It is January 41 and Norway and Spain fell last turn.
The Norwegian campaign was intersting, the Allies committed the RN heavily to impede the invasion. I spotted 3 BBs in the North Sea but decided to go ahead with the invasion anyway, as the Luftwaffe was on hand to deal serious damage against any intervention. A protracted battle saw the German battleship being sunk but in the end the 3 BBs joined it at the bottom of the Skagerak. Consequently two infantry corps were stranded until the DD could be repaired. Only late in the campaign did I remember to get a commander up to Denmark to increase the effectiveness, meaning that after 9 months of fighting Oslo finally fell, isolating two UK garrisons.
Meanwhile, sizable uboat forces have wreaked havoc on the Brit convoys since the RN are quite reduced. A damaged DD was sunk in addition. With the Brits using lots of PP on backing up the Spaniards they cannot be able to afford much in the way of new forces.
As seen the Brits landed in force to defend Gibraltar, but the losses I will inflict should be a tough strain on the floundering Brit economy. The idea is to make a simultanous push for Suez to put max pressure on the Allies.
Of course the dark horse in this setup is Russia, I will have my hands to full to create an invasion force. However, closing the Med should free up a lot of Italians. Am a bit unsure where to commit the Italian Navy, they are fragile compared to the RN. Rather limited use around Gib, though maybe some shore bombardment would be useful to capture the fortress. First however that CV needs to be damaged.
