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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 2:21:39 AM   
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Turn 25. Sep/Oct 1943. Allied #1.

The Pacific. USN. China Sea. Well, that didn't go anywhere near planned for the USN.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 2:22:23 AM   
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Turn 25. Sep/Oct 1943. Allied #1.

The Pacific. USN. Bismarck Sea.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 2:22:55 AM   
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Turn 25. Sep/Oct 1943. Allied #1.

The Pacific. RN/USN. Bay of Bengal.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 2:23:21 AM   
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Turn 25. Sep/Oct 1943. Allied #1.

The Pacific. USN. Coral Sea.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 2:24:00 AM   
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Turn 25. Sep/Oct 1943. Allied #1.

Western Allies. Ground Strikes. Vichy France.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 2:24:28 AM   
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Turn 25. Sep/Oct 1943. Allied #1.

Western Allies. Algiers, Algeria.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 2:26:24 AM   
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Turn 25. Sep/Oct 1943. Allied #1.

Western Allies. MTO. Note that reserve amphibious and transport force that the USN has in Oran.





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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 2:30:00 AM   
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Turn 25. Sep/Oct 1943. Allied #1.

China. The Chinese are running like madmen behind the Japanese lines trying to cut supply to the Japanese northern armies. Not sure how these armies are still getting supply with every rail line to the armies cut. I guess somehow they're able to get supplies around these cuts. Even so, the supply lines to the northern armies has to be brittle and securing them will likely be a focus for the Japanese next impulse.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 2:31:53 AM   
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Turn 25. Sep/Oct 1943. Allied #1.

USSR. The Soviets in the south are also running around like madmen trying to cut Nazi supply lines to their southern Army Group pushing on Baku and Persia.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 2:32:48 AM   
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Turn 25. Sep/Oct 1943. Allied #1.

Western Allies. Syrian/Turkish Border.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 2:33:50 AM   
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Turn 25. Sep/Oct 1943. Allied #1.

Western Allies. USSR. Middle East.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 4:31:07 AM   
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The Soviets in the south are also running around like madmen trying to cut Nazi supply lines to their southern Army Group pushing on Baku and Persia.
Some help for the W. Allies to get rid of any CPs in the Black Sea would probably help.

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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 11:46:54 AM   
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The Chinese have two very nice units to build... The artillery.

And on the supply lines: they are very brittle indeed. Yamamoto is only in supply because the communist partisan hasn't got a ZOC...

And take a good look on the Japanese units positions. They are running around in places they don't want to be. If you can get the enemy to react on your movement, you've gained the initiative.

Just be patient and ask Uncle Sam for a nice bomber (with good ground strike capabilities) and a good fighter to be deployed in China. With Stilwell on the map, those two US planes can get into China without adding a US HQ for FTC...



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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 12:20:41 PM   
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The US and Britain should start building up a ground force in the UK. I do not expect the Allies to be able to break out of their southern front enclave. It should be held, because it is tying up units that the Germans would really like to use elsewhere. The Turkish front is amusing, but it is too far from Germany to be more than a secondary theater. "Alexandrietta to Berlin!" does not strike me as war winning strategy. What the Western Allies need is a D-Day, where they have clear terrain in front of them, rather than endless mountains.

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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 1:36:07 PM   
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I know everyone likes to game the action limits and make the Free French into a limit-free naval and air assistant force for the Khaki & Green. But if DeGaulle had a land unit right now, some Basques would soon be liberated and Hitler would have to find more guys to deal with a new Atlantic front...though his enemies to the west are a little short on guys too.

P.S. I think next time, the nefarious Vichy-ites won’t get a double move to shore up their position.

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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 3:46:51 PM   
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Very interesting comments guys. Thanks! I'll take them one at a time.

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ORIGINAL: ashkpa

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The Soviets in the south are also running around like madmen trying to cut Nazi supply lines to their southern Army Group pushing on Baku and Persia.
Some help for the W. Allies to get rid of any CPs in the Black Sea would probably help.
Excellent point. The Western Allies definitely need to figure a way to knock out that Romanian CP. The US Joint Chiefs and Whitehall both have the best people working on it as we speak (so to say).

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ORIGINAL: Centuur

The Chinese have two very nice units to build... The artillery.

And on the supply lines: they are very brittle indeed. Yamamoto is only in supply because the communist partisan hasn't got a ZOC...

And take a good look on the Japanese units positions. They are running around in places they don't want to be. If you can get the enemy to react on your movement, you've gained the initiative.

Just be patient and ask Uncle Sam for a nice bomber (with good ground strike capabilities) and a good fighter to be deployed in China. With Stilwell on the map, those two US planes can get into China without adding a US HQ for FTC...

How would you employ those units? To try to flip key Japanese (e.g., HQ's and such)?

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ORIGINAL: Courtenay

The US and Britain should start building up a ground force in the UK. I do not expect the Allies to be able to break out of their southern front enclave. It should be held, because it is tying up units that the Germans would really like to use elsewhere. The Turkish front is amusing, but it is too far from Germany to be more than a secondary theater. "Alexandrietta to Berlin!" does not strike me as war winning strategy. What the Western Allies need is a D-Day, where they have clear terrain in front of them, rather than endless mountains.
Yes. Allied planners are working on a plan to expand the allied bridgehead to the Atlantic or possibly establish a new bridgehead in on the Atlantic and link up the two. The issue is that Western Allied forces are spread everywhere nibbling at the axis. But, this nibbling seems necessary and is, hopefully having an impact.

