A World at War

[Sparthage]

I like the tank that's just sitting there in the middle of the (desert?) north of Cape Town. Bomb it or attack it with a heavy tank when you have the spare units.

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[M60A3TTS]

Week 43, 1943

3 US Battleships and CVE sunk off Nouakchott

2 French infantry killed at Antananarivo (Madagascar) taken by 4th Guards Airborne Corps

Spoiler :

Cape Town is taken from the British. All Africa is now Soviet. The British capital moves to Wolf Bay, Canada.

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North America sees its first taste of battle. 4 British infantry destroyed at the cost of 2 tanks. Saint Johns, Newfoundland falls. Bombers begin to fly in.

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Air 1943> Sea 1943 The new tech ironically yields no new aircraft, but the Su-122 assault gun (18-26-2) bombard 25/rate of fire 3. These will be welcome addition to the infantry armies in the field.

Week 44, 1943

2 infantry and 3 tanks destroyed. Reykiavik, Iceland is taken by 23rd Tank Corps 4th Tank Army

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Soviet marines land unopposed on Midway Island.

Week 45, 1943

5 infantry killed at Farfak as 10th Tank Corps 5th Tank Army takes the city. 19 British aircraft are lost as the city falls.

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The Royal Navy sends it's Afican Naval Group to the north. 2 damaged British Lion battleships and convoy sunk off Dakar.

The Red Army suffers its largest loss ever as it loses 27 aircraft attacking Wolfs Bay. British losses in the initial attack are 5 fighters

The air war over Saint Johns claims 3 British bombers

Week 46, 1943

The tide of the air battles turns over Wolf Bay. Lose 1 Mig, 1 Pe-2, 3 Pe-8s but destroy 27 fighters, battleship and convoy at Wolfs Bay

Lose 13 sturmoviks attacking British battlegroup of 2 destroyers, 3 escort carriers, 1 KGV and 6 Lion battleships. Inflict 49 hp of damage on the 7 battleships, slightly over half what is needed to sink them.

Week 47, 1943

7 aircraft lost, British KGV, 6 Lion battleships, 2 destroyers and 3 escort carriers sunk off Nouakchott. Remaining off the coast is a second group of 5 Lions, 2 KGV, 3 escort carriers and 2 destroyers. Lose 9 aircraft attacking, while inflicting 47 hp of damage on this group.

There are 7 KGV and 18 Lions in the Royal Navy currently.

At Wolf Bay, intelligence shows the British have deployed 20 aircraft in the city. Pe-2s and Pe-8s attack.

Lose 7 aircraft, destroy 20 fighters and a Lion battleship. The British capital has been reduced to pop 1.

Week 48, 1943

12 aircraft lost attacking off sink 7 battleships, 2 destroyers and 3 escort carriers off Nouakchott. 2 more Lions sunk off Saint Johns.

Spoiler :

Bombing attacks on Wolf Bay destroy another 17 British planes.

Week 49, 1943

The armed forces of the Soviet Union have surpassed that of the United States. 3,264 units to 3,221. 13 British planes destroyed at Wolf Bay.

Investigate Halifax. 11 fighters, 3 tanks and an infantry. Building a Lion battleship in 19.

Investigate Augusta, Maine. 1 fighter, 4 bombers, 14 armored vehicles, a convoy, battleship, 3 infantry, artillery, building battleship in 5.

Week 50, 1943

2nd Marine Brigade takes Ponta Delgada from Portugal after air attacks. Portugal surrenders.

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Sink 2 Lion BBs off South Africa.

Brazil declares war on the USSR.

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Week 51, 1943

Lose 5 aircraft, destroy 2 fighters, 8 infantry, 1 artillery and 6 tanks at Wolf Bay

4 guards infantry parachute in northeast of Wolf Bay. The invasion of the continent proper begins.

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Lose a Pe-8, sink 2 US battleships and convoy off Japan.

Land forces at Port Moresby

Week 52, 1943

5 Infantry and 4 tanks destroyed at Wolf Bay. The first town on continental North America is taken by 6th Guards Airborne Corps.

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2 infantry and artillery killed at Port Moresby. The city falls as Soviet forces draw ever closer to Australia.

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[Sparthage]

What happened in the real WW2 in that last update?

Tehran Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran to discuss war strategy (on November 30 they establish an agreement concerning a planned June 1944 invasion of Europe codenamed Operation Overlord).

U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.

As you can tell, none of those things came close to happening in the last update.

 

[GamezRule]

Huzzah!!!

