Slitherine

Turn 30. April 3, 1941 Axis.

H-hour is quickly approaching.

Turn 31. April 23, 1941 Axis.

As the great Gandalf once said, "The deep breath before the plunge." Or as others more commonly say, "The calm before the storm".

For once the storm hits there will be no more quite.

May 3, 1941 Axis.

10-days prior to Barbarossa. Psych

For those of you who tuned in to see the first turn of Barbarossa ... sorry ... we're almost there.

I did want to share with you the following assessment received 10-days prior to the world altering event.

Turn 32. May 13, 1941 Axis.

Barbarossa!

Why not let the italians build up manpower and switch to buying Italian Leaders with Bonus's and Navy. The Brits are not moving in Africa so this could by you time that will help in the long run and leaders with Defensive and Attack bonus's will help defend Africa as well.

afk_nero wrote:Why not let the italians build up manpower and switch to buying Italian Leaders with Bonus's and Navy. The Brits are not moving in Africa so this could by you time that will help in the long run and leaders with Defensive and Attack bonus's will help defend Africa as well.

The truth of the matter is that I don't have enough boots on the ground in all theaters of operations. I'm using Italian infantry corps for second line defensive duties in France and Russia; which includes the all important partisan hunting role. Also in Russia I will use them along with the axis minors to mop up pockets of Russian units cut off and bypassed by the main axis force.

I chose to build a very offensive potent strike force in Russia composed of 6 tank and 7 mech corps but at a cost of not really having the number of infantry corps, leaders and fighters that I would normally have. I hope to beef up these forces during late 1941. It's critical that I have enough infantry in Russia when bad weather hits to absorb the Russia winter attacks. Also to that end, I need more leaders to boost effectiveness.

Turn 33. June 2, 1941 Axis.

Looks like the Iraqi revolt works as intended. It's clear that it will only be a nuisance in this game, but if the Axis was fighting the Allies in Egypt, then maybe you could achieve sth with it.

I'm puzzled by all that commitment of force to Libya. Wouldn't that be better deployed to help you in taking Moscow?

Turn 34. June 22, 1941 Axis.

Diplomaticus wrote:I'm puzzled by all that commitment of force to Libya. Wouldn't that be better deployed to help you in taking Moscow?

I like to defend North Africa with the goal of holding out until 1943 there. I don't like to give Libya up without a fight.

Turn 35. July 12, 1941 Axis.

Very nice AAR, thanks for sharing!

I think the Russians are tempting you to go for Leningrad - if you don't focus on Moscow with all your strength, you might not capture it before winter. So you'll have to make a choice soon...

eisenkopf wrote:Very nice AAR, thanks for sharing!

I think the Russians are tempting you to go for Leningrad - if you don't focus on Moscow with all your strength, you might not capture it before winter. So you'll have to make a choice soon...

I only have 4 guarantee fair weather turns left. If Dan stands and defend I may not get Moscow this year. But if he stands and defend I think I can really destroy some quality Russian units and blunt his '41 winter offensive. And then be able to capture the city in '42.

I agree that Leningrad is secondary and as such I will try treat it so.

Turn 36. August 1, 1941 Axis.

Manstein's survival will depend a lot on the order he attacks - if thats what he does.

Just wanted to say its really nice and cool how you present the AAR.

Turn 37. August 21, 1941 Axis.

Turn 38. September 30, 1941 Axis.













By the way that was a total of 59-PP's sunk and not 55!

Turn 39. September 30, 1941 Axis.