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@Pellulo
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USA versus Turkey, not having a large land force(for defensive or invasion purposes), USA is force to build a larger navy(while building some troops/guns for defensive purposes). While Turkey already having a large land forces for an invasion, much less defense(has 3.66:1 in troops alone & 6:2 in guns compared to the USA), can afford to build up only their navy along with transports, for an invasion of the east coast. The Turks need to strike fast, they have only an value of 16, while the USA value of 20 IPC will be felt, if enough rounds go by of play.
Round One: Turkey builds a BB, while the USN goes to the entrance of the Mediterranean Sea, to bait the Turkish Navy, and, builds a BB & submarine.
Round Two: Turkish navy(BB & 2C) moves and attacks USN(BB & 1 C), while at same time had build two transports & a submarine. After the battle only the Turkish BB survives. USA goes and her BB & sub. move down to the entrance of the Med.Sea and engages the Axis BB, for the lost of US sub., the Axis BB is sunk.
USA builds two transports and a submarine.
Round Three: Turkey builds a BB & submarine. US fleet from east coast & BB at entrance to Med. sea, move off French West Africa, along with two transports of trooper & gun each(also builds a gun & transport & submarine).
Round Four: Turks build another two transports, while the US builds one transport and a C & gun.
Round Five: Ditto(Turkey also builds a tank). US fleet moves one more space down the coast of Africa(off S.W. Africa).
Round Six: Turks build one transport and a plane. US 2C & transport(with trooper & gun), go to join USN fleet off Africa(builds another two transport & tank).
Round Seven: It is either now or never, Turkey can sail to invade US east coast, or, build up its fleet to meet the Americans coming around Africa with their invasion fleet. They decide to invade, and, to built up another transport and a new home fleet(starting with a sub.), to await the Americans.
US BB doubles back to sea space 22(where two US C are stationed) to meet last two transports that sailed from east coast, and, other US transports & subs. move to space 26. USA builds two fighter planes & tank & trooper for home defense.
Round Eight: Turkish Navy does not engage US Navy off coast of Africa, too evenly match & has more transports to lose, continues sailing to east coast(builds another sub. & transport).
USA six transports & two submarines are off coast of Mesopotamia, transports unload, defending trooper & gun destroyed(for lost of two troopers). USA builds 5 troopers & gun for home defense.
Round Nine: Turkish fleet arrives off east coast, lose a sub. to mines, destroys four troopers & Axis lose five troopers & plane. From Ankara Turkish Army attacks and loses all five troopers for lose of one trooper USA. From Syria eight troopers & gun attack and loses three troops for lost of two USA troopers. Failure to go on defensive and attack next turn en mass, instead of piecemeal attacks causes Axis heavy losses. Finally making use of the two subs. and two transports(no troops to load unto them), the former go to attack the US invasion fleet, while the latter go into the Black Sea.
USA forces counterattacks from east coast forces, losses of trooper & tank, destroys two Axis guns. US fleet off Africa of BB & 2 C & 2 transport arrives off east coast, destroys Turkish BB & two subs., for lost of a C & damaged BB. Landed tank & fighter and two troopers destroy two Axis cannons(lost of trooper & tank). USA will not collect 20 IPCs. USA forces in Turkey take Ankara and leaving two transports, two USA subs. and three transports, go up to Suez canal & destroy 2 Axis submarines.
Round Ten: Turkey attacks in east coast, remaining trooper & gun lost(same losses US), transports attempt to flee. Attacks in Turkey, take back Ankara for lost of trooper, each side. Attack Mesopotamia for lost of three troopers to USA one trooper & gun.
USA goes, leaves two subs. off Turkey’s capital of Istanbul, and, trooper in Mesopotamia destroys gun, while US gun goes back on offshore transport. East coast fleet of BB & C chase and destroys seven Axis transports.
The game is a political victory for USA, even with one round where the USA did not collect IPCs, the USA comes out on top, a military victory is good numbers of rounds away, but, not impossible.
USA went to a high of 26 IPC, while Turkey went to a low of 10 IPCs. Turkey contested but not take military the east coast, while US forces took two out of six Turkish home provinces(three value each). Both sides suffer from lack of follow up waves of attacks(even thought the USA is still holding unto Mesopotamia). The game started with for Turkey and ended with troopers 22/9, guns 6/1, Cruisers 2/0, 0/2 transports. For the U.S.A. 6/6 Infantry, 1/4 artillery, 0/2 tanks, 0/2 planes, 1/1 BB, 1/1 C, 0/2 submarines; 0/7 transports. Turkey has no air & sea power(only 2 transports), one cannon, and, less than half the infantry it started with. While the USA has stayed the same for infantry & surface sea power, but, grown in air power, tanks, artillery, subs., and, transports.
Next consider a dubious ally in both world wars, Italy.