The spread of Communism is inevitable. Now look at my signature.

How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin. - Ronald Reagan

 

[M60A3TTS]

Week 1, 1944

4 Pe-8s lost, 3 US battleships and a convoy sunk off Saint Johns.

British units are subjected to air attack in the Wolf Bay sector. Lose 1 aircraft, destroy 16 tanks and 5 infantry. American forces rush north to aid their British allies. What disturbs some people is the fact that Soviet bombers are destroying roads behind the advancing U.S. troops.

Cooktown and Townsville Australia is bombed from Port Moresby

Week 2, 1944

Lose 11 aircraft, destroy 12 infantry and 28 tanks in North America.

Sea 43 Tech in, Land 44 in 9. Sea 43 tech yields no new weapons for the USSR. Land 44 will produce the final class of Soviet heavy tanks, IS-1 and IS-2.

Week 3, 1944

Lose 13 aircraft, destroy 26 infantry and 22 tanks in various battles as amphibious landings lead by General Koniev take place on Australia

Week 4, 1944

Cooktown is taken and 16 transports unload their equipment.

Spoiler :

Townsville falls also.

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At Wolf Bay, US Army loses 16 Stuart light tanks and a ranger.
British lose 10 tanks and 15 infantry

Week 5, 1944

After months of continuous siege, a final marine assault takes Scapa Flow.

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The real invasion begins as Soviet maskirovka, or deception plan, has worked to perfection. Cue Hell March 2. 21 transports unload next to Halifax. 122 combat units are deployed there.

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Lose 7 bombers at Wolf Bay. Destroy 14 British tanks and 21 infantry.
Lose 2 bombers, sink a British Lion, 2 American battleships and a convoy.

Week 6, 1944

Halifax is subjected to a barrage of rocket artillery and attacks from T-34/85s. 3 tanks and 2 infantry destroyed as the city falls. Over a dozen fighters perish on the ground. The Red Air Force begins to send over its Air Armies.

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Destroy 56 M5A1 Stuart tanks, 4 Shermans, 7 Grant/Lee tanks and 3 infantry at Wolf Bay with the loss of 8 aircraft. The Allies continue to ignore the grave threat in the south.

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3 aircraft lost, 10 British tanks and 4 infantry destroyed south of Townsville by air attack.

Soviet troops land outside Augusta, Maine.

Week 7, 1944

Conduct spy mission on Augusta. Destroy 3 M-10 Wolverine tank destroyers, 3 flak, 1 infantry and 1 artillery. The city falls, along with 28 aircraft.

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3 Lions and a convoy sunk off Townsville with the loss of a dozen aircraft. 2 Lions and a convoy sunk off Brisbane.

Week 8, 1944

Australia's third city, Normanton, is taken by 5th Guards Tank Corps 2nd Tank Army after losing 4 planes. 4 tanks destroyed.

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At Augusta, 17 tanks and 71 infantry are destroyed at the loss of 2 aircraft.

 

[GamezRule]

YES!!! You have pushed into America!!!

 

[Sparthage]

Hmm... Interesting. What civilizations remain alive?

 

[M60A3TTS]

US and Britain obviously. France is relegated to the island of New Caledonia in the Pacific. There are a few South American countries, Mexico, Brazil among them. That's about it.

 

[Sparthage]

Nice.

 

[M60A3TTS]

Week 9, 1944

Plant spy in Boston
6 fighters
1 B-17 bomber
5 tank
1 artillery

Plant spy in Albany
6 fighters
1 bomber
7 tanks

The attacks on the Eastern seaboard begin as the bulk of the American armor wanders through the Canadian wilderness...
606th and 607th Penal squadrons flying I-16s attack Boston
Lose 4 of 5 units

Bomb Boston destroying numerous improvements
Barracks
Temple
Market
Library
Courthouse

All defenders are cleared out by air attack, and a marine unit captures Boston. Sell factory for 60 gold. Manufacturing plant for 116 gold. Hydro plant for 53 gold.

Spoiler :

Lose 2 Pe-8s as New York is bombed

4 fighters and 2 B-17s destroyed.

New York loses 4 tanks and a tank destroyer with 2 artillery. 34th Tank Corps 7th Tank Army takes the city. Sell off improvements and 6th Guards Army secures the city.

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At Philadelphia, lose 2 bombers and destroy 3 fighters and B-17, escort carrier. 3 tank destroyers and artillery killed, as home of the Liberty Bell falls to 12th Guards Tank Corps. All improvements sold. 9 tank units will attempt to hold the city.

