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December 1943 {Russia} Nothing major. We kill an Army in the North, and the pesky an Engineer and corps in Central Russia. Russian Tanks are seen coming out of the Kaukaus approaching Rostov. {Turkey} Tac Bombers strike and kill Tank Group in Turkey. We move a tank group across the channel and into the city and strike an Indian corps who is supply 6? I thought Russia was set to non-cooperative? {Middle East} The Afrika Corps Army from Cairo stirkes an attacking American corps. Rommel's elite fighters ward off british intecepters to kill an American Tac Bomber near Amman. There are Allied planes everwhere. {Indochina/Thailand} Both gone. {China} Hong Kong and Nanning can't move an inch we are totally surrounded. We make on attack 4-0 on advancing Indian SF. {DEI} Must be on the Allied radar by now. German Sub stationed in the Pacific tries to ping a carrier but of course a nasty American sub is in the way. What a waste. ** It's January 1944 now. My prediction is a stalemate. Rambo's is going all in to destory Japan while Germany is supreme master of all of Europe. Which raises a question about victory conditions. If Japan is gone, but Germany controls London, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Warsaw, Moscow, Stalingrad, and Cairo could this not be a victory? Not saying I will hold all that but it's something to think about. On the flipside if Germany is gone and Japan held the entire Pacific including Canberra or Delhi could this not be considered victorious? It should be the Allies game to lose, after all Germany and Japan could care less how each other are doing.

November 1943 {Russia} The snow holds back and the Germans take advantage. One last major assault before the winter, and our target is the last major city near the Ural Mountains, Kubyashev (spelling). Finnish figthers ping the city, we follow up with Army+Tank and move another German tank in to hold the city. Russian Fighters adjacent to the city get messed up a bit too. We kill another Army in the North, while pinging across the Volga river. {Turkey} x3 Tac Bombers hit Russian Tank in city. Sometimes you really wish you could see what type of damage is being done. {Middle East} Lots of allied Air in the region, they are trying to overrun Rommel's defenses. Rommel has some superfighters though, we shoot down British Tac Bomber near Amman, and target an American one in the Sudan. {Thailand/Indonesia} They are mine as of this turn. That's about the best I can say about it. {China} More of the same, the Allies are sticking to their plan.

October 1943 {Russia} Winter will be coming soon, the bad weather is creeping into Russia and Turkey. It looks like the Germans and Russians will each have to set up camp at opposite sides of the Volga. A large attack force x3 Armys and Tank group was sent to defend Archangel. We nearly kill an Army in our retreat back to Voldga, we'll let them come to us. Near Gorki we kill a corps, and an Army in fortress. {Middle East} Americans are approaching Cairo from Sudan. A couple allied minors are on the other side of the Suez. We move an Italian Army to permently hold the canal. No air fights this turn. {Thailand} No HQ, plus the entire allied navy it seems knocking at the door means bad news. We pull back to the capital and send one of the defenders home. A Japanese carrier sinks American Battleship scoping out Penang. {Indonesia} Allies took the turn off last time. I won't be so lucky again. {China} We just dig in. It's all Rambo in the South. {Japan} Another garrison deployed in Japan, this time in the South. Too easy to figure out there location this time, we send a Destroyer to check it out, it's 2 measily American Subs. Carrier, and a few ships looking for refitting clear them out.

September 1943 {Russia} In the North Germany uses Tank Group and Army to take Voldga. We ping Russian Army between us and Archangel. German Panthers take Gorki in the Central, lots of Red Infantry still around the city and Kubyaskhev (sp). The Russians have really concentraded in the south behind the Volga and around Stalingrad. Not an easy task to move behind the river. {Turkey} Some air attacks from Bulgaria on the Tank Group in the city but just one hit. {Middle East} Had to do some maneuvering around Alexandria I hadn't noticed the Allied minors in Amman had reopened the Suez. We strike the corps with a few fighter strikes and tangle with more British fighters from Iraq. {Pacific Theatre} Very quiet. Still wondering what set off the Northern garrisons in Japan.

