@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.
Axis & Allies 1914: Round Robin
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-Due to lost files, about just under 20% of these scenarios are lost for now, including number 15. When found will try to put it back up, thanks, Pellulo
In this scenario GE. has about five rounds to take Paris, can the British Empire contain the Axis navy, take over Axis Africa colonies, &, send land units in time to France. As back up the USA will mostly send transports to Fr. & help out a bit in countering Axis naval forces(and help Fr. in Africa).
Pellulo.Round One: Germany builds sub., fighter, gun, &, 6 troopers. Moves all naval forces, into British Home Waters, lose a sub. due to mines. Combat BB, 2C , &, 3 subs., versus, British BB, 2C, &, transport. Losses Only German BB & C survive, &, from Kameron trooper crosses over Fr. Eq. Africa & takes over the colony.
In Lorraine 7 troopers & 2 guns attack Fr. 6 troopers & 2 guns. Losses Axis 3 troopers & Allies 5 troopers, Lorraine is contested.
France builds sub., gun, and, 4 troopers. Moves two troopers via transport from N. Africa to S. France(remaining African troops move to Fr. West Africa). Two transports head for East Coast, the Med. fleet goes to join the Atlantic fleet.
Land/air units reinforce Lorraine. Battle fighter, 13 troopers , &, 6 guns, versus, GE. 4 troopers & 2 guns. Losses Allies 2 troopers & Axis all lost. Lorraine is uncontested!
British Empire builds a BB, sub., transport, &, fighter. Troopers move into position to attack GE. East Africa. Med. Fleet & transport go to south of France, &, land trooper & gun. Indian fleet & loaded transport sail to S. of France. Canadian fleet transport lands in Picardy a trooper & gun, C goes to home waters. Combat C versus GE. BB, 2C, & submarine. Losses Allied C & Axis BB damaged & submarine lost.
USA builds 2 transports, gun, &, trooper.
Round Two:GE. builds sub., fighter, gun, &, 7 troopers. Moves trooper back to Cameron, &, another takes over undefended Gold Coast colony. Again invades Lorraine, fighter(which wins air duel), 18 troopers & 6 guns, versus, Fr. fighter, 9 troopers & 4 guns. Losses Allies all but 1 trooper, &, Axis 8 troopers.
In British home waters, damaged BB & 2C versus British BB & sub., losses all Allies & Axis 1 Cruiser.
Fr. builds transport, fighter, gun & 3 troopers. Two transports arrive off East coast & 1 transport heads to Africa. Two BB & C & sub., enter British home water, versus damaged GE. BB & C(losses both Fr. BBs damaged & Axis fleet sunk).
Moves 2 troopers into Gold Coast & defeats defending GE. trooper(for no lost). British colony is freed. Moves reinforcements into Lorraine, 11 troopers & 4 guns, versus, GE. fighter, 10 troopers & 6 guns. Losses Allies 7 troopers, &, Axis 6 troopers. Lorraine still contested.
British Empire builds sub., transport, fighter, &, 4 troopers. Indian fleet approaching S. France with transport, another transport goes back to Egypt, while Med. Fleet goes to home waters. Another 2 transports from Britain lands 2 troopers & 2 guns in Picardy. From Marseilles to Lorraine, trooper & gun move into province.
In Africa trooper from Rhodesia & two from British E. Africa invade GE. East Africa, defended by just 1 trooper(losses all are wiped out).
US builds transport, fighter, gun, &, trooper. Troops & guns board 2 Fr. transports, while same board 2 US transports(that sail for France with escort fleet).
Round Three: GE. has got to take full control of Lorraine, before more Brits., much less US land forces arrive, this round will decide if GE. will have to think about potential peace overtures. If possible, controlling fully Lorraine, GE. could try to take Burgundy or Picardy(not both), in the following round, with an army that is gun heavy. Traditionally that army gets cut off and destroyed outside of Paris(with GE. reinforcements unable to come to its aid, much less if GE. losses Lorraine). The other choice is to wait for more forces from Germany to arrive into Lorraine, of course by that time with 6-8 Brits. landing & about 4 US forces landing, makes the Allies defenses harder to crack. To wait one round boils down to one decisive attack & inevitable Allied counterattacks, in the next round. GE. got to go the traditional route or try something different.
Germany builds BB, gun, &, 6 troopers. More units pour into Lorraine, battle 2 fighters duel with a Brit. fighter(both sides lose a plane), 10 guns & 13 troopers, versus, Fr. 4 guns & 4 troopers, Brit. trooper & gun. Lorraine falls, all Allies wiped our & Axis losses 6 troopers.
France builds fighter, gun, &, 4 troopers. At sea moves a damaged BB to Brest for repairs. Moves a trooper into undefended Togoland(it falls), &, a empty transport arrives off Togoland(along with a transport going to Canada to pick up Brit. forces & 2 transports arriving off Ireland, with US forces for France).
Land forces reinforces Picardy & Burgundy.
Great Britain builds sub., transport, fighter, &, 4 troopers. Two Brit. troopers approach undefended GE. East Africa. A transport lands in S. France trooper & gun, &, another from India lands 2 guns(Indian fleet sails for home waters of Britain & Med. Sea C does the same). Along with 3 transports land in Picardy 2 guns & 4 troopers.
USA builds 3 transports & trooper, fighter flies to Ireland, &, US fleet goes to join Allies Fleet in British home waters. Also 2 transports drop off, in Picardy, 3 troopers & gun.
Round Four: GE. builds a tank(symbolic purchase, by the time it gets to Fr., the war will be over), fighter, gun, 4 troopers, &, 2 submarines. Trooper from Kamerun takes over undefended Nigeria, it falls. From Lorraine invades Burgundy with fighter, 6 troopers, &, 10 guns versus British trooper & 2 guns, Fr. fighter & 9 troopers. Losses in air duel both fighters lost, Axis lose 4 troopers & Allies 6 troopers.
France is starting to skid on those ropes, in the boxing ring called the Western Front, builds 8 troopers. Moves more forces into Burgundy, cannot allow it to become invested. Battle 9 troopers & gun & fighter versus Axis trooper & 10 guns. Losses Allies 8 troopers & Axis 7 guns. British Nigeria is retaken with a lost of a trooper for Fr. & Germany.
A repair BB joins the Allied Fleet, while a damaged BB returns to Brest for repairs. Transport heads for S. Africa, 2 transports arrive off Picardy with US forces. Another transport arrives also with Canadian trooper & gun.
British Empire builds sub., tank, gun, &, 4 troopers. Cruiser joins home fleet. Four transports land 8 troopers, &, trooper and gun from a Fr. transport, in Picardy. From Med. Sea a transport drops off 2 troopers in S. France(from Egypt), &, another transport heads for Canada.
Reinforcements pour into Lorraine. Battle in Burgundy, fighter, 7 troopers and 5 guns versus GE. fighter, 3 guns & trooper. Losses all Axis & Allies lose 3 troopers. Burgundy is uncontested!
Move 2 troopers into undefended German East Africa, &, colony falls.
US builds tank, gun, &, 3 troopers. Moves two transports to France with 3 troopers, &, 2 transports return to East Coast. Three troopers & gun reinforce Burgundy. Also from 2 Fr. transports off Picardy, 2 troopers & 2 guns disembark onto Picardy.
Round Five: Germany builds sub., fighter, 2 guns, &, six infantry. Invades Burgundy(less protected than Picardy), fighter, 9 guns, &, 16 troopers, versus, US gun & 3 troopers, Fr. trooper, gun, & fighter, Brits. fighter, 5 guns, and, 4 troopers. Air duel Axis fighter defeats both Allied fighters, Axis losses 11 troopers, &, Allies 7 troopers & 5 guns.
Fr. builds fighter, gun, &, 3 troopers. Moves reinforcements into Burgundy, and, sends two transports to USA and another off London. Also Fr. BB joins Ally fleet, while another transport goes off GE. E. Africa to allow 2 British troopers to board, in the future. Attacks from British Nigeria into the undefended German Kameron(colony falls).
British Empire builds(misplace on some other thread, sorry)
US builds fighter, gun, &, 3 troopers. Two transports leave East Coast for France, while 3 transports leave S. of France for U.S.(left in Fr. 4 troopers & gun).
Also moves into Burgundy, fighter & 2 guns & 2 troopers, versus, Ge. trooper & 7 guns. Losses Allies trooper, 2 guns, &, fighter, and, Axis 3 guns.Round Six: Germany builds sub., fighter, gun, 4 troopers, & tank. The war has become practically unwinable, GE. needs to hold unto as much territory, in order to make a political peace.
Moves fleet to Sea zone #4, for attempted breakout to Mid-Atlantic, to get to those transports. Reinforces Burgundy, no attacks, in order to end the round with a good number of land units(to bargain with the Allies).
Fr. builds sub. & 4 troopers. Two transports arrive off East Coast, while another sails to same destination(while another arrives off S.W. Africa). Fleet of 2BB, C & sub., versus, GE. BB & 5 subs., in Sea Zone#4. Losses only a damaged Fr. BB survives.
More forces into Burgundy, fighter & 2 guns & 12 troopers, versus, GE. 5 guns & 8 troopers. Losses Allies 6 troopers & Axis 7 troopers. Fr. trooper retakes undefended Eq. Africa colony.
British Empire builds fighter, gun, &, 7 troopers. BB joins home fleet, &, 3 transports sail for E. Coast. Off GE. S.W. Africa disembarking 2 troopers(off Fr. transport) joins trooper & gun, that crossed from Union of S. Africa, versus GE. trooper & gun. The GE. colony falls for lost of Allies 2 troopers & GE. trooper & gun.
In Burgundy fighter, 6 guns, &, 7 troopers, versus, GE. trooper & 5 guns. Losses Allies 4 troopers & Axis all forces lost. Burgundy is Axis free!