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5 fighters and a bomber destroyed at Albany.

B-17 and fighter destroyed in Washington.

Six bombers lost attacking roads between Toronto and Buffalo.

15 infantry subjected to air attack and killed northeast of Albany.
Escort carrier sunk south of Rabaul by heavy cruiser.

Progress along the East coast.

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A spy in Truk reveals the British force of 2 battleships, 1 transport, 1 fighter, 5 infantry

Spoiler :

2 Brazilian destroyers sunk off the African coast.

Air attacks on the east coast of Australia cost 2 fighters, but eliminate a pair of British fighters and several infantry. Winton falls to 11th Guards Tank Corps, 2nd Tank Army.

Spoiler :

Brazil sinks a destroyer and submarine with damaged BB and destroyer.

Britain Lion sinks a Russian battleship off Iceland

French lose 4 bombers attacking naval group off Australia

Britain loses 3 bombers over North American cities

US loses 6 tanks, a tank destroyer and an infantry in a counterattack at Philadelphia. 1 Russian tank lost as the city holds.

Brisbane is captured.

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Week 10, 1944

Lose 2 Pe-2s attacking a Brazilian destroyer, but sink 3 of them and damaged battleship.

Destroy 3 English fighters at Newcastle

3 British tanks and an infantry are killed from air attacks at Newcastle. 1st Guards Tank Corps 2nd GTA takes the city.

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4 Matildas destroyed as 42nd Tank Corps equipped with the T-34/85 takes the city of Darwin.

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Lose 3 T-34s attacking Broome

4 tank destroyers killed at Albany as 34th Tank Corps 7th Tank Army takes the city

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Attack from 7th Tank Army kill 7 TDs, 2 garrison, 2 artillery and a tank at Washington. 1504th SU regiment from 6th Guards Army takes the city. The capital is moved to Chicago.

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Lose Pe-8 but sink Brazil’s last battleship

Lose 2 T-34, KV-1 Kill 28 US 39 Inf and 3 flak northwest of Augusta.

Week 11, 1944

6 aircraft and one SU-122 lost, destroy 14 M-10 tank destroyers, 7 M-5A1 stuarts, 2 M-3A1 stuarts, 5 M-3 Lee, 8 Sherman M-4 tanks and 15 infantry

34th Tank Corps, 7th Tank Army takes Richmond, losing 1 KV-1

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At Augusta, destroy 25 US 39 infantry and 2 flak guns

Sidney falls to 1st Guards Tank Corps, 2nd Guards Tank Army. Canberra loses 4 Matildas and an artillery and falls to the same unit.

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4 Matildas destroyed as 43rd Tank Corps takes Broome.

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Week 12, 1944

5 tank destroyers, an M-3 Lee and garrison are destroyed. 12th Guards Tank Corps takes Raleigh.

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Pe-2 is lost to a fighter attacking Columbia. 5 tank destroyers and an artillery are destroyed. 12th Guards Tank Corps rolls into Columbia.

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11 infantry and 7 flak killed at Augusta

Heavy cruiser sinks British CVE off Newcastle and 3 more off Brisbane.

Spy mission reveals 22 spitfires, 3 bombers, 4 tanks and an infantry in Ottawa.

Lose 10 bombers and sturmovik at Albany but kill 21 American infantry

Lose 2 bombers at Truk and sink 2 KGV battleships

8 Stuarts and 7 Wolverine tank destroyers destroyed outside Buffalo by air attack

Week 13, 1944

4 Matildas and garrison killed at Melbourne. 30th Tank Corps 6th Tank Army takes the city.

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A naval battle erupts east of Melbourne as 3 KGV battleships are engaged by sturmoviks. Several are shot down before battleship Karl Marx and accompanying heavy cruisers sink them with a transport and escort carrier. All of the King George V battleships are now gone. 11 Lions remain

Pearl Harbor is under attack. A fighter is shot down by a Yak-1. Cruiser USS Raleigh and 2 destroyers and transport are sunk by sturmoviks. Civilian casualties are reported along with damage to several municipal structures. A Yak-1 and sturmovik are shot down.

9 US infantry are killed southwest of Washington.

21st and 22nd Armies are flown in from Spain and defend Albany.

Lose 31 aircraft, kill 12 infantry

Week 14, 1944

15 US infantry 39 killed, 2 Wolverines, 2 Shermans, 3 Stuarts and a ’43 infantry at the loss of 2 aircraft

5 Wolverines destroyed as Pittsburgh is flattened by air attack to pop 1.

42nd Tank Corps siezes Carnarvan.

