ABH vs Innocentbystander G40

@leemorrison You’re being polite. Yes I got my bomber and some air shot down during the first two turns but I overextended very badly with Japan, mostly because I underestimated the value the tanks would give you in terms of exploiting openings in my positions.

Pellulo

In the last scenario two of the weakest empires got savaged in land combat, but, this time there will be no Italy to suffer this fate. Allies British & French Empires & U.S.A., versus, Axis Germany & Ottoman Empires.

Round One: Germany builds fighter, 2 transports, sub., & , Cruiser. As usual forces from Togoland & Kameron take over undefended British Gold Coast & Nigeria. Moves forces to southern Germany for invasion of Northern France, plans are a massive invasion into Lorraine.

Also fighter flies into Kiel, and, Home Fleet with subs. to attack British Home fleet off London. Combat BB, 2C, 2 subs.(no mine lost), versus, British BB & 2C & transport. Losses only GE. damaged BB & 2C are left.

Also 2 subs. attack Canadian C & transports off Canada. Losses only a Allied Cruiser left. Germans are trying to threaten Brits. & Fr. at the same time, to weaken any attacks on Ottoman Empire.

France builds fighter, sub., &, 4 troopers. Builds up forces in Lorraine, keeps 4 guns in Burgundy as a gun park, also a trooper & gun, on both Atlantic coastline provinces to deter any landings. Flies fighter from capital to Lorraine, with sending transport from Brest to off Canada, and, BB to off London(does not seek battle).

Off Marseilles both transports sail to Canada, while BB & C enters Ottoman Home Waters(no mine lost), and, sinks both Ottoman Cs for no lost. Troopers from S.W. Africa join together for future offensive operation to free Gold Coast, while troopers in N. Africa head for Egypt. Fr. transports are setting up the stage for a hopeful Axis defeat.

British Empire builds 2 troopers for India, fighter and BB & transport for Home Islands(transport placed off Wales). Troopers & guns reposition to protect Home Islands. Canadian C arrives off London(seeks no battle), while Canadian trooper & gun boards French Transport.

South African trooper & gun, invade GE. West Africa defended by same, each side losses a gun. Trooper from Rhodesia & East Africa invade GE. East Africa, defended by a trooper, no losses, so far two GE. colonies are contested. While a trooper goes from Sudan to East Africa, &, a trooper from Egypt to Sudan. Also Egyptian C leaves for London, &, transport leaves for Tunisia to pick up Fr. troopers.

From India transport lands in Egypt trooper & gun, escorted by BB, while C heads for London. British must help French land forces in France, hold GE. navy in North Atlantic, defend Home Islands from landings. Also take out Axis in Africa, defend Egypt, &, them move onto Ottoman Empire.

Ottoman Empire builds fighter & sub. & gun, moves land forces to reinforce western & southern parts of the empire. There is a tipping point where the Ottomans have to decide if they will invade Egypt, or, just stay on the defensive.

U.S.A. builds 3 transports, BB & C head for London.

Round Two: Germany builds fighter, transport, sub., C, &, BB. Moves fighter from capital to Ruhr, while fighter from Kiel flies to Alsace. Fleet off Kiel of C, sub., &, 2 transports(no mine lost) joins fleet off Scotland of damaged BB & 2C.

Battle against British BB, sub., fighter, and, Fr. BB. Losses only GE. transports left, landing 2 troopers & 2 guns onto Scotland, versus, defending Brits. trooper & gun. Losses Axis a trooper & Allies a gun, Scotland is contested.

In Africa two troopers in British colonies retreat to hunker down in Togoland.

France builds fighter, gun, &, 4 troopers. More units are sent to Lorraine, along with an fighter flown in from Paris. A pair of troopers board British transport off Tunisia.

Transport from Canada arrives off Picardy with Canadian trooper & gun, while 2 transport arrive off Canada. BB & C attack Ottoman sub. in Ottoman Home Water, losses Allies damaged BB & Axis submarine. While sub. leaves Brest for London.

Two troopers enter British Gold Coast & retake it(no defending Axis forces). .

British Empire builds 2 fighters(one for India), gun, &, BB. In Canada three troopers & gun board a pair of Fr. transports. Canadian trooper & gun debark a Fr. transport, &, 2 troopers from Wales board a transport & debark also onto Picardy.