From Picardy 12 troopers, gun & tank & fighter, versus, fighter, gun, &, 9 troopers. Losses in duel Brit. fighter lost, Allies 5 troopers & Axis gun & 8 troopers.
In GE. home waters, 2 subs. enter, one lost to mines & another to naval combat(GE. sub. destroyed).
U.S.A. builds fighter, tank, &, 3 troopers. Two transports debark, in S. of France, 2 troopers & gun & tank(also 2 transports leave from there going back to E. Coast). Off E. Coast 2 transports with 3 troopers & gun, board for France. Fighter flies from US to Ireland. Moves trooper into Lorraine, &, gun and 4 troopers into Burgundy.
Political victory for the Allies, GE. will leave Lorraine & keep only S.W. Africa(the other three go to the Allies). GE. still has allot land forces left in Europe. Allied land forces in France most are Brits., USA., &, France. While at sea Fr. trumps the GE. naval forces.
IPCs losses Axis Land 237 & Allies 258, Axis Air 12 & Allies 30, Axis Sea 102 & Allies 102.
Forces at end of game, Axis 27 foot, 4 guns, 2 tanks, &, 3 fighters. Allies Fr. 10 foot, 2 guns, 1 fighter, damaged BB, 4 transports, sub., Brits. 32 foot, 8 guns, tank, 2 fighters, 2C, BB, 7 transports, 2 subs.; USA 13 troopers, 6 guns, 2 tanks, 2 fighters, C & BB, 4 transports.
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This variant has no U.S.A. forces, just Russia, France, and, British Empire versus Germany. The Axis need to take Russia out of the war early and fast, hard for the other Allies navies to force through convoys to the east(those back to back mines are a real threat). Also the Western Allies have a poor track record for offensives on their side of the board(it helps that Germany will need to use most of its land forces for a quick settlement with Russia, and, naval action to mostly defensive purposes).
PelluloRound One: Russia reinforces Poland, moves troopers & guns towards it(keeps six guns in Belarus, if and when, a counterattack is needed) . Buys sub in case her fleet is needed to help the Allies naval forces take over German home waters. Also builds fighter and 4 troopers.
GE. builds sub. & transport, and, fighter & gun & 4 troopers. Moves all sea forces to home waters. All land forces for 5 provinces closes to Russia concentrate in Prussia and Silesia, &, 3 provinces closes to France concentrate in Alsace. The Eastern Front forces are building their forces for an massive attack on Poland for round two. While the Western Front forces are going on defense only to keep the Western Allies from trying to help Russia. Meanwhile forces in Africa go for the points & take undefended gold coast & Fr. Eq. Africa. While the Navy will be on the defense for Allies breakout to Russian home waters.
Fr. builds sub. & fighter, and, gun & 2 troopers. Moves fighter & land forces to Lorraine. In Africa trooper goes to Fr. West Africa from Morocco, transport moves troopers to Marseilles from North Africa(afterward transport moves towards Fr. West Africa).
French Fleets move towards British Home islands, &, 2 transports head towards Canada.
British Empire builds 2 subs. & BB, and, fighter. Moves from Egypt 2 troopers to Sudan, and, troopers board transport and debark Marseilles(C continues to British home islands). Indian fleet of BB & C heads towards home islands, &, transport follows with 2 guns, for Marseilles via Med. Sea.
Meanwhile Canadian fleet heads for Home Islands and transport lands in Picardy trooper & gun(same landing with Home Island transport). Combat a trooper from Rhodesia & Brit. E. Africa invade GE. East Africa(colony falls for a lost of an trooper each side, first losses for this game).
Round Two: Russia goes, she has enough forces to take or severely contest Silesia, but, as history shows the invertible GE. counterattack destroys/deplete the Russian forces. Also leaving to defend Poland are practically Russia’s last reserve forces. Still the temptation is great, play the German game & invade Silesia, or, stick to the doctrine of massive defense.
Russia builds plane & sub., &, 4 troopers. Moves more forces as reserves into Belarus & 3 troopers more into Poland.
Germany goes & must attack even thought the troops & guns from Kiel are not on the front lines, to delay only allows the Allies to strengthen their forces.
GE. builds a BB & 8 troopers. Last 2 subs. join home fleet, and, land forces with fighters enter Poland. Combat air duel, both sides lose a fighter, GE. still has
a second fighter. GE. 32 troopers & 7 guns versus Russian 32 troopers & 10 guns. Axis losses 14 troopers & Allies 18 troopers. In Africa troops leave Gold Coast & Fr. Eq. Africa to take Nigeria.France builds sub. & 6 troopers. Two troopers retake Gold Coast, with a transport arriving off same. Fleet joins British fleet, in home waters, transport brings 2 Canadian troopers to Picardy, while another transport arrives off Canada.
France needs to attack, in order to cause pressure on Germany, who is now contesting Poland.
Moves forces into Alsace battle of fighter, 18 troopers & 6 guns, versus, GE. 25 troopers & 10 guns. Losses Allies 17 troopers & gun & Axis 15 troopers.
British Empire builds Fighter & 2 BB. Moving all ships to home waters, African transport to S. France of trooper & gun. Along with from Marseilles 2 troopers go into Burgundy(also 2 troopers go to Lorraine from Picardy & a fighter arrives there). At sea 2 transports debark 4 troopers onto Picardy from Wales.
In Africa 3 troopers retake Fr. Eq. Africa colony.
Round Three: Russia builds fighter & 6 troopers, moves all forces into Poland. Navy is licking its chops for transport only defended by mines.
GE. builds C & fighter & 9 troopers. Moves more units into Poland and attacks. Air duel both sides lose their fighter. GE. 26 troopers & 14 guns versus Russian 16 troopers & 13 guns. Losses Axis 14 troopers & Allies 15 troopers & 1 gun.
In Africa GE. abandons Togoland & Kameron, and, occupies Nigeria. On Western Front GE. goes on offense, cause of Fr. fighter & guns in Alsace, are more dangerous, if allowed to attack next turn(guns have a value of 4). Combat ten troopers & 9 guns versus Fr. fighter, trooper, &, 5 guns. Losses GE. 5 troopers & all Fr. forces.
Fr. builds fighter, gun, & , 5 troopers. Fr. fleet takes up station with Brit. fleet, transport arrives off Canada. France occupies Togo land with 2 troopers from Gold Coast. More reinforcements from Paris arrive into Lorraine of troops & gun, meanwhile land & air units enter Alase.
Combat(no overwhelming forces here, but, Russia is starting to go critical)of fighter & 6 troopers & 2 guns, versus, GE. 5 troopers & 10 guns. Losses all Allies & Axis 4 troopers & gun.
British Empire so far has lost 1 trooper! Builds 2 fighter & 2 transports, and, 2 troopers & 2 guns. British Empire builds 2 fighter & 2 transports, and, 2 troopers & 2 guns. In Lorraine 5 troopers arrive with fighter. Moves 3 troopers from Fr. Eq. Africa into Kamerun, &, another trooper reinforces Brit. S. Africa. Indian fleet still sailing for London, and, transport lands two guns in Marseilles. Two troopers in Canada also board Fr. transport.
Combat entering Alsace 2 troopers & gun & fighter, versus, GE. trooper & 9 guns. Losses all Allies & Axis 3 guns. Losses are heavy Western Front, but, GE. is finding it hard to reinforce it.
Sea Combat, using the Fr. fleet as backup to prevent any possible GE. fleet movement, Brits. fleet move into GE. home waters, no mine damage.
Four battle-wagons, 4C, 2 subs., versus, GE. 2BB, 3C, 5 submarines. Except for a damaged Brit. BB, all ships lost. Major victory for Allies, Russian & Fr. fleets are intact, &, Brits. can still built a navy, the Axis will find it hard to do so.
Round Four: Russia builds tank & 5 troopers. Fighter & troops move into Poland. Combat fighter, 5 troopers, & 12 guns, versus, GE. 12 troopers & 14 guns. Allies lose 4 troopers & 8 guns, &, Axis lose 11 troopers & 2 guns(in all of Russia there is 11 troopers compare to one for Germany, for now).
GE. builds fighter, sub, tank, gun & 3 troops. Moves troops & plane as reinforcements into Poland & leaves one trooper in Prussia, and, from Poland moves gun into Prussia(to help deter any Allied sea landings). Also two troopers go to Kiel for same reason.
Combat both fighters in air duel lost. Six troopers & 11 guns versus Russian trooper & 4 guns. Losses GE. 3 troopers & All Allies. Poland has fallen!
Fr. builds gun, tank, 3 troopers, &, fighter. Fr. C & BB joins damaged Brit. BB in sea zone #10. Also another BB & sub. take patrol in sea zone #5. Transport brings Canadian gun & trooper to off Picardy. Also forces invade Alsace again.
Battle 6 troopers & gun, versus, GE. trooper & 6 guns. Losses Allies 5 troopers & Axis 6 guns.
British Empire builds tank, gun, 3 troopers, and, 2 transports. Transport debarks trooper & gun in Marseille, and, another sails to India. Also two transports leave in Picardy 2 troopers, gun, and, tank(the Brits. are arriving in force to mainland Europe), along with 5 troopers & fighter move into Alsace/S. Germany(versus GE. 1 trooper, losses one trooper each side, Alsace has fallen!).
In Kiel 3 transports & C go to Kiel(C & Transport with 2 troopers lost to mines). Off shore BB shells & destroys lone defending trooper & transports land 3 troopers & gun(Kiel falls).
Africa 3 troopers from Kameron enter Nigeria, versus, GE. 2 troopers. Losses 2 troopers each side, Nigeria retaken! Also GE. S.W. Africa falls, when 2 troopers & gun invade and battle defending GE. trooper & gun. Allies lose trooper & all Axis forces lost.
Round Five: Russia builds 7 troopers. Moves into Poland 5 troopers, reinforces Livonia & Belursa. Combat 5 troopers versus GE. 3 troopers & 11 guns, losses All Allies & Axis 2 troopers & 2 guns.
