Sept/Oct 1939: Germany declares war on Poland, but the initial attacks do not go as planned. A +14 assault on Warsaw fails. Von Bock reorganizes the troops, but vital time is lost. Other Polish units are dispatched. The weather immediately turns bad (and stays bad for the turn), further slowing German efforts. A subsequent attack on Lodz also fails, but the Germans rally to take it before the end of the turn. The USSR and Germany announce a pact, and the results are clear quickly, as the Soviets refuse to back the French in an aggressive play to attack Belgium. The Belgians appeal to Germany for help, which is immediately provided. The French are surprised by the firm reaction and are unprepared to advance. As a result, German corps flood forward, protecting the Belgian countryside. At the end of the turn the German lead units attack and secure Lille in the north of France. Italy remains quiet, shuttling troops around, with most of them heading to Libya. The British, who have deployed most of their navy to the Mediterranean, repeatedly threaten the Supreme Leader of Italy (El Duce, Marianna Connolini), but no hostilities break out with Italy.
  In the Pacific the Japanese have an excellent opportunity to seize Si-an, but they roll a ‘2’ on the land attack, inflicting casualties only on themselves. Some naval and lands unit rebase to East Africa. The Japanese do manage to take Chenchow, but poor discipline causes a week of pillaging and general disorder, enraging the American public.

Nov/Dec 1939: The weather continues to be bad and the Axis players bemoan the poor campaign conditions. The German army in Poland streams west, with a few core remaining to help integrate the Poles in the new Reich. Bad weather and continued poor attack rolls sees the German make slow progress in northern France. Two more hexes are cleared,, but the Germans are advancing. During a snowy impulse, the Germans do add Denmark to the Reich as well. Italy decides to finally respond to British provocation and declares war on France and Britain. They achieve considerable surprise, sinking a CW TRS in port at Alexandria and sinking another in Cape St. Vincent off the coast of Gibraltar. British naval morale  plummets and commanders report having problems getting their crews to engage the enemy (lots of high search rolls for the CW player). The Brits do manage to catch the Italians once in the Eastern Med, sinking the CA Bolzano without loss. Libyan lead units push into Tunisia and conquer the territory at the end of the turn. The turn ends badly for the Italians when a ground strike by a British TAC is unreasonably lucky. With the assistance of shore bombardment, the British attack and kill the HQ Balbo and an INF corp in western Egypt, also killing an Italian TAC in the process. The British are halted thereafter for the turn.
  The Japanese declare war on Persia and invade the coastal oil producing hexes. They mostly just settle in afterwards, content to squeeze the oil from the ground and do not advance towards Tehran.

Jan/Feb 1940: More bad weather, getting worse. The turn is short. The CW starts by declaring war on the Netherlands. The reason becomes apparent soon enough when the Germans refuse to lend all of the NEI oil to the Japanese (limiting it to one oil). At the same time, the USSR shocks everyone by declaring war on Norway and pushing it into the German camp. Immediately thereafter they demand Bessarabia. Germany forces the Rumanians to accept the ultimatum, and Hungary and Bulgaria soon take their own territorial concessions. Both Hungary and Bulgaria join the Axis cause that turn. Finally, the Soviets occupy the Baltic States as well. Despite the outrageousness of the Soviet moves, the American public does not seem to care (apparently they are all Communist sympathsizers).
  In China the Nationals make two bold low-odds attacks. In one attack they kill an elite Japanese MAR unit and in the other they fare less well, but still kill an INF DIV to the loss of three of their own units. The second attacks leaves Chang-Sha undefended, which the Japanese then take without resistance. Once again Japanese discipline slips and America is outraged by the behavior of the Nipponese army. To add insult to (repeated) injury, Chinese partisans attack an airbase in Shanghai, destroying the NAV stationed there.
  The advance of Germany in France so early is cause for Allied concern, but substantive victories in the Pacific and against Italy have blunted any cause for celebration in the Axis camp.