Four troopers & gun reinforce a trooper in Scotland, versus, GE. 2 troopers & gun. Losses Allies a trooper, &, Axis all, Scotland is uncontested!

Trooper versus defending GE. trooper in GE. S.W. Africa colony, both sides are wiped out, GE. colony stays contested. Trooper from Br. East Africa joins two troopers in GE. East Africa, versus, defending GE. trooper. Losses Axis trooper, colony falls. Another trooper from Sudan enters Fr. Eq. Africa.

BB & transport returns to India, while transport arrives off Egypt with 2 Fr. troopers. Meanwhile C arrives off London from Med. Sea, &, sinks 2 undefended GE. transports.

Ottoman Empire builds fighter & 3 troopers. Moves more land forces to southern & eastern borders, especially Jordan. While a fighter arrives there from the capital.

U.S.A. builds fighter, trooper, gun, &, transport. Two transports head for France with 3 troopers & gun, while another transport with trooper & gun heads for North Africa. Also BB & C heads for London to join Allied Fleet.

Round Three: The Axis have to go on a full scale attack, of course the question is, should the Ottoman Empire sit this out, and, only attack when Germany is well into France. By the next round this question should be answered.

Germany builds 2 BB, fighter, &, trooper. More land forces enter Alsace, while a fighter flies to Lorraine from Ruhr( another fighter flies from capital to Kiel).

The Second Reich cannot wait for more Allied reinforcements to reach France, the invasion of Lorraine begins. Two fighters dog fight two Fr. fighters, both Axis fighters lost for one Fr. fighter.

Battle 31 troopers & 11 guns, versus, Fr. 2 guns & 22 troopers. Losses Axis 16 troopers & Allies 15 troopers, Lorraine is contested. After this round naval purchases will nose dive for the Axis.

Fr. survive the initial attack, &, still has left a force to be reckon with, should with reinforcements it leads to a counterattack, or, just hunker down and wait for British & Americans to show up. Builds fighter, &, 6 troopers.

France moves reinforcements into Lorraine(while more land forces enter Burgundy), decides to battle, air fighter(has superiority)of 2 fighters(one flew in from capital), 12 troopers, &, 7 guns, versus, GE. 15 troopers, &, 11 guns. Losses Allies 11 troopers & Axis 11 troopers. Both sides has infantry ready to enter Lorraine next turn.

Arriving off Picardy are 2 transports with 4 Canadian troopers, while another transport leaves Picardy, to arrive off Canada. Damaged BB leaves Ottoman home waters for Brest & C leaves to join Brits. fleet off Egypt. Also 2 troopers debark Brits. transport into Egypt.

British Empire builds BB, sub., trooper, & , fighter for India. Moves trooper from Fr. Eq. Africa into undefended GE. Kamerun, colony falls. Also trooper from GE. East Africa heads for undefended GE. S. Africa, &, another 2 troopers head for Egypt from same colony. Along with transport escorted by BB drops off in Egypt 2 troopers & fighter flies in also from India. Another transport leaves Egypt & heads for India.

Four Canadian troopers debark 2 Fr. transports into Picardy, while 3 troopers & gun leave Picardy & enter Lorraine. While 2 troopers in Canada board a French transport.

Ottoman Empire builds gun, 2 troopers, &, submarine. Moves some land forces towards southern empire, fighter flies from capital to Jordan. Invades Egypt from Jordan with fighter, 3 guns, &, 12 troopers, versus, British fighter, 3 guns, 9 troopers, &, Fr. 2 troopers. Allies fighter lose air duel with Axis fighter. Losses Allies 2 Fr. & Brits. 5 troopers, &, Axis 7 troopers. Egypt is contested.

U.S.A. builds gun, trooper, 2 transports. Moves transport off Egypt & lands trooper & gun, another 2 transports arrive off Fr. & lands 3 troopers & gun into Bordeaux. Fighter flies from East Coast to Morocco, another transport heads for Africa(with trooper & gun).

Round Four: GE. builds tank, gun, trooper, fighter, BB, &, submarine. Flies fighter from capital to Ruhr, reinforcements enter Lorraine from Alsace. Combat 15 troopers & 14 guns, versus, Fr. trooper, 7 guns, and, 2 fighters. Losses Axis 7 troopers, &, Allies all, Lorraine has fallen!

