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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 4/5/2015 7:09:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		And a look at the initiative roll, together with the global map, showing Allied convoys and the control of the world:




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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 4/5/2015 7:10:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		The allies don't want a reroll and the Axis decide to go first this turn. Finally, the weather report.

Listen to German Swing: Erwin Hartung - Ich Tanz Mit Fräulein Dolly Swing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCboNSLT9wo

Winter has arrived:





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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 4/6/2015 11:32:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		And again, I've run into a rather nasty bug on supply in the game. The life of a beta tester is sometimes very troublesome indeed... I can't have two Axis HQ's wrongly out of supply in Iraq and Turkey at this moment, so it's time to be patient again...

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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 4/7/2015 3:29:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the big update on this. It is indeed a very interesting game.

The Axis have done well this game, but as you mention, issues are starting to crop up. The US carrier force is pretty much on par with or superior to whatever the Japanese have and with those big Essex class coming, it is going to get worse for them in a big hurry. The CW fleet still seems to be in reasonable shape as well to a point. The key for the Allies is are they going to make the point of emphasis Japan or Europe?

The Euro-Axis may not be able to defeat Russia out of the game, but they absolutely need to look at crippling her so she will have a very hard time trying to recover and do her job of tying down tons of Axis formations and making the push from the East. I think to a point, this will be the key for a Euro Axis win. If the Allies want, they can take out Japan, but it won't get them the win. The big thing the Axis can do is take the Caucasus region with the oil and get as many other resources as they can grab in south Russia while looking to get to defensible lines. The issue they have right now is the front is simply too close to the Axis home countries. One of the areas the Allies are still hurting on as far as I know is shipping. While they can afford to ship resources to Russia, they are hurting for a way to do it and also are strained in terms of available shipping. If Russian can be beaten down to the point they just don't have that many build points available, then it will be hard for them to do their part later on.

Looks like 1942 is off to a snowy start for the Axis, but that was to be expected after all the luck they have had weather wise so far.

Looking forward to when you can continue this one.

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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/25/2015 3:54:33 PM   
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I''ve decided to continue this game, using the debug tools we've got as beta testers, to simulate that both Balbo and Guderian are in supply. They have to be, accordering to RAW:

Railway supply paths
A hex a railway supply path enters, by moving along a railway or
road, does not count against the 4 hex limit. A hex it enters across a
straits hexside also does not count against the limit, so long as the
hexes on either side of the straits are railway hexes.

Apparently, MWIF is now coded that the crossing of the strait at Istanbul is considered to cost an extra hex. Both Balbo and Guderian use 4 points to get to the railroad and are therefore in supply, even in Storm.

Large pro Axis demonstrations in the streets of Ankara, forces the Turkish government to join the Axis side. So here is the Turkish National Anthem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srWkE_Pn1dM




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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/25/2015 3:55:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		Germany takes a land, Italy a naval and Japan a combined action.

A Japanese invasion fleet, loaded with Yamashita and Marines sails into the Bismarck sea. A carrier task force enters the Marshalls:




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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/25/2015 3:56:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		An Italian task force enters the Arabian Sea. Another Italian task force enters the Central Atlantic and submarines sail into the Cape Verde Bassin. The objective: harass Allied shipping. Of course the Italian commanders want to initiate combat in the Sea area. First is the Cape Verde Bassin. The CW flies a Skua in the 0 box to give the precious convoys air escorts.

The Allies find the Italian submarines (rolls Allied 2, Axis 6). The Allies however, keep the submarines submerged and thus avoid combat (4 surprise points spend).

Next, the Central Atlantic. Again, the CW flies a plane into the sea area. This time the Vildebeest goes into the 0 box to fly above the convoys. Howevet, the ocean is big and both sides fail to find eachother (Allies 9, Axis 6).

Italian Music out of 1939: Renzo Mori - O bella bionda (con testo)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r_pRhtH7Qg

Last the Arabian sea. Here, there are no CW planes to aid the convoys. However, the search rolls fail (Axis 7, Allies 4).

