Pellulo
British & French & Italian Empires & U.S.A., versus, AH & German Empires. Here the Axis can aim for one/two Allied capitals at the same time(Paris and Rome), while U.S. & British Empire need to send land forces to help the Fr. & It.(using there most valuable asset the transport). Also control the seas, especially any W.W.I Sea Lion plans Germany may have, which normally leads to a Jutland type sea battle.
The Axis learned that Italy is not the soft underbelly of Europe, perhaps AHE can cut across Northern Italy to attack France from the south. Here it might lead to the AHE navy to be the aggressor, in this game variation.
Round One: AHE builds 2 BBs, to get Fr. & It. in some sort of naval arms race. After all It. & Fr. has 2 provinces that are manned by one trooper, both nations have also undefended islands, much less weakly defended colonies. If the AHE navy breaks out, with its transport(s), definitely could be allot of trouble, for the Allies.
On land taking Venice & Piedmont(forget about Rome) is the half way point for a link up with Germany in France. GE. needs to take Lorraine & Burgundy, after that if the Axis can hold their linkup, Paris is next. Moves all land forces towards Venice, after all Russia and the Balkans are neutral, and, to the west Germany is an ally.
Garrisons from Tryolia & Trieste enter Venice, 12 troopers & 4 guns, versus, It. 6 troopers & 2 guns. Losses Axis 4 troopers & Allies all, Venice has fallen! AHE fleet is so large now, that a attack from Italy or Fr. would probably only damage the BBs(much less if they survive the mine filed).
GE. builds fighter, transport, BB, &, C. Moving all land forces to France(fighter flies from capital to Munich), leaving coastal areas secured(in case of any allies landings). Again Russia is no threat, &, to the east is its ally AHE. Lorraine is invaded from Alsace, 7 troopers & 3 guns, versus, defending Fr. 6 troopers & 2 guns. Losses Axis 2 troopers & Allies 3 troopers, Lorraine is contested!
In Africa troopers from Kamerun & Togoland take undefended British Gold Coast & Nigeria. Trooper & gun from S.W. Africa enters Union of S. Africa & contest it, defended by Brits. trooper & gun(both sides lose a gun). Trooper from GE. E. Africa invades Rhodesia and defeats defending British trooper, colony falls!
At sea with no mine lost, from Kiel BB & 2 C, &, from Sea Zone #5 two subs., &, from S.Z.# 7(going through two sets of minefields) two sub. arrive off London. Versus British Empire BB, 2 C, &, transport, losses Axis damaged BB and 2 subs., &, Allies all.
Now four sets of Allies go, France builds sub.(at Brest), gun, &, 4 troopers. Burgundy garrison reinforces Italians in Piedmont, while Picardy garrison (sans trooper & 2 guns) joins forces in Lorraine. Here 9 troopers, 4 guns, &, fighter from capital, versus, GE. 5 troopers & 3 guns. Losses Allies 6 troopers & Axis all, Lorraine is freed! Paris & Bordeaux garrison move to Burgundy, &, Brest trooper moves to Paris.
In Africa, trooper from Fr. W. Africa enters Gold Coast, versus, defending GE. trooper(both are lost). Algerian trooper moves to Morocco, while trooper from later moves to Fr. W. Africa. Transport off Marseilles picks up trooper from Tunisia and debarks S. France.
Also BB & C & 2 transports off S. France, joins It. navy off in Central Med. Sea. Off Brest BB & transport leave & station themselves off Picardy.
British Empire builds fighter, transport, BB, & submarine(transport off Wales). Repositioning of land forces on islands, in case of Axis landings, &, 2 troopers from Wales board a Fr. transport. Also from Canada C & transport arrive off Scotland & debark trooper & gun.
In Africa trooper from B.E. Africa enters & takes undefended GE. East Africa. Trooper in Union of S.A. attacks invading trooper(both lost), colony still contested. From Sudan a trooper enter Fr. Eq. Africa, while a transport from Egypt lands in Piedmont 2 troopers. Also from Egypt 3 troopers & gun board Fr. 2 transports.
From India transport arrives off East Africa with trooper & gun, while BB & C head for Allied fleet off Rome.
