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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/2/2016 3:29:47 AM

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Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. Economic Reports.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/2/2016 3:48:40 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Trade.

Changes from last turn.

1. CW ups non-oil RPs to the USA from 1 to 3.

2. USA stops sending 2 BPs to Free France.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/2/2016 3:54:13 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Initiative.

Both sides want the initiative. However, it's much more important to the axis, especially the Italian garrison on Sardinia and the Japanese army in Northern China to have the first move. So the axis if they lose the first roll will demand a re-roll. The allies have decided that they will not (i.e., request a re-roll).

The allies win the first roll, the axis request a re-roll and win though the odds were only 36% that they'd win given the +1 modifier to the allied roll and ties won by the allies.

The bottom line was the axis got lucky and won the re-roll.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/2/2016 3:55:48 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Axis #1. Weather.

However, the axis got extremely unlucky with the weather this time of year. This will definitely shut most land operations down or at best extremely limited them.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/2/2016 10:57:08 PM

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Mao did something he never should have done. The golden rule of this game is: if you can't handle the worst result possible, don't attack! He didn't abide by this rule, so he gets punished for making a foolish attack on the Japanese...

Stavka can be somewhat optimistic. The high number of units build, should be able to give Germany the creaps. All those units appearing on places which seems to be ripe for taking...

And there are of course the "heroes of the Soviet Union" at Pskov. Amazing fellows, those guys...

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/2/2016 11:14:22 PM

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ORIGINAL: Centuur

Mao did something he never should have done. The golden rule of this game is: if you can't handle the worst result possible, don't attack! He didn't abide by this rule, so he gets punished for making a foolish attack on the Japanese...

Mao made at least two major errors this turn. One was the attack. The second was not moving a garrison into the mountains, which would have disorganized the garrison, but would have blocked a possible Japanese advance and attempt to encircle Mao's forces. Mao incorrectly underestimated the latter threat and decided to be greedy and keep his garrison organized. Colossal mistake by Mao and his forces are paying the price now. Interesting dynamic playing solitary. As the Japanese player I decided to go for all or nothing and try to exploit these two mistakes. So as the Japanese player I made an aggressive countermove. As the Western Allies, I'm not sure I would have made such a move. But, I think the countermove wasn't, or isn't, as risky as I thought it was. However, we'll see as next turn unfolds. My bottom line in playing solitary is that I try to take risks on the level consistent with the risks historically taken by the various belligerents.

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Stavka can be somewhat optimistic. The high number of units build, should be able to give Germany the creaps. All those units appearing on places which seems to be ripe for taking...

Yes indeed. A whole Soviet Front just "magically" appeared in the South, complete with armor and fighters, between the turns.

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And there are of course the "heroes of the Soviet Union" at Pskov. Amazing fellows, those guys...

Don't forgot to throw Odessa in there too. Looking at the axis forces that have been, and are still involved in the siege of Odessa leads me to believe that the Germans could very well have the Caucuses by now if Odessa had fallen early and those forces were used to exploit the Soviet weakness in the south. As the German player I've learned a valuable lesson and that is to clear and secure both the northern and southern flanks as soon as possible even at the expense of slowing the advance into the Soviet Union early on. Odessa needs to fall on the first turn of the invasion and Pskov by the end of the second turn. These two objectives must be high priority.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/3/2016 12:23:21 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Axis #1. Actions.

Germany - naval, Italy - combine, Japan - land.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/3/2016 12:27:46 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Axis #1. Japan. Northern China.

Without firing a shot this impulse, Field Marshall Terauchi accomplishes what just two months ago was considered impossible. He captures Sian. Well, actually it's a Japanese mountain corps that does but under Terauchi's orders.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/3/2016 12:37:45 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Axis #1. Italian RM. Vichy Naval. Off the Italian Coast.

The Italians use their one naval move of a combine to move 4 heavy cruisers from La Spezia into the 4 box off the Italian Coast. Vichy moves three of their warships into the Italian Coast. Also, the Italians used their three air mission to place two fighters and a NAV into that area too. And when they tried to initiate combat, which was unsuccessful, Italy added a second NAV.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/3/2016 12:41:33 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Axis #1. Italian RM. Vichy Naval. Italian Coast. North Africa.

