Summer 1943

joegrundman · 09-30-08, 01:39 AM

Summer 1943

Research

Western allies test for Shamrock, getting a 2, and Bangers, getting a 4

European Axis tests for Schreiender Adler, getting a 4, and Elektra, getting a 5

Weather

There are monsoons in parts of Asia, notably Burma, Thailand, Malaya and French indochina

Diplomacy

Ireland is tested and rolls a 3. 8 axis DPs and 5 allied Dps results in a 6. Ireland so far declines to get involved in the war, despite strong anti-British sentiments.

joegrundman · 10-05-08, 02:15 AM

Strategic Wafare

13 U-boats opposed by 17 ASW and 6 CVEs target the 29 transports

The mods this season are impressive

Germany

NDRM 4
ULTRA card 1
torpedoes 4
French ports 2
US at war 1
Total 12

Allies
NDRM 3
ULTRA cards 2
ASW tech 3
CVEs 1
Air range 2 (new breakthroughs in air range and ASW)
Total 11

Net mod +1 for germany/-1 for allies

Germany rolls 6 mod 7, a 2/8 result
Allies roll 10 mod 9, a 4/9 result

1 extra transport is sunk from additional damage for a total of 3/8, leaving 18 in the atlantic- with submarine 4 losses this is the most serious season of losses for germany

Attack on the pacific convoy

2 Japanese subs attack the US convoys in the pacific which have 1 ASW

mods Japan
3 NDRM
1 air range
1 torps
5 total
mods US
3NDRM
2 air range
3 asw
7 total

Mod +2 US, -2 Japan

japan rolls 7 mod 5= 0 losses
US rolls 6 mod 8= 0 hits

The convoys barely notice the presence of Japanese submarines

joegrundman · 10-05-08, 02:35 AM

Japan

Japan puts an airbase next to Noumea and stages 3 AAF from Guadalcanal to Noumea

a little later on the Japanese TF2 arrives in the vicinity of Noumea to provide air support for the attack on Noumea

The allies decline to oppose the attack and the TF provides ground support from it's NAS to assist the assault on noumea town

The defense is a 2-3 defense value= 2(defending),+1 Mountain,-1 one turn out of supply=4

Attack= 4ground factors 3AAF +3 NAS=8 total attack = 2:1. Japan rolls a 3. An Ex-1 result. Japan loses 2 factors, Noumea falls.

joegrundman · 10-06-08, 01:38 AM

The increasingly exhausted Wehrmacht launches an offensive in Russia, with the main weight of the attack around the south central zone. A secondary attack is in the area of the northern forests

Finnish troops manage to destroy a soviet armour unit in bloody fighting in the far north

In the supporting attack further south, Red Air AAF prevent German ground support from accomplishing the mission, but nontheless the ground forces demolish the defenses

In the southern sector, although successful in the air and on the ground, the large numbers of Russian armor divisions prevented truly damaging exploitation and the attack petered out quite short of the objectives provided by Berlin.

attrition

Japan attritions communists and kills 1 counter (a 5)
Japan verses nationalists and kills 4 counters (a 6)
Germany versus allies in spain 35 factors, 0 mod and rolls a 4, a 3C/2H result and manages to restore supply to some of the isolated units

joegrundman · 10-10-08, 09:13 AM

Allied diplomatic mission to Franco

Ceasefire and generous terms offered to Franco by the Allies

Total mods

+1 basic
+1 axis gains in egypt
+2 axis associated country
+1 allies dow'd portugal
-1 vichy is minor ally of axis
-1 unbuilt spanish unit
-4 for difference in allied vs german units in spain
Total: -1
Allied DPs 5
Axis DPs 3

Total -3 for allies

Allies roll a 4! total result 1.

Franco orders Spanish troops to stand down. German commander of armoured force in madrid declares marshall law in Madrid.

joegrundman · 10-10-08, 09:42 AM

Operation Saturn

German army intelligence have been long forecasting this day. Soviet general Zhukov launches the first Russian counter-offensive in this summer of 1943

There are some massive airbattles

Around F46 4 Russian AAF face 5 German and Finnish AAF

Russia rolls 10 mod 9=2/3
Germany rolls 6 mod 7=2/3

Around the center, 9 russian face 10 German, italian and french

Russia rolls 9 =4/5
Germany rolls 9 =4/6

In the ensuing attacks, breakthroughs are made in the north and center for fairly low russian losses

joegrundman · 10-10-08, 10:24 AM

British Bomb Cologne

9 AAF (3 bombing, 6 escort), 1 interceptor and 4 bombers bomb cologne

The mod is -1 for britain, +1 for germany

defense level of target=4

Air combat between 2 german interceptors and the allies. Germany +1 rolls 7 mod 8, (1/2) Britain rolls 6 mod 5. (1/0 result)

Germany loses 1 interceptor, Britain loses 1 escort AAF, the interceptor and another escort aborted

British bombers roll 8 mod 7=1/4
germany rolls 6 mod 7, a 1/1 result

5 bombers get through for a total of 6x3+4=22brps damage

Huge areas of Cologne are destroyed as raging fires engulf the city in by far the heaviest raid of the war so far.

