Hinge Of Fate Game - Edelweiss

[Glasnost]

Got the save and will play tomorrow after important DL in Uni.

 

[Jureil]

Berlin June 42

Adolf Hitler has been silent since the disaster at Tula there is a hush over the whole country as the German people start to doubt that Germany can win the war.

There is also great concern on the part of the German High Command as they vastly underestimated Russia's ability to strike back. A new plan of advance against Russia will have to be undertaken to move the war forward again.


Normandy
Southwest of Plymouth 2-tiles U-83 spots an unescorted American Battleship
4/4U-83 vs 2/2 BB Arkansas=3/5 U-83

Just Northwest of the Arkansas three more US ships are spotted the BB Texas, FT Roper, and FT Truxton. U-201 moves in to engage this new threat.
5/5 U-201 hit by FT shelling first:
4/5 U-201 vs 2/2 BB Texas=1/5 U-201
With the depletion of the U-Boat Fleet by allied efforts there are no more submariners to finish off the remaining US transports and they sail away un molested by the "German Wolfs of the Atlantic Ocean"

Port Leningrad

Z5 DD->Hit(1) =2/3 Transport
Z12 DD->Hit(1) =1/3 Transport
Scharnhorst BC->Hit sinks Transport in port
Emden CL->Miss
Koln CL->Hit(1) =2/3 Yak-3
Hipper CA->Hit(1) =1/3 Yak-3
Tirpitz BB->Miss
Scheer CA->Hit(1) =destroys Yak-3 on the ground

Moscow/Leningrad

The 3rd Panzer Group heads North and Pillages Road 3-Tiles East Southeast of Leningrad
The 9th Army also heads North and Pillages Improvements 2-Tiles Southeast of Leningrad

Just Southeast of Leningrad the 9th Army encounters Soviet resistance.
19/19 9th Army vs 2/2 SRA=17/19 9th Army
17/19 9th Army vs 1/1 Leningrad Militia=17/19 9th Army
Russian Worker Captured

The Airfield 2-Tiles North of Moscow is over run by the 5th Inf Div the planes are destroyed on the ground.
1-Yak-3 & 1-II-4 Med Bomber

North of Moscow 3-Tiles: Ju-88 Destroyed Improvements

Southwest of Arkangels 3-Tiles: Ju-88 Destroyed Improvements

Northeast of Vologda 2-Tiles:Ju-88->Miss
Ju-88->Miss
Stuka->Destroyed Improvements

Marsh 2-Tiles Northeast of Leningrad: 8/9 Unamed SRA Front
Ju-88->Hit(1) 7/9 Front
Stuka->Hit(1) 6/9 Front
Stuka->Hit(1) 5/9 Front

21/22 3rd Panz Grp vs 5/9 Front=13/22 3rd Panz


Afrika

North of Bengazi 2-Tiles U-301 on patrol encounters an Enemy Sub
4/4 U-301 vs ?/? Sub=1/4 U-301

Ju-88 Bombs Damascus Enemy Units Injured
Ju-88 Bombs Damascus Enemy Units Injured

The bunker Southwest of Tobruk: 4/4 9th Australian & 4/4 CW Medium Tank Division

Stuka->Hit(1)=3/4 9th Australian
Stuka->Shot Down by Fighters
Ju-88->Shot Down by Fighters
Stuka->Hit(2)=1/4 9th Australian
Ju-88->Miss
Stuka->Shot Down by Fighters
Stuka->Hit(1)=3/4 Med Tank Div

16/18 Afrika Korp vs 3/4 Med Tank Div=14/18 Afrika Korp

That is all Germany could do this month.

Looks like there is a new Sheriff in town in Western Europe with US Inf Divisions next to Plymoth

Poor Germany what will the future bring

 

[Glasnost]

The Great Soviet Union was able to arrange far less than Germany

Citizens are preparing for the worst as Minor Axis troops are getting closer to Stalingrad and Leningrad is being surrounded by Nazi armies. Rumors of reinforcements are being told... but they might be empty hearsay.