Mar/Apr 1940: The foul weather finally breaks on the first impulse, allowing the Germans to mount a frontal assault on Paris. This happened despite massive groundstriking failures (9 rolls with three 5 factor TAC flip only a single unit). German moral superiority wins the day and Paris is occupied. The turn goes long, but alternates clear with snowy/rainy weather. British troops land at Brest and fend off two high odds German blitz attacks when the German attacks prove incompetent (rolled a ‘5’ and then ‘3’ against the CW). German units start to appear in Hungary on the Yugoslavian border. Italy holds its own, sinking the CA Shropshire in the Eastern Med, but they fail to do any other damage. The Germans manage to damage a CW TRS in the Bay of Biscay. Near the end of the turn the Italians take Algiers and conquer Algeria. They also boldly embark two German corps (that had railed the previous turn to Italy) and deposit them safely into Algiers. The British navy sorties, but despite 5 attempts, they cannot locate the Italian TRS at sea. British naval morale continues to plummet. On the up side, German naval sorties fail to find British convoys four separate times.
  At the end of the turn Germany installs a Vichy government. Morocco, Syria, French West Africa, Indo-china, French Equatorial Africa, and the ‘other’ (mostly Caribbean) territories go Vichy. Madagascar, and the Asian and Pacific territories remain free French.
  Japan kills the pesky partisan in Shanghai and reorders its front lines, but little action occurs in China. No attacks are made and the lines are static. Chinese reinforcements fill the lines.

May/June 1940: The weather starts clear but the Axis are unfortunate and it turns sour mid-turn, shortening the turn considerably. The Germans and Italians take the turn to try and damage the Commonwealth, striking out at convoys and seeking to gain dominance in the Med. British naval performance – with a few exceptions – is quite poor. German raiders and aircraft sink 10 convoy points across the Atlantic, and sink the CAs Southampton, Sheffield, and Hawkins. The Germans do lose a FTR3 in combat in the Bay of Biscay. The British retaliate, sinking an Italian convoy in the Med while they defend the coasts of Egypt. The Axis respond, moving the entire Italian navy and sizable naval air forces into the sea zone. Combat ensues and the Ark Royal is sunk with a loss of all hands. The rest of the British navy escapes harm for the rest of the turn. In France the Germans finally liberate Brest, killing Gort. The army then heads south, greatly weakened from repeated losses. As poor as the British perform in search rolls, the Germans perform equally badly in land attacks. Mid turn the Germans cannot wait any longer and attack Yugoslavia. Zagreb is taken with two German losses, and an attack on Belgrade fails outright (rolls of ‘7’ and ‘3’ respectively). The Soviets demands the Finnish borderlands and the Germans force the Finns to accept.
  Japan starts the turn by occupying Indochina, and continues the fine tradition of failing every possible US entry roll. Next impulse they attack Nanning, taking the city but suffering two big casualties (to kill a 2-1 Gar). Naturally, there is no discipline and the rampaging troops incense the Americans… again. The turn ends fairly early to the chagrin of the Axis.

July/August 1940: The Allies win initiative despite an Axis re-roll. The CW immediately moves to defend its convoy lines and seeks to reinforce Gibraltar. They also send a large force to ambush the Italians in the Western Med, which succeeds, sinking the CA Garibaldi and killing the INF DIV which was a passenger. Next impulse, the Italians and Germans seek to engage the British. Minor convoy losses are inflicted in the Atlantic, but much of the defending CW fleet in the Western Med. is aborted, with the BB Warspite sinking. Transports were in the flotilla, and they successfully delivered von Leeb to Syria. Next impulse the Germans collapse Vichy, claiming Syria. German troops in France rush to the Spanish border. An additional Italian unit lands in Palestine after the German HQ advances, and the Palestine TER is destroyed in an assault on Jerusalem. Oddly, the German corps does not advance into Egypt, but the Italian GAR unit crawls forward. A coordinating attack is launched in Egypt by the Italians, but they take their land cues from the Germans, and the attack accomplishes nothing (no losses either side, lots of flipped units). Third impulse Germany declares war on Spain and pushes through the Pyrenees as the Spanish defend primarily around Madrid. Germany shocks the world by declaring war on the newly independent land of Iceland, taking it without loss by invasion. Even more surprisingly, the Americans do not seem to care. Reports from Iceland suggest that the natives prefer the new government. In Africa Belgian Congolese advance and take N. Rhodesia, but the CW were fortunate and have a TER appear in Rhodesia to block the push. The turn ends early with another fortunate Allied end of turn roll, denying the Germans a chance to even attack the Madrid salient. The Americans are ominously silent when it comes to US entry selections.

