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TripleA Turn Summary: Japanese round 18

TripleA Turn Summary for game: World War II Global 1940 Balanced Mod3

Game History

Round: 18 Purchase Units - Japanese Japanese buy 1 carrier, 1 fighter, 5 infantry, 1 marine, 2 submarines and 2 transports; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; 6 SuicideAttackTokens; Combat Move - Japanese 1 armour moved from Shan State to Burma Japanese take Burma from UK_Pacific 1 armour moved from Burma to Yunnan 1 infantry moved from Kwangsi to Yunnan 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Shan State to Yunnan 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Shan State to Yunnan Combat - Japanese Battle in Yunnan Japanese attack with 1 armour, 3 fighters, 1 infantry and 3 tactical_bombers British defend with 1 infantry Japanese roll dice for 1 armour, 3 fighters, 1 infantry and 3 tactical_bombers in Yunnan, round 2 : 6/8 hits, 4.17 expected hits Chinese roll dice for 1 infantry in Yunnan, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Japanese lost in Yunnan 1 infantry owned by the British lost in Yunnan Japanese win, taking Yunnan from Chinese with 1 armour, 3 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 0 Casualties for Japanese: 1 infantry Casualties for British: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Japanese 4 artilleries, 4 infantry, 3 marines and 1 mech_infantry moved from Buryatia to Amur 1 mech_infantry moved from Kiangsu to Jehol 10 fighters moved from 35 Sea Zone to Japan 5 fighters moved from Philippines to 35 Sea Zone 2 tactical_bombers moved from Shan State to 35 Sea Zone 2 tactical_bombers moved from Shan State to 35 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Shan State to 35 Sea Zone 3 submarines moved from 36 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone 2 submarines moved from 6 Sea Zone to 35 Sea Zone 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from Shan State to Philippines 1 battleship moved from 35 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone 2 fighters moved from Shan State to Iraq 1 fighter moved from Iraq to Trans-Jordan 1 fighter moved from Southern Italy to 112 Sea Zone 2 artilleries moved from Iraq to Trans-Jordan 2 fighters moved from Hunan to Shan State 3 fighters and 3 tactical_bombers moved from Yunnan to Shan State 1 infantry moved from Sikang to Tsinghai 1 mech_infantry moved from Szechwan to Sikang 1 aaGun and 1 infantry moved from Hunan to Yunnan 1 mech_infantry moved from Shan State to Hunan 2 artilleries moved from Shan State to Yunnan 1 aaGun moved from Shan State to Yunnan 1 mech_infantry moved from Kiangsu to Anhwe 1 mech_infantry moved from Kiangsu to Chahar 3 tactical_bombers moved from Shan State to 35 Sea Zone 3 fighters moved from 35 Sea Zone to Shan State 2 fighters moved from 35 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone 2 tactical_bombers moved from Shan State to 35 Sea Zone 2 tactical_bombers moved from 35 Sea Zone to Philippines 2 fighters moved from Philippines to 35 Sea Zone 1 carrier moved from 35 Sea Zone to 37 Sea Zone 2 fighters moved from Shan State to 37 Sea Zone 2 tactical_bombers moved from 35 Sea Zone to Philippines 1 fighter and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Shan State to Philippines Place Units - Japanese 1 carrier placed in 37 Sea Zone 2 transports placed in 37 Sea Zone 2 submarines placed in 36 Sea Zone 1 marine placed in French Indo China Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Shan State: 1 aaGun EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to French Indo China: 1 aaGun EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode 3 infantry placed in Kiangsu 1 fighter and 2 infantry placed in Japan Turn Complete - Japanese Japanese collect 68 PUs; end with 68 PUs Objective Japanese 4 Control Dutch East Indies: Japanese met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 73 PUs Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by Japanese from Trans-Jordan: 1 fighter EDIT: Adding units owned by Japanese to Southern Italy: 1 fighter EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Chinese regular : 0.67 Japanese regular : 1.83