Italy builds fighter, &, 2 troopers. Trooper from Somalia enters British E. Africa, while Roman garrison enters Tuscany. Also Naples trooper enters Rome, &, transport carries trooper & gun to Tuscany from Libya.
U.S.A. builds fighter & 2 transports. From East Coast BB heads for Italy , &, C for Wales.
Round Two: AHE builds 2 trooper, gun, 2 fighters, &, submarine. Moves Venice garrison to Piedmont(even though Tuscany looks like a better choice). Also reinforce Venice with forces from southern AHE. The need to take Piedmont, or, contest it is more important than Tuscany.
Battle 8 troopers & 4 guns, versus, It. 7 troopers & 3 guns, and, British Empire 2 troopers, and, Fr. 6 troopers & 2 guns. Losses
Axis 7 troopers & a gun, &, Allies all 2 troopers each(six troopers total, Piedmont is contested).
At sea the waters off Italy have become transport rich, the AHE fleet leaves home waters, and, enters It. home waters. Three BBs(one damaged by mines), C, &, transport, versus, Allies fleet of It. BB, C, fighter, &, transport, and, Fr. BB, C, & 2 transports, and, British Empire a C & transport. Losses all Axis, &, Allies Fr. & It. BBs are damaged, &, C from Fr. & It. & BE are lost.
GE. builds fighter, transport, trooper, gun, sub., &, BB. Trooper in Nigeria goes back to Kamerun, trooper in Rhodesia moves & takes undefended contested Union of S. Africa. Forces again invade Lorraine from Alsace, of 14 troopers, 6 guns, &, fighter from Munich, versus, Fr. 3 troopers, 4 guns, &, fighter(Allies win air duel). Losses Axis 4 troopers, &, Allies 2 troopers & 4 guns, Lorraine is contested. Also more land units in Germany heading for Lorraine(fighter flies from capital to Munich). .
At sea fleets off London & from Kiel travel to off Wales. Fleet from off London of damaged BB, 2 C, &, 2 submarines(no mine damaged), fleet from off Kiel of BB, C, &, transport has too travel two minefields(C is lost, &, BB damaged). Fighter in London passes on an air attack on fleets.
Off Wales the GE. now combine fleets, versus, Allies British BB, C, sub., &, 2 transports, and, Fr. BB, &, transport, and, U.S.N. Cruiser.
Losses only Fr. transport, &, Brits. damaged BB & transport are left.
Fr. builds 8 troopers. In Africa trooper from Fr. W. Africa, enters & frees undefended British Gold Coast, while trooper from Morocco enters West Africa. BB(already damaged) off Rome goes back to Marseilles for repairs, followed by 2 transports. Also sub. leaves Brest & goes off London.
Trooper from Marseilles & Paris garrison, and, fighter from Lorraine, go to Burgundy. Along with 4 troopers & 2 guns, in Piedmont, counterattack AHE trooper & 3 guns. Losses Allies 3 troopers, &, Axis 3 guns, Piedmont still contested.
British Empire builds fighter, transport(off Wales), BB, &, gun. In Africa trooper from taken GE. E. Africa, enters undefended Rhodesia and frees colony. Indian transport arrives off Union of S. Africa, debarks trooper & gun, versus, defending GE. trooper. Losses Allies a gun, &, Axis all, Union is freed! Also trooper & gun, go from Egypt via transport to Marseilles(from 2 Fr. transports 3 troopers & gun, debark there too).
BB goes from Red Sea to off Italy, while C goes from off Egypt to AHE home waters(no mine lost), versus, submarine(both are lost). Off Picardy from Fr., &, British transport, three troopers & gun land there. Also fighter flies from London to Burgundy, while damaged BB goes from Wales to London.
Italy builds gun & 4 troopers. Moves garrison from Piedmont into Burgundy(to reinforce the French there), taking the chance AHE will not try to take Rome via Tuscany. Leaving Piedmont contested, &, with Fr. forces in it(trooper & 2 guns). Also Rome garrison, &, fighter move to Tuscany.