Germany builds sub. & 10 infantry, moves forces into Belarus & 3 troopers into Poland as reinforcements. Combat 1 trooper & 9 guns, versus, Russian 3 troopers. Losses Axis 2 guns & All Allies, Belarus falls.
From Berlin attempt to retake Kiel, fighter, tank, 5 troopers, &, 3 troopers from Hanover. Losses GE. & Brits. 4 troopers each.
Fr. builds gun & 7 troops. Moves transport with 2 troopers to GE., and, land and air forces enter Germany. Combat forces enters Rhur, trooper, gun, and, tank, versus, German trooper. Allies loses gun & GE. a trooper, Rhur falls.
British Empire builds transport, guns, and, troops. Moves 5 transports to Kiel, and, arriving home waters a BB & transport(damaged BB off Kiel returns to home waters).
Combat in Kiel 7 troopers & 4 guns & tank, versus, German fighter, 7 troopers, &, tank. Losses Allies 3 troopers & Axis all but fighter.
Forces move into Munich, combat of fighter & 4 troopers, versus, German 2 troopers. Losses Allies a trooper & All Axis, Munich falls.
Round Six: Russia builds 7 troopers. Battle 2 troopers from Livonia, into Poland held by GE. 3 troopers. Losses 2 troopers each side. Into Belarus 7 troopers & tank, versus, GE. trooper & 7 guns. Losses Allies 3 troopers & Axis 2 guns. Belarus becomes contested.
Germany half of its eight provinces are overrun, her forces are too weak to ever take Moscow(much less any reinforcements to get to Russia). Right now GE. forces are outnumbered by Russian forces. Builds sub., tank, &, 6 troopers.
Combat in contested Belarus, trooper & 5 guns, versus, Russian 4 troopers & tank. Losses Axis 3 guns & Allies 3 troopers. Berlin garrison of 10 troopers enter Kiel, versus, Brit. 4 troopers, 4 guns, &, tank. Losses Axis 5 troopers & Allies 3 troopers, &, 4 guns. Kiel stays contested.
Moves 2 subs. to Sea zone #10, versus, Fr. BB & C, all lost both sides.
Germany settles for defeat, major political lost, losses all colonies, &, agrees to split Germany up(east part is the old kingdom of Prussia, the rest is much larger states, under a new type of Holy Roman Empire setup).
If the round were to finish, Fr. will take over Hanover, and, Brits. will land 10 units to uncontested Kiel(or make a landing in Berlin). Axis will leave Russia(8 troopers and tank plus new units waiting to push out GE. 2 troopers & 2 guns), &, Allies leave the two new German states. With diminishing resources & provinces, better now than latter.
Losses IPCs: Axis Land 115, Air 18, Sea 99, &, Allies Land 117, Air 36, &, Sea 120.
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Russia, France, Italy, versus, Germany. Germany does have to put up with the Royal Navy, but, Italy will be able to help out on the Western Front faster than the Brits. could have. If GE. is willing to take out the Russian fleet, with transports she can also land troops & guns along Russia’s coastline.Again going defensive for the Western Front, and, only attacking on the Eastern Front, might just work. Especially with the navy guarding the sea route to Russia(and sending a few subs. to annoy the Fr. fleet). Can the Western Allies break into Southern Germany, much less build up its naval forces to take out the Axis fleet, to be of any help to Russia.
For this particular scenario, the British Empire has closed off the English Channel, as usual, the Ottomans will not allow any military ships, in or out of the Black Sea.
Round One: Russia builds a sub. to support its BB for an impending GE. naval attack, fighter, &, 4 troopers. Moves forces into its three seacoast provinces, &, into Poland, Leaving guns in Belursa as a reserve for future counterattacks.
Germany builds 2 transports, sub. , fighter, & 3 troopers. Forces move into Poland & reinforcements into Alsace. Moves BB & 2C to Sea Zone #11 from 10, &, 2 subs. move from Sea zone #5 to 3.
Combat 2 subs. from Sea zone #7 move and attack Fr. fleet of BB and a transport off Brest(subs. suffer no mine damage). Losses Axis both subs. & Allies lose transport & BB damaged.
Entering Poland fighter, 12 troopers & 6 guns, versus, Russian 19 troopers & 4 guns. Losses Allies 12 troopers & Axis 11 troopers, Poland is contested. African trooper from Kamerun takes over Fr. Eq. Africa.
Fr. builds 2 subs., gun, &, 2 troopers. Moves Brest damaged BB, &, C from Med. Sea to Sea Zone#3, versus, GE. 2 submarines. Losses Fr. C, &, GE. 2 submarines. Another Med. Sea BB goes to Brest, while a transport leaves 2 troopers at Mareilles, and, sails to Africa. Another transport goes off Libya, to pick up Italian forces.
Moves land forces & fighter to Lorraine.
Italy builds fighter and transport. Boards gun & trooper in Libya to French transport, another transport leaves troopers at Mareilles; BB & C sail to Brest. Also land forces begin to move towards Burgundy.
Round Two: Russia builds sub. & 5 troopers. Reinforcements for Poland & coastal provinces.
Combat in air duel, both fighter are destroyed, 19 troopers & 11 guns, versus, trooper & 6 guns. Losses Allies 5 troopers & Axis lose all.
Germany builds sub., fighter, gun, &, 7 troopers. Moves trooper back to GE. Kamerun from Fr. Eq. Africa, also moves trooper to Alsace. invades Poland again with fighter, 19 troopers, &, 3 guns, versus, Russian 12 troopers & 13 guns. losses Axis 13 troopers & Allies 11 troopers & 4 guns.
At sea GE. home fleet enters Russian home waters, BB, sub., 2C, &, 2 transports(one lost to mines with a trooper lost also), versus, Russian BB & 2 submarines. Axis losses BB(damaged) & sub., &, Allies all.
Landings in Finland, GE. BB takes out trooper, landed 2 troopers versus 2 Russian troopers(each side losses one trooper). Finland is contested.
Fr. builds sub., gun, &, 5 troopers. Transport with Italian trooper & gun goes to Red Sea, 2 BB(one damaged) & 2 subs. go to Sea Zone #3, transport land 2 troopers in Togoland & defending GE. trooper destroyed, also more land & air reinforcements for Lorraine, &, forces going into Alsace.
Combat fighter, 18 troopers, &, 6 guns, versus, 26 troopers & 13 guns. Losses Allies 15 troopers & Axis 13 troopers. The Allies can make up for the troopers, Axis cannot. Alsace is contested!
Italy builds sub., gun, &, 2 troopers. Fleet arrives off Brest, 2 transports leave 4 troopers in Marseilles. Land forces & fighter move into Lorraine & Burgundy.
Round Three: In this scenario Italy plays the role the U.S. did in a few scenarios, just being there decides the game, even if Italy does not participates in much fighting of any kind.
Russia builds sub., fighter, &, 5 troopers. Moves forces into contested Poland, 9 troopers & 10 guns, versus, GE. fighter, 2 troopers, &, three guns. Losses Allies 5 troopers, &, Axis all. Reinforces Finland 3 troopers versus landed GE. trooper(latter wiped out). Mother Russia is Axis free!
GE. builds sub., fighter, gun, &, 7 troopers. Moves fleet off Kiel of damaged BB, 2C, &, submarine. Reinforces Prussia, lands again in Finland 2 troopers versus Russian 2 defending troopers(Axis all lost & Allies lose 1 trooper). In Alsace 13 troopers, 9 guns, versus, Fr. fighter, 2 troopers, &, 6 guns. Axis lose 5 troopers & Allies all. Alsace is Allied free!
Fr. builds sub., plane, &, 4 infantry. Moves fleet off GE. home waters, sub. from Brest moves to Sea Zone#4, &, transport with Italian trooper & gun go off GE. East Africa. Transport lands 2 troopers into Kamerun, both sides lose a trooper, Kamerun is freed!
More forces move towards S. GE. & some enter Alsace. Combat Allies 6 troopers, versus, GE. 8 troopers & nine guns. Loses Allies all & Axis 5 troopers.
Italy builds 4 troopers, moves forces into S. France & Alsace. Transports leave in Marseilles of 3 troopers & gun. Naval fleet joins Fr. fleet.
Battle fighter, 6 troopers, &, 2 guns, versus, GE. 3 troopers & 9 guns. Losses Allies 5 troopers & Axis 2 troopers & 2 guns(Alsace is contested again!). Debark Fr. transport trooper & gun onto GE. E. Africa which falls!(lost Allies gun & Axis trooper).
So far IPCs lost on both sides are about the same, GE. did not get the usual bonus of far less IPCs lost than the Allies.
Germany can see where this is going, gives up lost colonies, hands back Fr. Eq. Africa, pledges peace to get the W. Allies out of Alsace(while she still has some forces inside its borders and a fleet).
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In this scenario Germany is the only Axis country that share its border with only one Allied Power, which is Russia. Using most of its builds for land and air forces, can its navy hold off British Empire and Italy(before they can send help via transports).
Also even if GE. takes Moscow would it be just a trade off, in order to get back those African colonies, which will probably be lost.
Germany versus Russia, British Empire, &, Italy.
Round One: Russia builds a sub., fighter, &, 4 troopers. The Russians need to beef up their navy, in order to deter any Axis sea landings. Much less assist the Western Allies fleet when they try their landings in Germany/land reinforcements in Russia. Moves all available land units into Poland, reinforces coastal provinces to deter Axis landings(and keep an eye out for Allied transports).
GE. builds 2 subs., transport, fighter, gun, 3 troopers. Moves forces to borders to build up strength, for massive attack on Poland. Leaves a few troops & a gun on coastal provinces, in case the Allies ever make a landing.