Japanese flying boats appear above the skies of Calcutta. The skilled Japanese pilots target the factories:





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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/25/2015 3:57:05 PM   
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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/25/2015 3:57:48 PM   
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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/25/2015 3:58:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		In Manchuria, the Japanese artillery opens up again.

Therefore: Japanese music: 麦と兵隊　筑紫三郎（再編集）

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7pB2ool-w4

This time, Yeremenko isn't lucky anymore:




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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/25/2015 3:59:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		A German ARM is railmoved into the Ukraine and two INF are railmoved into Basra, while the Japanese railmove Yamamoto into Siam. In Manchuria, the army group of Yeremenko is put out of supply.





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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/25/2015 4:00:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		German troops are moved to attack several Soviet positions. Now, the INF and MAR in this screenshot have to be in supply, since Guderian is in supply according to the rules (that MWIF considers him to be out of supply is a bug). They attack the adjacent ART, which is without any supporting land units. This means it has a defense factor of 1. 12-1 makes a +24. The weather reduces this to a +20. No planes can fly during storms and no Soviet HQ is adjacent to the unit. On the assault table I rolled a 4 manuallly, meaning that the ART is destroyed. I use the debug tools to simulate this event:




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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/25/2015 4:01:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		Students Para's are dropping into Kiev, the local police is mobilized to fight the Fallschirmjäger (notional included) and in the snow, heavy battles are starting, with von Manstein adding HQ support. Large numbers of “Jagdkreuzers” appear above the city, supporting the defenders. Since all hexes which are under attack are covered by German FTR's, the only remaining Soviet Bomber on this front remains grounded. Germany uses the Rumanian MTN to increase the attack to +11:




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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/25/2015 4:02:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		Kiev gets taken. Germany chooses not to change the result into a retreat. If another impulse is forecoming, they want to be able to cross the river, if the USSR doesn't fill that hex...

Von Bock orders to make the already existing gap at the far southern end of the front a huge one:




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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/25/2015 4:03:00 PM   
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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/25/2015 4:03:40 PM   
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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/25/2015 4:04:19 PM   
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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/25/2015 4:05:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		Rommel is very happy that he chose the Blitzkrieg table...

German music: Wir kommen wieder - Ein Wehrmachtslied

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7yYklTx18o

Germany rebases a Stuka next to Tilfis. The Italians rebase their Stuka and a FTR in the Caucasus. The Japanese air force is reinforcing the Manchurian area heavily.

Rommel decides to reorganise two ARM and an INF. Von Bock reorganises an ARM and a Stuka.

Here is the Karelian Front:





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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/25/2015 4:05:56 PM   
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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/25/2015 4:06:32 PM   
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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/25/2015 4:07:18 PM   
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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/25/2015 4:07:55 PM   
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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/26/2015 5:08:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yay! Glad to see this one going again! (Geeze, hard to believe this one went over 6 months between posts).

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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/27/2015 8:38:11 PM   
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In the US, newspapers are very concerned about the loss of live by US sailors in the Atlantic. Congress asks the President how he will react on this. The answer of the President astonishes everyone in Congress: “Congress created this mess, by passing the Refute naval warzones Bill. Now, if Congress would agree with the Declaration of War Bill, I've got the necessary tools to adress this properly”.

This causes quite some disturbance in Congress. The Bill is again discussed. Debate is fierce. Senator Taft points out that Japan is mentioned in the Bill but the Merchantmen were sunk by the Kriegsmarine and the Regina Marina. Mr. Kurusu goes public and claims: “Japan didn't sink any US ship, so why should the US declare war on our peaceful nation?”
Next day, the Washington Post opens: “Our President Lies!” In the article documents are presented in which the Treasury Department informs the White House: “The treasury department would like to state, that the funds send to the Commonwealth nations could be best used, to make the Dutch sell all their oil to the British Empire, thus insuring that the oil embargo against the Japanese Empire is effective”.
The President however, stated earlier that the White House wasn't informed on how the CW was going to use the money send. Now it seems that the White House knew all along and probably even advised the British to use the money the way they did...

That evening, the President of the US decides to lay down his office, due to “serious health issues”.
He wonders how it is possible that top secret documents are leaking so easily to the press.