In addition to reinforcing naval patrols off the Italian coast, Vichy used Germany's naval to transport an AA division to Algeris. The USN tried but failed to intercept the Vichy naval force as it transited the West Med on its way to Algiers.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/3/2016 12:45:24 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Axis #1. German U-boats. Arctic Ocean.

Germany moved one u-boat unit to the Arctic Ocean and a second to the Norwegian Sea. Their plan was for the u-boat in the Arctic Ocean to sink and/or disable the 4 CW CPs in that area, which is being used to transport 4 BPs to the Soviet Union per turn. Then, the U-boat unit in the Norwegian Sea would not attack but would be used to interdict CW replacement CPs that would have to transient the Norwegian Sea on their way to the Arctic Ocean. Unfortunately for the Germans, their u-boat unit in the Arctic ocean failed to find the CW convoys.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/3/2016 12:46:38 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Axis #1. German U-boats. Norwegian Sea.

So with the lack of success in the Arctic Ocean by German u-boats, Germany decided to initiate combat against the 4 CW CPs in the Norwegian Sea. This attempt failed too.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/3/2016 12:50:40 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Axis #1. German U-boats. Bay of Biscay.

For some explicable reason, the Western Allies returned all air and naval escorts in the Bay of Biscay at the end of last turn. This left 17 CW CPs alone and unprotected. All the German u-boat units had to do was to find the CW CPs. They did not and the Western Allies let out a big sigh of relief.

The true story is that returning all naval and air escorts was a mistake. As the allied player I decided this wasn't that big of deal because even if the Germans moved first then the allies could put a number of air units directly in the 0 box, thus parrying the German u-boats. What the allies didn't count on was both not moving first and on storms in the North Temperate. The Western Allies were extremely fortunate that German u-boats failed their search roll.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/3/2016 12:53:09 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Axis #1. German U-boats. North Atlantic.

German u-boats try but fail to find allied convoys in the North Atlantic. The Germans had high hopes of devastating allied convoy lines this impulse, but those high hopes were dashed by four failed search rolls. No doubt about it, the Western Allies got extremely lucky this impulse.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/3/2016 12:55:42 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Axis #1. Vichy Naval. Azanian Sea.

Leave it to the traitorous Vichy Navy to stab the allies in the back ... They managed what 8 German u-boats and 1 Italian sub unit couldn't, they sink and abort CW CPs. The upside was that only 1 CP was lost and only 2 were aborted.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/3/2016 12:57:15 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Axis #1. Italian Sub. Cape St. Vincent.

Off Cape St. Vincent the lone Italian sub unit there decides not to initiate combat. Better to stay organize and be a threat to unescorted transports or CPs that try to move through that area.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/3/2016 12:58:39 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Axis #1. Romanian Navy. Black Sea.

In the Black Sea, the Romanian Navy once again unsuccessfully tries to initiate a naval combat against the lone Soviet CP operating there.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/4/2016 4:08:09 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Allied #3. Actions.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/4/2016 4:15:28 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Allied #3. Northern China.

New York Times lead story headlines, "Unprecedented Cooperation by Nationalist Chinese Saves Mao's Armies."

The Nationalist Chinese "lent" the city of Nanyang China to Mao for resupplying and saving his armies. No only did the Nationalist Chinese vacant Nanyang, and allow a communist infantry division into the city, but Nationalist Chinese forces took up screening positions that protect that division and the flow of supplies to Mao.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/4/2016 4:17:02 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Allied #3. Southern China.

Not much happening in the south of China with most of the Nationalist Chinese army out of supply due to the bad weather.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/4/2016 4:21:23 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Allied #3. USSR. Northern Front.