Two subs. attack Canadian C & transport off Canada, all lost both sides. Another 2 subs. attack Brit. fleet in home water(no mine damage), versus, BB & 2C & transport(both subs. lost & BB damaged & C lost). Finally BB & 2C attack Russian fleet in home waters(no mine damage), versus, Russian fleet of BB & a submarine. Losses damaged BB & C, and, all Russian.
British Empire builds fighter, transport, BB, &, submarine. Moves, with no mine lost, damaged BB & C, into GE. home waters(lost of C & GE. loss 2 subs.). From Egypt C & transport with trooper & gun to home islands. Trooper from Rhodesia, joins trooper & gun in S. Africa(for future invasion of GE. S.W. Africa). Also GE. East Africa defending trooper destroyed from BB shelling, and, landed trooper takes over colony(all from India).
Italy builds 2 transports. Her land forces will have to be transported to Russia, right now Italy needs also surface ships to help protect the transports(subs. & fighters & tanks when needed).
Italian BB & C & transport(trooper & gun) sail for Brit. home waters. Let the Brits. Indian fleet reduce the GE. colonies, if the Allies win, at least a colony will go to Italy.
Round Two:Russia does the same as in round one, uses Belarusa as a gun park for 5 guns.
GE. builds navy units more for defense, 3 subs., fighter, gun, 3 troopers, and, sends damaged BB back to port & still massing units on Polish border.
Brits. builds 3 transports, fighter, &, gun. Moves damaged BB to port, and, a C arrives. From S. Africa 2 troopers & gun attack GE. W. Africa, 2 troopers & gun, versus GE. trooper & gun. Losses GE. gun. Sea landing of trooper & BB shelling destroys remaining GE. trooper. GE. S.W. Africa falls!
Italy builds a sub. & transport, moves BB & transport off Wales, C joins Brit. fleet, 2 transports leave for British Home Islands.
Round Three: Russia builds sub., gun, &, 5 troopers. Moves more forces into Poland.
GE. must attack this turn, a west wind(westlicher wind) to hit Poland. Builds 2 subs., fighter, gun, &, 5 troopers. Reinforces Kiel with more units, for pending Allied landings. Has 2 remaining troopers in Africa hunker down in Togoland, abandoning Nigeria & Gold Coast colonies.
Combat Land & air forces, invade Poland. Air duel one GE. fighter lost & two Russian fighters lost. Two fighters, 11 guns, &, 53 troopers, versus, Russian 5 guns & 36 troopers. Losses Axis 22 troopers & Allies 31 troopers. Poland is contested!
At sea 2 subs.(one lost to mines) joins a C already off Poland, versus, Russian 2 subs(losses another Axis sub., &, all Allies). Also transport with trooper & gun lost to mines(they were to be landed in Poland, as other sea coast provinces, were too heavily defended).
Brits. have got to deliver, Russia defense did not go well this turn, if the Western Allies do not send relief, the game could be over in round four. Builds 2 planes, transport, gun, &, 3 troopers. Moves BB & transport to Gold Coast, BB shelling takes out a defender trooper, lands trooper & gun versus GE. trooper, losses Allied gun. Brit. fleet attacks GE. fleet off Kiel, 2 fighter, 2 BB, 1 C, 1 sub.(damage to BB due to mines), versus, GE. BB & 3 submarines. Losses Allies damaged BB & 2 fighters, &, all Axis. All 5 transport(no mine damage) land 5 guns & 5 troopers versus GE. 2 guns & 7 troopers. Losses 4 troopers each side, Kiel is contested.
Italy builds aircraft, transport, gun, moves fleet off London, &, transport(no mine damage) lands in Kiel trooper & gun. Also two more transports & sub. head for Brit. home islands.
Round Four: Russia has a choice go on the offensive, or, try to just defend itself, either way it cannot survive another lost, like last turn.
Builds fighter & 6 troopers, moves reinforcements to Poland(not have to worry about Axis sea landing)
GE. builds sub., tank, &, 7 troopers. Moves C to Berlin, reinforces Prussia & Kiel. Combat Kiel, 2 fighters, 3 guns, &, 8 troopers versus Brit. 5 guns & 2 troopers(one each Italian). Losses GE. 4 troopers & all Allies, Kiel retaken!
In Poland fighter, 18 guns, 31 troopers, versus, Russian 6 guns & 9 troopers.
Losses Axis 9 troopers & all Allies, Poland falls!Britain builds fighter, transport, gun, 5 troopers. Moves 5 transports to land again in Kiel, one is destroyed by mines(lose 2 troopers). BB shells and destroys GE. trooper & return fire from guns destroy 2 Brit. troopers. In air duel 2 fighters from London destroy at no cost 2 GE. fighters. Land combat 2 fighters, 4 troopers, 2 guns, versus, GE. 3 guns & 3 troopers. Losses Allies 3 troopers & all Axis, Kiel is retaken!
Off Berlin a sub. is lost to mines, BB & C versus GE. C, losses BB damaged & GE. C lost. Allies control the seas!
Brit. transport arrives off Togoland, BB shelling takes out a GE. trooper. Togoland falls!
Italy builds fighter & transport. Moves fleet off Kiel, &, 2 transport drops off 2 troopers & 2 guns. Another transport leaves Kiel for Canada, and meets up with submarine, &, another 2 transport leaves Italy(with 2 troopers & 2 guns) for the British islands. From East Africa a trooper arrives at Libya.
Round Five: Russia builds 7 troopers, moves to reinforce Belarus, Uk., &, Livonia.
Germany builds sub., fighter, tank, &, 6 troopers. Moves into Belarusa, Poland is garrison to deter any Allied sea landings. Air duel each side losses a fighter.
Battle 18 guns, 23 troopers, versus, Russian 5 guns, & 10 troopers. Losses Axis 8 troopers & all Allies.Western Front Berlin garrison moves into Kiel, 7 troopers & tank, versus, 2 guns, 6 troopers, &, 2 fighters(2 troopers are Italian, rest Brit.). Losses Axis 3 troopers, &, Allies 2 troopers-one of each ally-). Kiel is contested.
British Empire builds tank, gun, &, 7 troopers. Indian BB still heading for British Home islands, and, transport from Canada bringing trooper & gun. Off Berlin damaged BB & C joined by another C versus GE. sub. & fighter. Losses Brit. C & all GE. forces. From Kiel transport survives mines & debarks in Livonia trooper & gun.
Move from Togoland a trooper to Gold Coast & to Nigeria(both colonies fall), also transport debarks on undefended GE. Kamerun(that colony falls).
Five Brit. transports land additional forces in Kiel, 9 troopers & 1 gun, &, 2 fighters(afterwards fly to Finland), versus, GE. tank & 4 troopers. Losses Allies 2 troopers & all GE. forces(one trooper lost to BB shelling). Kiel is retaken!
Italy builds 2 transports, 2 transports head for Great Britain, &, another transport leaves Italy. Also another transport & sub. head for Canada to pick up forces(already 2 transport already there). Two troopers from Kiel take undefended Ruhr.
Round Six: Russia builds 8 troopers, moves from Karelia to Moscow one trooper, and, from Moscow to Ukraine 1 trooper.
GE. builds sub., fighter, gun, &, 7 troopers. Moves all units into Moscow from Belorussia, Prussia weakens its coastal defense force by sending 2 troopers & gun into Poland. Poland sent 1 trooper into Belorussia to occupy it, and, keep the line of communication open from GE. to Moscow.
Combat 11 troopers & 16 guns versus Russian 18 troopers in Moscow. Losses Axis 10 troopers & 3 guns, &, Allies lose 15 troopers. Moscow is contested! A trooper & gun from Poland enters Livonia versus Brit. trooper & gun. Losses Axis gun, but, Livonia is contested. Berlin garrison of 6 troopers & tank attack Kiel Brits. force of fighter,. gun, &, 8 troopers. Losses Axis all but 1 trooper, &, Allies
lose 3 troopers.British Empire build 3 fighter & 6 troopers. Arriving from India BB off Wales, off Canada 4 foot boards 2 Italian transports. Another transport leaves Livonia, no mine damage. Transport moves off Kiel, another 2 transports arrive from Canada and debark 4 troopers onto Kiel, another transport from British Home Islands head for Canada. Three transports from Britain, heads for Kiel, picks up land forces and lands them onto Berlin(no mine losses).
In Kiel BB shells & destroys remaining GE. trooper, with landed 4 troopers, Kiel is taken over again! Off Berlin damaged BB & C, versus, defending GE. sub. & fighter(losses Axis sub.).
From Kiel into Berlin 2 fighters(from Finland), gun, 5 troopers, and, two sea transports from Britain (no mine damage) of additional gun, tank, &, 2 troopers, versus, GE. fighter, gun, 7 troopers. Losses Allies 4 troopers & Axis all but a trooper. Berlin is contested!
In Livonia Brit. trooper & gun versus GE. trooper. Losses Axis trooper & Livonia is uncontested.
Italy builds 2 fighter, moves 2 transports that lands onto Kiel, 2 troopers & gun & fighter. Also 2 transports heads towards Canada. Transport from Italy arrives off Wales with trooper & tank, &, another two leave Italy with 4 troopers. Moves from Ruhr to undefended Munich, a trooper & gun. Italy has picked up quickly bloodless conquests.
No need for another round, Russia is on the ropes, Germany can take Moscow, but, probably the British Empire will take Berlin, while Italy will gobble up another German province. A political victory mostly for the Allies, the Axis will pull out of Russia(controls two and contest two provinces), the Western Allies out of Germany(contest one and controls three provinces). Poland and Prussia will become independent nations again, and, buffers between GE. & Russia. Brits. keep a GE. colony & gives one to Italy, one goes back to GE. and another to Prussia.
Losses IPCs: Axis land 323, sea 96, &, air 36. Allies land 365, sea 63, &, air 36(Italy suffer the least).
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The next scenario has U.S.A. substituting for the U.K., that would defiantly be a Axis win, so we will try Italy, U.K., and, Russia, versus the A.H. Empire.