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Week 15, 1944

31 cavalry killed northwest of Washington by assorted armored units.

In a battle outside Albany, over 30 US infantry are killed. Soviet losses are minor with a tank and 2 infantry units reported destroyed.

4 Matildas and an infantry killed at Broken Hill. The city falls.

1 Matilda and 2 infantry killed as Alice Springs is taken by 11th Guards Tank Corps, 2nd Guards Tank Army.

Spoiler :

Lose 2 battleships, but sink a Lion off Canada.

Week 16, 1944

5 British tanks destroyed, with an infantry and artillery. Adelaide falls.

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Soviet forces continue to be rapidly built up in the Eastern US region
3rd Guards Army
6th Guards Army
21st Army
22nd Army
4th Tank Army
7th Tank army
3rd Shock Army
6th Heavy Tank Corps
31st Tank Corps

Each and every unit is needed as the US armor and infantry forces have finally arrived in strength. Over 1000 units of all types have been arrayed against the Red Army in an attempt to drive them back into the sea. The unit counts for each stack are noted.

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Week 17, 1944

Lose 3 T-34s, kill 4 Matildas as Perth falls. An infantry and comet are killed nearby. Mainland Australia is Soviet.

Kill 2 infantry at the British island of Truk.

A steady buildup of US forces necessitates a temporary shortening of defensive lines. Raleigh, Columbia and Richmond are evacuated.

Richmond is re-taken by US forces

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Week 18, 1944

The US ground troops come under attack from wave upon wave of bombers and fighter bombers. Their losses:

112 M4 Shermans
35 M-10 Wolverine
1 M3 Lee
3 M-10
1 43 infantry

Soviet losses are relatively minor.
6 KV-1
5 T-34/76
2 T34/85
1 motor infantry

31 Shermans remain, each with one hp. Meanwhile on the other side of the world...

6 infantry and an artillery killed at Hobart off Australia by bombers and sturmoviks. The city falls.

Spoiler :

Perth is also taken by 42nd Tank Corps.

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Half a dozen Pe-2s and Pe-8s are lost, but 3 Lions and a convoy are sunk off Adelaide.

British lose 8 bombers attacking Augusta.

Truk falls to an assault by 2nd Marine Brigade.

Spoiler :

In the tech race, Air 1944> Air 2 1944 in 5.

 

[GamezRule]

Wonderful update!

 

[Sparthage]

You took my house! But then lost it. Bummer.

 

[M60A3TTS]

Week 19, 1944

In North America, stupendous air and ground attacks result in 85 Shermans and 13 Wolverines destroyed. 38 infantry killed are also added to the tally.

10 Soviet bombers downed in the battles.

12th Army arrives by air from La Coruna and occupies Philadelphia.

Transports head out from Australia, which is fully occupied and move towards New Zealand, the last major objective of now-Marshal Koniev's forces in the South Pacific.

Week 20, 1944

2nd Shock Army arrives in Augusta

Kill 6 Stuart tanks outside Philadelphia

49 Lee M3 tanks destroyed along with many M-2 A2 light tanks

Week 21, 1944

Meeting of Senior Soviet commanders at La Coruna determines plans for North America once forces complete their arrival.

More units are killed on both sides, and it is clear that the strength of the once-formidable American Army is broken.

Week 22, 1944

1st Guards Army arrives in Boston by air from Spain and is sent to the front
10th Rifle Army arrives in Boston by air and occupies New York.

Dunedin, NZ bombed, lose a Pe-8, sink 3 convoys 5 infantry 2 arty 1 fighter

Spoiler :

A US battleship is sunk near our convoy route in mid-Atlantic

3rd Marine Brigade occupies Honolulu which has no defenders.

Spoiler :

Trade heavy cruiser for Lion off of Wolf Bay

Week 23, 1944

The first IS-2s arrive at Augusta along with the remainder of Malinoksky’s forces and T-34/85s. Marshal Zhukov arrives in Augusta and is named commander of Group Soviet Forces North America, comprising of the 2 Soviet Army Groups of Malinovsky and Cherniakovsky.

Another large number of wounded US units are killed.

British Lion sunk by air and fire from heavy cruiser northeast of St Johns.

3 infantry and 2 artillery are killed by air and ground attacks and 57th Rifle Corps 30th Army takes Rabaul.