U.S.A. builds 2 transports, &, submarine. BB arrives off Italy, two transports leave East Coast for Italy(with 3 troopers & gun), &, also fighter flies to Morocco.
Round Three: AHE builds BB, sub., transport, &, trooper. Land forces still heading for southern part of empire, to attack northern Italy.
Fighters fly in from capital, to Trieste, &, Venice. Tuscany looks tempting, if the link up with GE. fails to take Paris, then a possibility of a southern thrust to Rome may take place. Venice garrison moves to Piedmont, AHE 17 troopers & 5 guns versus Fr. trooper & 2 guns(Italians volunteering abandon their province, in order to help the Fr. in Burgundy). Losses Axis 2 troopers & Allies all, Piedmont has fallen! Earlier Tyrolia garrison moved into Venice.
GE. Empire builds gun, 5 troopers, BB, &, Cruiser. Fighter flies from Berlin to seaport of Kiel, while garrison goes from Alsace into Lorraine, &, while more land forces from Southern Germany arrive into Alsace. Battle 21 troopers & 13 guns(with a fighter from Munich), versus, Fr. trooper in Lorraine. Losses a trooper each side, Lorraine falls!
Fr. builds 2 guns & 5 troopers, moves Paris garrison into Burgundy. BB joins Allied fleet off Rome, &, 2 transports heads for East Coast. In Africa trooper takes Togoland from Gold Coast(it was undefended), &, another trooper enters Gold Coast from Fr. W. Africa.
British Empire builds fighter, 2 troopers, transport, &, BB. Transport off S. France heads for India, to Piccard 2 troopers & 2 guns. BB off Rome heads for London, replaced by C from Egypt. In Africa trooper from Union of South Africa takes undefended GE. S. Africa, while trooper from Rhodesia enters Union of South Africa. Also another trooper enters & takes Kamerun entering through Fr. Eq. Africa(defending GE. trooper was eliminated).
Air duel fighter from London, goes to Kiel defended by one fighter, both lost.
Italy builds 3 troopers. Moves Rome garrison to Tuscany, in case of a move by AHE towards Rome instead of Paris, it will not come cheap.
U.S.A. builds C, gun, &, 2 troopers. Two transport land in Tuscany 3 troopers & gun, fighter from Morocco lands also. Another 2 transports with escort sub., leave East Coast for Brest, with 3 troopers & gun.
Round Four: AHE builds, fighter, tank, trooper, gun, &, Cruiser. Trooper from capital moves to Tyrolia, &, fighter from Trieste moves to Venice. Piedmont garrison enters Burgundy with a fighter from Venice(while Venice garrison enter Piedmont, &, Tyrolia garrison enters Venice). Battle fighter, 6 guns, &, 15 troopers, versus, It. 5 troopers and 3 guns, Fr. fighter and 21 troopers and 5 guns, one British fighter. Losses in air duel Allies(British) & Axis lose a fighter. Losses on land Axis all, &, Allies 9 Fr. troopers. If this does not open the way for GE. forces to take Burgundy, nothing will(Marseilles was for the taking if AHE invaded there).
GE. builds fighter, sub., tank, gun, &, 5 troopers. Alsace garrison enters Lorraine, and, forces in Germany still heading for Lorraine (sans Munich garrison that enters Tyrolia). Lorraine garrison & fighter move into Burgundy, battle fighter, 7 guns, &, 20 troopers, versus, It. 5 troopers and 3 guns, &, Fr. fighter, 3 guns, and, 12 troopers. Losses Axis win air duel. Also land combat losses Allies Fr. 11 troopers and Italians 3 troopers,&, Axis 9 troopers. Burgundy is contested!
Fr. builds 8 troopers, Paris garrison goes into Burgundy. Trooper in Gold Coast heads back to Algeria, and, trooper in Togoland enters & frees undefended Nigeria. Two transports arrive off East Coast, &, another off Canada.
British Empire builds 2 fighter, sub., gun, &, 2 troopers. Canadian trooper & gun board Fr. transport off Canada, transport picks up trooper from S. Africa & S.W. Africa, heading for southern France. BB from India arrives off Ireland, from Picardy 6 troopers & 2 guns and Marseilles 4 troopers & 2 guns enter Burgundy, as reinforcements. Along with fighter from London, &, 5 troopers & gun board 3 transports off islands, &, debark into Picardy.