August 1943 {Russia} The summer offensive continues: In the North German Army's attack the small town (name I forget) while Tanks diverted from the North attack the entrenchements around Gorki in Central Russia, we kill an Army and bang HQ down to 1. Along the Volga River just North of Stalingrad we take some go all in to kill the long entrenched Red Tank Group and kill an adjacent Army. We are creating a spearhead to split Russia in two. The lone ranger is dead near Riga. {Turkey} Russian Tanks x2 are just mulching at the corps I put infront of them, we abandon the Turkish city and retreat across the strait. With Greece neutral there is very thin choke point en route to Sofia. {Atlantic} No signs of the Allies in the ocean. Is London forgotten? We bomb Ireland back to the dark ages once again. {China} There is no commitment from the Chinese to fight for the Eastern chores. They are all down south and have recaptured Foochow. Hong Kong, and Nanning are surrouned by the Chinese, but we will fight on. {Indochina} Another swap of garrison units. It is only a matter before we lose Hanoi to the Indians and their air support. {Thailand} Holding strong. {Japan} Japan is on high alert after emergency garissons are deployed on the Northern end of the Island. Someone must have saw something out at sea..

August 1943 {Russia} With the Russians back behind the Volga the road to Stalingrad is clear. German and Finnish fighters ping random units to draw Russian intercepts away from our main air assault on Stalingrad. We follow up with Figheters x2 and Tac Air x3 to soften up the defending Army within the city. German Panther group and an Army attack across the river and get the kill. We send one of our most decorated Panthers (3 Stars) in to hold the city. Axis infantry move side by side along the stretch of the Southern Volga to hold defensive positions as we stare the Reds in the eye. 3 German Tank Groups in the North tread southward to deter any flanking maneveours. Also the lone ranger near Riga is nearly dead. {Turkey} We send an Italian Army to Turkey to help defend the backdoor to Europe. German Fighters hit British Tac Bomber that is wandering to close. Those Russian tanks would look pretty good around Stalingrad right now. {China} Heavy commitment to the South is paying off for the Chinese. We have to send in another SF to stretch our lines to defend against Hong Kong losing HQ support. {Indochina} We swap defenders again via port to try to hold the tattered city as long as we can.

Any chance of an udpate to World in Flames? I really thought that this great, but I'm not sure how up to date it is with the latest patches.

Thanks! My first HvH game was alot of fun, and there is definitley alot to be learned for future games.

Consider it called. Great Game!

July 1943 {Atlantic} The combined force of the German and Italian Navy scour the Atlantic. We find a British Destroyer and Aussie Cruiser guarding the USA/USSR convoy lane South of Greenland. Italian Battleships lead the attack and kill the Destroyer, and damage the Cruiser. German Bomber sets Ireland's supply back to double 0's. No threat here this summer. {Russia} The Russians killed an Italian corps near Rostov last turn, as they advanced from Stalingrad once again. We kill Tank+Army+Army, while taking minimal damage. German Tanks take the turn off in the North, we use Infantry to kill a Russian corps. Lone ranger Red Army near Riga gets pinged a bit. {Turkey/Middle East} Russian Tanks x2 threatens Istanbul, we have a log jam of corps blocking the way from the surrendered capital. British Bombers are reducing our supply. We use Axis fighters from the Middle East to draw Brits into another air battle to hopefully ligthen their air support. {Pacific Theatre} Japanese Chill in China. Chinese offensive has split the Japanese forces in Nanning from our Eastern lines. Our defensive positions in the East are very sound, but Nanning and Hong Kong will to fend for themselves. We have a few Army's, HQ, SF to guard the cities. A Chinese corps dies in the North, but is irrelevant, Rambo is making his drive elsewhere. Combined Allied forces are trying to free Indochina accepting American air support from Burma when the weather allows. The Americans are showing glimpses of their Navy near from the outside of Thailand.

