Thank you for clarifying.
Global 1940 & 1943 Expansions Game Reports
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Back in Early 2023, Dark Knight and I had a game, where I was playing the Allies - and gradually preparing the USA for an invasion of the Home Island of Japan.
This picture shows the situation in Late 1944 and clearly demonstrates why it is extremely difficult to invade Japan when you play against a Highly Skilled Opponent:
An Allied Economic Victory was achieved before the invasion of Japan took place.
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The Global 1940 No. 17 Game Report will soon be posted here.
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Game 7 Panzerstahl-Helm vs barnee
Game: 1940
Axis: Panzerstahl-Helm
Allies: barneeTriplea save exp-game-7-stahl-ger-24_after_moscow_battle.tsvg
Early 1940
Germany
The Kriegsmarine launches the “Graf Zepplin” along with a couple of U-boats and a Transport. Waffen Units fill out their Build.
The Allied Fleet in 110 was sunk and in 111 damaged, which the Germans retreated from.
In a surprise move, France was heavily attrited but not conquered.Russia
The Soviets max produced Landmines as well as two Engineers. Two Paratrooper Divisions also form in Moscow.
They begin to concentrate in Novgorod, Bryansk and Caucasus.
Japan
Nippon invests in an Air Transport, a Naval Transport, 2 Engineers and 2 LCV’s. They conduct standard attacks against China.
USA and China
The Americans destroy the Facilities in the Philippines and max build Fortifications there. The rest of their income is spent strengthening their Navy, including the launch of the USS Iowa in the Pacific.
The Chinese successfully counterattack in Yunnan.
UK
The British build a Factory in Egypt and repair the damaged Battleship HMS Hood. Singapore Harbor is destroyed and the rest of their resources are spent on the Army.
Their only combat is to sink the Italian Ships off Malta.
Italy
Italia buys 2 LCV’s and a Paratrooper. They conduct combats against Greece, Tunisia, the French Ships in 93 and most importantly, a weakend Paris.
All attacks succeed.The Regia Marina concentrates in 97, while the UK Med Fleet is in 92 off Gibralter.
ANZAC and France
ANZAC builds a Transport and Infantry. They begin to take Custodianship of Dutch Islands.
The French make some minor non combat moves.
Late 1940
Germany
The Reich max produces Landmines and repairs the Bismark. 3 U-boats are launched and 6 LCV’s are produced. 4 Infantry are pressed into the Waffen SS.
The Luftwaffe conduct a Strategic Bombing Raid on London. The RAF decline to intercept. 7 Damage is done to the Major Factory.
Two UK DDs deployed in 119 and 110 by the Royal Navy to prevent any Bombard by the Kriegsmarine in case of an early Sealion, are easily sunk.Kriegsmarine is now concentrated in 110.
Russia
SSR goes heavy with Landmines and maxes out their Paratrooper production. The Red Army begins to produce a few Artillery Units, as Intelligence indicates a German attack on Britain.
Japan
Nippon begins construction of a Factory in Shantung. Max attacks against China take place. The Battleship Yamato and a CV are launched.
USA and China
America prepares for the launch of the Missouri and another Carrier. Marines begin to deploy and the Army Air Corps activates a Fighter Wing.
MI5 convinces the Yanks of a possible German invasion. Roosevelt, being the Naval President that he is, orders all new construction to the Atlantic.
China takes Yunnan in a counterattack once again.
UK
London repairs their Factory and moves it underground. The Italian Forces in Kenya are destroyed.
Concerned about a German invasion, London is reinforced but the new Egypt Factory as well as Calcutta, continue to produce.
Italy
The Regia Marina launches a Carrier and the Regia Aeronautica Italiana activate a Bomber Squadron.
A UK DD blocking a potential German attack on Gibralter is sunk by a Bomber from West Germany. Tunisia and Algeria are conquered.
ANZAC and France
ANZAC builds a Air Transport, along with a Destroyer and an Artillery for the Army.
They take Custodianship of Celebes and move a Fighter to Java.France moves 1 Infantry in Africa.