Spoiler :

All defenders are killed at Christchurch NZ

Air 2 1944> Air 3 1944 in 4.

Week 24, 1944

1 infantry defender killed. 11th Guards Tank Corps 2nd GTA takes the Christchurch.

Spoiler :

A British Lion battleship off Greenland survives an attack from a Soviet BB and heavy cruiser.

America wants an audience. On the verge of a glorious victory, Comrade Stalin says "Nyet!"

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Week 25, 1944

5 British infantry killed at Wellington. 19 Tank Corps 6th Tank Army takes the city.

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Week 26, 1944

The final offensive is under way in North America as forces strike into Canada. Montreal falls to 44th Tank Corps 9th Tank Army.

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Ottawa falls to 48th Tank Regiment 10th Tank Army. Between the two cities, 40 spitfires are destroyed, a third of the RAF fighter strength.

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Week 27, 1944

The Soviet offensive against American forces drives back into the south as Richmond is retaken.

Spoiler :

Quebec falls to Zhukov's forces as the British are now reeling from the constant pounding of IS-2 heavy tank regiments.

Air 44>Sea 44 in 5

Week 28, 1944

In New Zealand, Auckland falls.

Spoiler :

Week 29, 1944 is quiet

Week 30, 1944

Canadian territories continue to be targeted by the Red Army as Cochrane falls.

Spoiler :

The same week, Toronto falls. The British Army is helpless, unable to stop the Red Army juggernaut.

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There is a minor annoyance as the foolish Brazilians landed a tank force unnoticed at Antananarivo (Madagascar) and take the city.

Week 31, 1944

Little action

Week 32, 1944

2nd Shock Army drives hard now into the southeastern US. 5 tank destroyers are killed as a T-34 is lost. 4th Tank Corps retakes Raleigh.

Spoiler :

Several T-34s are lost but Columbia also falls as 4th Tank Corps continues to press home the offensive.

Spoiler :

Sea 44>Sea 2 1941 in 6.

Week 33, 1944

3 Brazilian defenders are killed and Antananarivo is re-taken.

In Alaska, Soviet troops are victorious as 15th Guards Tank Corps captures Prudhoe Bay.

Spoiler :

In northeast Canada, Red Army forces unleashed from their base at Wolf Bay take Schefferville.

Spoiler :

The USSR's position in the world reaches its zenith.

Week 34, 1944

DOMINATION VICTORY

The USSR basks in the glory of being the world's sole superpower.

And the score...

 

[GamezRule]

Congratz on your victory.

The USSR's position in the world reaches its zenith.

By that I guess you mean that the USA and Britain will make a comeback.

 

[Sparthage]

Please continue. I want to see the world in red.

 

[Redman]

Nice! Congratulations. It was a great story to read.

 

[ThERat]

congrats on a nice game and win

 

[Jadetorc]

What were the final Order of Battles of the remaining players ?

 

[M60A3TTS]

Thanks for all your comments. Hope everyone enjoyed the story. Doing the arithmetic in my head, I got these figures for military strength at the end.

Great Britain
22 workers
43 tanks
91 infantry
19 artillery
48 fighters
3 bombers
5 escort carriers
11 battleships
1 convoy

United States
58 workers
283 tanks
223 tank destroyers
295 infantry
32 artillery
5 flak
6 cav
8 B-17 bombers
210 P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bombers (US went on a late spree building these)
3 Dauntless dive-bombers
30 fighters
1 carrier
2 battleships
2 Iowa-class battleships
1 cruiser
3 destroyers
1 convoy

France
23 infantry
1 artillery
3 fighters
4 bombers

Mexico
10 workers
337 infantry
10 flak
3 bombers
4 destroyers
1 submarine
1 transport

Brazil
23 workers
64 tanks
108 infantry
19 artillery
5 fighters
9 bombers
1 flak
15 battleships
2 destroyers
2 transports

Peru
6 workers
2 light tanks
44 infantry
3 fighters
2 bombers
2 light cruisers
2 destroyers
1 coastal flotilla

USSR
212 workers
588 tanks
133 tank destroyers
92 motorized rifle
758 infantry not counting fixed special fortress and garrison units
469 artillery/mobile artillery
101 paratrooper aircraft
404 bombers
374 sturmoviks
277 fighters
30 aircraft carriers
43 battleships
95 cruisers
49 destroyers
25 submarines
2 coastal flotillas
169 transports

 

[Sparthage]

You certainly had control of the seas. Thanks for the great read. But will you continue? Pleeeeease...