Savegame

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Game History

Round: 7 Purchase Units - Japanese Japanese buy 16 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Japanese 2 infantry moved from Yakut S.S.R. to Evenki National Okrug 2 fighters moved from Manchuria to Evenki National Okrug 1 infantry moved from Sinkiang to Kazakh S.S.R. Japanese take Kazakh S.S.R. from Russians 1 infantry moved from India to Persia 1 infantry moved from India to Persia 1 fighter moved from India to Persia 1 infantry moved from Madagascar to West Compass Sea Zone 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from West Compass Sea Zone to South Africa Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from South Africa Sea Zone to South Africa Japanese take South Africa from British 1 battleship and 1 submarine moved from West Compass Sea Zone to South Africa Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from West Compass Sea Zone to Persia 1 bomber moved from India to Russia Combat - Japanese Strategic bombing raid in Russia Russians roll AA dice in Russia : 0/1 hits, 0.17 expected hits Bombing raid in Russia rolls: 3 and costs: 3 PUs. Bombing raid costs 3 PUs Battle in Persia Japanese attack with 2 fighters and 2 infantry Russians defend with 1 infantry Japanese roll dice for 2 fighters and 2 infantry in Persia, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits British roll dice for 1 infantry in Persia, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Russians lost in Persia Japanese win, taking Persia from British with 2 fighters and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Russians: 1 infantry Battle in Evenki National Okrug Japanese attack with 2 fighters and 2 infantry Americans defend with 1 infantry Japanese roll dice for 2 fighters and 2 infantry in Evenki National Okrug, round 2 : 1/4 hits, 1.33 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 infantry in Evenki National Okrug, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 infantry owned by the Americans lost in Evenki National Okrug Japanese win, taking Evenki National Okrug from Russians with 2 fighters and 2 infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 3 Casualties for Americans: 1 infantry Non Combat Move - Japanese 2 fighters moved from Evenki National Okrug to Manchuria 1 infantry moved from Manchuria to Yakut S.S.R. 1 infantry moved from China to Sinkiang 1 armour and 5 infantry moved from French Indo China to India 2 fighters moved from Persia to India 7 infantry moved from Japan to Japan Sea Zone 7 infantry and 4 transports moved from Japan Sea Zone to French Indo China Sea Zone 4 transports moved from French Indo China Sea Zone to Japan Sea Zone 7 infantry moved from Japan to Japan Sea Zone 7 infantry moved from Japan Sea Zone to Manchuria 7 infantry moved from French Indo China Sea Zone to French Indo China 1 fighter moved from West Compass Sea Zone to India 1 bomber moved from Russia to India 1 carrier moved from West Compass Sea Zone to French Indo China Sea Zone Place Units - Japanese 16 infantry placed in Japan Turn Complete - Japanese Japanese collect 48 PUs; end with 48 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Japanese regular : -0.67 Russians regular : -0.33 British regular : -0.33 Russians AA : -0.17

