Terif

May 17, 1942: Fortunately Russia uses the Leningrad port to load-unload the defending army and reduces its entrenchment to 0 this way - besides spending 25 mpps for it (BTW: ordering new supply via loading-unloading is only useful in out of supply areas - in the home country it is only a waste of mpps ). So Germany has no problems to kill the army and to take Leningrad. Central mine again conquered - main forces approaching Smolensk. West: Paris has fallen, France liberated. Axis forces form a new defence line Bordeaux-Swiss-Brussel

April 19, 1942: Not much kills in the east since most air had been used to kill Timoshenko HQ that moved uncautiously in the open field close to the front near Smolensk and the rest repositioned to new airbases in Russia - closer to the front. Another german tank lost, Leningrad reached, Finland joins Axis. West: Allies reach the outskirts of Paris - heavy battles around the french capital.

March 22, 1942: Russia kills a german tank and reconqueres the central mine. German forces retaliate and kill 4 corps and a tank. Slowly advancing towards Leningrad - 2nd russian cruiser destroyed. West: Allies conquered a land bridge to their cut off comrades near Brussel - but too late. US army destroyed. A corps still cut off 2 hexes near Brussel in the landing hex. Now 3 allied units in 2 hex distance to Paris.

February 8, 1942: 3rd turn Barbarossa: German war machine increases speed and takes Riga, Minsk, Kiev and the russian central mine in one strike - killinge half a dozen russian corps in the process. Some of the 9 german AFs repositioning and establishing new airbases inside the newly conquered russian territories Land forces active in Russia: 7 HQs, 11 german armies, 7 tanks and a dozen corps + minor units. West: 20+ corps/italian armies defending against the invaders... West: Some allied units land west of Brussel, cut off from the main forces around Brest. They got attacked from all sides immediately. Allies are working along the coast and will probably save the western US army of the landed forces. Except for one tank, all allied units still 3 hexes away from Paris and Bordeaux - killing ~2 axis corps each turn. [ August 30, 2004, 04:03 AM: Message edited by: Terif ]

December 14, 1941: 2nd turn Barbarossa: Russia builds a lot of corps directly at the front around Riga, Minsk and Kiev. 5 of them destroyed, several others damaged. Odessa conquered. Iraq and Greece surrender. West: Transports along the german and LC coast, axis guards are ready protecting all cities and the port. Defence lines 2 hexes before Bordeaux and Paris are holding. Lots of US armies/corps landed, US tank spotted too.

November 16, 1941: The war has begun... Axis attacks Portugal (surrenders), Greece, Iraq and Russia. All 9 border armies destroyed or cut off. Cruiser, both tanks and all 3 russian AFs killed in the first strike. Germany shows jets 2, LR 3 and anti-tank 1. West: Allies started their invasion one turn before Barbarossa and attack with 5 US AFs, 4 UK AFs and 3 carriers. Brest is lost, but Axis forces form a defence line 2 hexes before Bordeaux and Paris.

June 1941: - Spain surrendered some turns ago, Gibraltar was undefended and is axis occupied now - all minors have joined - another UK transport bites the dust near Bergen when it was looking for an empty city - finally German scientists close the gap to UK and reseach jets lv 1.

March/April 1941: - brit corps in Essen had its fun not very long and got killed in the second turn...Essen reconquered - Since Allies are very aggressive and love to attack defenceless transports in the Med, Italy positioned one near Valencia in sighting range of the UK air in Gibraltar. Immediately 4 allied ships attacked the transport like expected. 5 German airfleets and the italian navy took revenge for the lost transport and sunk all 4 ships without own losses - Hungary joined, Spain attacked but continues fighting one turn despite the loss of the capital in the second turn.

New game: Allies operated the polish AF again to Kopenhagen, so there was no need to kill the denmark corps. This time the AF got killed in the first attack and Denmark fell in turn 2 - earlier than normal thanks to the operated AF (besides, operating costs allies additional 40 mpps ). Allies defended France aggressively with 2 UK AFs from around London + carrier at the beginning and a french HQ. Therefore they had not enough ground units and only a weak defence line. France surrendered April 28, 1940. An aggressive/offensive french defence works only against not so experienced opponents - they will often be crushed -, but is usually a disadvantage for Allies against a better axis player: high losses for both sides, but Axis has no problems to replace its losses in contrary to Allies and France will usually fall much earlier than with a defensive strategy. After France, a lot of UK corps moved to axis coasts again. One landed corps got destroyed in Algeria. Another one in Essen will also not survive very long with a german army and several corps + AFs in the neighbourhood... (Transport near Brussel heavily damaged and retreated) A free french battleship sunk outside Bergen. German air on Sicily has some new ship targets in the Med near Spain

Comments to Dalmatians points: 1. yep, a lot of UK corps died at the european coasts that were protected by german air... 2. problem was: too much allied air and not enough ground units. So Allies could not advance the first months of the invasion when they killed an axis corps 3. Aggressive russian defence...but Russia can´t afford loosing 1000+ mpps each turn very long, so after 3-4 turns most forces were destroyed and the frontline only consisted out of gaps now 4. yep, bad luck with research for Allies - but since there were no airbattles during D-day, this was even an advantage since air was cheap to buy. 5. When axis leaves enough guarding units in its back, then it is not only logical but also realistic and historical accurate that there will appear no partisans (at least not in corps size numbers or doing much damage..). Even in real life they wouldn´t dare to uprise when there are enough enemy soldiers before their door 6. Yes, I wondered why Allies repaired all their damaged ships - must have been over 30 strength points they repaired. Together with all the battles/lost corps after France and the heavy losses during France, this was a main reason why UK had only 2 airfleets and 3 research chits.