Round One:Austrian Hungarian Empire best bet is to take on a weak Italy(why not the shorter route into Moscow?, because the Russian, even if you take Uk., have allot of forces to counterattack, you run the risk of getting isolated or contested with forces pouring in from Moscow, Belrusia, &, Poland), prepare to lose territory to Russia, and, use her overwhelming land forces, before Brits. can reinforce the Italian state.
A.H. builds sub., fighter, gun, & 3 troopers.
Moves into Venice forces from Tyrolia & Trieste(also latter sends 2 troopers into undefended Albania). Forces from Budapest and some from Vienna & Bohemia heads to Italy. Some forces from Bohemia, Vienna, heads as reinforcements for Galicia.
Combat in Venice, 10 troopers & 4 guns, versus, Italian 6 troopers & 2 guns. Losses 6 troopers Axis, &, all Allies. Venice has fallen!
At sea, with no mine losses, AH fleet of BB, C. &, transport, versus the same. Both of theses evenly match fleets are lost. AH rules the central med. with a newly built submarine.
Russia builds 2 fighter, gun, &, 3 troopers. BB moves to Italy, moves forces into Galicia from Poland & Uk., rest of forces moving towards S. Russia. Combat 12 troopers & 4 guns, versus, AH 19 troopers & 2 guns. Losses 9 troopers each side, Galicia is contested!
British Empire builds 2 fighters, &, 3 transports. Moves via transports from Canada, Home Islands, Egypt, &, India, along with naval forces to Italy. Off Italy C arrives & transports debarks at Piedmont trooper & gun.
Italy builds fighter & 2 troopers. Moves Piedmont & Tuscany forces into Venice, while Rome begins to fortify itself. Combat 7 troopers & 2 guns, versus, 4 troopers & 4 guns. Losses 4 troopers Allies & Axis 3 troopers & 2 guns.
Round Two: AH builds sub., fighter, &, 6 troopers. moves more forces into Venice to uncontest it, and, leaves trooper & gun on Trieste to protect coast. Also reinforcements from Vienna to Galicia of 4 troopers & gun. Combat fighter, 7 guns, & 16 troopers, versus, Italian 2 guns & 3 troopers. Axis lose 2 troopers & Allies all lost. Venice is lost again!
Russia builds gun & 7 troopers. Moves more forces into Galicia. Combat 2 fighters, 10 guns, 19 troopers, versus, AH 3 guns & 13 troopers. Losses 7 Allies troopers & 11 Axis troopers.
Brits. build transport, sub., fighter, gun, &, 2 troopers. Transport lands trooper & gun in Tuscany, from Brit. Home Islands 2C & BB & 4 transports sail for Italy(2 fighters, gun, 5 troopers). From India BB shells Albania & transport lands trooper & gun, versus, AH 2 troopers. Losses all Axis(one to shelling) & Allies lose a gun.
From Egypt, Canada, Home Islands, 3 C & transport go to AH home waters, versus 2 AH submarines. Losses a C, due to mines & all Axis. Transport lands trooper & gun, versus, 2 defending troopers. The defenders are wiped out for no Allied lost, Trieste falls!
Italy builds 4 troopers, moves Rome garrison to Tuscany, to link up with British forces.
Round Three: A.H. builds 9 troopers. Moves 4 troopers & fighter to reinforce Galicia. Moves forces from Venice(a gun) & Vienna(2 troopers) to Trieste, versus, Brit. trooper & gun. Losses only all Allies, Trieste is retaken! Army in Venice is split into two armies, one goes to Piedmont, 2 troopers & gun versus Brit. trooper & gun. Losses trooper & gun each side, Piedmont has fallen. Into Tuscany goes the second army, 16 troopers & 5 guns & fighter(lost in air duel), versus, Italian 8 troopers & 2 guns & fighter, and, Brit. trooper, gun, &, fighter. Losses Axis 8 troopers & fighter, &, Allies Italy 7 troopers & Brits. a gun. Before the turn is over W. Allies will reinforce Italy, this makes it hard to ever take Rome, much less get any reinforcements.
Russia builds fighter, gun, &, 5 troopers. Moves more forces into Galicia, duel 2 fighters versus AH fighter(latter is destroyed), 10 guns & 14 troopers versus AH 3 guns & 6 troopers. Losses only 3 troopers for Allies & all Axis! Galicia has fallen!
Brits. build 6 transports. Off Egypt 2 troopers board transport & lands in Tuscany, along with 2 C & BB that escorted transport. Home islands 2 troopers & 2 guns board 2 transports that leave for Italy, escorted by submarine.
Combat 4 transport from Home Islands land 2 fighters, gun, &, 5 troopers, join up with forces already in Tuscany. Two fighters, 2 guns, 7 troopers, versus, A.H. 5 guns, &, 8 troopers. Losses Allies a gun & 6 troopers, &, Axis losses 6 troopers(one due to BB shelling). Tuscany still contested.
Italy builds 4 troopers. In North Africa a trooper & gun boards a British transport. Combat in Tuscany fighter, trooper, &, 2 guns, versus, AH 2 troopers & 5 guns. Losses Allies all but fighter, &, Axis losses are 1 trooper & 1 gun.
A.H. forces in Italy will not destroy the Western Allies to take Rome, much less her forces inside the empire, will not keep the Russian bear from taking Vienna.
Even with 40% of mainland Italy captured & Tuscany contested, Rome will not fall to AH Empire, much less with only 9 troopers protecting Vienna from the Russians. A political victory for the Allies, AH will clear out of Italy, &, Russia will leave AH Empire, but, Hungary gets its independence.
IPCs lost Axis 142 land forces & Allies 168. Air Axis only 6. Sea Axis 39 & Allies 45.
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ow if USA took the place of UK, it would take a few rounds for any American forces to get to Italy, but, if Italy hunker down in Rome, would they last long enough for help to arrive? Also would Russia get such good rolls as last game, to make a difference? Let’s give it a quick try AH Empire versus Russia, Italy, & U.S.A., is this finally a win for AH?
Round One: A.H. builds 4 troopers, sub. & fighter. Two northern provinces will defend against Russia, &, four southern provinces will attack Italy(Vienna will supply both fronts, with cannons going mostly south). The navy will keep the USA from future landings, so for now it is building up its strength. Troopers & guns enter Venice from Tyrolia & Trieste(the latter will send 2 troopers to occupy Albania). Also 2 troopers from Budapest will go to guard Trieste coastline.
Battle 10 troopers & 4 guns versus Italian 6 troopers & 2 guns. Losses 2 troopers Axis & all Allies(what a blowout!, Venice falls!).
Russia builds fighter, gun, &, 5 troopers, BB moves to join Italian fleet. Moves land forces towards AH, from Poland & Uk. invade Galicia. Battle 12 troopers & 4 guns, versus, AH 21 troopers & gun. Losses Infantry Allies 11, &, Axis infantry 9. Galicia is contested.
Italy builds fighter & 2 foot, leaves trooper in Piedmont & retreats rest to Tuscany, while Rome garrison goes to Tuscany, to help cover their retreat. BB shells Albania & transport lands trooper & gun, versus, AH 2 troopers. Italy loses gun & Axis all lost(one lost to BB shelling), Albania retaken.
US builds 3 transports, moves BB & C to join Italian fleet.
Round Two: AH builds sub, fighter, gun, &, 5 troopers, moves trooper & gun and flies fighter to Venice. Also 3 troopers from capital to Galicia. Moves from Trieste gun & 2 troopers into Albania, versus, defending Italian trooper(both sides lose a trooper. Albania is retaken again, from Venice a gun & trooper goes to Trieste to defend the coast.
While at sea the fleet breaks out, no mine lost damage, BB & C & sub. & transport versus Italian fleet of BB & C & transport. All that survives is AH transport that lands a trooper in undefended Libya & takes the colony.
In Venice army splits into two armies, one goes into Piedmont of gun & 2 troopers versus defending Italian trooper(no losses, Piedmont is contested). Second army invades Tuscany 16 troopers & 7 guns, versus, Italian 2 guns & 12 troopers. Losses Axis 6 troopers & Allies all but a trooper & gun, Tuscany is contested. Twice the Allies have lost BIG to the Axis in the southern front.
Russia builds fighter, gun, &, 4 troopers. Moves into Galaica more forces, fighter flies to Poland. Combat 15 troopers & 7 guns versus AH 12 troopers & gun. Losses in infantry Allies 6 and Axis 8.
Italy builds 4 troopers, moves from Tuscany gun back to Rome, &, trooper from Naples to Rome. From Rome fighter goes to Venice and air duel with AH fighter, both fighters are lost.
USA builds 2 transports & 2 guns, moves 3 transports loaded to Italy. BB & C moves to Italian home waters, &, sink AH transport off Libya.
Round Three: A.H. builds submarine, &, 8 troopers. Moves more forces into Italy(for future assault on Rome), &, sends 3 troopers to reinforce Galacia. Trying to keep all coastal provinces garrison by trooper & gun.
In Piedmont 2 troopers & gun, versus, defending Italian trooper(losses a trooper each side), Piedmont has fallen.
Russia builds fighter, gun, & 5 troopers, BB joins US transports at entrance to Med. Sea. Moves more forces into Galacia of 2 fighter, 17 troopers, &, 8 guns, versus, AH 10 troopers & gun. Losses Allies 8 troopers & all Axis.
Italy builds 2 troopers, will the Americans ever arrive?
USA builds transport, 2 fighters, &, trooper. Moves 3 transports off Rome and lands 4 troopers & 2 guns. Two transports leave East Coast each with trooper & gun. BB & C enters AH home waters, no mine damage, versus, 2 submarines. Losses Allies C & BB damaged, &, Axis lose 2 submarines.