Sept/Oct 1940: The Axis win initiative, but the weather turns sour, slowing down the Axis operations in Spain. Germany and Italy start the turn seeking to sink convoys, but none of the searches are successful. Germany does clear one hex adjacent to Madrid and flows southward slowly. Italy lands two new corps in Palestine, threatening to flank the British. Wavell dashes eastward when the Italians take Port Said and attacks the city, losing a DIV but clearing the city. The attacking CW units are flipped however, which allows the remaining Italian units to creep around them and put them out of supply. Suez is taken! (US do not care.) The weather clears for only one impulse, and the Germans use the opportunity to assault and take Madrid, although once again poor combat rolls cost the Germans (lost the ENG unit). Germany has not had a land attack roll higher than ’11’ since early in the French campaign. Italy also takes the opportunity to invade Cyprus. Not to be outdone, the CW craftily sneak units into the NEI and seize the undefended oil fields at Balikpapan and Tarakan. The poor weather advanced the turn quickly, making it a relatively short turn. The British celebrate a turn with no naval losses, but lament the situation in Egypt and the threat to Gibraltar.

Nov/Dec 1940:  Sept/Oct ended with horrible weather, and it remained horrible. The Axis grumbling about the horrific weather for the game gets louder. The Allies win initiative but sagely have the Axis go first. The Germans and Italians again seek to hit CW convoys and have slightly better fortune. The CVL Eagle is damaged and 2 CONVs are lost, but the BB Ramilles is sunk along with the CA Manchester. A GAR DIV was sent back when its ship was damaged in combat off of the Spanish coast. Late in the turn the CW exacts revenge, sinking the CA Admiral Scheer without loss. In Egypt the Italians push forward, and continue the Axis streak of bad land attacks by clearing Alexandria at the cost of 2 Italian units despite a high odds assault. Not to be outdone, the Japanese launch a high odds attack of their own and fail, but the losses were only 1/1. Germany conquers Morocco and Italy takes the Fr. Somilialand. the turn ends quickly again, leaving the Axis few impulses to prosecute the war. Still no word from the US – clearly they are Axis sympathizers and the CW has started to worry about a US-German alliance.

Jan/Feb 1941: The Allies win initiative again, but the CW pushes to go first to protect its fragile convoy lines. The weather is surprisingly mild – and this turns out to be a critical break for the Axis. The CW takes a naval and slightly reorganizes its convoy lines and defends them. They successfully run a German NAV patrol to reinforce Gibraltar with a DIV. On the first Axis impulse the Germans take a combined while the Italians take a naval. Axis NAV enter the Cape St. Vincent and manage to knock out the Commonwealth naval units, putting Gibraltar out of supply. The Germans darken the skies and it takes every last plane to flip the defenders of The Rock – but it happens. The paratroopers arrive, and, along with Italian naval support from the Western Med, the Germans storm Gibraltar. Alexander and the other CW defenders surrender. As the turn continues, the Italians spend the rest of the turn pushing east in Egypt. On the 2nd Axis impulse, the Italians assault Port Said, but fail. On the 3rd impulse, however, the Italians take both Port Said and Cairo in two attacks, effectively ending British resistance in North Africa. The CW reinforce both Aden and South Africa near the end of the turn. The unfortunate CW also suffer some naval reverses, losing a TRS off the US East Coast to a surprise Axis submarine attack. The defecting Spanish navy suffers serious losses in the Central Atlantic to the now larger German navy (the BB Tirpitz and CV Graf Zeppelin are active). German land units start railing to the Soviet border during the turn, and Finland joins the Axis cause.
  In the Pacific, much is quiet. The Japanese continue to move troops around, but no attacks are made and little changes in China. The Americans are slowly starting to rouse; public opinion in the US is given a shock by the fall of Gibraltar and there are rumors that an intense political battle is taking place over which side to support in the war. German advisors fear that the Japanese might provoke the Americans and cause them to join the Commonwealth. The turn runs longer than usual (typical: the summer turns with clear weather have been shorter than average, the winter turns have been longer than average) and finally ends on the Allied impulse, shifting the initiative marker towards the Axis.