June 1943 {Atlantic} Axis surface ships kill a strength 6 American sub retreating back to it's coast in the Mid Atlantic. Ireland has become useless as the port is bombed to 0, the capital is at 1. {Turkey} Stalin and Churchill are working together in the Middle East. Russian Tanks lead the charge with British Air for support as they invade the country. The Turkish HQ in the capital barely surrives and is sacked in favour of a strength 8 Turkish Army. It is not yet known which of the 2 nations will resume control of the country when it surely falls next turn. {Russia} Russian troops are attacking the Finnish forts head on. It is a fool's errand but a distraction nonetheless. German Tanks with some infantry support mop up about 4-5 Army's in the North and around Leningrad. There is still a Russian Army making the jounrey towards Riga. Near Stalingrad the Russians are moving up towards Rostov and Kharkov. We nail a couple of the front runners killing an Army, and damaging some others while our Tanks mostly remain still. There are a few paratroops in the rear, not sure if they have orders or not. {China} Japanese units pull out of the hot spots in the south. Super Army + Tank is bad news. The Japanese are solid in the North and Nanning is well guarded. I can't say the same about Foochow. {West Pacific Theatre} A few carrier strikes muster not enough, just 1 hit on Indian Tank in Indochina. We just dig in elsewhere and garrison a town in the West DEI as allied minor corps journeys too close.

{Atlantic} The RN has sailed away it seems, so the Axis Navy strikes American uboats south of Britain that won't retreat. They dive alot, but we manage to kill one of them. The Germans have stationed some air on Britain to ward off any possible invasion, we bomb Ireland back to supply 0 and use Tirpitz to smash the port. {Norway} Axis DOW Norway, and I overplanned it seemed as a half strength parartrooper took Oslo all on it's own. {Russia} The Germans are playing cautious around Stalingrad, we kill the annoying Rocket truck near Rostov though. We bomb Leningrad to 0, and kill 2 Army's that were sent there. Another Red Army and SF are out of supply and left for dead. The Russians seem to be coming from everywhere marching from every Northern town. They are cannon fodder, we smack another bunch of Infantry troops down to 4,2,1. There are still lots around, we send a 3rd tank group North to help clean them up. {Middle East} Air strike kills unknown corps in the Sudan. We drag the Iraqi stationed British fighters into another air battle. {China} There is an insane experienced Chinese Army in the South East doing good damage. We do some hits but no kills. {Burma/Indochina/Thailand} Jap Carriers show themselves near Indochina killing an advancing Indian SF. We just strengthen our Thailand front lines.

Most definitley. Try it with red on. Carriers are very powerful.

You can think of the of the green-dot as Fighters because they act identical to them, effecitive for intercepts and better for fighting air based units. Turning the Aircraft to red-dot is very effective verus naval units. It acts much the same as Tactical Bombers, but you can not intercept enemy air strikes. The yellow is a mix of both, so you will be ready for anything but the effectiveness of your attacks is reduced alot. The "R" setting is for raiding enemy convoy lanes. I'm pretty sure the Raiding option is tougher on your supply but it should not be a problem if you are the Americans fighting around Hawaii or the UK in the Mediterranean. To summarize turn to red to attack navy. Turn green to fight/intercept air units.

March 1943 {Atlantic} The Allied and Axis fleets go at it all around Britain. Tonnes of damage but few kills. The allies lose a DD, the Germans a u-boat. An American HQ is spotted entering Ireland. {Russia} Rambo moved a corps from Archangel to reopen the rail to Leningrad, and 4 Army's pop up South of the city. We divert a heavy Tank back from the North to lay -6 and -7 damage to 2 of them. A second tank stays in the North, attacks with an Army to kill a Red Army damage another to 2. His Infantry backs off from Kharkov and Rostov back to Stalingrad. We don't chase, and stay dug in behind the river, the Tank in Rostov nearly kills Rocket truck nearby. {Middle East} The blackshirts are goners soon. The Americans are pounding away. We do another Tac-Air attack on no name corps in Sudan, and ping empty Amman with super jets to draw a British fighter into x2 intercepts from Iraq. {China} We kill a Chinese corps in the central lines. Back off a bit in the south, can't handle the bad supply. {Thailand/Indochina/Burma} This is turning into a hot spot. American tank spotted in Rangoon, while the Indians are on the charge. We swap a better armed garrison into Indochina. More units land in western end of DEI. Some island hopping near the Solomons.