Edit
I’ll see if I can find @VictoryFirst s picture taking process. Thought I had it saved. Can’t find it right now.Anyway, you can get a better view with the triplea save by going through History
exp-game-7-stahl-ger-24_after_moscow_battle.tsvgEarly 1941
Germany
The Reich max produces Landmines and Goring successfully advocates for 5 Air Transports. Two more U-boats are launched with the rest of the German resources going to the Wehrmacht, including a Panzer General, along with a Waffen Oberst.
Thanks to the sinking of the UK DD blocker in 104 by Italia, Gibralter is conquered.
The 6 LCVs have moved to W GER.
Russia
With Tankograd up and running, the Soviets produce 4 T-34s and a Tank General. They will form 1st Tank in Moscow.
The Red Army Forces in Novgorod move to Karelia and now have a strong concentration there.
All Paratroopers are in Caucasus and Bryansk serves as the tactical reserve. No LMs have been armed yet, as Soviet High Command is unsure of German intentions.
Japan
Nippon produces 2 Fctrys with the rest of their resources going to the Army. Primarily Infantry builds.
They attack across a broad front in China, winning all battles.
Engineers move the Shantung Factory to Kweichow. The IJN concentrates in 6 Sea Zone.
USA and China
Uncle Sam goes with another heavy Naval build, along with a FTR and a couple INF.
New Naval construction is launched in the Atlantic. The Aleutians are fortified.
Roosevelt seizes on the threat to Britain to declare war on Germany and Italy. They now receive wartime production of 91.
China successfully counterattacks in Kansu and Shensi, preventing a Japanese ground attack against the Flying Tiger in Tsinghai for now.
UK
The Royal Navy will launch 2 DDs in 110 to prevent the German LCVs from attacking London. Italy now has 2 Bmbrs and a Ftr in range of 110 but RAF Command has 3 Ftrs able to scramble if needed.
Syria, Alexandia are attacked and Iraq is strafed. All missions are accomplished.
London is once again reinforced but India and Egypt continue to mass produce.Italy
Italy buys a Trprt, LCV, Arty and 3 Inf. The British fleet has moved to Malta and the Italians hit it with everything they have.
They suffer a major defeat and are forced back to 97.
In a surprise move, a LCV along with a Bmbr take Scotland, killing the UK Elite there.
The Invasion of the British Isles has begun.
ANZAC and France
ANZAC builds Fortifications for Java and Celebes. They take Custodianship of Sumatra.
France moves their DD to support the UK Trprt off Egypt.
Late 1941
Germany
The Kriegsmarine repairs the Bismarck and launch two more Trprts. The rest of Germany’s resources go to the Wehrmacht and SS.
U-boats and the Luftwaffe attack the battered UK Fleet in 96 and win a Major Victory.
The 2 DDs in 110 are easily sunk, as the RAF refuses to engage the Luftwaffe.
The Main German Fleet off GIB takes all available land forces and moves to 119 deploying to Scotland. LCVs and Air Trprts move the rest of the Heer to Scotland for the invasion of England.
German precision works perfectly and Army Group North forms in Scotland.
Russia
The Soviets invest heavily in the Red Army
Stalin, seeing Hitler’s move against England, orders an unprovoked attack against the German and Axis TTys in Eastern Europe.
Finland and Poland fall, along with Bulgaria and Iraq due to Paratrooper attacks.
Japan
Nippon goes with almost all INF build.
They continue their attacks against China.
IJN is concentrated in 6 SZ.USA and China
Uncle Sam builds for all Branches of the Armed Forces.
The Atlantic fleet moves to 91 and takes an empty GIB in their only combat.Midway and Guam are fortified. All new Naval construction, except for a CV, are launched in the Atlantic. Army units deploy to Eastern and Central United States.
China takes a contested Shensi. The Flying Tiger lands in Tsinghai and is safe from Japanese Air except for Bmbrs.
UK
After the invasion of Scotland, the British finally wake up and max protect London with a Flak Tower, Ftr and INF. A DD is placed in 110 to prevent Bombard and LCV attacks but they fail to secure 109.
While they would have had 2 less INF for a Escort blocker and the odds would still have been in Germany’s favor, they may have been able to do enough damage to make holding it more difficult.
But, as we will soon see, that was not the case.ANZAC and France
ANZC fortifies islands and build a Minor Fctry for Queensland.
France doesn’t do anything.
Early 1942
Germany
The Reich spends all it’s money on the Army. A massive attack on England is launched. Army Group North from Scotland, Luftwaffe units and shore bombardment from the Bismark, devastate British defenses.
Various counterattacks all succeed.
A New World Order has taken place.
An error on my part didn’t realize the game was over, if London couldn’t be liberated. I thought it was Moscow only in that circumstance.
So we played on.
@VictoryFirst alerted us to my error, as surprisingly, the deceivous @Panzerstahl-Helm had defeated us both with the same strategy in just a matter of days.
None the less, we agreed to play on. It proved to be quite entertaining, using different play patterns with Union Jack no longer able to produce.
The Soviets pushed hard initially, but in Early 1944 the UK Fctry in Egypt would fall to the Germans.
It was a hard back and forth, alas, in Early 1953, the Soviets would succumb to the Nazi boot and the Reich’s conquest would be complete.
:(It was a fun game, even with the quick victory by Panzer. We both agreed it was worth it to play out.
My losing streak continues and I believe Panzer notches his 4th Victory in a row. Congratulations @Panzerstahl-Helm
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Game 6 VictoryFirst vs barnee
Game: 1940
Axis: VictoryFirst
Allies: barneeTriplea Save triplea_3911_14ger.tsvg
The Reich begins with all Land builds including 2 Engnrs.
All of France is conquered as well as Yugoslavia.
The British Fleet in 111 is sunk, along with the Canadain Navy.In Late 1940 all Branches of the Military deploy new units.
The Luftwaffe attacks all Allied Ships in the Med. While successful, they do sustain some losses.Early 1941 the Wehrmacht invests heavily in new Infantry Divisions.
The Fuhrer launches Operation Barbarossa. Heavy Attacks take place all along the Eastern Front.
German Forces are concentrated in Baltic States and Romainia. U-boats convoy in 109.
Early 1940 and the Soviets max produce LMs and deploy 2 Engnrs. SRM begins to transport Army Units from the Far East to the West.
Late 1940 LM production continues. 2 Paratrooper Divisions are formed. The Engnrs transport the LMs to Belarus and Arm them.
SRM continues.Early 1941 and Stalin is stunned by the German attack. He orders the creation of 1st Tank and makes a couple minor counterattacks.
More LMs are armed in Belarus. 1st and 2nd Corps have deployed. The Red Army concentrates in Bryansk. Caucasus is reinforced and Leningrad is evacuated.
Japan does standard buys and attacks for 1940. A NB is built in Kwangsi in late 1940 and the IJN is mostly concentrated in 36 SZ.
Early 41 and JPN continues it’s relentless attacks on China. The Carolines Task Force moves to Paulau.
1940 USA blows up the Facilities in th Philippines. The Iowa and Missouri both launch off the West Coast.
Late 1940 and Naval buys continue with the Atlantic being the focus, less 1 CV launched in the Pacific. The Army sends troops to the Aleutians.Late 41 and the majority of resources go to the Navy again, with a few Army and Marine units.
Half of the Fleet in Pearl Harbor moves to 16SZ, led by the two huge Battleships, to threaten a weakend JPN 6 SZ.
The other half sails to Queensland.
The Atlantic is reinforced with another CV, DD and SS.
China counterattacks where they can but are being pushed to the brink of defeat.
The Flying Tiger remains out of range of JPN Air, except for their Bmbrs.UK destroys the Singapore Harbor in Early 1940. A minor Naval battle takes place off Malta, with the Italian ships being sunk.
The Med Fleet and the remainder of the Home Fleet, concentrate in 92 SZ.
Paratroopers form in London.EDIT UPDATE 2-3-25
Italy attacks the UK Fleet in 92. While they do signifigant damage, they suffer a Major defeat.
Their North African Army moves West, taking Tunisia.Late 1940 Greece and Algeria are conquered. Paratroopers begin to deploy.
Early 1941 and Morroco and Alexandria fall, securing a vital National Objective.
The UK Indian Ocean Fleet is now in 98 SZ and threatens.
A strong Land Force joins with the Germans in Bessarabia.ANZAC prepares for War with Nippon. They take Custodianship of Java, DNG and Celebes.
An Air Transport becomes operational in Early 1941.France backs up the British as much as they can but basically just chill, conducting no Combats.
End Early 1941 Mediterranean
Late 1941 and the Reich goes with an all Wehrmacht build. Heavy on the Infantry.
Major combat takes place across the Eastern Front as well as against UK Paras in Holland.
All Battles are won and the Heer is concentrated in Leningrad and E POL.
Early 42 and the Wehrmacht is in Belarus in Force.By Late 1942 they are in Bryansk as they continue to force the Soviets back.
The Kriegsmarine splits it U-boats sending a Wolfpack to Iceland.
The Soviets fight several attritonal battles in the Southwest but are eventually pushed back.
The control of Iraq adds much needed income and a Tank is headed to Africa via UK Trprt to take undefended Italian TTys.Unfortunately, the devious Japanese have done their sneak attack special and the communists are now in a two front war.
Japan continues to hammer China and in Early 1942, with victory appearing imminent, they attack the Soviet Union. Confidence is so high, they attack the Western Allies as well.
China is completely subjugated and the Philippines and Singapore fall as well.
By Late 1942 they have added Sumatra, Celebes and DNG to their spoils and continue to push into the Soviet Far East.
With the Americans now at war with Germany and Italy, they dump a Massive amount of resources into their Military.
Operation Torch takes place and Morroco is occupied.Early 1942 and the Nippon sneak attack has incensed the Americans. Huge amounts of war material are poured into the Pacific.
Minor counterattacks take place against JPN and the MED is cleared of U-boats.Late 1942 and the Atlantic Fleet has moved to 110 and HOL is liberated.
Major combat takes place around NG, with the Americans returning control to ANZAC.
The Army concentrates in Alaska.
The UK will conduct continous minor attacks on W EUR, trading HOL several times and taking Normandy in Late 42.
Their strong MED Fleet in 97 SZ is obliterated by the Luftwaffe in Early 1942, shooting down only 2 German Ftrs in the battle.Russia is reinforced through the Middle East and via Rail.
Yunnan is taken in Force in Late 1942.
Italia is active on the Eastern Front and destroys the ill-fated British landing in Albania.
Combat continues on the E Front through Early 1942 before a pause in Late 42.ANZAC fortifies the Dutch Islands they have taken Custodianship of.
In Late 42, they defeat the Japanase in a close battle, taking control of DNG for a critical National Objective.France just kinda hangs out and chills with the Brits.
While Russia counterattacked where it could, the 2 Front War eventually ground them down. Germany was able to break out and they were forced to turtle in Moscow.
ANZAC and UK units were able to help them from succumbing to complete Nazi Domination.A major defeat of the British in Yunnan in Early 1943, would all but secure Japanese Hegemony over China.
Soviet Paratroopers would make a couple nuisance attacks into China, but the Yunnan UK defeat provided JPN with ample resources to quickly restore the situation to their favor.
Uncle Sam and the yanks were able to drive the Kriegsmarine into the Baltic and keep pressure on W EUR but were never able to fully coordinate for a measuring blow.
While they would move a Huge Fleet to NG and have heavy battles with IJN, JPN would remain strong enough to keep America at bay, as they continued their attacks against the Soviets.
The Reich would tire of their Italian Allies and in 1943 would take them over.
Their focus on Moscow would intensify even more.ANZAC would support their American Allies and while some progress was made, it was slow.
However this was all about to change.
An Enormous failure of JPN Intelligence would order Yamamato’s Fleet back to JPN. Thinking victory was imminent, the Home Islands weren’t sufficiently defended.
Team USA, with B-29s from Austraila, helped sink the IJN and USA Marines successfully landed in Tokyo.
This was a game that Victory should have won. The Reich was poised to take Moscow and we played Germanys turn, just to help ease the pain of his loss :) and they did handily.
This game was more competive than our last one but Victory was still in a strong position throughout.
I think the big UK defeat in Yunnan was a major impact. Gave JPN free reign in China for several rds and could focus on Russia.
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I didn’t think UK would win the Yunnan battle but thought they’d put a heavy dent in the JPN Air Force :)Idk that the Allies would have won, as Germany was very strong and focused on Russia, but it would have been a little more interesting imo :)
Here’s final save and the picture doesn’t do justice, you need to go to the save for it, but I’ll post them anyway :)
I’ll ping @VictoryFirst in case he wants to comment :)
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