British Empire Rounds 1-4, no combat yet, just building some naval forces. Builds mostly transports nine, two subs, seven troopers, two tank & two fighters. Has off( at end of round four) S. Africa a transport and in S. Africa 2 troopers & a gun, to India a transport & C are going to pick up some of the three troopers & gun, in Egypt are 15 troopers & 4 guns & off it 2 transports and a sub., middle Med. Sea 2 BBs & 4 C & 2 transports(with one trooper & three guns), sea space 16 sub. and a transport with two troopers, home islands are 2 transports & 2 tanks & 2 fighters, entrance to Med. Sea are two transports with four troopers(ditto sea space 7).
Turkish Empire Rounds 1-4, no combat yet, just
building up mostly naval forces(for land forces buys a trooper & a tank in round four, &, one aircraft). Off Istanbul builds 2 subs & 2 BB & 1 C(added to the two C that were there).
Spreads land forces, with Smyrna has 5 troopers, Istanbul has 2 troopers & 2 guns & tank & fighter, Syrian desert as reserve 3 troopers & 3 guns, Anakra a trooper, Jordan 6 troopers & gun, and, Mesopotamia 6 troopers.
Round 5: British buys 1 BB & 3 troopers & 2 guns. In Jordan British attack with 15 troopers & 4 guns(for a lost of four troopers) destroy Turkish defenders of 6 troopers & 1 gun. In the seas below Istanbul, mines damage a BB & sink a submarine, The British fleet of 3 BB, 5 C, 1 sub., 2 transports(2 guns & 2 troopers) versus the Ottoman fleet of 2 BB, 3 C, &, 2 submarines. The British win with only 3 damaged BB left & 2 transports. Shelling from BB take out 2 troopers & gun, and, defending guns take out a landing trooper and gun. Land combat the British trooper & gun scores no hits, while the defending trooper & tank & gun, scores no hits(except the fighter is lost, takes out one of the damaged British BB).
Istanbul is contested, will not allow Turks to build on their turn.
Turks go, 5 Mesopotamia troops go to Ankara to eventually reinforce the capital, while two troopers reinforcements from Smyrna go to Istanbul. The Turks drive out British landing of trooper & gun in Istanbul(for a lost of 2 troopers), move reserve from Syria to Jordan(7 troops & 3 guns versus British 10 troopers & 4 guns, Turks lose 7 troopers & British lose 3 troopers). Already half the empire is undefended, of Mesopotamia & Syria & Smyrna.
In all of the empire the Turks have is 6 troopers, 4 guns, and, one tank. In Jordan the British have 7 troopers and 3 guns, via transports are coming 2 guns & 2 tanks & 2 fighters, much less troops and guns from home islands, and, S. Africa & India.
Ottoman Empire throws in the towel, better a peace with terms negotiated with a British Political Victory, or, full military takeover.
Losses Axis 143 & Allies 124.
Next a grudge match that spans four wars: Napoleonic Wars 1799-1815, Franco-Prussian War 1870-71, Great War 1914-18; and, post First World War-W.W.II 1939-45, France versus Germany.