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ORIGINAL: brian brian

I know everyone likes to game the action limits and make the Free French into a limit-free naval and air assistant force for the Khaki & Green. But if DeGaulle had a land unit right now, some Basques would soon be liberated and Hitler would have to find more guys to deal with a new Atlantic front...though his enemies to the west are a little short on guys too.

P.S. I think next time, the nefarious Vichy-ites won’t get a double move to shore up their position.
The axis double move did significantly blunt the Western Allies. If not for that, they would likely be in a much stronger position and possibly even have access to the Atlantic by now. This game does feel like total war for everyone. All powers are stretched to their limits with no signs of this war letting up anywhere.

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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 5:24:52 PM   
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ORIGINAL: rkr1958
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ORIGINAL: Centuur

The Chinese have two very nice units to build... The artillery.

And on the supply lines: they are very brittle indeed. Yamamoto is only in supply because the communist partisan hasn't got a ZOC...

And take a good look on the Japanese units positions. They are running around in places they don't want to be. If you can get the enemy to react on your movement, you've gained the initiative.

Just be patient and ask Uncle Sam for a nice bomber (with good ground strike capabilities) and a good fighter to be deployed in China. With Stilwell on the map, those two US planes can get into China without adding a US HQ for FTC...

How would you employ those units? To try to flip key Japanese (e.g., HQ's and such)?

Make the Japanese pay for being out of supply. When a Japanese unit or a stack goes out of supply, particularly a black print one, flip it and kill it. If you don't flip it, then you don't attack, but if you do, the Japanese have a problem. The ART are the best offensive weapons the Chinese have. They might be the ONLY offensive weapons the Chinese have.

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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 6:11:34 PM   
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Turn 25. Sep/Oct 1943. Axis #3.

Actions. Japan - land, Germany - land, Italy - land.

Japan. South China Sea. Preemptive Naval Air ASW Patrol(s).




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 6:12:13 PM   
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Turn 25. Sep/Oct 1943. Axis #3.

Japan. China (1/3).




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 6:12:36 PM   
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Turn 25. Sep/Oct 1943. Axis #3.

Japan. China (2/3).




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 6:12:54 PM   
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Turn 25. Sep/Oct 1943. Axis #3.

Japan. China (3/3).




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 6:13:30 PM   
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Turn 25. Sep/Oct 1943. Axis #3.

Germany. Vichy French Front (1/2).




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 6:14:42 PM   
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Turn 25. Sep/Oct 1943. Axis #3.

Germany. Vichy French Front (2/2).




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 6:15:27 PM   
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Turn 25. Sep/Oct 1943. Axis #3.

Euro-Axis. Middle East.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 6:15:53 PM   
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Turn 25. Sep/Oct 1943. Axis #3.

Euro-Axis. The Eastern Front.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 6:17:27 PM   
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Turn 25. Sep/Oct 1943. Allied #5.

Weather. Weather turns fine all across the globe.

Actions. US - combine, Free France - combine, Great Britain - land, China - land, USSR - land.

edited. Great Britain takes a land and not a naval.




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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 7:52:39 PM   
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this quote was supposed to be of the surrender question - sorry it didn't work for me!



Since this is quite limited it seems that China, Mainland GB and Russia (and maybe India and some others) should have some die roll to confirm not surrendering. It seems unusual Russia would not surrender after moscow+ xx were taken at least on a 10-20% chance and increasing as more key places are taken. A quirk of the game i'm sure and i'm not sure the impact of removing this "strategy" of never surrender...

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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 8:55:31 PM   
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ORIGINAL: cfinch

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this quote was supposed to be of the surrender question - sorry it didn't work for me!



Since this is quite limited it seems that China, Mainland GB and Russia (and maybe India and some others) should have some die roll to confirm not surrendering. It seems unusual Russia would not surrender after moscow+ xx were taken at least on a 10-20% chance and increasing as more key places are taken. A quirk of the game i'm sure and i'm not sure the impact of removing this "strategy" of never surrender...
You certainly could "house rule" this. Would definitely make the game different and interesting.


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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 8:56:39 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: rkr1958


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ORIGINAL: cfinch

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ORIGINAL:


quote:

ORIGINAL:

this quote was supposed to be of the surrender question - sorry it didn't work for me!



Since this is quite limited it seems that China, Mainland GB and Russia (and maybe India and some others) should have some die roll to confirm not surrendering. It seems unusual Russia would not surrender after moscow+ xx were taken at least on a 10-20% chance and increasing as more key places are taken. A quirk of the game i'm sure and i'm not sure the impact of removing this "strategy" of never surrender...
You certainly could "house rule" this. Would definitely make the game different and interesting.


By the way ... what's up with the quotes? It seems to be working differently.

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RE: Witness to World War 2. - 5/24/2019 10:41:41 PM   
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i either quoted the wrong item (i edited out the other stuff to avoid confusion) or it just doesn't like me

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