Here is another US song: Amen - Abe Lyman (Rose Blane & Chorus, vocal)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-2bptGNTz4

In Berlin, admiral Canaris opens up a good bottle of Cognac and smiles...




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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/27/2015 8:41:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		The US now tried four times to DoW the Axis. All times those DoW's failed. Loaded dice in MWIF?

One entry chit (who cares, with over 50 chits in both entry pools) and one tension chit removed. There are now 5 tension chits in the Japanese tension pool and 9 tension chits in the Ge/It pools.. Canaris Abwehr estimates that the chance of a succesfull DoW by the US on Germany and Italy is about 50%.

In Tokyo, the Japanese secret service is really concerned about this DoW. Did they miscalculate somewhere? Or were the tension chits in the pools all high ones, therefore giving the US the opportunity to DoW? Questions, questions...

The CW and France both take naval, the USSR a land and the US a combined action.

The CW flies a Swordfish in the 0 box of the Faroes Gap.

Catalina's based in Pearl Harbor report that a Japanese carrier task force is sailing within range of the port. This signal is send to the Admiral in charge. He reports this to Washington and prepares to write an order to the captains of the Saratoga and the Lexington to sail to West Coast waters. The moment he wants to send those orders, the telephone rings. The White House. The new president informs him that under no circumstance, he is allowed to let ships leave the port. The CV's stay put. The merchantfleet in Hawaii, leaves port and sails towards the Atlantic. A TRS leaves North Ireland and loads Eisenhower in the East Coast for tranport to Europe.

The convoy escorts are of course being put in place by the French and the CW.
In the Cape Verde Bassin, the CW doesn't want a combat to occur. They don't search for the enemy.

French and Dutch SUB's leave Australia and enter the South China Sea. They initiate combat. The Japanese fly a FTR into the 0 box as escorts for the convoys. Both sides fail to find eachother (search rolls Allies 10, Axis 3. Due to the weather the Allied SUB's aren't found.

Out of Bombay, the CW sends Force Z which escorts a Canadian MIL being transported towards Somaliland. The CW doesn't want to fight in this sea area.

CW Task forces out of Freetown and Martinique are send into the Central Atlantic. The target: the Italian battle fleet there. They initiate combat. The Italians decide to include the SUB's. Search rolls are: Allies 3, Axis 7. The Allies choose a naval air combat. The Italian anti air guns open fire at the descending Swordfish:




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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/27/2015 8:41:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		Next, the allies use 2 surprise points to increase the damage done to the Italian fleet. 3 surprise points are used to select targets:





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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/27/2015 8:43:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		The Italian admiral is killed. The vice-admiral, knowing that he is fighting a combat he can't win without air cover, decides to abort back to port...

The Italian SUB commander in the Cape Verde Bassin decides to search for the Allied convoys. Axis 6, Allies 2. The French cruiser makes sure the Italians stay submerged (avoid combat).

Italian music: Canzone dei sommergibilisti

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuZhWMJXbB0

The Italian fleet in the Arabian Sea, having got good intellligence on the carrier planes on board of the CW task force, decides to initiate combat. After all, with only 1 air to sea factor available to the CW. Search rolls: Axis 5, Allied 3. The Allies find the Italian cruiser squadron. The CW, being outgunned, decides to choose a naval air combat:




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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/27/2015 8:43:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		They elect that both planes fly as a FTR. The reason is that the Italian AA will always reduce the one air to air factor. In the next round, the Italians roll a 3 and the CW an 8. The British Vice Admiral, on board of the Illustrious, is suddenly confronted with three Italian BB's firing at his ships (4 surprise points used to choose combat type).






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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/27/2015 8:46:01 PM   
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RE: A musical global war AAR... - 10/27/2015 8:46:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		The Italians stay and fight. The CW commander thinks he can handle another fight too. Italians roll 4, CW 7. Since the Italians don't have 4 surprise points available to call for a surface battle if they choose the carriers to fight, they decide to go for the 0 box. A large CW convoy is surprised when the big guns of the Vittorio Veneto, Po and the Andrea Doria open fire:




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