Also transports leaves Egypt for India, &, trooper in Kamerun heads for Egypt.
Italy builds 3 troopers, where to strike at Venice or Piedmont? The former leaves to possible counterattacks from both Axis powers, and, the latter opens the road to help France. Use transport to pick up trooper from East Africa, now in Libya to Piedmont. Also Rome garrison moves to Tuscany, while Tuscany garrison moves to Venice. Venice is invested, fighter, 3 guns, &, 15 troopers, versus, AHE fighter, 3 guns, &, 8 troopers. In air duel both fighters are lost, Allies losses 6 troopers, &, Axis losses 7 troopers & 3 guns. Venice is contested!
Now from Burgundy to Piedmont 2 troopers & 3 guns, with landed trooper from Libya, versus, AHE 6 troopers. Losses Allies 2 troopers & 2 guns, &, Axis 4 troopers, Piedmont contested.
U.S.A. builds transport, fighter, tank, &, trooper. Transport from Tuscany lands a trooper & gun with fighter flying in, versus, 2 AHE defending troopers. Losses Allies a gun, &, Axis all, Piedmont is freed!, another transport leaves for East Coast. Two troopers that are left in Tuscany, go to Venice as reinforcements. Two transports land in Picardy 3 troopers & gun, while escort sub. heads for waters off London. Off East Coast 2 troopers & gun board 2 Fr. troopers. Also C leaves East Coast for Italy.
Round 5: AHE builds fighter, sub., gun, &, 5 troopers. Tryolia and Trieste garrison enter Venice as reinforcements, with capital garrison enter Trieste. Battle 9 troopers, 2 guns, &, fighter from capital, versus, It. 8 troopers & 3 guns, and, U.S. 2 troopers. Losses Axis 6 troopers & Allies 4 troopers, Venice still contested. Up to Germany to clear out the Allies.
GE. builds 2 fighters, sub., gun, &, 4 troopers. Fighter flies from Berlin to Kiel, land forces still heading for Alsace with forces covering the coastal regions. Lorraine garrison sans a trooper enters as reinforcements in to Burgundy, to take it from the Allies. Combat, fighter, 26 troopers, &, 12 guns, versus, Fr. 8 troopers, &, 5 guns, and, British 10 troopers, 4 guns, &, fighter. Losses for air duel Allies win, for land losses Axis 11 troopers, &, Allies Fr. 7 troopers, and, British 7 troopers & 3 guns. Burgundy still holds out!, &, the AHE forces are no longer in France.
From Tyrolia into Venice 7 troopers & 3 guns enter, to help the AHE take back Venice, versus, It. 6 troopers & 3 guns. Losses Axis 6 troopers, &, Allies 5 troopers & 2 guns, Venice still holds out!
Fr. builds 7 troopers. Paris garrison moves to Burgundy, 2 troopers in Africa heading for Algeria. Two transports leave East Coast for Italy with 2 troopers & gun, another leaves Canada for Brest with trooper & gun.
British Empire builds fighter, transport off Wales, gun, 6 troopers. Piedmont garrison moves into Burgundy, 3 transports off Wales boards & debarks onto Picardy, 4 troopers & 2 guns. While BB from India arrives off London, another transport arrives off India & boards trooper & gun. Also transport with 2 troopers leaves S. Africa for Italy.
A fighter flies from London to Burgundy, while the fighter that was stationed in Burgundy flies to Venice.
Italy builds 3 troopers, Tuscany garrison & trooper & gun from Piedmont reinforce Venice. Transport off Rome heads for East Coast.
U.S. builds 5 troopers, &, gun. C joins Allied fleet off Italy, transport leaves Italy for East Coast, another arrives off East Coast. While another transport with trooper & tank heads for Italy, &, 2 transports off Picardy go to Canada. Also fighter leaves East Coast & flies to Ireland, while another fighter flies from Piedmont to Venice.
From Picardy to Lorraine 3 troopers & gun enter and battle defending GE. trooper, each side losses a trooper. Lorraine is free for now!, Axis forces in Burgundy cut off.
Round Six: AHE builds fighter, BB, &, 3 troopers. AHE needs to hold Venice, connect with the German(again), maybe head south to Rome? Venice garrison into Piedmont, while Trieste garrison into Venice, &, capital garrison into Trieste. Battle 2 fighters(one from capital), 3 troopers, 3 guns, tank, versus, It. fighter, 2 guns, 5 troopers, &, fighters from Britain and U.S. Losses air duel only one AHE fighter is left, land forces AHE losses are 3 troopers reduce to two cause of tank, &, Allies 4 troopers. Piedmont still contested.
GE. builds, 2 subs., gun, &, 6 troopers. Forces building up in Alsace to retake Lorraine, &, link up with cut off forces in contested Burgundy. Fighters fly to Hanover & Kiel, meanwhile in Venice trooper & 3 guns, versus, It. 2 troopers & 2 guns. Losses Axis 2 guns, &, Allies a trooper(Venice still contested).
Finally battle in contested Burgundy, 15 troopers & 12 guns, versus, Fr. 9 troopers & 5 guns, and, Brits. fighter, 8 troopers, & 2 guns. Losses Axis 14 troopers & 3 guns, &, Allies Fr. 6 troopers, and, Brits. 7 troopers. Burgundy still holding out!
Should GE. holds her fleet in port. Like AHE in the Med. Sea, not overwhelming to take out the Allies in the Med. Sea, but, too strong for any one of the Allies to enter its Home Waters. The GE. fleet is too large for even the Brits. to enter its Home waters, but, it is not overwhelming itself, to take out the combine Allies fleet off London.
There is only one way to find out, in air duel GE. fighter takes out both defending Brits. fighters for no lost. Entering Brits. Home Waters fighter, 2 BB, C, 3 subs, &, transport(no mine lost), versus, Allies Brits. 4 BBs & sub., Fr. & U.S.A. a sub. each. Losses Axis fighter & 2 subs., &, 2 damaged BBs, &, all Allies.
Landing in Yorkshire both BBs score a hit(destroys 2 troopers) & defending gun scores a hit(destroys a trooper), landed trooper destroys gun, &, Yorkshire falls! Navy scores big this round!
Fr. builds fighter & sub.(off Brest), &, 3 troopers. heads for Burgundy. Two transports arrive off Piedmont with U.S. 2 troopers & gun, another off Picardy with Canadian trooper & gun.
In contested Lorraine Fr. hunkers down.
British Empire builds fighter, BB, gun, &, 4 troopers. Indian transport arrives Red Sea, C off Sicily heads back to London, trooper & gun debark Fr. transport onto Picardy, 4 Canadian troopers board 2 U.S. transports off Canada. From Picardy 3 troopers & 2 guns move into Lorraine.
Transport off Morocco arrives & debarks 2 troopers onto Marseilles.
On Home Islands 2 transports pick up 3 troopers in Wales & debark onto Picardy. From London 3 troopers & gun enter Yorkshire, versus, defending trooper. Losses a trooper each side, Yorkshire is freed.
Italy builds fighter & trooper. Rome garrison moves into Tuscany, transport arrives off East Coast.
U.S.A. builds BB & C. From 2 Fr. transports, 2 troopers & gun, &, arriving U.S.A. transport has tank & trooper debarking also onto Piedmont. Another 2 transports arrive off Wales with 4 Canadian troopers. Off East Coast trooper & gun board It. transport, &, another 2 troopers board transport heading for Piedmont.
Fighter flies to Scotland from Ireland.
Round Seven: AHE builds fighter, sub., gun, &, 3 troopers. Trieste garrison into Venice, &, capital garrison into Trieste. Battle in contested Venice, fighter flies in from capital(while fighter already in Venice will not take part in this battle). Fighter, 6 troopers, tank, &, 4 guns, versus, It. 2 troopers & 2 guns & U.S. gun. Losses Axis 5 troopers(reduce to four because of tank), &, Allies only It. trooper left. Venice still contested.
AHE fleet leaves port, into It. Home Waters, trying to mimic the success of the GE. fleet, in the North Sea. Fighter from Venice has air duel with It. fighter from Rome, Axis fighter wins. Two BBs(one damaged by mines), C, 2 subs., transport, &, fighter, versus, Allies U.S.N. BB, C, 2 transports, and, Fr. BB & 2 transports, &, It. BB. Battle Axis all lost, &, Allies lost but except a Fr. transport. AHE did not win, but, not much of a victory for the Allies either.
GE. builds 2 subs., transport, fighter, gun, &, trooper. In Burgundy the trapped cut off forces, will not take the contested province, much less Paris. The forces will retreat instead into Allied occupied Lorraine, &, hopefully link up with forces coming down from Alsace. Battle fighter flying in from Ruhr, 6 troopers, &, 11 guns, versus, Allies British 4 troopers & 2 guns, and, U.S.A. 2 troopers & gun. Losses Axis 2 troopers, &, Allies all, Lorraine falls!
Meanwhile at sea, GE. fleet needs to clear out Allies, in order to try a second landing. Battle 2 damaged BBs, C, 3 sub(two from Kiel, no mine lost)., &, transport, versus, Brits. BB, fighter, &, U.S. fighter. Losses Axis 3 subs., &, Allies all. Transport goes to Kiel picks up trooper & gun, &, lands them in Yorkshire. Two BBs shell and scores two hits, defending gun no hit, landed trooper & gun & fighter from Kiel take out last defending trooper(in turn lose their gun). Yorkshire is back in German hands!
Fr. builds fighter, tank, gun, &, 2 troopers. Transport off Piedmont, goes to Algeria, picks up trooper who debarks back at Piedmont. Trooper arrives in Morocco from Fr. West Africa, Paris garrison moves to Burgundy, while transport off Picardy heads for East Coast. Burgundy garrison moves into Lorraine with fighter from capital. In air duel both sides lose their fighter, 10 troopers & 5 guns, versus, GE. 4 troopers & 11 guns. Losses Allies 8 troopers, &, Axis trooper & 3 guns.
At sea sub. leaves Brest & attacks GE. fleet off Yorkshire of 2 damaged BBs, C, &, transport. Losses Fr. sub. & GE. cruiser.
British Empire builds BB, 2 guns, &, 4 troopers. Trooper moves from Fr. Eq. Africa to Sudan, &, transport from India arrives off Tuscany & debarks 2 troopers. Also another transport off S. France heads for India, &, transport from Wales picks up trooper, &, debarks into Picardy. Along with 1 transport head for East Coast from Wales, &, 4 Canadian troopers debark 2 U.S. transports onto Picardy.
Three troopers & gun from London retake Yorkshire, destroying defending GE. trooper & fighter, for a lost of 2 troopers. Four troopers & gun enter contested Lorraine from Picardy, as reinforcements.
Cruiser arrives off London, from Ireland, versus, GE. 2 damaged BBs & transport, losses Axis transport & Allies cruiser.
Italy builds sub.(to counter growing AHE navy), &, 2 troopers. Tuscany garrison enter Venice as reinforcement, while Rome garrison enters Tuscany.
U.S.A. builds fighter, gun, &, 3 troopers. Piedmont garrison enters Venice, as reinforcements for the Italians. Transport arrives & debarks 2 troopers onto Piedmont. Off East Coast, C heads for Italy & BB for Brits. Home Islands. From East Coast 2 troopers move to Canada.
Round Eight: AHE builds BB, sub., trooper, &, transport. Trieste garrison goes to reinforce the invasion of Venice, a fighter from the capital flies into Venice(there is already a fighter in Venice, it will not particpate in this battle), also capital garrison goes to Trieste. Fighter, 5 troopers, tank, &, 4 guns, versus, Allies U.S. is 3 troopers, tank, &, 2 guns, &, Italy 4 troopers & 2 guns. Losses Allies U.S. 2 troopers(tank absorbed a hit), and, Italy 3 troopers, &, Axis 4 troopers(a hit was absorbed by tank), &, 2 guns, Venice is still contested!