Round Four: A.H. Empire builds sub. & 7 troopers, and, moves into Budapest 7 troopers. All four coastline provinces have a trooper & gun to help protect them, as a static defense, from sea invasion(Albania has been abandon, &, garrison goes to Trieste, while the latter garrison is sent to Italy) . Forces move into Rome 10 troopers & 7 guns versus Italian 9 troopers & 4 USA troopers & Italian 3 guns & USA 2 guns. Losses Axis 9 troopers & 3 guns, &, Italians losses 8 troopers & USA 2 troopers. Rome is contested!
Russia builds fighter, gun, & 5 troopers, moves BB off Italy, to help protect US transports, &, fighter flies to Galacia from Moscow. Need to contest Vienna & ignore Budapest. Combat moves into Vienna 2 fighter, 9 troopers, &, 9 guns, versus, AH 16 troopers & gun. Losses, Allies lose 7 troopers & Axis 14 troopers, Vienna is contested!
Italy cannot build!, combat in Rome, trooper & 3 guns, versus, Axis fighter trooper & 4 guns. Losses two guns each side. Except for a trooper & gun and a trooper in Africa, Italy has no more land forces.
USA builds sub., transport, tank, &, trooper. Moves from East Coast loaded transport with trooper & gun. Two transports leave Italy and another joins damaged BB off Trieste(suffers no mine damage). Meanwhile two transports arrive & land each trooper & gun, one set in Rome, and, another in Albania(latter is undefended). Battle in Rome 3 guns & 3 troopers versus Axis fighter, trooper, &, 2 guns. Losses USA 2 troopers & gun, and, all Axis. AH no longer threatens Rome!
At sea damaged BB & transport off Trieste versus Axis submarine. The Axis sub. is destroyed.
If the AH Empire had the card that allowed you to place all your forces in a designated area(like in the original Fortress America), and, all AH 13 units defeated the 13 units of Russians that were there in Vienna, they still probably lose the war(with the Allies gobbling up undefended AH provinces). A major political victory for the Allies, with Hungary getting its independence.
IPCs lost Allies Land 272 & Axis Land 256, Allies Air 06 & Axis Air 12; Allies Sea 36 & Axis Sea 51.
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A.H. always has that 600 lbs. gorilla on its back(Russia), how would the Allies do if it is just Italy, U.S.A., &, British Empire. True the Brits. would help establish naval supremacy, but, except for some initial reinforcements from Egypt, would it be enough to save Rome? The AH Empire has a land presence surpass by Germany only, &, have to worry only from an sea attack off Trieste, or, by land via Albania. Are the Allies up to the challenge?, we’ll see, A.H. versus British Empire, Italy, &, U.S.A.
Round One: Keeping a sufficient naval and land force in Trieste, to deter any Allied naval attack & landing or a movement from Albanian, A.H. Empire builds trooper, gun, fighter, 2 submarines.
Movements, maybe soon a pre-strike into Albanian, but, for now, forces from Trieste & Tyrolia attack Venice, 12 troopers & 4 guns versus Italian force of half that size. Losses Axis 5 troopers & Allies all, Venice has fallen!
British Empire builds 3 transports & 2 fighters, transport from Egypt leaves 2 troopers in Piedmont, &, C joins Italian Fleet. Also Canadian transport with trooper & gun & C, and, Indian transport with trooper & gun & C & BB sail for Italy(capital ships will join up with Italian Fleet). Finally from home islands transport with same & BB & 2 C depart for Italy.
Italy builds fighter & 2 troopers. Marches trooper from Eastern Africa to go to Libya(the latter garrison of trooper & gun already picked up by transport & taken to Rome). Also trooper from S. Italy moves to Rome.
Battle forces from Piedmont & Tuscany goes into Venice, 7 troopers & 2 guns, versus, AH 7 troopers & 4 guns. Allies lose 4 troopers & Axis 5 troopers.
U.S.A. builds 3 transports, BB & C heads for Med. Sea.
Round Two: A.H. Empire builds 2 subs., fighter, 3 troopers. Move more forces into Venice, losses AH 3 troopers & Italy 2 troopers & 2 guns, Venice has fallen again!
British Empire builds 2 planes & 3 transports. Offshore Piedmont two transports discharge 3 troopers & gun, BB & 2C join Italian fleet. Also leaving home waters 3 transports carrying 2 fighters, 2 guns, &, 2 troopers.
Italy builds gun & 3 troopers, moves Rome garrison to Tuscany, and, forces moves into Venice. Battle 3 troopers & 2 guns & fighter versus AH 2 troopers & 4 guns. Losses Allies all but plane & Axis a trooper & 2 guns.
USA builds 2 transports, fighter, &, trooper. Moves 3 transports to Med. with 4 troopers & 2 guns. US surface fleet links up with Italy’s fleet.
Round Three: A.H. Empire builds sub., gun, &, 6 troopers. Moves forces from Venice into Tuscany, ignores Brits. in Piedmont, flies fighter to Trieste & gun & 2 troopers move there to protect seacoast.
Battle fighter loses air duel, 17 troopers & 8 guns, versus Italian 11 troopers & 3 guns, losses Axis 7 troopers & Allies 10 troopers & gun(what saved the Allies was the air duel went in their favor, if not attacking guns hitting on 4 & down would have lost Tuscany for the Allies).
Tuscany is invested!
British Empire builds 3 troopers, 3 guns, moves 3 transports entering Med. Sea, &, 3 transports leave home waters. Moves forces from Piedmont into Tuscany, along with reinforcements from sea from 3 transports. Battle 11 troopers & 5 guns, versus, AH 10 troopers & 6 guns. Losses Allies 7 troopers & Axis 6 troopers. At sea entering AH home waters 2BB & 5C & transports, versus, AH BB, C, transport & 5 subs. All lost except one Brit. BB(subs. for C lost was quite unacceptable for the Allies).
Italy builds 4 troopers, moves from Rome 3 troopers & gun to reinforce Tuscany. Sea combat fleet(BB, C, and, transport) enters AH home waters, no mine lost. Done more to annoy AH Empire.
USA builds 2 transports, trooper, &, gun. Two transports leave East Coast with 3 troopers & gun. Also 3 transports land as reinforcements in Tuscany of 4 troopers & 2 guns. The race is on to save Tuscany or Rome will become invested!
Round Four: AH Empire builds sub. & 7 troopers. Moves more forces into Tuscany, ignores Piedmont, &, fighter arrives from Vienna. Battle fighter losses air duel with Italian fighter, 24 troopers & 12 guns, versus, Italian fighter, 4 troopers & 3 guns, &, Brits. 4 troopers & 5 guns, &, USA 4 troopers & 2 guns. Losses Axis 12 troopers, &, Italy & Brits. & USA 3 troopers & 2 guns each. Allies have hanged onto Tuscany cause they have air power, if not they would have been wiped out.
British Empire builds 3 transports, sub., &, tank. Moves transport to Africa, 2 transports to Canada, 3 loaded transports to Italy to enter Med. Sea with 4 troopers & 2 fighters(same setup leaving home islands for Italy but guns instead of fighters). Also 3 loaded transports land in Tuscany 2 troopers, 2 guns, &, 2 planes.
Italy builds 3 troopers, moves from Rome to Tuscany 4 troopers, &, transport lands a trooper in Tuscany.
USA builds transport & 3 troopers. Moves 2 transports to Tuscany with 3 troopers & fighter, transport leaves USA with trooper & gun.
Round Five: AH Empire builds sub., fighter, tank, &, 3 troopers. Moves two troopers & gun into undefended Piedmont, &, it falls! Combat in Tuscany 12 guns & 12 troopers versus Allies(Italy fighter & 6 troopers, Brits. 2 fighters and 3 troopers & 5 guns, &, USA fighter & 4 troopers. Losses incredible heavy for Axis(it did not help the Allies having air superiority), of 11 troopers & 6 guns. Allies losses are Italy 5 troopers, Brits. 2 troopers & gun, USA 3 troopers. Air power saved the day for the Allies! Tuscany is contested but will not fall, the Axis dreams of taking Rome are shattered.
Brits. builds transport, tank, gun, &, 4 troopers. Moves 3 transports that disembark in Tuscany, 4 troopers & 2 guns. Transport picks up trooper & gun from S. Africa, and, off Canada another two transport picks up 3 troopers & gun, for Italy. Another transport leaves home island, escorted by sub. with trooper & tank, &, another 3 transports enter Med. Sea with 4 troopers & 2 guns. Finally 3 transports arrive off India, &, 5 troopers & gun board.
Battle from Tuscany forces enter Piedmont, trooper & 4 guns & 2 fighter, versus, AH 3 troopers & 7 guns. Losses Allies 3 guns and fighter, &, Axis losses 2 troopers & 3 guns. Piedmont is contested!
Italy builds 4 troopers. Moves into Piedmont, trooper & gun & fighter, and, into Tuscany from Rome 3 troopers. At sea BB, C, &, transport, versus, AH 2 subs.(both subs. lost).
USA builds transports & troops. Moves into Piedmont from Tuscany a trooper & fighter, 5 transports back to East Coast from Italy, a transport lands in Tuscany a trooper & gun. Finally 2 transports leave East Coast with 3 troopers & tank.
Round Six:AH builds fighter, tank gun, &, 5 troopers. Moves 4 troopers into Piedmont from Venice, fighter flies from capital to Venice. Also 7 troopers into Venice from Tyrolia, &, from Vienna 3 troopers & tank enter Trieste.
Combat 5 troopers & 4 guns versus USA trooper & gun and Italy trooper & gun & fighter and Brits. trooper, gun, & fighter. Losses Axis 4 troopers & gun, and, Allies USA all, Italy gun, Brits. all. Piedmont is still invested.