In Africa Togoland garrison invades again Gold Coast, 2 troopers versus two Fr. troopers defending this British Colony. Losses a trooper each side, &, Gold Coast is contested.

At sea GE. home fleet invades British Home Waters with fighter(lost in air duel with British fighter), sub.(lost to mines), 1 C, 3 BB(one damaged due to mines), versus, British fighter, 2 BB, 1 C, 1 sub., and, Fr. sub., and, U.S.N. BB & C. Losses all Axis, and, only both Brits. BB survived damaged, &, U.S. BB damaged & C survived.

France builds tank, gun, 4 troopers. Paris garrison moves to Burgundy, also trooper & gun leaves Brest & moves to Paris, while BB leaves S. France & heads for Egypt(while C leaves Egypt & heads for London). Also transport arrives off Picardy with 2 Canadian troopers, two more transports arrive off London.

British Empire builds fighter, gun, &, 3 troopers, while for India fighter, gun, &, trooper. Moves trooper from Kamerun to retake undefended Nigeria, &, another trooper heads for GE. S.W. Africa arriving in S. Africa from Rhodesia. While 2 troopers arrive in Sudan from British E. Africa. Also 2 transports & BB arrive off India, &, 3 troopers & gun board them.

Four troops move from Picardy to Burgundy, while transport leaves 2 troopers from Scotland into Picardy. Meanwhile 2 troopers debark Fr. transport onto Picardy, &, 2 troopers & 2 guns board(from London) 2 Fr. transports & debark onto Picardy.

Ottoman empire builds 2 guns & 3 troopers. Fighter flies out and sinks U.S. transport & lands at capital. More units move towards Jordan. In Egypt fighter, 3 guns, &, 9 troopers, versus, British 3 guns, 4 troopers, and, U.S. trooper & gun. Losses Axis are 4 troopers, &, Allies only British trooper left.

U.S.A. builds C & 4 troopers. Three troopers & gun move into Burgundy from Bordeaux, while 2 transports leave Fr. for East Coast. Also a transport(trooper & gun) heads for France, &, another heads for Africa(2 troopers), from East Coast. Another transport drops off into Egypt a trooper & gun.

Round 5: GE. builds C, BB, fighter, trooper & gun. Fighter from Ruhr lands in Lorraine(another from capital flies to Munich), and, units from Alsace enters Lorraine. Meanwhile Lorraine garrison invades not Burgundy but Picardy(less defense), 14 guns & 8 troopers, versus, Brits. 6 troopers & 2 guns. Losses Axis 6 troopers & 1 guns, &, Allies all, Picardy falls.

In Africa trooper takes out defending Fr. trooper in British Gold Coast, but, GE. trooper is lost also(so colony becomes uncontested).

France builds fighter, gun, &, 4 troopers. Moves Burgundy & Paris garrisons to Picardy, with British & U.S. forces protecting Burgundy. Sixteen troopers, 3 guns, tank & fighter, versus, GE. 2 troopers & 13 guns. Losses Allies 5 troopers(tank took a hit) & Axis trooper & 7 guns, Picardy is now contested. Transport off Picardy heads for East Coast.

BB off Egypt enters Ottoman Home waters, versus, fighter & submarine. Losses Allies BB damaged & Axis submarine, a C arrives off London.

British Empire builds fighter, tank, gun, 2 troopers, &, for India a fighter. Togoland & S.W. Africa fall to entering troopers, both undefended colonies(no GE. presence left in Africa). Two troopers enter Egypt from Sudan & 2 transports(with escorting BB), arrive with reinforcements of 3 troopers & gun(fighter flies in).

Three troopers & 2 guns board transport and two Fr. transports, &, debark into Picardy. There they are join from forces from Burgundy, 3 guns & 10 troopers versus, GE. trooper and 7 guns. Losses Allies 5 troopers & Axis 5 guns.

British Home Fleet of 2 BB(one damaged by mines) & fighter, enter GE. Home Waters, versus, GE. 2 BB, C, Sub. , & transport. Losses all Allies, only one Axis damaged BB & transport are left.