August 1942: Allies surrender. Axis forces are 2:1 superior now. A strong invasion force with half a dozen transports guarded by the italian fleet on the way in the USA. Russia cut in 2, defenders retreating.

July 26, 1942: Siberians arrive. Russia makes a small counterattack from Voronez towards Kharkov - reducing a german AF from str 13 to 9 with a tank. Axis forces remove the attackers immediately and conquer Stalingrad too . Some russian corps destroyed around Moskov and Vologda in the north. West: Allies foolishely destroy the german corps in Paris, occupy it with a str 5 corps and liberate France (5 hexes around Paris still axis...). In the counterattack the corps had no chance to survive and France surrenders again. Brest axis and the allied expeditionary forces out of supply now...

July 12, 1942: After a turn for reinforcing in the east, axis forces now approach Moskov and Stalingrad. Russian air reached jets lv 1, minor airbattles around Vologda. West: Brussel under siege and surrounded by a dozen axis corps and italian armies. Finally a US corps reach the outskirts of Paris (survived the axis counterattack at str 2). Front 2 hexes from Bordeaux still holding - Allies had not enough ground units to move forward.

Game continues: Axis take Smolensk and Leningrad. Last russian cruiser in the Black Sea destroyed. Kharkov surrounded and some last russian corps removed. West: UK army destroyed, corps cut off and reduced to str 2. Brussel under attack from all sides.

June 14, 1942: Allies capture Brussel after massive air bombardement, no advances in France. Some last russian corps fleeing in panic - Sevastopol empty and occupied . Game is saved - to be continued another day.

May 17, 1942: Leningrad surrounded and cut off. Finland joins Axis. Hunting the last russians around Kharkov and Smolensk. Both mines near Sevastopol captured. Only a few russian units survived the heavy battles and counterattacks during the last turns. West: Allies shift focus, only reinforcing in France, but landing 2 corps + 1 army near Brussel. Brussel under attack, but holding. No axis losses in France this turn. UK army SW of Brussel heavily damaged in the counterattack, both corps surrounded by axis combat units - italian armies from Greece operating to Hamburg . USA developes Jets lv 3 and show anti-tank lv 1. UK at lv 1 jets.

April 19, 1942: Mass destruction in Russia...Germany looses 2 tanks, but in the counterattack again 3 russian armies and half a dozen corps are killed or cut off. German tanks approaching Leningrad, Smolensk reached. Minsk and 4 corps cut off. Odessa taken a turn ago. West: Still no allied advance - axis defence perimeter 2 hexes outside Paris and Bordeaux remains intact. A curious US army got killed as it marched into the defence line - hole closed again. [ August 25, 2004, 10:42 AM: Message edited by: Terif ]

March 22, 1942: Riga conquered - russian tank destroyed near Kharkov, another reduced to str 2. Several russian corps destroyed or cut off. Corps transport outside Finland attacked by german navy. Jets lv 3 researched. West: Allies killing 1-2 corps/turn but taking a lot of damage in return too. Ground forces 3 hexes away from Paris and Bordeaux - defence lines estabished and entrenching.

Februar 8, 1942: Russia has to pay a prize for its counterattack and looses a tank, an AF and several corps. Since russian forces concentrated in the north, there is a gap in the south and german tanks move forward, conquering both Kiev and Kharkov. Odessa still under attack. In the West: - A US sub attacks the italian fleet outside Portugal and gets sunk. - allied landings in France, Brest lost. Allies loose a corps and another is reduced to str 1 and cut off.

December 14, 1941: - Greece and Iraq surrender - 5 US AFs, 2 UK AFs and 3 carriers attacking around Brest. 2 allied corps land near Brest, but without a city or HQ they can´t reinforce. Axis guarding units attack immediately and reduce them to str 2 and 8. Transports appear near Bergen and Hamburg from time to time - defences are ready, so no landings there . - Russia bought some airfleets and owns now 4 of them near Leningrad. German air forces intercepts. A lot of corps around Riga, Kiev and Minsk - axis forces remove some of them...

November 16, 1941: Barbarossa starts... Axis attacks Portugal, Greece, Iraq and Russia. All 9 border armies destroyed or cut off, 2 tanks, 1 AF and a cruiser destroyed in the initial attack. German air from France operates to Russia. German and italian corps defend the coasts.

October 19, 1941: Allied transports outside Brest and Brussel. Heavy airfights over the channel - USA have 4 airfleets. Russia preparing for war...

August 1941: - Yugoslavia coups and surrenders in the same turn. - USA joins Allies - German air attacks US air near London but it survives, it seems the intercepting UK air has also no HQ (??) since the german air looses only 1 str point... - Germany shows Jets 1, LR 1 and anti-tank 2

March 16, 1941: Spain surrenders, Gibraltar is undefended. Everything quiet at the other fronts. [ August 25, 2004, 08:19 AM: Message edited by: Terif ]

February 2, 1941: - Axis also got no single tech until now - Romania (+ earlier Hungary) joined, Spain under attack: 3 units destroyed, Valencia captured. - Bergen conquered - UK corps outside Hamburg reduced to str 4 [ August 25, 2004, 08:19 AM: Message edited by: Terif ]