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Game History

Round: 3 Purchase Units - Americans Americans buy 1 bomber, 1 carrier, 2 destroyers, 1 fighter and 2 submarines; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Americans 3 carriers moved from 31 Sea Zone to 7 Sea Zone 1 battleship moved from 31 Sea Zone to 7 Sea Zone 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers and 5 fighters moved from 31 Sea Zone to 7 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Wake Island to 7 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Wake Island to 31 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 31 Sea Zone to 7 Sea Zone 1 armour and 1 infantry moved from Western United States to 10 Sea Zone 1 armour, 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 1 infantry, 1 submarine and 1 transport moved from 10 Sea Zone to 7 Sea Zone 1 tactical_bomber moved from 31 Sea Zone to 10 Sea Zone 1 fighter moved from Eastern United States to Morocco 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from French West Africa to 83 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 83 Sea Zone to 91 Sea Zone 1 cruiser moved from 83 Sea Zone to 70 Sea Zone 1 bomber moved from United Kingdom to 112 Sea Zone Combat - Americans Battle in 112 Sea Zone Americans attack with 1 bomber Germans defend with 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 transport Americans roll dice for 1 bomber in 112 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.67 expected hits Germans roll dice for 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer and 1 transport in 112 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.83 expected hits 1 bomber owned by the Americans lost in 112 Sea Zone 1 destroyer owned by the Germans lost in 112 Sea Zone Germans win with 1 cruiser and 1 transport remaining. Battle score for attacker is -4 Casualties for Americans: 1 bomber Casualties for Germans: 1 destroyer Non Combat Move - Americans Place Units - Americans 1 carrier placed in 10 Sea Zone 1 fighter placed in 10 Sea Zone 1 destroyer and 1 submarine placed in 101 Sea Zone 1 destroyer and 1 submarine placed in 10 Sea Zone 1 bomber placed in Eastern United States Turn Complete - Americans Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 2 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 101 Sea Zone. Rolls: 6,2 Americans collect 50 PUs (2 lost to blockades); end with 50 PUs Objective Americans 1 Homeland: Americans met a national objective for an additional 10 PUs; end with 60 PUs Objective Americans 3 Defense Obligations: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 65 PUs Objective Americans 2 Outer Territories: Americans met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 70 PUs Purchase Units - Chinese Trigger Chinese Loses Burma Road: Chinese has their production frontier changed to: productionChinese_Burma_Road_Closed Chinese buy 2 infantry; Remaining resources: 1 PUs; Combat Move - Chinese 1 infantry moved from Suiyuyan to Chahar Chinese take Chahar from Japanese 15 infantry moved from Hopei to Kweichow Chinese take Kweichow from Japanese 1 infantry moved from Kansu to Suiyuyan 1 fighter moved from Kansu to Suiyuyan Combat - Chinese Non Combat Move - Chinese Place Units - Chinese 2 infantry placed in Kweichow Turn Complete - Chinese Chinese collect 9 PUs; end with 10 PUs Purchase Units - British British repair damage of 6x airfield; Remaining resources: 25 PUs; British buy 2 armour, 1 fighter and 1 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Purchase Units - UK_Pacific UK_Pacific repair damage of 7x factory_major; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; UK_Pacific buy nothing; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - British 3 fighters moved from United Kingdom to 92 Sea Zone 1 armour moved from Iraq to 80 Sea Zone 1 infantry moved from Eastern Persia to 80 Sea Zone 1 armour, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 80 Sea Zone to 39 Sea Zone 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Kenya to 72 Sea Zone 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport moved from 72 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone 1 cruiser and 1 destroyer moved from 80 Sea Zone to 81 Sea Zone 2 armour moved from Union of South Africa to Belgian Congo 2 infantry moved from Rhodesia to Belgian Congo 1 tactical_bomber moved from Union of South Africa to Egypt Combat - British Battle in 92 Sea Zone British attack with 3 fighters Italians defend with 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers, 1 submarine and 2 transports 1 submarine owned by the Italians submerged British roll dice for 3 fighters in 92 Sea Zone, round 2 : 3/3 hits, 1.50 expected hits Italians roll dice for 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 2 transports in 92 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/3 hits, 1.17 expected hits 1 fighter owned by the British lost in 92 Sea Zone 2 destroyers owned by the Italians and 1 cruiser owned by the Italians lost in 92 Sea Zone 2 transports owned by the Italians lost in 92 Sea Zone British win with 2 fighters remaining. Battle score for attacker is 32 Casualties for British: 1 fighter Casualties for Italians: 1 cruiser, 2 destroyers and 2 transports Non Combat Move - British Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by Americans from 91 Sea Zone: 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to 91 Sea Zone: 1 transport EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode 2 fighters moved from 92 Sea Zone to Morocco 1 artillery moved from Iraq to Northwest Persia British take Northwest Persia from Neutral_Allies 1 mech_infantry moved from Iraq to Persia British take Persia from Neutral_Allies Place Units - British Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Adding units owned by Americans to Morocco: 1 artillery and 1 infantry EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode Turning on Edit Mode EDIT: Removing units owned by British from 81 Sea Zone: 1 artillery, 1 infantry and 1 transport EDIT: Adding units owned by British to 81 Sea Zone: 1 transport EDIT: Adding units owned by British to Egypt: 1 artillery and 1 infantry EDIT: Turning off Edit Mode 2 armour and 1 fighter placed in Union of South Africa 1 infantry placed in United Kingdom Turn Complete - British British collect 33 PUs; end with 33 PUs Turn Complete - UK_Pacific Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 7 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 43 Sea Zone. Rolls: 3,4 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 37 Sea Zone. Rolls: 2,3 UK_Pacific collect 6 PUs (7 lost to blockades); end with 6 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Americans regular : 0.33 Italians regular : -0.17 Germans regular : 0.17 British regular : 1.50

