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Europe at start

Germany declares war on Poland
British Commonwealth and France declare war on Germany.

Black = Germany
Red = Russia
Teal = Poland
Light Cyan = Italy
Blue = France
Brown = British Commonwealth
Green = USA


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Pacific at start

Japan in control of Formosa, Korea and Manchuria. At war with China whose forces are divided into Communist Chinese and Nationalist Chinese.

Black = Japan
Red with black detail = Russia
Red with yellow detail = communist chinese
white = nationalist chinese
green = USA
brown = British Commonwealth

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Winter 1939 at start

The carve up of Poland is complete. Eastern Poland and the Baltic States are occupied by the Soviets, while Germany has taken control of Western Poland

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Spring 1940
 

Germany declares war on Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Norway

Russia has occupied the Finnish Border hexes after the Winter War concluded in Russia's favour.

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Fall 1940:
France surrendered, Vichy established, Italy, Rumania, Hungary join war on the axis side

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Winter 1940, allied turn start

Battle of El Alamein results in allied victory, but allied position in Egypt still fragile

Luftwaffe has won air superiority over southern Britain.

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Summer 1941 after axis turn

Operation Barbarossa captures most of the Red Army and breaks deep into Russia
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Fall 1941, Barbarossa in full swing

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start axis winter 1941

russia throws up desperate line of defense east of Moscow, and brings part of the siberian garrison to europe to assist the defense

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Japan's offensive operations for Winter 1941

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Spring 1942 Axis Ops in the Pacific. In naval battle off Tamana, US Magic intercepts and defeats Japanese Task Force, sinking the battleship Mutsu.

Japan however completes conquest of Southern Resource Area, asserts presence on un-defended Gilbert Islands and captures Midway! A serious blow to the US.

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Summer 1942

German offensive in the northern/central sector of the Russian front isolates much of the red army, captures Gorky and isolates Moscow

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Japanese offensive breaks into India and completes conquest of Solomons, Aleutians and Gilberts

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Fall 1942

Germany makes another encirclement, this time in the Stalingrad region

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Japan wins costly naval battle of Santa Cruz Islands and successfully retakes control of Santa Cruz from the US
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Winter 42

german winter offensive widens the breakthrough on the Ural front

But axis position in the mediteranean and north africa collapses after string of allied victories. In the western Med, Patten's anglo-american force captures algiers, morocco and advances towards sicily, while Monty's force overruns the axis position in Egypt.

Most importantly the decisive Royal Navy victory at Bizerte has given control of the Med to Britain and the axis can no longer supply Africa

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Fall 1943

US has begun counter-offensive. Dutch Harbor and Midway have been reconquered, relentless air and submarine attacks have finally isolated the key Japanese held port of Lae on New Guinea. Japan has also declared war on Russia and captured Vladivostok

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German offensive in Russia has captured Leningrad, Stalingrad and Kuybyshev and brought German armor units very close to the Ural industrial area. Russia on the brink of collapse

Western Allied offensive on the other hand has inflicted another defeat on the italian navy, routed axis forces from Africa and invaded Malta, Corsica and Sardinia. There has also been a substantial allied invasion of France, with Brittany now under allied control, albeit firmly hemmed in by german forces

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Start Winter 1943

Germany keeps putting pressure on the Urals area, advancing towards to the city of Uralsk

But in the west, allied bombing continues over germany, damaging German synthetic oil refining capability.

The allies invade sicily, landing at Syracuse, overrunning Messina and crossing the Messina Strait into Italy. An American Airborne assault captures the port of La Spezia.

The Royal Navy crushes an attempt by the Vichy Navy to interdict the supply line to the American airborne units. The combined shocks led to the collapse of the Italian government and the disbandment of most of the Italian armed forces. Some Italian ships and units have put themselves under German control. Mostly they have disappeared. Italy is for now virtually empty of axis forces.

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In the pacific, allied forces invaded Singapore and the Marshall Islands. A Japanese surprise hit and run carrier/submarine strike resulted in the devastating loss of three US carriers in the Battle of the Marshalls, but for reasons not fully understood, the Japanese fleet then returned to base allowing the US invasion to proceed.

Also, US troops fought there way to the north coast of New Guinea over the Owen-Stanley range. US submarines also having an effect on Japanese oil shipments for the first time

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