to make life difficult for the US Navy and maintain their offensive as long as possible.

For the Germans and Italians it will be to make the Allies control of the Atlantic as unpleasant as they can. This will involve all three major groups of forces; submarines, strategic bombing and the Kriegsmarine.
If Britain can be invaded it will, but the essential aim will be to maintain the offensive and keep the Allies reaction to them. If they dare to land in Europe they will be kicked out. If they dare to fight them in North Africa then that will be reinforced with powerful German corps.

With that in mind, and with Japan yet to be in the war, the Regia Marina moves into the Red Sea for the first action of 1942.