Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Centuur

Were all French BB's and CV (if not interned by the US) in France? If not, than there was a modifier to the die roll, which makes the creation of Free France more difficult.

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Do French ships at sea change things?

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

When Germans are in Paris it is time to return all French ships to port in the Allied RTB step since that comes before declaration of Vichy. Sure it may not get declared, but you shouldn't take the chance. As France I return every ship I can except those which would have no choice but to return to New Caledonia (usually for me these are just some CPs).

And the ports they return to ideally are ones in Admin Groups more likely to go FF - like Equatorial Africa. Except the BBs of course, they ALL need to be sunk, damaged, or in a port in the French home country.

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

An Axis major power that controls Athens can declare that Yugoslavia is aligning with it during any Axis declaration of war step if:
- Yugoslavia is neutral; and
- Italy, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, Greece and Albania are all Axis controlled.

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

And let the Axis return them to where they are most beneficial to the Axis if the distances are equal? Sure.

"The Axis major power installing the Vichy Government now moves every French controlled unit at sea (even those face-down) to the nearest Vichy or Free French hex (port for naval units and their cargoes) within range in which they may stack."

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ORIGINAL: rkr1958

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

An Axis major power that controls Athens can declare that Yugoslavia is aligning with it during any Axis declaration of war step if:
- Yugoslavia is neutral; and
- Italy, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, Greece and Albania are all Axis controlled.

Paul, Thanks! How is control defined? What if both Italy and Germany have a unit in Athens? Can either then align Yugoslavia assuming the remaining conditions are also met?

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Yugoslavia
An Axis major power that controls Athens can declare that Yugoslavia is aligning with it during any Axis declaration of war step if:
ï Yugoslavia is neutral; and
ï Italy, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, Greece and Albania are all Axis controlled.

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To conquer any other home country, you must control its capital plus every printed factory hex in that home country. You do not need to control a hex that only contains factories that were moved, or built, there.
If more than one major power from the same side controls the capital and printed factories in a home country, the major power with the greatest influence in that home country is the conqueror. Use this priority to determine who has the greatest influence:
1. Whoever controls most factories in the home country (with the capital counting as an additional 3 factories for this calculation).
2. Whoever has the highest garrison value (see 13.1) in the home country.
3. Whoever occupied the home country’s last factory or capital city.

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

The glossary says: "Controlled [a minor country or territory that is either aligned with your major power or conquered by it]"

Anyway if Athens fell recently in this same turn, then Greece is not conquered and hence not controlled until the end of turn sequence Conquest step, and Yugoslavia can't be aligned until the next turn.

Maybe MWiF doesn't show hex control changes for capitals until the conquest step.

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ORIGINAL: rkr1958

Apparently the program has decided yet between the Germans and Italians as to who controls Athens, which fell last impulse. I guess I'll have to wait until the end of the turn to find who is given control of the city?

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ORIGINAL: Joseignacio

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

The glossary says: "Controlled [a minor country or territory that is either aligned with your major power or conquered by it]"

Anyway if Athens fell recently in this same turn, then Greece is not conquered and hence not controlled until the end of turn sequence Conquest step, and Yugoslavia can't be aligned until the next turn.

Maybe MWiF doesn't show hex control changes for capitals until the conquest step.

IMO, Athens hex is controlled by some ot another Power regardless on whether Greece has surrendered or not, just like any other hex. Obviously it's not so urgent to algin YU as soon as Athens falls but it could be (for example if you think it can be reconquered right away by the nearby Brits.).

I think no doubt Harry meant after it has surrendered but he didn't write it like that, so maybe that could be in the Clarifications...

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An Axis major power that controls Athens can declare that Yugoslavia is aligning with it during any Axis declaration of war step if:
- Yugoslavia is neutral; and
- Italy, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, Greece and Albania are all Axis controlled.

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ORIGINAL: Orm

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ORIGINAL: rkr1958

Apparently the program has decided yet between the Germans and Italians as to who controls Athens, which fell last impulse. I guess I'll have to wait until the end of the turn to find who is given control of the city?

If you keep the control flags showing and remove the counters from showing then you will see if Italy or Germany control the Athens hex. The nation that controls the Athens hex will conquer Greece and will be the nation that is able to align Yugoslavia.

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

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ORIGINAL: Orm

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ORIGINAL: rkr1958

Apparently the program has decided yet between the Germans and Italians as to who controls Athens, which fell last impulse. I guess I'll have to wait until the end of the turn to find who is given control of the city?

If you keep the control flags showing and remove the counters from showing then you will see if Italy or Germany control the Athens hex. The nation that controls the Athens hex will conquer Greece and will be the nation that is able to align Yugoslavia.

I think the screen shot is with the units hidden and from his game. If so, it's hard to figure why there's no control flag in the Athens hex???

Maybe it's underneath the port symbol. Yes that must be the case - look at Salonica.

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ORIGINAL: Orm

You can not align Greece until Greece is conquered because you forgot that controlling Athens is not the only requirement in order to align Yugoslavia. Greece must be controlled as well.

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An Axis major power that controls Athens can declare that Yugoslavia is aligning with it during any Axis declaration of war step if:
- Yugoslavia is neutral; and
- Italy, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, Greece and Albania are all Axis controlled.

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ORIGINAL: AllenK

Hi,

The French 37mm gun counts as another Arm Corps when figuring out who chooses combat table. Since the Germans attacked with 2 Arm and the French are defending with the equivalent of 2, the Germans don't have more Arm and don't get to choose table. The -3 is correct. -2 for defending Arm in open and -1 for the 37mm being attacked by Arm.

England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805

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ORIGINAL: AllenK

Hi,

The French 37mm gun counts as another Arm Corps when figuring out who chooses combat table. Since the Germans attacked with 2 Arm and the French are defending with the equivalent of 2, the Germans don't have more Arm and don't get to choose table. The -3 is correct. -2 for defending Arm in open and -1 for the 37mm being attacked by Arm.

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

I thought this was wrong as this is an AA unit and not AT - but of course you are absolutely correct. If the unit has a combat factor in red or pink (which this does) - it counts as an ARM Corps for choice purposes.

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ORIGINAL: Centuur

That last one looks like a bug to me. It should be enough to take the PARA as a loss.

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ORIGINAL: paulderynck

Yeah it looks like a bug. The Para being lost due to the attack not succeeding must not be picked up by the program as satisfying the loss of one unit called for by the CRT result.