09-30-08, 01:39 AM	#1
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Summer 1943 Summer 1943 Research Western allies test for Shamrock, getting a 2, and Bangers, getting a 4 European Axis tests for Schreiender Adler, getting a 4, and Elektra, getting a 5 Weather There are monsoons in parts of Asia, notably Burma, Thailand, Malaya and French indochina Diplomacy Ireland is tested and rolls a 3. 8 axis DPs and 5 allied Dps results in a 6. Ireland so far declines to get involved in the war, despite strong anti-British sentiments. __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill Last edited by joegrundman; 10-05-08 at 02:08 AM.

10-05-08, 02:15 AM	#2
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Strategic Wafare 13 U-boats opposed by 17 ASW and 6 CVEs target the 29 transports The mods this season are impressive Germany NDRM 4 ULTRA card 1 torpedoes 4 French ports 2 US at war 1 Total 12 Allies NDRM 3 ULTRA cards 2 ASW tech 3 CVEs 1 Air range 2 (new breakthroughs in air range and ASW) Total 11 Net mod +1 for germany/-1 for allies Germany rolls 6 mod 7, a 2/8 result Allies roll 10 mod 9, a 4/9 result 1 extra transport is sunk from additional damage for a total of 3/8, leaving 18 in the atlantic- with submarine 4 losses this is the most serious season of losses for germany Attack on the pacific convoy 2 Japanese subs attack the US convoys in the pacific which have 1 ASW mods Japan 3 NDRM 1 air range 1 torps 5 total mods US 3NDRM 2 air range 3 asw 7 total Mod +2 US, -2 Japan japan rolls 7 mod 5= 0 losses US rolls 6 mod 8= 0 hits The convoys barely notice the presence of Japanese submarines __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

10-05-08, 02:35 AM	#3
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Japan Japan puts an airbase next to Noumea and stages 3 AAF from Guadalcanal to Noumea a little later on the Japanese TF2 arrives in the vicinity of Noumea to provide air support for the attack on Noumea The allies decline to oppose the attack and the TF provides ground support from it's NAS to assist the assault on noumea town The defense is a 2-3 defense value= 2(defending),+1 Mountain,-1 one turn out of supply=4 Attack= 4ground factors 3AAF +3 NAS=8 total attack = 2:1. Japan rolls a 3. An Ex-1 result. Japan loses 2 factors, Noumea falls. __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill Last edited by joegrundman; 10-06-08 at 01:17 AM.

10-06-08, 01:38 AM	#4
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Russia The increasingly exhausted Wehrmacht launches an offensive in Russia, with the main weight of the attack around the south central zone. A secondary attack is in the area of the northern forests Finnish troops manage to destroy a soviet armour unit in bloody fighting in the far north In the supporting attack further south, Red Air AAF prevent German ground support from accomplishing the mission, but nontheless the ground forces demolish the defenses In the southern sector, although successful in the air and on the ground, the large numbers of Russian armor divisions prevented truly damaging exploitation and the attack petered out quite short of the objectives provided by Berlin. attrition Japan attritions communists and kills 1 counter (a 5) Japan verses nationalists and kills 4 counters (a 6) Germany versus allies in spain 35 factors, 0 mod and rolls a 4, a 3C/2H result and manages to restore supply to some of the isolated units __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

10-10-08, 09:13 AM	#5
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Allied diplomatic mission to Franco Ceasefire and generous terms offered to Franco by the Allies Total mods +1 basic +1 axis gains in egypt +2 axis associated country +1 allies dow'd portugal -1 vichy is minor ally of axis -1 unbuilt spanish unit -4 for difference in allied vs german units in spain Total: -1 Allied DPs 5 Axis DPs 3 Total -3 for allies Allies roll a 4! total result 1. Franco orders Spanish troops to stand down. German commander of armoured force in madrid declares marshall law in Madrid. __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

10-10-08, 09:42 AM	#6
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Operation Saturn German army intelligence have been long forecasting this day. Soviet general Zhukov launches the first Russian counter-offensive in this summer of 1943 There are some massive airbattles Around F46 4 Russian AAF face 5 German and Finnish AAF Russia rolls 10 mod 9=2/3 Germany rolls 6 mod 7=2/3 Around the center, 9 russian face 10 German, italian and french Russia rolls 9 =4/5 Germany rolls 9 =4/6 In the ensuing attacks, breakthroughs are made in the north and center for fairly low russian losses __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

10-10-08, 10:24 AM	#7
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	British Bomb Cologne 9 AAF (3 bombing, 6 escort), 1 interceptor and 4 bombers bomb cologne The mod is -1 for britain, +1 for germany defense level of target=4 Air combat between 2 german interceptors and the allies. Germany +1 rolls 7 mod 8, (1/2) Britain rolls 6 mod 5. (1/0 result) Germany loses 1 interceptor, Britain loses 1 escort AAF, the interceptor and another escort aborted British bombers roll 8 mod 7=1/4 germany rolls 6 mod 7, a 1/1 result 5 bombers get through for a total of 6x3+4=22brps damage Huge areas of Cologne are destroyed as raging fires engulf the city in by far the heaviest raid of the war so far. __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill