Global 1940, No. 9 Game Report:
This is the only post in the Global 1940 No. 9 Game Report.
Players:
Axis: Butch Cassidy
Allies: The Captain
Germany:
From Early 1940, Germany launched only small scale U-Boat attacks in the Atlantic.
The German U-Boat production was kept at a minimum - just enough to disrupt Allied shipping in the Atlantic.
In Late 1940 Germany attacked the Soviet Union along the entire Eastern Front.
Throughout the Barbarossa Campaign Germany was lacking sufficient support in men and equipment in order to threaten Moscow.
Soviet Union:
As soon as the German attack on USSR started, the Soviets produced Mines on a massive scale - continuosly placing them in front of the advancing German forces, as the Soviets were withdrawing to their final defensive line at Archangel-Smolensk-Bryansk-Tambov-Volgograd.
Japan:
In Late 1940, Japan declared War on the Soviet Union.
After defeating China in Late 1942, Japan launched a massive attack against a few Soviet Infantry units in Kazakhstan in Early 1943.
A massive Japanese build-up of Infantry, Artillery and Tank units took place in Early 1943 in Kazakhstan.
United States:
In Late 1941 USA declared War on all Axis Nations - and attacked on all fronts.
Gradually the United States got the upper hand in both the Pacific, Africa and Western Europe.
United Kingdom:
Since Japan launched a massive attack against China and the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom had to send equipment to the Soviet Union on a massive scale.
Infantry, Tank and Fighter units were transported by Strategic Rail Movement to the Soviet Union to bolster the defense against both German, Italian and Japanese attacks.
Early 1944 and Late 1944:
Europe was invaded by US and UK forces on a massive scale - forcing Germany to put an end to the reinforcements for the Eastern Front.
In Early 1944, the Soviet Union launched two Massive Offensive Operations:
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The Soviet 1st Tank Army supported by numerous Infantry and Tank units, attacked the Japanese forces in Kazakhstan - and eliminated all Japanese units including 30 % of the Japanese airforce.
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On the Eastern Front the Soviets launched an offensive against German units in Caucasus, Western Ukraine, Belarus, Novgorod, Baltic States - eliminating everything on their way.
With those two Massive Offensive Operations, the Soviets - heavily supported by both US and UK units - had put an end to further Axis offensive operations in Asia and Eastern Europe.
In Late 1944 the United States attacked Western Germany - effecticely putting an end to further German offensive operations in Western Europe.
In Asia, US, UK and ANZAC forces eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy - captured most islands in the Pacific - and pushed back the Japanese land forces in China.
By the end of Late 1944 both Germany and Japan were surrounded on all sides - and the Allies were closing in on both Berlin and Tokyo.
With a combined IPC Level at 195, the Allies won an Economic Victory by Late 1944.
These pictures display the situation at the end of Late 1944: