Global 1940, No. 17 Game Report:
This is the only post in the No. 17 Game Report.
Players:
Axis: Traesko
Allies: The Captain
Germany:
From Early 1940, Germany prepared for a Fullscale Attack on the Soviet Union.
Infantry, Panzer Armies and Waffen-SS Armies were marched up along the entire Eastern Front.
Small scale production of U-Boat units kept the United Kingdom busy in the Med. and the Atlantic.
Soviet Union:
As the Germans were clearly preparing for a Massive Assault on the Soviet Union, the Soviets produced their maximum number of 9 Soviet Guard Infantry units as well as 26 Red Army Conscription Infantry units.
Most of the Eastern Front was heavily defended In Depth with Mines. This strategy proofed to be costly for the German Frontline units - during both Combat Movement and Non-Combat Movement.
The Soviets planned for a Static Defense in order to make each captured territory as costly as possible to the Germans.
Japan:
In Early 1941 Japan launched a large scale invasion of several islands in the Pacific.
Fighting was still ongoing in China.
The Japanese Navy was expanded massively - but scattered across the southern part og the Pacific to support amphibious assaults on most islands.
United States:
In Early 1941 the United States activated the US National Guard due to a Japanese attack on the Philippines.
US Naval units & troops attacked Italian occupied Morroco and hunted down several German U-Boat units in the Atlantic.
United Kingdom:
As German U-Boat units were gradually eliminated in the Atlantic and UK forces occupied the Money Islands in the Pacific, the UK economy was strongly increased.
The Industrial Complex in India was producing at its maximum during the entire War.
As Japanese troops captured Borneo, Celebes and Kwangtung the UK economy was reduced, but the production still kept going on in India.
Italy:
Italian Naval & Air units managed to clear the Med from Allied surface Warships.
North Africa was captured by skillfull planned Italian attacks.
The Italian economy was strong in Late 1940 and Early 1941.
ANZAC:
As UK troopes occupied the Money Islands in the Pacific, a continuous flow of ANZAC troops were transported to those islands - by Naval Transport units and Air Transport units.
This proofed to be an impossible task for the Japanese troops to overcome - and Sumatra, Malaya & Java stayed on Allied hands the entire War.
Early 1943:
German troops were halted on the Eastern Front.
Soviet troops captured Iraq, Italian Somaliland, Ethiopia, Tobruk, Libya and Finland.
Soviet Paratrooper units also captured Bulgaria and Slovakia Hungary.
At the same time the Soviets launched counter attacks against German forces on the Eastern Front.
Japanese troops captured all of China - but all supply lines were scarcely protected and vulnerable to enemy attacks.
United States launched attacks in the Pacific against thinly held Japanese islands.
At the same time the US attacked Western Germany - and eliminated most German units. The backbone og the German defense in Western Germany was the1st. Waffen-SS Army.
This Waffen-SS Army suffered casualties - and the surviving Waffen-SS units were now left alone to face an imminent Massive UK Amphibious Assault in Western Germany.
United Kingdom launched attacks in southern China - liberating several Chinese territories - and pushed Japanese Infantry units, Air units and Tank units back towards their factory sites in Kiangsu and Shantung.
Western Germany was captured by strong UK forces.
The End: Early 1944
At the beginning of Early 1944, the total Allied Economy reached 201 IPC on the Expanded National Production Chart.
Strong Soviet forces pushed forward deep into China - and the Soviet 1st Army Group in Eastern Poland was heavily supported by strong Tank & Infantry forces - ready for the Final Assault on Berlin.
The Axis resistance simply collapsed under the enormous pressure from Allied forces.
The following pictures show the Military Situation at the beginning of Germanys turn in Early 1944.
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