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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 12/12/2016 5:51:24 PM

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Turn 72, November 17h 1943

Weather
Clear, but rain in Finland.

Supply raids
Allied losses : 57 MPP
Axis losses : 7 MPP

Eastern Front
Very good progress this turn. We end up next to Stalingrad, we kill a partisan, but the real treat is that we take the capitol part of Moscow.
The USSR relocate their capitol to Kubyshev.

Africa/Middle East/France
Same old in France, in Yugoslavia we kill one partisan.

Allies
The Allies attacks our submarines yet again, still no kills.
The USSR tries hard to retake Moscow, but only get the unit there down to 5 strength.

Purchases
Germany buys a Medium bomber, Italy buys a corps, and save 135MPP.

Reinforcements
A German army appears outside Lublin.

Research
Germany starts Spying and Intelligence5.

Decisions/Events
A partisan spawns in the USSR.

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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 12/12/2016 5:56:29 PM

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Turn 73, December 9th 1943

Weather
Snow, but by some strange luck, it is clear around Moscow.

Supply raids
Allied losses : 8 MPP
Axis losses : 8 MPP, and 28 from strategic bombing (snow stopped on their turn).

Eastern Front
Our forces take the Maikop oilfield. We start to attack Stalingrad, but do not take it. Around Moscow we kill off more units to secure our hold on the city.
In Yugoslavia we kill the last partisan.

Africa/Middle East/France
Nothing new.

Allies
More USSR attacks around Moscow, but to no avail.

Purchases
Italy buys an army, and save another 148 MPP.
Germany saves 264 MPP.

Reinforcements
Italy place a Medium bomber outside Fiume.

Research
Italy completes Ground Attack Weaponry3.

Decisions/Events
A USSR partisan spawn in Smolensk.

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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 12/12/2016 5:59:38 PM

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Turn 74, December 31st 1943

Weather
Snow.

Supply raids
Allied losses : 25 MPP
Axis losses : 0 MPP.

Eastern Front
Not much happening, we attack Stalingrad once more, but cannot force it.

Africa/Middle East/France
Killing Allied troops in France.

Allies
Nothing worht noting.

Purchases
None.

Reinforcements
Italy places a garrison in Rome. Just in case.

Research
Germany completes Advanced Tanks5.

Decisions/Events
The Allies bring Turkey 25% (!!) closer to their cause.

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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 12/12/2016 6:03:07 PM

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Turn 75, February 11th 1944

Weather
Snow, but clear around Moscow.

Supply raids
Allied losses : 31 MPP
Axis losses : 8 MPP

Eastern Front
In the USSR we take the industrial part of Moscow.

Africa/Middle East/France
Italy takes Teheran, thereby liberating Persia.

Allies
The Allies attacks our submarines, but do not sink any.

Purchases
Germany, Italy and Finland each buy an army.

Reinforcements
Italy place two armies outside Fiume.

Research
None.

Decisions/Events
The Allies bring Turkey 9% closer to their cause.

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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 12/12/2016 6:08:44 PM

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Turn 76, March 24th 1944

Weather
Mud, but mud and snow around Moscow.

Supply raids
Allied losses : 44 MPP
Axis losses : 0 MPP

Eastern Front
We kill the partisan and retake Smolensk.
We finally take Stalingrad!

Africa/Middle East/France
Nothing new.

Allies
They try some attacks in France, but cannot do anything really. Although the UK and US troops are more upgraded than mine, their upgrades are mobility and anti air. Mine is "kill the enemy".

Purchases
Germany buys a fighter, and Italy buys a paratrooper.

Reinforcements
None.

Research
None.

Decisions/Events
Another partisan appear in the USSR.

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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 12/12/2016 6:15:18 PM

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Turn 77, April 15th 1944

Weather
Clear, but mud and rain around Moscow.

Supply raids
Allied losses : 31 MPP
Axis losses : 0 MPP, and 18 to strategic bombing.

Eastern Front
German fighters and tactical bombers are withdrawn from the USSR, I need them in the west now. We keep killing units on the ground.

Africa/Middle East/France
Just realized that I need to take out the Allied landing as they are too close to Nantes.

Allies
The UK kills the Italian submarine which is on patrol in the Atlantic.

Purchases
Germany saves 123 MPP, and Italy saves 61.

