Winter 42

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Weather

a 4! A Moderate winter in Russia, but this time with Axis winter preparation of 4 gives a total winter effect level of 5


this means that germany may make 4 of a total of the following operations

a) ground attacks of any strength
b) air ops of up to 15 factors each
c) breakthroughs for armoured exploitation

Exploitation range is reduced to 1 hex.

But this is still massively less crippling than previous winters have been

For Russia the effect is less serious. Russia operates normally but armoured exploitation range is halved

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Battle of the Atlantic

11 U-boats attack 26 transports protected by 12 ASW and 6CVEs

mods=
+1 NDRM
+1 torps vs ASW
-1 air range
-1 CVEs
+3 ports
+1 US at war
-1 ASW Ultra
total:+3

Germany rolls 12! ouch! 2 sunk, 8 damaged
Allies roll 11 (mod 8)counterouch! a 2/7 result! 2 u-boats sunk, 7 prevented from getting through

2 U-boat gets through and does a total of 5 more sunk

Final out come

2 U-boats sunk
7 transports sunk, 7 damaged
12 transports remain in the atlantic

Battle of the Indian Ocean

1 U-boat attacks at -1 due to second allied ULTRA ASW card played

rolls a 10! mod 9! a 0/1 result

1 I-boat attacks at -1 and rolls a 11! high numbers! mod 10, a 0/1 result

Total, no losses, but 2 transports get damaged

Raiders

First raider is a two ship force of the BB5 Musashi and a BC3. they roll a 5 and a immediately picked up by the american TF 6.

The Raiders roll a 5 when firing on the US fleet, causing no damage on the US battleship Idaho

The Americans return fire rolling a 9! They get an impressive 3 hits, but they bounce off the Musashi like nothing

No damage is inflicted by either side, but the raiders are tailed and no damage is done to the transports

The Italians are also picked up the British cruisers who stray into gun range who get 2 hits destroying one of the British cruisers. The cruisers do no damage in the return fire

The second japanese raiding force slips past the allied shipping and engages the transports, rolling a 7 with 9 factors destroying 2 transport factors

The battles of the IO are over with only 2 transports left

Germany opts to attrition russia

91+ factors with a CTL of -2 for winter rolls a 2, =7C/3H result

attrition in India

27 factors at +2 (india is out of oil) rolls a 3, mod 5 a 3C result

attrition in China

versus communists rolls 3, no effect
versus nationalists 26 factors at +1 rolls 2 mod3 a 2c/1h result

australia

rolls 2 at +1, no effect

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INvasion of cairns

Small Japanese invasion force takes advantage of the lack of defenses to launch a quick raid on Cairns

DD1 escorts a 1-2 inf escorted by BB3 Fuso and CVL2 from TF4: total cost for offensive ops 4 brps

1 Australian AAS engage 1 Japanese NAS flying cap. The Japnese get a +1 for the normal CAP bonus

Australia rolls 10! mod 9, the CAP is shot down
Japan rolls 4 mod 5, a 0/1 result

1 Australian AAS faces the gunnery of the small convoy

Japan has 1 Air defense breakthrough so defends at level 2 and rolls an 8, a 1/1 result, 1 Australian AAS shot down

The invasion proceeds and the Australian AAF decamp to towsnville

The Japanese establish a second beachhead in Austrlalia

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COnstruction and Redeployment

Japan defers construction of AAF to maximise economic benefits for the new year. Redeploys 3 infantry factors to the India front

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Allied Winter 1942

Counter air over Madrid

US army air forces attack the GErman-Spanish AAF in Madrid

The air nat mod is even as the spanish have a lower mod than the germans and teh lowest mod takes priority

5 AAF vs 5 AAF

US rolls 6, a 2/2 result
Axis rolls 5, a 1/3 result

the axis AAF surprised and outfought retreat to the safety of Zaragosa

1 spanish, 1 german and 1 US aaf eliminated. The rest are inverted.

supply

Britain sends TF 1 to supply Gibraltar and TF2 to supply lisbon

TF1 is attacked by a Franco-Italian force of 4 AAF (2 of each) and 1 Italian NAS in the CAdiz hex, as it approaches Gibraltar