Ottoman Empire builds fighter, &, 3 troopers. Reinforcements pour into Jordan & Egypt, in a last bid to take Egypt over, as the Turks know that GE. will not be able to outflank the Allies and take Paris. Battle 2 fighter, 6 guns, &, 9 troopers, versus, British fighter, gun, &, 6 troopers, and, U.S. trooper & gun. Losses Axis & Allies fighter lost in dogfight, Allies lose 7 troopers(1 U.S. & 6 Brits.) & gun, and, Axis lose 7 troopers.

U.S.A. builds gun & trooper, tank, &, fighter. Transport leaves Egypt & another leaves East Coast with 2 troopers for Egypt. Also another transport arrives with 2 troopers debarking, along with fighter flying in from Tunisia, into Egypt. Air duel Ottoman fighter is lost.

U.S.N. fleet off London, enter GE. Home Waters, damaged BB & C, for lost of C, sinks damaged GE. BB & transport. Allies control the seas!

Round Six: Germany builds fighter, 2 troopers, 2 guns, BB, &, submarine. Moves reinforcements from S. Germany to Lorraine, while units in Picardy retreat into Lorraine. Meanwhile Lorraine garrison invades Burgundy, battle 10 troopers & 2 guns, versus, U.S. 3 troopers & gun. Losses Axis 4 troopers & Allies all, Burgundy falls! Picardy was too hard to take(even waiting for reinforcements would be redundant as the Allies would get their reinforcements), so taking Burgundy helps in coming Peace Talks(if GE. can hold them).
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Meanwhile from Munich fighter attacks damaged U.S. BB off Kiel, both are lost.

France builds gun, 4 troopers, &, fighter. Transport arrives East Coast, moves from Picardy into Lorraine 12 troopers, 3 guns, tank, &, fighter, versus, GE. 3 troopers, &, 4 guns. Losses Allies 5 troopers(the tank absorbed a hit), &, Axis all, Lorraine is freed & Axis forces are cut off in France.

Now Paris garrison enters Burgundy, 4 troopers, gun, &, fighter, versus, GE. 6 troopers, 2 guns, &, fighter. Losses both fighters are lost in air duel, Allies all but one trooper is lost, &, Axis 2 troopers. Burgundy is contested!

Great Britain builds 3 troopers, gun, BB, &, for India a fighter. Moves 3 troopers & gun board 2 Fr. transports off London, also trooper & gun board transport & debark onto Picardy. Also two troopers W. Africa head for Egypt.

Battle forces in Picardy enters Burgundy, 5 troopers & 3 guns, versus, GE. 4 troopers & 2 guns. Losses Allies 2 troopers , &, Axis only a trooper is left. Burgundy is contested!

From Red Sea 2 transports & escort BB returns to India. There 3 troopers & gun board & debark onto Mesopotamia, where BB takes out Ottoman trooper & defending gun scores no hit. Battle with fighter flying in from India, 3 troopers & gun, versus, Ottoman defending trooper & gun. Losses none for Allies, all for Axis, Mesopotamia has fallen!

Ottoman Empire knows that GE. is played out(no pun intended), should they retreat back into their Empire, or, take out Egypt & threaten the Sudan, in order to have a better position at the Peace Table.

Builds fighter, 2 troopers, &, 2 guns. Moves from capital trooper & gun to Ankara, &, 2 troopers to Smyrna. While 2 troopers enter Jordan from Smyrna, also Jordan garrison goes as reinforcements into Egypt. Battle 6 troopers & 7 guns, versus, Brits. trooper & U.S. 2 troopers & gun & fighter. Losses Axis 4 troopers & Allies all, Egypt is part of the Ottoman Empire again! Two troopers from Syria enter Mesopotamia, versus, British 3 troopers, gun, &, fighter. Losses all Axis, &, Allies a trooper.

From capital fighter attacks damaged Fr. BB off capital, in Home Water, both are lost.

U.S.A. builds tank, gun, &, 3 troopers. Moves 3 troopers, &, gun onto transports heading from East Coast to Egypt(also fighter flies to Fr. Morocco). A transport leaves Egypt for East Coast, while a US transport arrives off Egypt with 2 troopers(protected by Brits. Cruiser).

Peace breaks out, GE. cannot keep up with the naval war anymore, now especially when the Allies outnumber them on the Western Front. Even Southern GE. will be hard to protect, much less hold, until new land & air units are fed into the pipeline. Gets back a colony for pulling out its lone trooper in Burgundy, free passage for Allied navies through its Home Waters. Of course the Allies can refuse, but, knows it would be a long march to ever get to Berlin.