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TripleA Manual Gamesave Post: Italians round 19

TripleA Manual Gamesave Post for game: WW2 Path to Victory

Game History

Round: 19 Purchase Units - Italians Italians buy 2 artilleries and 8 infantry; Remaining resources: 0 PUs; Combat Move - Italians 1 submarine moved from 94 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone 2 fighters and 1 tactical_bomber moved from Southern Italy to 98 Sea Zone 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Romania to Poland 2 fighters and 2 tactical_bombers moved from 95 Sea Zone to 98 Sea Zone 1 marine moved from Southern France to 95 Sea Zone 1 battleship and 1 marine moved from 95 Sea Zone to 101 Sea Zone 1 marine moved from 101 Sea Zone to Syria Combat - Italians Battle in Syria Battle in 98 Sea Zone Italians attack with 4 fighters, 1 submarine and 3 tactical_bombers Americans defend with 1 cruiser Italians roll dice for 1 submarine in 98 Sea Zone, round 2 : 1/1 hits, 0.33 expected hits 1 cruiser owned by the Americans lost in 98 Sea Zone Italians win, taking Syria from British with 4 fighters, 1 submarine and 3 tactical_bombers remaining. Battle score for attacker is 11 Casualties for Americans: 1 cruiser Battle in Poland Italians attack with 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry Russians defend with 1 armour Italians roll dice for 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry in Poland, round 2 : 1/2 hits, 0.83 expected hits Russians roll dice for 1 armour in Poland, round 2 : 0/1 hits, 0.50 expected hits 1 armour owned by the Russians lost in Poland Italians win, taking Poland from Russians with 1 armour and 1 mech_infantry remaining. Battle score for attacker is 6 Casualties for Russians: 1 armour Non Combat Move - Italians 1 infantry moved from Romania to Slovakia Hungary 3 artilleries moved from Romania to Yugoslavia 1 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Romania 1 artillery and 1 infantry moved from Bulgaria to Yugoslavia 1 infantry moved from Northern Italy to Yugoslavia 2 armour and 1 mech_infantry moved from Southern Italy to Yugoslavia 3 artilleries and 7 infantry moved from Southern France to 95 Sea Zone 3 artilleries, 2 carriers, 2 cruisers, 10 destroyers, 7 infantry and 5 transports moved from 95 Sea Zone to 101 Sea Zone 4 fighters moved from 98 Sea Zone to 101 Sea Zone 2 tactical_bombers moved from 98 Sea Zone to 95 Sea Zone 10 infantry moved from Southern Italy to Northern Italy 1 tactical_bomber moved from 98 Sea Zone to Southern Italy 7 submarines moved from 94 Sea Zone to 97 Sea Zone 3 artilleries and 7 infantry moved from 101 Sea Zone to Syria Place Units - Italians 2 artilleries and 8 infantry placed in Northern Italy Turn Complete - Italians Italians collect 19 PUs; end with 19 PUs Objective Italians 1 Control The Mediterranean: Italians met a national objective for an additional 5 PUs; end with 24 PUs Objective Italians 5 Control Convoy Lanes: Italians met a national objective for an additional 3 PUs; end with 27 PUs

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

Italians regular : 0.83 Russians regular : -0.50

Savegame

Game History

Round: 7 Purchase Units - ANZAC ANZAC buy nothing; Remaining resources: 5 PUs; Combat Move - ANZAC 1 cruiser moved from 28 Sea Zone to 27 Sea Zone Combat - ANZAC Non Combat Move - ANZAC 3 aaGuns, 1 artillery, 1 fighter and 18 infantry moved from New South Wales to Queensland Turn Complete - ANZAC Total Cost from Convoy Blockades: 0 Rolling for Convoy Blockade Damage in 64 Sea Zone. Rolls: 5,5 ANZAC collect 10 PUs; end with 15 PUs Combat Move - French Turn Complete - French

Combat Hit Differential Summary :

What a game! And what a thrilling denouement. I bet MacArthur damn near chomped the end of pipe off in anticipation when he heard the orders!