Sub. leaves home port goes to off Rome & fighter takes off from Venice. Sub.(no mine lost) & fighter, versus, Allies Italian sub., &, a Brits. and Fr. and U.S. transports. Losses Axis sub., &, Allies Fr. & British transports.
GE. builds BB, transport, fighter, &, 3 troopers. Lorraine garrison goes back deeper into France, not Burgundy but Picardy where the British forces arrive. Battle trooper & 10 guns, versus, British 5 troopers. Losses Axis 3 guns, &, Allies all, Picardy falls! Alsace garrison moves into Lorraine, fighter from capital flies to Munich(if these two armies can link up!).
Two sub. & transport leave home port(no mine lost) to join up with 2 damaged BBs off Scotland, versus, British BB. Losses Axis a sub., &, Allies all, transport lands trooper & gun into undefended Scotland, it falls!
Fr. builds sub.(off Marseilles) & 6 troopers. Trooper finally arrives in Algeria, &, garrisons from capital & Burgundy enter to retake Picardy. Battle fighter, tank, 8 troopers & 6 guns, versus, GE. trooper & 7 guns. Allies losses 5 troopers(tank absorbs a hit), &, losses Axis 7 guns. Picardy is contested. Trooper moves from Picardy to reinforce allies in Venice.
British Empire builds BB, sub., fighter, tank, &, gun. Trooper arrives in Egypt from Sudan. Transport picks up trooper & gun from Wales, debarks into Picardy, versus, defending GE. trooper. Losses Brits. a gun & GE. a trooper, Picardy is freed! Another transport arrives off East Coast & 2 transports leave Wales for East Coast. From Burgundy 6 troopers & gun enter Lorraine, versus, GE. 3 troopers, tank, &, 3 guns. Losses Allies 2 troopers, &, Axis 1 trooper(one hit absorb by tank) & 3 guns, Lorraine is contested!
From Yorkshire trooper & gun enter Scotland, versus, defending GE. trooper & gun. No losses both sides.
Italy builds trooper & submarine. Sends trooper from Tuscany to reinforce Allies in Venice, while Rome a trooper moves to Tuscany. Sub. enters AHE Home Waters(no mine lost), versus, AHE BB, sub., 2 fighters(in Venice), &, transport. Losses Italy submarine & AHE BB damaged, with transport from East Coast arriving off Piedmont.
U.S. builds fighter, 3 troopers, &, gun. In Canada 2 troopers board a Fr. transport, &, in East Coast 2 troopers board a British transport. Also It. transport off Piedmont a trooper & gun debark. Along with fighter from East Coast flies to Ireland.
From Piedmont 2 troopers go to Venice to reinforce U.S. forces there, 3 troopers, 2 guns, &, tank, versus, Axis forces of AHE trooper, 2 guns, tank, &, 2 fighters, and, GE. trooper. Losses Allies U.S. all but tank, &, Axis GE. trooper(tank absorbed a hit) &, 2 guns.
Cruiser off S. France & transport off Piedmont, enters AHE Waters(no mine lost), versus, damaged BB, sub., transport, & 2 fighters(in Venice). Losses U.S. all & AHE fighter & submarine. BB joins British fleet off London.
Peace breaks out, after 8 rounds, the Axis powers find themselves barley holding onto Venice, Lorraine, &, Scotland. True they might get in a better situation if there was a Round Nine naval wise, but, that seems pretty hard in the North Atlantic(more evenly match in the Med. Sea). Even still both empires have long since used up their original land forces, for the GE. it takes rounds for forces to reach France. For the Allies to invade the Axis, especially if the latter buy lots of cheap infantry for defense, would take a long time to get to Berlin/Vienna(also the Allies need to have complete sea dominance, for any sea landings).
This game goes over from a tie to a most minor of Allies victory. To leave contested Scotland, Lorraine, &, Venice, Germany gets back three colonies. The fourth one goes to the Allies.
Losses IPCs Air Fighters Axis 72 and Air Allies 78, tanks none, land forces troopers & guns Axis 532 and Allies 559, Sea Axis 243 & Allies 315.