The Ottoman Empire can go onto probable take out Sudan if it went to Round Seven, but, with additional French & more U.S. & British reinforcements, landings can be made soon into the empire. For a fair swap, they leave Egypt, &, British leave Mesopotamia. Oil leases for everybody, but, a good chunk for Germany. As for the Allies British keep an colony for themselves, give one to France & one to U.S.(who plan to turn it into a new nation).

Losses in IPCs: Troopers Axis 72 & Allies 69, gun/artillery 20 & 17, fighter 7 & 10, transports 3 & 4, subs. 10 & 2, Cruisers 7 & 5, and, BB 5 & 6.

Game History

Round: 22 Purchase Units - Germans Germans buy 9 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - Germans 17 armour and 97 infantry moved from East Europe to Karelia S.S.R. 2 armour moved from Germany to Karelia S.S.R. 3 fighters moved from Germany to Karelia S.S.R. 1 fighter moved from West Europe to Karelia S.S.R. Combat - Germans Battle in Karelia S.S.R. Germans attack with 19 armour, 4 fighters and 97 infantry British defend with 1 bomber, 2 fighters and 33 infantry; Americans defend with 1 aaGun, 10 armour, 9 fighters and 48 infantry; Russians defend with 1 factory and 6 infantry 4 fighters owned by the Germans retreated 18 armour owned by the Germans retreated to East Europe Russians win with 10 armour, 1 bomber, 11 fighters and 23 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is -104 Casualties for Germans: 1 armour and 97 infantry Casualties for Americans: 48 infantry Casualties for Russians: 6 infantry Casualties for British: 10 infantry Non Combat Move - Germans 4 fighters moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Germany 9 infantry moved from Germany to East Europe Place Units - Germans 9 infantry placed in Germany Turn Complete - Germans Germans collect 25 PUs; end with 26 PUs

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@kwaspek104

Game History

Round: 5 Purchase Units - Russians Russians buy 1 armour and 7 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Russians 1 infantry moved from Syria Jordan to Persia 1 infantry moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Persia 2 infantry moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Novosibirsk 1 fighter moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Novosibirsk 1 fighter moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Persia 2 armour and 1 infantry moved from Russia to Evenki National Okrug 1 armour moved from Karelia S.S.R. to Evenki National Okrug Combat - Russians Battle in Persia Russians attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Persia, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Persia, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Persia Russians win, taking Persia from Japanese with 1 fighter and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Battle in Novosibirsk Russians attack with 1 fighter and 2 infantry Japanese defend with 1 infantry Russians roll dice for 1 fighter and 2 infantry in Novosibirsk, round 2 : 2/3 hits, 0.83 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 1 infantry in Novosibirsk, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Novosibirsk Russians win, taking Novosibirsk from Japanese with 1 fighter and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Battle in Evenki National Okrug Russians attack with 3 armour and 1 infantry Japanese defend with 2 infantry Russians roll dice for 3 armour and 1 infantry in Evenki National Okrug, round 2 : 2/4 hits, 1.67 expected hits Japanese roll dice for 2 infantry in Evenki National Okrug, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.67 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Evenki National Okrug 2 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Evenki National Okrug Russians win, taking Evenki National Okrug from Japanese with 3 armour remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Casualties for Japanese: 2 infantry Non Combat Move - Russians 1 aaGun moved from Russia to Evenki National Okrug 1 aaGun moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Russia 7 infantry moved from Kazakh S.S.R. to Russia 1 armour moved from Syria Jordan to Persia 1 armour moved from Persia to Caucasus 1 fighter moved from Persia to Karelia S.S.R. 1 fighter moved from Novosibirsk to Karelia S.S.R. Place Units - Russians 1 armour and 7 infantry placed in Karelia S.S.R. Turn Complete - Russians Russians collect 22 PUs; end with 22 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Japanese regular : -0.33 Russians regular : 1.67

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@Martin Yes the “miss” on my part was using Japan’s bomber offensively when it could have at least NCM’d from Manchuria -> Germany to give one more HP to the units there. That might have made some level of difference in the final fight but in hindsight, once the UK air got as many kills as it did it was unlikely that Germany was going to survive.

Good luck to you as well!

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