Brits. build transport, fighter, tank, gun, &, 3 troopers. Move 3 transports head home from Italy, 3 transports land in Tuscany 4 troopers & 2 guns, transport leaves S. Africa with trooper & gun, 3 transports leave India with 5 troopers & gun, &, finally 2 more transports leave off in Tuscany 2 troopers & 2 guns. Also another transport with trooper & tank enter Med. Sea with sub. as escort., &, 3 transports leave home waters with 4 troopers and tank and fighter.
Battle moving from Tuscany to Piedmont are 4 troopers & 2 fighters, versus AH trooper & 3 guns(losses Allies 3 troopers & Axis all). Piedmont is freed.
Italy builds 3 troopers, moves into Venice from Tuscany 3 troopers, also from Piedmont a fighter & trooper, &, transport from Rome(no mine damage) brings two more troopers. Along with 2 troopers from Rome move to Tuscany.
Battle(with BB shelling for two troops landed from sea), fighter(lost in air duel) & 6 troops, versus, AH fighter & 7 troops. Allies lose fighter & 4 troops, &, Axis losses 3 troopers(one from BB shelling). Venice is contested.
USA builds gun & 6 troopers. Two transports land in Piedmont 3 troopers & tank, transport leaves Med. Sea, &, 4 transports arrive East Coast. Also moves trooper & gun into Venice from Tuscany.
Round Seven: A.H. Empire builds gun & 8 troopers. Moves forces into Venice from Trieste, and, from Vienna into Trieste. Also fighter flies to Vienna.
Battle 2 fighters, gun, tank(absorbs hit), 9 troopers, versus, Italy 2 troopers & USA trooper & gun. Losses AH 2 troopers & all Allies. Venice falls!
Brits. build 2 transports, fighter, tank, &, 2 troopers. Transport enters Med. Sea from Atlantic & drops off in Piedmont trooper & tank, another transport from S. Africa arrives off Egypt with trooper & gun. Three Indian transports drop off Tuscany 5 troopers & gun. Another 3 transports enter Med. Sea with 4 troopers & gun & tank. Finally another transport arrives off Canada & 2 are go to home islands(arriving 2 troopers, tank & plane board), &, a transport leaves with gun & trooper.
Moves from Tuscany to Venice 6 troopers & 4 guns, and, from Piedmont trooper & 2 fighters. Combat 2 fighters each side in air duel Allies lose one & Axis all. Seven troopers, 4 guns, &, fighter, versus, AH 7 troopers, gun, &, a tank(absorbs hit). Losses Allies 3 troopers & Axis 3 troopers. Venice is contested.
Italy builds 4 troopers, moves to Venice 2 troopers from Tuscany, &, a trooper from Rome to Tuscany. Also lands, no mine lost, 2 troopers from transport into Venice. BB destroys a AH trooper & Axis gun destroys a landing Italian trooper.
Battle 3 troopers versus AH 3 troopers & gun & tank(absorbs hit). Losses all Allies & Axis a trooper.
USA builds 2 transports & gun, moves into Venice from Tuscany trooper and tank, &, by transport 2 more troopers(no mine lost, US BB scores a hit against defending AH trooper, while defending AH gun fails to score a hit ).
Battle 3 troopers & tank versus AH 2 troopers, gun, and, tank. Losses both sides tanks absorb hit for infantry.
Round Eight: A.H. Empire builds submarine, fighter, gun, &, 5 troopers. Moves from Trieste into Venice 5 troopers, gun, &, tank. From capital into Trieste gun & 9 troopers. Combat 6 troopers & gun & tank, versus, Brits. 4 troopers, 4 guns, fighter, and, USA trooper & tank. Losses Axis 3 troopers, &, Brits. 3 troopers & gun, &, USA tank.
Brits. build transport, fighter, tank, &, 4 troopers. Starts 2 transports to Med. Sea with 2 troopers, tank, &, plane, another enters Med. Sea with trooper & gun.
Also 6 transports leave Italy & 3 arrive(disembark in Piedmont 4 troopers, Gun, &, Tank). Finally a transport from India arrives Piedmont with trooper & gun, and, another 2 transports leave home waters with 4 troopers.Reinforces Venice from Tuscany 6 troopers, gun, &, tank. Combat 7 troopers, 4 guns, tank & fighter, versus, AH 3 troopers, gun, &, tank. Losses(tanks absorb a hit) Allies 3 troopers, &, Axis all. Venice is freed!
Italy builds gun & 2 troopers, into Venice 3 troopers from Tuscany, and, from Rome 3 troopers into Tuscany.
USA builds gun, tank & fighter. Moves 6 transports that leaves East Coast with 8 troopers, 3 guns, &, fighter. Also moves from Venice to undefended Tyrolia a trooper & tank, it falls!
A.H. Empire calls it quits! Land losses Axis 294, &, Allies 317(in IPCs), Air Axis 18 & Allies 30, Sea Axis 69 & Allies 75.
AH has no surface navy as compared from round one, but, does have a submarine. Also has a fighter compared from round one, as for troopers 14/48 & guns 2/12(again compared to round one).
British Empire has no surface fleet, compared to turn one, but, has a sub. & little over four times as many transports(17). Also has 3 fighters & 4 tanks, none in first round, &, guns 9/10 and troopers 17/34.
Italy still its surface fleet intact, 6/22 troopers & 0/7 guns, as compared to first round.
Even with losses, USA has more units now than when it started round one, surface fleet intact, but, now has a submarine, and, 0/9 transports. Also a fighter and tank, and, 10/6 troopers & 3/2 guns(as compared to round one).
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Is there a 3 player game AH could win, of course there is, AH empire, versus, Italy & USA. It would take three turns for USA forces to get to Italy, just to drop off 2 troopers & 2 guns. Venice would be taken, &, Tuscany(maybe Rome, skipping Piedmont) ready to fall, still it might save Rome for a while with the US forces arriving, but, all AH has to do is spend its funds on mostly naval forces. The AH navy would buy time for the land forces to take Rome.
Skipping AH empire, would USA & Italy have a chance versus Germany. It helps that GE. does not touch Italy, so it would be mostly a naval game. Where would GE. strike the USA or Italy?, once a capital is contested the war is over, especially if GE. gets naval dominance and keeps the transports coming. True Italy could take out GE. colonies, both Allies could try to combine their fleets, but, still GE. is a force to recon with(on the flip side the Allies will probably never land any forces in GE.).
Round One: Germany builds transport, sub., C & BB. Moves subs. from Sea Zones 5&7 to 3(to link up with surface fleet leaving Sea Zone 10). Eventually the fleet will sail to Sea Zone 14(equidistant from Rome & D.C.).
Italy builds transport & sub., BB & transport goes to East Africa with 2 troopers(who boarded from Rome), on Italian mainland an adjustment of guns and troopers(goal of 4 troopers & gun) for each province. A reserve to be built in Rome, and, to garrison the home islands in the future with a trooper & gun(Sicily & Sardinia).
USA builds fighter, transport and submarine.
Round Two: Germany builds 2 transports, 2 subs., &, a BB. Now is moving fleet to Sea Zone 14(equidistant from Rome & DC, hard for Allies to link up).
Italy builds fighter, gun, &, 2 troopers. Arrives off GE. E. Africa transport & BB, drops off gun & trooper(BB shelling wipes defending trooper), colony falls.
USA builds BB, 2 troopers & gun. Has 2 troopers boarding transport.
Round Three: GE. builds 2 transports, sub. & BB. More ships arrive Sea Zone #14, leaving home waters BB & 2 subs. & 2 transports(2 troopers & gun & fighter).
Sea Zone #14 does not let US Fleet link up with Italians, or, go through Med. Sea or down west coast of Africa.Italy builds 2 subs. & a trooper. Moves from Rome via transport of trooper & gun to Sicily. Two troopers board transport off GE. East Africa, sail to Kamerun, where defending trooper is destroyed by BB shelling, and, troopers from transport have landed, the colony has fallen. Italy knows GE. transports are due to land at Rome/D.C. soon.
USA builds 2 subs., gun & 2 troopers.
Round Four: Germany builds tank, transport, &, 4 submarines. Fleets moving to Sea Zone 14.
Italy builds gun, trooper, &, tank. Moves from Venice garrison trooper & gun to Rome via transport. Combat off S.W. Africa 2 troopers land from transport, and, BB shells. Defending troopers destroyed by shelling, the colony falls.
USA builds trooper, tank, &, moves troops back to shore from transport, in case GE. fleet attacks next round.
ROUND FIVE: GE. builds 3 transports and a BB. Decides to move from Sea Zone 14 to East Coast America! Also moves from 8 to 2(sea zones) of BB, sub., &, 2 transports. Along with from 10 to 8(sea zone) moves 4 subs.
Combat 3BB, 3C, 7subs., &, 3 loaded transports, versus, USN 2 BB, C, transport, 5 subs., and, fighter. Losses to mines damaged BB & 3 submarines, also rest of GE. fleet with 2 transports lost, &, all U.S.A. fleet lost sans transport (including fighter that had scored a hit is lost). Lone GE. transport tries to land trooper & gun, but, destroyed by defending guns. All that remains of both fleets are a transport.
For rest of Rd. 5 played Italy will take Togoland and try to send Med. fleet to East Coast, while USA rebuilds its fleet.
Political lost for both sides, USA is no pushover for GE., but, Italy gives back GE. colonies to end war(GE. still has a surface and submarine fleets coming down to Med. Sea).
Now if GE. had instead attacked Italy first. Moves ships from Sea Zone 8 to 14, Sea Zone 10 to 8, part of fleet already in Sea Zone 14 to 17. Off Italy mines damage BB & sinks submarine. Battle 3 BB , 2 submarines, &, 3 transport, versus, Italian C, 3 submarines, fighter, and, transport. Losses only 2 damaged BB remains, 3 transports, &, fighter for Italy. BBS shell & defending guns fire, each side losses 2 troopers.
Transports land 1 trooper, 2 guns, &, fighter (Italian fighter lost in air duel), versus, 3 troopers, 3 guns, and, tank(which absorbs a hit). Losses GE. gun and fighter. Rome is contested!