E+NE from Leningrad, 3rd Panzer army takes 5 damage from 3 med bombers (8/22)

1-N from Sevastopol, Black Sea Navy redlines both the flak and cavalry

That's all for now...

 

[Elephantium]

Berlin June 42

Normandy
4/4U-83 vs 2/2 BB Arkansas=3/5 U-83

4/5 U-201 vs 2/2 BB Texas=1/5 U-201

Their sacrifices will be remembered

 

[AnthonyBoscia]

Their sacrifices will be remembered

Not after our glorious victory they won't!

 

[aksully]

Climatic Battle in China! Allied Armies Wipe out Japanese North China Army near Ichang!

3 Ts NW of Ichang
- 1st China Air Wing (7 B25s) Redline 12/12 IJA N.China Army
-11/11 I Nationalist China Army vs 1/12 N.China Army> 8/11 I NCA

East of Lanchow
- 2nd China Air Wing (4 B25s & 2 Ftrs) Damage IJA Army Stacks

-B25 Destroys Road E of Hankow

Naval Battle Timor Sea
Dutch SS KXVIII on patrol in the Timor Sea sends a contact report....IJN TF consisting of 2 CLs and Fast Transport Spotted 6 Ts N of Broome Airfield...all units...ATTACK!

Dutch Cruiser DeRuyter the closest Allied Vessel responds and attacks on her own.....
-3/3 DeRuyter vs 4/4 CL Yubari > 1/4 Yubari

SS KXVIII seeing the loss of its brave countrymen turns into the fray.....
-3/3 SS vs 3/3 CL Kashima > 1/3 KXVIII survives the battle sinking the Kashima

Atlantic Ocean 10 Ts W of Port Harcourt
- 4/4 DD Montcalm vs unknown UBoat> 4/5 DD Montcalm

Will play the CW turn when I get home this evening.....

 

[aksully]

Battle In the Desert - Outcome Uncertain?
Naval Victory in the Timor Sea!

In his battered HQ near Tobruk, General Montgomery attempts to rally all troops under his command. Newly arrived aircraft from Gibraltar via Malta arrive in time to bolster Commonwealth Air Defenses.

Churchill states to Parliament and the World....N.Africa will be defended to the last....Plane, Tank, Ship, Gun, Soldier, Sailor, Airman, General.

West of Tobruk.. Montgomery brings the full weight of his defensive forces against the Deutch Afrika Korps....

-2MBmrs, 4 HBmers, DB, 2 Ftrs, 3 BBs Bombard the DAK to 2/18 and Redlines the 90th Inf Div

Western Med near Oran...
-4/4 CA Herminone vs 1/3 Italian DD Nera> 3/4 CA Herminone
-3/3 DD Nestor vs 1/3 Garibaldi> 4/4 DD Nestor
-Swordfish Destroys road SW of Tunis

Occupied Europe
-HBmrs Destroy Roads E of Koln, E of Brest
- 2 Swordfish & Bmr Bomb Cherbourg and damage units
-3 BBs & CA bombard Antwerp and Destroy the Coastal Defence and damage units

S.China
-MBmr damages units N of Hong Kong

Timor Sea
-3/3 CL Perth vs 3/3 FTrans> 2/3 CL Perth
-3/3 SS Darwin on its maiden voyage vs 1/4 CL Yubari is Victorius in sinking

the last of the IJN Task Force (for now...) threatening Australia's West Coast!!!
GPS to AB

 

[AnthonyBoscia]

Hey, why does the new Italian Navy have glass-bottomed boats? ....

Russia
Romanian Fighter shot down 1 tile south of Stalingrad, Russian fighter 3/3
G50 shot down 1 tile south of Stalingrad, Russian fighter 3/4
G50 shot down 1 tile south of Stalingrad, Russian fighter 2/4
11th SA destroys road 1 tile south of Stalingrad
Stuka shot down over Stalingrad
Tile (road and irrigation) pillaged 2 tiles southeast of Voronezh

GPS to the U.S.A.