Soviet lines all across the front are strengthen. In the Pskov section, two MIL armies hiding out in the swamps were able to "liberate" Novgorod. This move both disorganized them and kept them out of supply. However, the Leningrad MIL unit move out of the Leningrad fort and was able to both provide supplies to the Soviet MILs in Novgorod and create havoc with the axis lines in that sector.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/4/2016 4:22:58 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Allied #3. USSR. Southern Front.

Some semblance of a coherent Soviet defense in the south is starting to materialize. The axis are left wondering where did all these units suddenly come from?

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/4/2016 4:36:30 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Allied #3. Western Allies. Naval.

For once the Western Allies have definite knowledge of threats to their convoy lines owing to the fact that the Germans, Vichy and Italians put all their available ships, u-boats and subs to sea last turn. Really, the only wildcard is the Japanese navy but the IJN have their hands full dealing with the USN pushing in on their empire from the Pacific.

There are six sea areas containing CPs for which there's an active threat. The first such area is the North Atlantic, which contains 4 axis u-boat/sub units. My goal is to have at least as many SCSs in the 0-box as the axis have sub units total in that area. Also I require at least 1 SCS in the 4-box and desire to have 1 or more SCSs in the 1-box to ensure no gap in protection when the turn ends. A carrier with an air unit counts as 2 SCSs, even during storms.

North Atlantic, Convoy Escorts.

Threat: 4 axis u-boats/subs.
Escorts: 5 SCSs (0 box), 3 (1 box) and 1 (4 box).

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/4/2016 4:40:00 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Allied #3. Western Allies. Cape St. Vincent. Convoy Duty.

Threat: 1 Italian sub unit..
Escorts: 4 SCSs (0 box), 2 (1 box) and 1 (4 box).

Of course, when weather permits and air unit are available and in range, air units are used both in the 0-box and higher boxes to greatly augment convoy defense.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/4/2016 4:42:23 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Allied #3. Western Allies. Arctic Ocean. Convoy Duty.

Threat: 1 German u-boat unit.
Escorts: 1 (1 box) and 1 (3/4 box).

With the sole German u-boat unit in the Arctic Ocean disorganized there was no need to place any escorts in the 0-box. And by placing one in the 1 box this ensures that there will be no gap in coverage when this turn ends and the next one begins.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/4/2016 4:43:13 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Allied #3. Western Allies. Norwegian Sea. Convoy Duty.

Threat: 1 German u-boat unit (disorganized).
Escorts: 1 (1 box) and 1 (3/4 box).

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/4/2016 4:50:44 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. RN. Azanian Sea. Aden.

The Vichy surface raider who sunk 1 CW CP and forced 2 CPs to abort last impulse has the RN scrambling. They were able to replace the 3 CPs lost from the area (1 sunk and 2 aborted) but didn't have any escorts in port in range.

So an Australian heavy cruiser was moved to Aden, which also houses the 2 CW CPs forced to abort. There are two RN TRS at sea in the Red Sea that will be used to reorganize the heavy cruiser and 2 CPs. Fortunately for the RN, the lone Vichy surface raider was disorganized by their actions last impulse and, thus, as long as the RN gets the escort out to sea and into the 1-box before the turn ends all will be well.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/4/2016 4:52:08 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Allied #3. Western Allies. Norwegian Sea. Convoy Duty.

Threat: 3 German u-boat units.
Escorts: 4 SCSs (0 box), 2 (1 box) and 1 (3/4 box).

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/4/2016 4:55:18 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Allied #3. German U-boats. Italian Subs. North Atlantic. Round 1.

The axis try to initiate combat against the allies in the North Atlantic. Its the allies, however, that manage to surprise, isolate and force two German u-boat units to abort.

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RE: Global War AAR in Pictures - 5/4/2016 4:59:00 AM

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Turn 19. Sep/Oct 1942. Allied #3. German U-boats. Italian Subs. North Atlantic. Round 2.

German u-boats and Italian subs, though surprised by the RN last round, continue to press the fight. The result is that the RN again surprises the axis, sink an Italian sub unit and force a German u-boat unit to abort.

No axis u-boat or sub units remain, which gives the Western Allies complete and total control (for now) of the North Atlantic.