Reinforcements
An Italian army is placed outside Fiume.

Research
Germany starts Long Range Aircrafts1, and Italy starts Advanced Aircrafts3.

Decisions/Events
None.

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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 12/12/2016 6:20:52 PM

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Turn 78, May ??th 1944

Sorry
Forgot to take a screenshot.

Weather
Clear.

Supply raids
Allied losses : 23 MPP
Axis losses : 12 MPP, and 52 from strategic bombing.

Eastern Front
The hardest fighting now takes place between the USSR and the Fins. We kill an USSR partisan.

Africa/Middle East/France
Making the Allied beachhead smaller.

Allies
The USSR retakes Kondopoga and kills the Finnish army there.
In France, a German army in Rennes is bombed to death, the Allies reoccupy the city.
In the Atlantic another submarine is lost to an UK DD.

Purchases
Germany buys HQ List and a Special Force unit.
Italy buys a Special Force unit and save 119 MPP.

Reinforcements
Germany places a Medium bomber outside Dusseldorf.

Research
None.

Decisions/Events
Another partisan appear in the USSR, and marches into Gomel.

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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 12/12/2016 6:23:40 PM

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Turn 79, May 29th 1944

Weather
Clear, but mud around Moscow.

Supply raids
Allied losses : 0 MPP
Axis losses : 9 MPP

Eastern Front
Just killing units now.

Africa/Middle East/France
Nothing new.

Allies
Nothing.

Purchases
Germany buys 4 garrisons, and Italy buys 6 garrisons. What, tired of partisans, me?

Reinforcements
None.

Research
Germany completes Advanced Aircrafts5.

Decisions/Events
See below.

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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 12/12/2016 6:26:02 PM

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Messed up

Wa actually going to go for a decisive victory, and expected to be able to reload the autosave. That did not work, as it was saved after I took the victory.
I think that I needed to take London for a decisive. That would not have been too difficult, all I needed was to get my airforces to France/Belgium/Netherlands, at that time it would be a matter of time.

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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 12/12/2016 6:40:27 PM

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Thanks for the AAR. It was an enjoyable read. Sorry about the autosave killing your game. I've learned to save each turn under a unique name. Better to have a bunch of saves to delete later than be caught by some unexpected condition (bug or DE) that ends the game.

I've learned the Axis need to purchase garrisons for conquered territory to avoid having to use front line troops to kill them. Better to stop them from spawning in the first place and make the troops fight at the front instead of enjoying the "city night life"

after a day hunting partisans.

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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 12/12/2016 6:42:37 PM

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Numbers
I know alot of people like some hard numbers when a game is done, so I have alot of them here.

Unit losses
Poland : 1 Garrison, 1 Corps, 6 Armies, 1 Mechanized and 4 Cavalry Brigades.

France : 3 HQs, 2 Garrisons, 12 Corps, 11 Armies, 1 Heavy Tank, 3 Fighters, 1 Light Cruiser.

Commonwealth : 6 HQs, 3 Garrisons, 37 Corps, 10 Armies, 2 Special Forces units, 1 Engineer, 1 Paratrooper, 5 Partisans, 2 Anti Air, 2 Field Artillery, 1 Heavy Artillery, 1 Reconnaissance, 1 Anti Tank, 5 Tanks, 2 Fighters, 2 Tactical bombers, 6 Destroyers, 1 Aircraft Carrier, 1 Amphibious.

USA : 12 Corps, 1 Armies, 1 Paratrooper.

USSR : 4 HQs, 6 Garrisons, 111 Corps, 68 Armies, 10 Mechanized, 3 Engineers, 2 Paratroopers, 1 Cavalry Corps, 19 Partisans, 15 Shock Armies, 2 Anti Air, 3 Rocket Artillery, 1 Heavy Artillery, 1 Armoured Train, 3 Anti Tank, 3 Light Tank, 40 Tanks, 25 Heavy Tanks, 11 Fighters, 5 Tactical bombers, 1 Battleship, 1 Light Cruiser, 1 Destroyer, 1 Submarine.

Germany : 2 Garrisons, 4 Corps, 3 Armies, 1 Coastal Gun, 1 Panzer, 1 Heavy Cruiser, 3 Submarines.

Italy : 1 Tank, 1 Fighter, 1 Submarine.

