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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/12/2019 6:45:11 PM   
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USSR. Siberian Front.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/12/2019 6:47:50 PM   
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USSR. Southern Front. At that's pretty much it for the Soviet army except for two armies holding and cut off in Murmansk, two armies holding and cut off in Sevastopol and a division and garrison army garrisoning Persia.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/12/2019 6:49:18 PM   
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RAF Strategic Bombing. The RAF against heavy Luftwaffe fighters and flak still manage to knock out 1 critical German oil point.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/12/2019 7:08:56 PM   
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Western Allies. The Italian Front.

1. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

2. With the Soviets on the ropes, or is it the mat, Great Britain decides to make an all out attack to take Naples and the Italian factory there in hopes of (eventually) being able to knock Italy out of the war.

3. This desperate attack is made with General Wavell leading the charge and with the Royal marines along with the British 1st infantry division making their fourth, or is it fifth, amphibious invasion against Italy (Sardinia and Sicily).

4. 8 Queen Elizabeth Class battleships provide maximum shore bombardment support. This makes the initial assault odds equal to +10.333, which gives a PWIN of 66.7%. This is a 2 out of 3 shot for the Brits to take Naples. All that is needed now is for the RAF to do their job.

5. A massive air battle between the RAF and Luftwaffe (mainly) takes place in the skies over Naples. RAF performance is abysmal. Three RAF fighter groups are shot out of the sky and their crews (i.e., pilots) lost. In return, the RAF barely manages to scratch the Luftwaffe. One Luftwaffe fighter group is forced to abort. That's all the damage done by the RAF!

6. The RAF does manage to get 3 factors of ground support through; however, the axis manage to get 11. The result of this failure by the RAF is that the attack odds go from +10.333 to +7.087, which reduces PWIN from 66.7% to 36.8%. So, an attack that initially had a 2 out of 3 chance of succeeding, now has a little better than 1 out of 3 shot.

7. Land Combat. Thankfully though, for the allies, the Brits fought like men possessed and took the day, or days. Naples falls and two disorganized Italian fighter groups are overrun along with their crews (i.e., pilots), which compensates a bit for the loss of three RAF fighter groups and crews.

8. Will this desperate victory by Great Britain be enough to save the Soviet Union? Will the US ever get into this war and directly help the allied cause?




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/12/2019 7:21:27 PM   
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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/12/2019 7:57:09 PM   
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Here is a miscellaneous question for you - can I see a picture of the Soviet INF force pool?






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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/12/2019 8:28:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		In 1942, the Soviets need their better units on the map to have a better chance in combat. Scrapping the 3 & 4 factor units (after their initial loss in 1941) helps achieve that. Their eventual ability to push back will be led by armor, air, artillery, and offensive chits - not weak INF units, which end up trailing along behind, accomplishing little. The 5 & 6 point INF are critical to have in the Caucasus, where the Soviets must stand and fight, rather than retreat.

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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/12/2019 10:52:20 PM   
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Actions. Japan - land, Germany - land, Italy - land.

IJN. Carrier Based Ground Strike. Palembang, NEI. Worth a shot. Only 10% chance but if had been successful then Japan wouldn't had to worry about the NEI Terr damaging 1 of the 2 oil points at the end of the turn.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/12/2019 10:53:57 PM   
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IJN. Northern China. Blitz Attack. Japan continues to "lay it on" the communist. Whether or not they're Soviet or Mao communist.

Note that Mao provided defensive HQ support to this combat.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/12/2019 10:54:25 PM   
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Japan. HQ Reorg.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/12/2019 10:59:08 PM   
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Euro-Axis. Italian Front. A newly raised German army headed to the Eastern Front was redirected after the British captured Naples to the Italian Front.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/12/2019 11:00:44 PM   
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Euro-Axis. Italian Front (2/2). More and more German ground and air units move into Italy. In the south, German and Italian troops wall of the allied absence that has engulfed Salerno and now Naples.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/12/2019 11:06:49 PM   
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Euro-Axis. The Arctic Front. The Finnish army with their job complete after the capture of Leningrad will now move north to clear out the Soviets from Murmansk. Except for the II infantry corps on-loan to Army Group Center, clearing out Murmansk and garrison duties are the extent to which the Finns will continue to support the Nazi war effort.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/12/2019 11:08:10 PM   
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Euro-Axis. The Eastern/Siberian Front. Not much happening here except garrison of cities and maintain/re-establishing supply to units.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/12/2019 11:10:21 PM   
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Euro-Axis. The Eastern/Southern Soviet Front. Artillery Ground Strike. Stalingrad. Results a bit disappointing.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/12/2019 11:10:51 PM   
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Euro-Axis. The Eastern/Southern Soviet Front. Overrun.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/12/2019 11:11:19 PM   
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Euro-Axis. The Eastern/Southern Soviet Front. Land Combat (1/2).