Italy builds 3 submarines, reinforcement trooper from Naples & Tuscany enter Rome, moves BB & transport to Togoland(shelling takes out defending trooper & landed troops take over colony).
Combat Roman garrison counterattacks 5 foot and 3 guns, &, tank, versus GE. trooper & gun, losses Allies 2 troopers & Axis all.
USA builds BB, transport, &, trooper. Moves fleet from East Coast to Sea Zone 14 of 2 BB, C, 5 subs., &, transport(heads for S. Africa), versus, GE. fleet of BB, 3C, 5 subs., &, 2 transports. Losses all but GE. 2 Transports.
Again political sour grapes for all, 2 transports will not take out Rome, still GE. has fleets, but, with USA in the flank, hard to just concentrate on Rome alone. Also Italy can get GE. out of the Med. for good, give back the colonies.
Now starting Round Five again, with GE. attacking both Allies at the same time. Splitting the GE. fleet, would not probably lead to any landings on the East Coast(if the fleet is not wiped out), probably landings in Italy, but, without BBs(back on East Coast) to help with shelling.
Losses IPCs when USA attacked first:Land Axis 15 & Allies none, Air both sides 6, Sea Axis 111 & Allies 63.
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Next U.S.A. & U.K. versus Germany. GE. cannot wait four rounds to try an Operation Sealion, maybe two, destroy the Brit. home fleet and make a landing. Of course two troopers would not contest London, but, would help set the stage for a minor political victory(get back any lost colonies).
The Allies if they can link their fleet and prevent a GE. fleet breakout from the North Atlantic, can get a minor political victory(colonies in Africa). Forget about invading GE, it would drag out to a long game.
Round One: GE. builds BB, C, sub. & transport, &, orders surface & sub. fleets to attack British Home Fleet. No mine losses, BB & 2C & 4 subs. versus Britsh BB, 2 C, & transport. Losses GE. all subs & Allies all lost.
From GE. colonies undefended Gold Coast & Nigeria are captured.
British Empire builds fighter, BB, &, 2 submarines. Moves to Scotland trooper from York, and, from London, 3 troopers & gun to York. Also from Canada C & transport arrives off Ireland & debarks trooper & gun. From Egypt C & transport with trooper & gun, head for home islands, along with India fleet of BB & C(Indian transport heads for S. Africa with trooper & gun). Together with Egyptian garrison of gun & 5 troopers heading for S. Africa, and with trooper from Rhodesia. Entering GE. East Africa, trooper & gun from S. Africa versus the same(both sides lose a gun).
U.S.A. builds transport, sub., &, fighter. Moves BB & C off Ireland Sea Zone #7.
Round Two: GE. builds transport, BB, & 3 subs., moves new ships to join fleet in British home waters(no losses due to mines), off London. Two BBs, 3 C, and, sub., versus British BB, 2 subs., and, fighter. Losses Axis both BB damaged & sub., &, Allies all.
Sea landing in Scotland, BBs shell & take out a defender, trooper & gun land & take out remaining trooper, Scotland falls!
British Empire builds 2 BB, &, moves 3 troopers & gun into Scotland, from York(shire). Also moves troops from Wales into York. A C from Med. Sea goes off London, &, transport returns back to Canada. Med. Sea fleet approaching Home Waters, &, India Fleet enters Med. Sea(Indian transport arrives off S. Africa).
Troopers enters GE. East Africa, &, Egyptian garrison enters Brit. East Africa. Troopers three & gun defeat defending GE. trooper in Scotland, it is retaken! GE. S. Africa becomes contested when Brit. 2 trooper & gun attack from Brit. S. Africa, defending trooper & gun(Allies lose a trooper & Axis lose a gun).
US builds BB & fighter. Moves BB & C to join Royal Fleet off London, sub. & transport arrives off Ireland and lands trooper and gun(fighter lands there).
Round Three: GE. builds BB,C, Transport, &, 2 subs., moves from Scotland to Kiel transport. Naval ships from Kiel join fleet off London, mines damage a BB & sink a submarine. Combat 3 damaged BB(one due to mines), 3 subs.(one lost to mines), 3 C, &, transport, versus, British 2BB, C, and, USA BB & C. Now the only
survivors are 2 damaged GE. BBs & transport.Land Battle in Scotland 2 BB shell and take out defending trooper. Landed trooper(gun lost to gunfire of defending gun) versus Brit. 2 troopers & gun. Scotland is contested.
British Empire builds BB, C, &, submarine, moves Indian Fleet in Atlantic off London of C and transport(lands gun & trooper). Canadian transport lands as reserve trooper & gun in Wales, &, from London gun sent to Wales.
Also 2 troopers & gun enter South Africa, &, transport lands as reinforcements trooper & gun in GE. S.W. Africa(losses Allied trooper against defending trooper).
US builds BB, sub., &, transport, moves a transport & sub. off Scotland, lands trooper & gun(fighter arrives from Ireland). Also a BB sails to Ireland & a fighter from East Coast lands there.
Battle Allies lose gun & defending Axis trooper is lost, Scotland is uncontested!
Round Four: GE. builds 2 BBs & C, moves reinforcements to join fleet in Brit. Home Waters(no mine lost). Transport goes back to Kiel, combat 3 BBs(two which are damaged), C, 2 subs., &, 2 transports, versus, British BB, sub., 2 C, transport, &, US fighter. Losses all but GE. BB & 2 transports. Land combat BB shells London & 2 Brit. guns counter fire, losses trooper each side. Landed trooper & 2 guns versus the same. Both sides lose 2 guns, London is contested!
British Empire builds 2 BB & a trooper, a transport goes back to Canada, troops enter S. Africa(in S.W. Africa another Brit. trooper lost), reinforcement into London of 2 guns & trooper. Battle 2 troopers & 2 guns destroy invading GE. trooper, London is uncontested.
Indian fleet of BB & C arrive off London, versus, GE. BB & 2 transports. Losses damaged BB & C lost, &, all GE. units.
US builds fighter, tank, &, submarine. Moves sub. & BB off London, &, transport heads home, with fighter flies from Ireland to Scotland. Also BB, sub. &, transport with trooper & gun arrive of Ireland.
Germany has lost Naval dominance, it can still build naval forces, &, is practically invasion proof. Allies will keep GE. in the North Atlantic, but, Brit. did have a partial Sealion done against her.
Minor political victory/lost for both, Axis will not invade Brit. Home islands again, &, Germany gets her colonies back.
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PelluloAllies France & U.S.A., versus, A.H. Empire. The former needs to take over her home waters(with the second largest land forces on the board, AH is practically invasion proof), while the latter can wreck havoc in French Med. area. If the Allies continue to shuttle forces into off the coast of Trieste, even with AH building new naval forces, the Axis will be contain on the seas.
Round One: A.H. Empire builds sub., BB, & fighter. Moves BB, C, &, transports to off Marseilles(BB damaged due to mines), versus, Fr. BB & 2 transports. Losses C & all Allies. Lands in undefended Corsica & Marseilles a trooper.
France builds 2 BB, &, moves from Brest to S. France BB & transport, &, Burgundy garrison into Marseilles of 6 troopers & 2 guns(destroys defending AH trooper, Marseilles is uncontested).
U.S.A. builds transport & 2 sub., moves BB & C to off entrance to Med.Sea to
join Fr. fleet.Round Two: AH builds 2 BB, moves fleet of BB & sub. & transport to off S. France, with no losses due to mines(transport returns to home waters). Combat 2 BB(one already damaged) & sub. versus FR. 2 BB. Losses all but damaged AH BB.
FR. builds BB & fighter, and, Brest fleet arrives off S. France. BB goes off Corsica and shells & destroys defending trooper, landed trooper takes over island.
US builds BB & C, &, moves BB & C to off Italy joining Fr. BB. Also 2 subs. & transports arrive to entrance to Med. Sea.
Round Three: A.H. builds BB, C, &, fighter, to off Italy goes 2 BB, sub., transport, & , fighter, versus, Fr. BB & US BB & C. Losses only both AH BB survive(one damaged).
Fr. builds BB & 2 subs. Moves to off Italy, 2 BB, fighter, & loaded transport(trooper & gun), versus, AH 2 BB(one damaged). Losses Allies BB & fighter, &, Axis all.
USA builds transport, C, &, submarine. Arrives Central Med. Sea transport(trooper & gun) & 2 subs., C from East Coast arrives S. France, &, BB arrives entrance to Med. Sea.
Round Four: AH builds fighter & 3 submarines. Moves fighter & BB & C to central Med. Sea, versus, US 2 subs. & transport(trooper & gun) & Fr. BB & transport(gun & trooper). Losses only Fr. transport survives.
Fr. builds BB, C, &, submarine, moves transport(gun & trooper), BB, &, 2 subs. to AH home waters( 3 subs. & fighter are there). No combat.
US builds BB & transport, moves BB & C to central Med. Sea; off the East Coast C goes to Med. Sea(followed by transport with gun & trooper & sub.).
Round Five: A.H. builds 2 BBs.
Fr. builds 2 BBs, moves from W. Med. Sea, 2 BB & C & 3 subs. & transport into A.H. home waters(no mine damage), versus, 2 BB & 3 subs. & 2 fighters. Losses all left Fr. damage BB & transport(no landing made).
US builds tank, fighter, &, C. Moves, with no mine losses, BB & 2C into AH home waters, &, sub. arrives off Italy, &, off Med. Sea BB & transport.
At this point AH is just battling to keep her home waters Allied freed, while the latter will probably never be able to invade, by sea. An impasse has been reached, both sides are unable to win, mush less lose. At this time US has BB & 2C, sub., & 2 transports. While Fr. has 2BB & transport, &, AH has to match those ships.
Losses IPCs: Allies 06 land, 18 air, 178 sea, &, Axis 06 land, 06 air, &, 148 sea.