August 1945 {Europe} Americans liberate abandoned Norway, and get a 2nd Italian surrender as Rome is deserted. The Geman Army has nearly backed right out Italy, holding only the most Western city. Can't do much against the German wall in fortresses. Russia continues to chase the Axis as they back into Germany. Infantry advances on Konnisberg, reducing the defending army to 5. We ping head on their front lines. Bulgaria is chilled a bit even with 3 Red Army's advanced on Sofia. {Pacific Theatre} The Russians continue to beat down the Japanese in their homeland, killing an Army and pounding a Special forces to half strength. American Carriers detour towards Thailand but take heavy air losses trying to beat down ground units and a super Japan fighter. We surround a carrier and do some damage near China, while sinking a sub and Battleship that were limping around. Americans make landing on the small strip below Nanning trapping a fighter in the town and bombing the port. We land on name I foget island but American corps is rejected by Jap infantry hogging the supply. The Chinese get a few good shots in central China, while the Indian units from Burma are advancing into Thailand.

February 1943 {Atlantic} The Americans are in Ireland with ships all around. We assumed this was in Rambo's playbook but too many distractions to keep it from happening. We have no choice but to counter attack at sea head on sending a lead cruiser and a trio of uboats to attack the Allied navy North of Ireland. We take alot of damage and give alot of damage but nothing is sunk. We attack the American subs near London with our DD and port hopping Battleships, we do 4damage to one of them before it dives. {Russia} German Tanks stationed in the North choose to cripple advancing Army's and not go for the kill. Only a handful of corps are in any shape for counter attack. We still destroy one Army with Infantry follow up. The continued bad weather means a cautious approach in Central and South, we ping a bit but not willing to over do it. Both sides have tanks ready in the rear. {Middle East} It's gotten quiter near Egypt. We reinforce the Blackshirts. The most stubborn unit in SC Global Conflict. {China} Not much I can do it seems. The Chinese are dug in deep. {Pacific} Japanese Carrier shows itself south of Indochina to sink an American cruiser scouting out Penang port.

July 1945 {Europe} Russians make another break in the German defensive lines in the South after killing a corps. Our Infantry moves across the river and does does alot of damage to corps, Army, Tank. This is not decisive however. Not much to report on the Bulgarian front, but a Russian kamikaze paratrooper squad lands near Warsaw, nothing empty anywhere except a mine but movement holds us back. In the West the Allies are grinding down the defenders in forts and east of Brussels but can't muster kills. Norway is abandoned, we block the port and a corps will walk into Oslo next turn. Naples captured, Rome is empty but we bomb it for MPP pressure, we lose a British bomber in the skies to super German fighter. {Pacific} Russians have to work down entrenchment in the Far East. There is a log jam of Japanese holding us back. In China have so many units and playing alot bolder taking swings everywhere looking for some luck. Best of it came near Chenghow where we damage an army 4 points. The Americans sink a couple more Battleships, and try dinging some ports. Our carrier fleet assits landed infantry in freeing Manila. The Phillipines is ours again.

{Russia} The Russians look like they are positioning themselves infront of Stalingrad for an offensive. We move a German Panther into Rostov as a deterent. We kill a Russian tank in the snow in central Russia, while working down to Red Army's in the North. {Middle East} That is no fresh face HQ in Egypt, that is Rommel's return to Egypt. His work is not done yet. We back the Italian surface ships away as the DD gets beat up a bit. Italian bomber strikes minor corps in Sudan. {China} Some pings nice Pings in the North. We reinforce the weak South with some more units.

January 1943 {Russia} Russian Winter 1943? Gimme a break. We have no choice but to revamp our units this turn across the board, but muster a counter offensive against one of the Russian Tanks attacking in Central Russia. We send one of our Crack Tank units for an 8-1 trade off in deep snow. Russian infantry is advancing from Stalingrad. {Middle East} Air assaults from Egypt cripple one of the Russian Tanks on the assault, Italian surface ships finish the job and I don't even have to use my 4 star Tac bomber so they move away from the coast. Italian DD smacks one of the British fighters fighting out of Syria. We discover Zhukov is behind the bloodly attack on Egypt. {Atlantic} Near Azores we get the hell out of there. No Axis navy sunk in the middle of the Atlantic so far. The British Battleship near Ireland is sunk by 2 submarines. {China} A couple pings, but this is my fight to lose. After playing two UFC's China is not to be taken lightly if they are played right.

June 1945 {Europe} Allied tank assault frees the Low Countires of German occupation, while American Paratroopers land in Munich for a second time and destroy the city. Allied ships continue to harrass Italian economy bombing Rome and Naples. The Axis have about 2-3 subs left and they are diving experts. The Russians for their part kill a German tank group near Sofia. On the Russian/German front lines the Germans hold a solid line once again, we dish out damage but no break through. {Far East} Russians advance and kill a corps and Special Forces. More units are sent East to help with the attack. {Pacific} American forces land all over the Phillipines and capture the town on the south eastern end of the island. Manila is bombarded by surface ships. We sink another Japanse Carrier sunk near Indochina by a pair of Battleships, but an allied minor DD finishes it off. We sink a Japanse cruiser, and nearly sink 2 more subs west of the Phillipines. Japan has 8 naval units left, 2 of which are dying subs. More of the same in Burma and China.

December 1942 {Russia} German Tanks with some infantry support kill Russian Army and Special Forces in deep snow in the North. German and Italian Bombers pull the plug on Russian Convoy's from the USA. We kill a corps near Rostov (I think). {Middle East} Big mistake on my part leaving Grazzini where he was. I did not know that there were 2 hexes that could be attacked from across the Suez canal. Live and let learn I guess. 2 Italian Army's stand in the way of the crazy Russian tanks and their air support. We knock the one in the rear down to 5, the lead tank is still strong. {Atlantic} Another routine swim near Azores finds the Rodney battleship. I think it's made of Kryptonite as 3 subs and an Italian Battleship barely dent the ship. {China} Still mapping out my next move. {Burma} The Indian Army has come to the rescue of Burma. The Japanese troops back off and will dig in the dirt in Thailand.

November 1942 {Russia} Germans soften up Rostov and send German Panther Group in for the kill, Paratroopers walk in by foot and take the city. We attack near town North of Moscow (forget the name) killing a corps. {Middle East} Afrika Corps tank group destroyed by a rather large commitment of Allied air and Russian Tanks finish the job. The Afrika Korps were trying to get across the Suez Canal but time ran out. The Sudan port is recaptured, and the Blackshirts in Addis Abba have a corps knocking on the door. There are allied DD's lurking around near Alexandria as well. {China} Some minor shots along the front lines. I am just so happy that I have lines drawn in the sand again. {Burma} Indian SF approaching Burmases capital. Some more pings on the defender.

May 1945 Big Turn {Europe} The time to strike hard is now. Allied air hits Marseilles, we muck it out with super German fighters from Italy but the American infantry do the real work and the Canadian Tank group takes Vichy France for the UK. Bombers strike Brussels hard from London reducing the city to almost rubble, and American Army's move in to erase the entrenchment. 3 American tanks move in the rear to strike fear into the defending Army. The Russians follow suit with a large offensive of their own. The Russians capture Minsk, which was abandoned by the Axis and we surround the city with Russian troops pinging away. In the South the Ruskies finally break the long lasting German lines. Tac Air kills a Tank group, and Russians poor through the hole. A Russian tank group finds Field Marshall Leeb and kills him. German Tac Bomber striked by russian infantry down to 6. The Russians don't let up in Bulgaria, we kill a tank group and army. {Far East} The Russians are showing no fear and are attacking the Japense head on. No kills, we have to work down the entrenchment. {China} The Chinese go on their largest offensive in over a year striking and Japanese army they can. Nothing decisive of course, but we damage nearly 8 of the infantry clusters. {Pacific} The previous turn the Japanese navy was active, a carrier near Thailand killed a US destroyer, and Japanese cruiser and sub attacked transports and surface ships near Brunei. We retaliate by sending Battleships to sink the Carrier near Thailand, and use our own Carriers to sink the sub and Cruiser. A damaged British DD took sail west of the Phillipines and found another Jap sub, when attempting to flank the sub from the West we find another Carrier, we launch another offensive and kill it. Japanese bombers spotted in the Phillipines and killed while we're at it.

October 1942 {Russia} The Germans take it easy on the Russians this turn, snow in the North means the Russian convoys continue to flow in. Small attack force tests the grounds around Rostov. {Atlantic} British DD killed near Iceland as the ship ran into the Tirpitz trying to sail away. {Middle East} Russian Tank group spotted aproaching the town of Amman. The Germans had already deserted. {China} The Japanese have contained the Chinese offensive. They will continue to attack but we've filled the holes. At least 3 American fighters are there for support. {Singapore} Japanese capture the city finally and they surrender. {Burma} I don't have enough commited here to take the capital, but we continue to ping.