Well, it is not a historical based game. If Japan can blitz across Russian, the war could last 10 years.
I came up with 3 months or 1 season as well last year. Most of my games were lasting 15 to 20 turns with a defeat or surrender, which LOOSELY equates to mid 1945 or end 1946. Remember, if the Allies needed to invade Japan proper, the war could have lasted another year or so…
but there is no clear amount though. in reality, germany could of not built a world winner fleet in 3 months after taking russia.
Good point Horten
Personally, I feel that the time each turn takes is variable, meaning from 1 season to 1 year or something.
But I’m just a stupid newbie anyway :cry:
Good point as well, we may be worrying about something intentionally left vague by the game designer.
Yep, that’s probably right
Not the most importint thing however :grin:
I consider one turn a season. The only reason I like to know how long a turn is, is so I can compare my progress to the real war. Just something I think is fun. :cool:
Agreed, I like to do the same. Imagine WWII fighting on into the early or mid 1950’s !!!
We might actually have seen WWII entering the early late 1940s if American Pacific planners decided on invading each and every Japanese held island instead of pursuing their brilliant island hopping campaign. Of course, the invasion of Japan itself might of prolonged the war even until the early 1950s if not for the invention of the atomic warhead.
I wonder if there are still 75+ year old Japanese soldiers hiding out on Pacific islands waiting to fight Americans not knowing the war ended 57 years ago???
LOL
If the U.S. had not insisted upon unconditional surrender, neither an invasion nor the atomic bomb would have been needed
How do you figure?
I recall hearing a legend somewhere of the last known Japanese “MIA” being discovered by some children in the Philippines sometime in the late '60’s. Sounds like “Weekly World News” type of stuff to me, but ya never know.
In WW1 a Zeppelin crewman somehow survived the crash of his ship and wandered around England for several weeks before being caught. If that was possible in a densely populated Great Power, where there was no “Resistance Movement” to lend a hand, who knows how long a single guy in the bush (especially one as highly trained in jungle survival as the Japanese soldier) could hold out. Still, merely conjecture…
Ozone27
In regards Sir Ozone, that story you heard is correct! I heard almost the same exact story from my history teacher a while ago. And interesting back-story filled with romance was that the young Japanese soldier was engaged to be married to his sweetheart after the “war” was supposedly over. The Japanese soldier then set sail for the Philippines to defend against the oncoming Americans. However, the Japanese soldier never once met combat with the enemy, and for many years the soldier remained in his cave ready to protect the Emperor. Many years after the war, that man was discovered, though I don’t know how or exactly when.
The man was then brought back to the Japanese mainland where he was reunited with his friends and family. The woman he had left behind married but early on got devoiced. This set the stage for one of the grandest weddings in Japanese history as the man and woman were finally renewed their commitments and got married.
I read a book at my friends house (he’s a war/weapon etc. guy), a small japanese force didn’t know the war was over until about 7 years after the war ended. They had to be adressed to from they’re previous commander to believe it :grin:
Before, we always had one turn to be 1 year, but the games last for many more turns than before now, so it’s a variable :smile:
On 2002-04-19 09:54, yourbuttocks wrote:
If the U.S. had not insisted upon unconditional surrender, neither an invasion nor the atomic bomb would have been needed
So we let japan get away with the mass murder of chinese…good idea.
“If only I had listened to my military advisors when they suggested ‘Wait five years. Give us time to build and train our forces. Then we fight and win a glorious victory!’”
------------------Fuhrer Adolf Hitler
Actually it was the possible involvement of the Russians that played a large role in Japan’s decision to capitulate.
Indeed, I believe that The Japanese made at least one attempt to surrender to the Russians.