MPP LOSS
USSR : 106 (convoy raiding)
UK : 439 (convoy raiding)
Germany : 759 (all causes)

Research/Diplomacy MPP use
France : 100/0
UK : 6975/400
USA : 7725/300
USSR : 5850/0
Italy : 2200/150
Germany : 3950/350

Plunder gained
UK : 216
Italy : 131
Germany : 1933

MPP Collected/Spent(units)/Lost(units)
Poland : 75/37/1.518
France : 2.367/1.840/7.704
UK : 21.622/12.922/32.468
USA : 26.969/15.077/6.976
USSR : 50.816/38.229/90.490
Italy : 13.916/10.604/9.303
Germany : 64.164/56.153/66.075
I am not sure what these numbers mean, but I am guessing that it is total gained, total spent on units, and total cost of destroyed units and reinforcing damaged ones.

National Morale at the end
UK : 58%
USA : 92 %
USSR : 52%
Italy : 95%
Germany : 110%

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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 12/12/2016 6:44:06 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Malor

Thanks for the AAR. It was an enjoyable read. Sorry about the autosave killing your game. I've learned to save each turn under a unique name. Better to have a bunch of saves to delete later than be caught by some unexpected condition (bug or DE) that ends the game.

I've learned the Axis need to purchase garrisons for conquered territory to avoid having to use front line troops to kill them. Better to stop them from spawning in the first place and make the troops fight at the front instead of enjoying the "city night life" after a day hunting partisans.

Malor

Thank you

Yeah, well I had a save going, but I am not interested in going back 10 turns...But it does not really matter, I would have taken London in 10 or so turns with clear weather I believe.

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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 12/12/2016 6:48:38 PM

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Lessons learned

1. Axis raiders/subs are easily spotted and killed.
2. Airpower is key.
3. Next time, I will keep my French guards in the city, and then 1 hex away from the sea. Those landing crafts hit quite hard.
4. I did not build enough HQs, but then again they get really expensive.
5. The industry output of the USSR took me by surprise.
6. The AI can land a BIG invasion force, but are not very good at breaking out. One problem it has was that it build too many corps formations, and not enough tanks and armies.
7. Shore bombardment, without having the proper research, is useless.
8. Although tanks are good, you do need regular armies as well.
9. The AI bombing runs at the end was amazing. Bomber Harris would have been proud.

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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 12/12/2016 6:50:05 PM

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Thanks
To all who have read and commented on an AAR I made mostly for myself!

Terje

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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 12/12/2016 7:50:51 PM

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And big thanks to you for a great AAR!

I really liked the structure of your reports btw - very concise and to the point. I also liked the size of your screenshots (

) and the way you used arrows and text boxes later to explain what's going on and to lay out your plans.

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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 12/12/2016 8:00:45 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Hartmann

And big thanks to you for a great AAR! I really liked the structure of your reports btw - very concise and to the point. I also liked the size of your screenshots () and the way you used arrows and text boxes later to explain what's going on and to lay out your plans.

Thank you, as AARs go, I can do better, but;
a) been too long since I last made one
b) just got the game, so just playing one turn at a time was too hard

Thanks for helping with the screenshots and information along the way

Terje

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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 12/13/2016 5:57:09 AM

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Thanks great read and a good game.

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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 12/13/2016 6:19:46 AM

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Nice one terje439 - a very enjoyable and interesting AAR

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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 12/13/2016 9:56:26 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: n0kn0k

Thanks great read and a good game.

Thank you

Terje

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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 12/13/2016 9:57:01 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Nice one terje439 - a very enjoyable and interesting AAR

Thank you

Terje

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RE: Axis mistakes galore - 1/16/2017 4:38:08 PM

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Thanks for the nice and very interesting AAR.

I am currently playing my second game as the Axis (I abandoned the first game since it was to try something quite ahistorical which didn't turn out well: http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4201265 ) and find myself struggling in Russia. It is currently June 1942 and while I have taken Leningrad (Major Capital), I have stalled at Smolensk in the center and at Kiev in the south.

The biggest mistake I made, which is now costing me big time, was to bypass Tallinn in my quest to try and capture Leningrad early.

I was surprised to discover a rather sizeable and well supplied (from Parnu and Tallinn) force which cost me an Army that was cutoff and out of supply, and now threatens to do the same to a tank corps and an infantry corps that have also both been cutoff!

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