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/12/2019 11:11:57 PM   
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Euro-Axis. The Eastern/Southern Soviet Front. Land Combat (2/2).




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/12/2019 11:12:24 PM   
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Euro-Axis. The Eastern/Southern Soviet Front. Troop Dispositions.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/12/2019 11:13:27 PM   
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Weather. The fall rains are here.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/13/2019 12:29:20 AM   
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Status: offline 		It will seem a strange thought - but hopefully the USA has their MTN corps ready to go --- to Sicily.

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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/13/2019 4:35:21 AM   
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ORIGINAL: brian brian

It will seem a strange thought - but hopefully the USA has their MTN corps ready to go --- to Sicily.
They have a mountain division on the map and a corps in the build queue.

Have a lot to post from the allied impulse I just played. It's late so I'll post details tomorrow.

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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/13/2019 3:24:57 PM   
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Declaration of War. President Roosevelt personally manages to sway 7 House of Representatives members of the 190 that voted "No" on the resolution to declare war with Japan. So, for a third time, President's War Declaration Bill was brought up before the House and Senate and, this time was passed in both Chambers. In the Senate the vote was (still) 42 yea - 40 no; but in the House the vote was 185 yea - 183 no. Shortly after the vote, and without much fanfare, Roosevelt signed the bill into law and the US was formal at war with the Empire of Japan.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/13/2019 3:28:35 PM   
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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/13/2019 3:33:32 PM   
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Actions. USA - naval, Great Britain - land, Free France - naval, China - land, USSR - land.

Only the US navy is ready for immediate action and Admiral King orders both Pacific and Atlantic fleets to sea to do their duty. Of course, there's no enemy to fight in the Atlantic because the US and Germany/Italy are not at war. But, King orders the Atlantic to operate as thought they except for shooting, unless shot at first.

It's the Pacific that the USN has a chance to strike at Japan and attempt to avenge Japan's dastardly sneak attacks on US's first cousin, Great Britain and US's third, or is it fourth or fifth, cousin, the Soviet Union.

USN (1/8). Polynesia. The first action the US Pacific Fleet takes is to pick up General MacArthur and a gun for deployment to and establishment of command in the Solomons.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/13/2019 3:35:42 PM   
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USN (2/8). New Zealand Coast. The battleship California, accompanied by two destroyers, is sent off the New Zealand Coast to protect British convoys operating there.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/13/2019 3:43:05 PM   
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USN (3/8). The Solomons. The first chance for battle between the US and Japan comes in the Solomons, however both sides fail to find. In addition to the carrier strike task force sent to the sea area, the US also sends a marine amphibious task force headed for New Ireland and (eventually) Rabul.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/13/2019 3:48:21 PM   
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USN (4/8). China Sea. A US sub group based in the Philippines is sent into the China Sea to find Japanese convoys. Two rounds of bloodless combat ensues. In the first round both the US and Japanese forces spot each other, however, Japanese carrier pilots are ineffective. In the second round, both sides lose contact and the first actual encounter between the US and Japan of the war ends without either side doing anything to the other.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/13/2019 3:50:43 PM   
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USN (5/8). The Marianas. A US battleship task force fails to make contact with the Japanese.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 4/13/2019 3:58:00 PM   
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USN (6/8). The Bismarck Sea. The first carrier battle of the war and the first real meeting between US and Japanese forces occur in the Bismarck Sea. The only real blood drawn was by the USN who managed to damage the heavy cruiser Nachi. USN carrier pilots also had a chance to damage the aircraft carrier Zukiaku, but skillful maneuvering by the ship's Captain while under attack turned a direct hit to a near miss which, while causing minor damage averted significant damage that would have required drydock to repair.

The carrier battle ends after the initial round as both sides lose contact with each other.




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