 

[Elephantium]

USA GPS to Classical Hero

1st Cav Div liberates the unguarded Vancouver! No signs of the Japanese raiding forces...

Pacific -
HA fires into the teeth of a F9 Gale - winds lessened (2/3 gale)
MB redlines BB Kirishima
4/4 ASW DD vs. I-68 => 2/5 I-68
US Heavy Cruiser sails to the same location and sinks I-68 with no damage


Med -
BB Washington shells Italian Army Africa => 8/10
2 HBs and 4 MBs get it down to 4/10
2 TBs get it to 2/10
DB redlines it
TB hits 23rd Inf Corp for 2hp
DB redlines it
MB pings the Isonzo Div

Technical note: Sully was going to gift Plymouth to the U.S. this turn, but it didn't come through. Any thoughts on that, Eric?

 

[aksully]

Yes,
I cleared out Plymouth to send it to E via Diplomacy screen. At the end of my turn when I went to do so all the English cities were grey and Plymouth wasn't available to select? I thought perhaps I had sent it to E on the previous turn. But when E went to load the save from AB there was no city to accept???

I'd like to ask that the Axis not take advantage of this situation on their next turn. When it gets back to me I will open up the save and see if Plymouth is visible on the diplomacy screen to send to him.

Thanks!

 

[eric_A]

Yes,
I cleared out Plymouth to send it to E via Diplomacy screen. At the end of my turn when I went to do so all the English cities were grey and Plymouth wasn't available to select? I thought perhaps I had sent it to E on the previous turn. But when E went to load the save from AB there was no city to accept???

I'd like to ask that the Axis not take advantage of this situation on their next turn. When it gets back to me I will open up the save and see if Plymouth is visible on the diplomacy screen to send to him.

Thanks!

Never heard of anything like that. Do you mean just Plymouth was not available to select or none of the English cities were select-able? I opened up my last turn
again and I was able to offer cities to Germany and Italy.
There is no need to clean out the city before you send the offer, you can do
it after, as long as it is empty by the end of your turn.

 

[aksully]

Plymouth wasn't on the list of cities on the diplomacy screen? I'll try it again on my next turn and take a screenshot if it isn't there.

 

[eric_A]

Someone asked about the possibility of parachute units picking up
supply units such as convoy supplies, oil or iron ore and transporting them
on air transports. This is not permitted, supply units must go by sea.

 

[Jureil]

Yes,
I cleared out Plymouth to send it to E via Diplomacy screen. At the end of my turn when I went to do so all the English cities were grey and Plymouth wasn't available to select? I thought perhaps I had sent it to E on the previous turn. But when E went to load the save from AB there was no city to accept???

I'd like to ask that the Axis not take advantage of this situation on their next turn. When it gets back to me I will open up the save and see if Plymouth is visible on the diplomacy screen to send to him.

Thanks!

We can postpone "Operation Sea Lion" if we have to

 

[aksully]

Someone asked about the possibility of parachute units picking up
supply units such as convoy supplies, oil or iron ore and transporting them
on air transports. This is not permitted, supply units must go by sea.

okie dokie and should be stated in the House Rules for future reference and level of importance.

 

[aksully]

We can postpone "Operation Sea Lion" if we have to

You mean "Operation Kitty Cat" don't you J????


Ha...The Forums censored the "other" word for Kitty starting with a P!!! Too funny.

 

[aksully]

Whose turn is it to play Nature if CH doesn't get to it this evening? Hopefully he will check in today and move it along....

 

[Jureil]

We are at the 47th hour can we skip the Nature turn if CH does not do it soon?

 

[eric_A]

Whose turn is it to play Nature if CH doesn't get to it this evening? Hopefully he will check in today and move it along....

I think it is the allied turn for nature.

 

[aksully]

ok well then for the sake of expediency I will play it once it hits the 48 hour mark. I want to give CH every chance to do the turn. That is only fair to him under the rules.