1 AAS peel off to engage 1 British NAS. The fight is even because the British -1 mod for NAS is offset by the +1 for CAP

The British roll 5, a 0/1 result. 1 French AAS shot down
The axis roll 9, a 1/1 result. 1 NAS shot down

4 AAS face the guns of the British TF

The TF is made up
CVL2 Furious and CVL2 Courageous, BB4 Nelson and Rodney, BB3 Valiant and Ramilies and DD3, for a total of 21 factors

Britain has an air defense research result, to give a level 4 defense. Britain rolls an almighty 11, a 2/2 result - an Italian and a French AAS are shot down, the remaining AAS and NAS are aborted.

The Convoy continues to Gibraltar where they are engaged once again by the 3 survivng AAS

Again a single NAS flies CAP, but this time the NAS in Gibraltar is able to assist

The BRitish in Gibraltar roll 3 - no effect
The Axis roll 8, 1 NAS shot down
The British CAP rolls 8, a 1/1 result
The axis roll 3, no effect

The remaining NAS faces the guns which roll a 6. a 1/2 result

It's all over, only 1 italian attack AAS survives, supply is completed. British lost 2 NAS

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Attack on Cadiz

American 5o6 and 3 AAF attack Cadiz at 2:1. Allies roll a 6! Cadiz falls without loss to the allies - all Spanish ports are now belong us, declares Patton! Monty meanwhile captures La Corona through maneuver with his light armoured brigades

Battle of the Pacific

2 submarines attack Japanese convoys defended by 2 ASW

mod=+1 for MAGIC submarine card
subs roll an 11, mod 12, a 1/2 result
ASW rolls 6, mod 5, no effect

2 submarines get through and sink 2 +1 transports

Total losses to Japan, 4 transports lost, 2 damaged

attack on Cairns

2 American 3-2 mech inf attack the small force at Cairns at 3:1 and roll a 5. The overwhelmed Japanese survivors surrender and sit out the rest of the war in Australian camps, or until they are liberated..

attrition

communists roll a 4. no effect
natinalists roll a 5 for 21+ factors at -1, 2C lost
Darwin at -1, a 2 , no effect
Spain by British 11+ factors at -1 mod, roll a 1, no effect

Soviets attrition Germany in Russia at +2 (winter training difference) for 81+ factors and rolls a 2. A stinging 9 C/4H result

because this is winter in russia, russia may nominate the hexes from which germany must take losses

Soviets in the Caucasus attrition at 0 mod and roll 2 at 11+ and get a 1C result. in the med front the russians do not get to choose the hexes

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Construction and Redeployment

Britain and Russia need US grants to break even.

Major Reinforcement of troops to Lisbon

25 factors are sent from the US using 5 atlantic transports

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Spanish attempt to intercept convoy to Lisbon - 4 dice need 10, roll 8! Interception failed
German from lorient need 10 and roll 19! Succeed

But as before the RAF spotter planes have been monitoring the German activities

10 attack AAF swoop in

3 AAS attack defending AAS at 0 mod.

RAF roll 6, a 1/2 result 1 NAS shot down
axis roll 4, a 1/1 result

8 AAS face the defenidng guns

only 6 factors: the PB2 Graf Spee and PB2 Scheer and a CA2, with air defense of 1, roll an 8, a 1/1 result

2 aas target each ship at -2 mod

Graf Spee, an 8! 1 hit - she's damaged!
Scheer, a 7! 1 hit - she's damaged!
CA2, a 6! 1 hit - she's damaged

The German flotilla hurries back to Port!

2 British AAS shot down=1AAF lost

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India signs peace treaty with Japan




Jawarhalal Nehru heads new Indian National Congress Government as India declares itself independent from the British Commonwealth. The new government proceeds to sign a treaty of Friendship and Economic Cooperation with the Imperial Japanese Government

The Indian Government brokers a 14 day truce between British and American forces in India and Japanese forces to give all Allied personnel and their families time to depart from India in safety

10 brps granted to japan in economic assistance

The Japanese Government will keep control of Eastern India, from Madras to Delhi and Lucknow until "the present condition of hostility between Japan and the Western Powers comes to an end"