Mar/April 1941: The weather turns after a clear start to ridiculously bad… and stays bad nearly unbelievably through all of May/June as well. The Allies win initiative and elect to go first. The CW moves to protect its convoys lines. The Axis decide to strike hard and achieve mixed success. The Italian fleet, now based in Gibraltar, patrols the Central Atlantic and savages the British, sinking the CAs Glasgow, Exeter, Libertad (Sp), and Baleras (Sp) while damaging the CAs Gloucester, Kenya, and Frobisher. The CAs Gorizia and E d. Savoia are damaged but the area is cleared of CW convoys. The Germans try to do their part, but the pesky Brits have their day, surprising the Germans in the North Atlantic in bad weather, sinking the CV Graf Zeppelin. Germany does DOW Portugal, however, and manages to sneak a MAR DIV into the Azores to the take the airbase. The Italians push up out of Egypt into the middle east and Iraq elects to join Italy as a minor ally. Rumania is activated as a German minor ally near the end of the turn.
  The Pacific is mostly quiet, although the clear weather in the North Monsoon zone allows the Japanese time to surround some pesky partisan in Foochow and eliminate them. The MARs leave the front lines and head for the coast and there is a general reorganization of the Japanese lines.

May/June 1941: The turn will be the shortest thus far in the fame – only 2 impulses each. the Axis win initiative but the weather is poor, which stymies any serious action. The Germans go convoy hunting with little success, but they do surprise and sink the CV Courageous. There were no other losses. The US starts picking Entry Options more aggressively, a sign of heightened tension. The turn is so short that basically nothing happens of significance and the Axis do not even manage to shift much of their armies.

July/August 1941: With the initiative marker at +2 to Axis, the Axis easily win initiative and elect to move first. The Germans and Italians first strike out at British convoys but there are minimal losses. The British then do a proper job defending their lifelines. In impulse #3, the Germans declare war on Ireland, drop the chit for a supercombined, and land units all around Dublin, also taking Cork and Galway. The Italians land in Morocco with a MAR. There are no naval battles, but the Axis have more troops waiting on ships offshore. Next Axis impulse, the Germans push into Ulster, taking Belfast (only the N. Ire TER defending). Dublin also falls, securing the island for the Axis. Axis NAV and longer ranger FTRs rebase on to the island and then move out to try and control the Faroes Gap. The CW takes minor convoy losses, loses a TRS and the valiant Danish ship the Petr Skram, but holds on in the sea zone. The turn goes reasonably long and the German MAR pushes into the islands in the Irish Sea. Meanwhile, German bombers finally are organized and bomb London, taking 3 BPs and destroying a factory amidst heavy FTR losses on both sides.
  The CW avoids disaster in South Africa with a gutsy low odds (+3) assault by a TER against invading Axis territorial forces coming south. Pretoria was open, but the assault took out half of the invading force, causing it to stall. Next turn the CW are fortunate and get both a MIL and a TER in South Africa – crisis averted.
  All turn long the Germans also start heavily reinforcing their eastern border with the USSR as the Soviet troops were also massing on the border. Counter density is climbing there. The Italians push troops across Syria into Iraq and send 2 NAV and a few ships to the Red Sea.
  Japan reorganizes its Chinese front again, but there are no attacks. Siam is activated as a minor ally, but the Americans are too worried about the Irish adventure (+2 chits between Ireland and the invasion of the UK homeland).  The US relocates the fleet to Pearl and and activates a Canadian defense zone, but cannot manage to arouse any ire at the Axis (no tension).

Sept/Oct 1941: The Axis barely win initiative, and the weather is clear. The Japanese shock the Soviets with a declaration of war and land troops next to Vladivostok. The Russians had moved most of its heavy defenses out just the previous turn (to send to the border with Germany) and the strategic port was under-defended. The Japanese took Vladivostok and 3 resources by turn’s end, when a peace treaty went into effect.
  Germany pushes the MAR in the Irish islands into Scotland and lands forces off ships behind it, taking most of southern Scotland from Glasgow to Edinburgh. The CW responds by forming a solid line (roughly where Hadrian’s wall is). The Germans spend the turn reinforcing the Scottish position and strategically bombing, which nets only 1 BP loss this turn. Italy declares war on Persia, joining the Japanese in that campaign, and push towards Tehran. The MAR in Morocco moves south, taking Spanish Sahara, Mauretania, and eventually Senegal. The Italians are again aggressive in attacking the British, and losses are high. The Italians lose the BB Littorio while the British lose the CV Glorious and CV Furious. The CA Abruzzi and the CW CAs Belfast and Berwick are damaged. The carrier losses are disheartening, and CW morale is fragile. 
  Right at the end of the turn Germany declares war on Venezuela, taking the capital with a MAR DIV from Curacao. The Americans are incensed, claiming that the move should provoke immediate US entry into the war, but support for the Axis cause is still relatively high amongst the US public. The US does reinforce Singapore (which is currently held by pro-Japanese partisans, however) and finally the US gets tension. The turn ends with more German-Soviet buildup.

Nov/Dec 1941: After winning initiative, the Axis move first and seek to inflict more damage on the CW economy. The Axis naval luck starts ok. A force in the Faroes Gap is found. The CVL Argus is sunk, and the CVL Eagle and CAs Kent and Edinburgh are damaged. But after that engagement, the Axis miss 10 consecutive search rolls in the Atlantic. The Italians manage to sink 2 CONVS in the south Indian ocean, but otherwise little happens in the Battle of the Atlantic. The CW reroutes its convoys north to avoid the reach of the Italians based in Lisboa. German bombers hit Manchester, taking 2 BPs, but otherwise the turn in Europe is quiet. The build-up of both Soviet and German forces on their mutual border continues, and the counter density is high.
  Near the end of the turn the Japanese declare war on the CW and Free France, taking a number of islands (including Rabaul) and landing in Malaya and on Ceylon. The Japanese also retake the oil production centers of Tarakan and Balikpapan, but without a fight as the wily British manage to evacuate the forces before they can be attacked. The Japanese take territory but do not manage to sink any ships despite the surprise. Despite being uneventful, the turn goes long, fitting the patterns of long winters and short summers.

Jan/Feb 1942: The Axis win initiative again and go first. The Japanese navy spreads out over the Pacific first impulse, but then the weather turns nasty. Nothing happens. Finally the weather breaks and the Japanese declare war on the United States. Pearl Harbor is struck and the US loses the CVs Hornet, Wasp, and Bearn as well as the CA Houston. After some confusion about the geography of Oahu (it really is jungle…), an almost invasion of Oahu is diverted. The Japanese take several of the islands in the Hawaiian chain, but Honolulu remains in American hands. The US gears up but they are still at peace with the Germans and Italians, largely owing to popular sentiment in the United States that favors the cause of the Greater German Reich. War enthusiasm against Japan is high, but many are hopeful that the US will join Germany in a campaign against the USSR and resolve the current conflict with Great Britain. The turn ends immediately after the attack on the United States.
  In Europe the Germans and Italians try fruitlessly to find convoys, missing every single search roll throughout the turn. Strategic bombers get through to their targets, but fail to place the bombs on target.

Mar/Apr 1942: The Allies win initiative, but hoping to secure initiative in the summer, the Allies force the Axis to move first. The Germans and Italians immediately take out after the CW convoy lines. Not many CONV are sunk, mainly because the one sea zone where the Germans had success they elected to go after the CVL Eagle instead of the convoys. It took two X results, but the Germans were determined to sink the carrier, which had so long plagued and eluded them. Not much else happened in Europe as the turn was short (only 4 total impulses) and the weather was abysmal. The CW did retake Rhodesia and the Japanese conquered Ceylon.

May/June 1942: The Axis win initiative but the weather starts out poor. As a result, the first impulses for each side are uneventful. In the 3rd impulse the weather clears and the Axis decide to unleash total war by declaring war on the USSR. The Germans drop a chit for a super-combined and also aggressively attack British shipping and invade Plymouth to open a new southern front in England. In the naval battles in the Atlantic, the Axis inflict serious casualties on the CW, sinking the CV Victorious and the CA Suffolk while damaging the CAs Australia and Gloucester. The British exact some revenge, damaging a German AMPH, the Admiral Hipper, and the Italian CA Duc d’Aosta. The Germans nonetheless get ashore in southern England and build up in Scotland. Near the end of the turn the Germans take a risky assault on Birmingham, which was defended by a single corps, taking the city without loss. British morale briefly plummeted.
  The Luftwaffe struck up and down the line in the Soviet Union on the first turn, flipping many corps and planes near the front, hitting slightly above average on the die rolls for the ground strikes. They were unable to break the Dniester river line, but did inflict serious casualties on the front line. Two German PARA dropped on Sevastopol, taking the fortress and scattering the Russia fleet, destroying two CAs in the process (but missed everything else, which rebased to Rostov). The next impulse the weather turned sour again, causing expletives to be heard from the command bunker of the OKH. But the weather then immediately cleared and the turn unexpectedly went two more clear impulses, giving the Germans the time needed to push just past Minsk in the north and to pocket 6 Soviet corps between Kiev and Odessa.
  In the Pacific, the Americans elected to pursue an aggressive course and engaged the Japanese fleet off of Hawaii with most of their navy. Despite a slight initial advantage because of land-based air, an early good Japanese air combat role removed the lead US FTR, tilting the combat odds in favor of the Japanese. After the smoke cleared the Japanese had lost the CV Hiryu sunk, the CAs Tone and Suzuya damaged, and a SUB damaged. The Americans lost the CV Lexington, the BB Idaho and the CAs Northampton and Chester sunk, with the CVs Saratoga and Enterprise damaged. The BBs California and Pennsylvania, the CAs Pensacola and Salt Lake City, and a TRS were all damaged. The US then retreated, leaving the waters around Hawaii in Japanese hands. The Japanese do take a few more islands in the area, but no other major action occurs. The Chinese communists do mount an attack in northern China, but it fails, causing the commies to lose two DIVs.

July/August 1942: The turn starts poorly for the Axis, who lose initiative despite a reroll. The Allies go first. The turn, like every Jul/Aug thus far in the game, is unusually short, ending at the second possible opportunity, much to the dismay of the Axis. The US and Commonwealth play a cat and mouse game with the Italians and Germans over the convoys, but late in the turn the convoys come out and the Axis go after them. The Germans even took a naval (!) to do so despite the campaign in Russia. Two US convoys are aborted and the CA Louisville is damaged, but otherwise the Axis search rolls were poor. The CW does manage to damage the BB Tirpitz, but not much else comes of the naval combats this turn.
  In the Soviet Union the German war machine cranks it up. The large pocket south of Kiev is slowly eliminated and the Germans manage to also take Kiev and cross the Dnieper River, also liberating Dneprop. and Stalino in the process. In the north the Germans also find success, taking Pskov and Vitebsk on good-odds assaults and pushing up near Leningrad. The lead elements of the Wehrmacht are just past Smolensk. The Italians in the caucasus have isolated Baku and taken several other oil fields, depriving the Soviets of their use. The Soviets elected to leave sizable defense forces around Moscow, which is heavily defended and is likely to be the winter line (or perhaps the line for some time to come). Redoubts exist in the cities in the south, but there is otherwise no concentrated line.
  The Japanese try to be lucky and have the weather in the North Monsoon clear for attacks, but their hopes are repeatedly dashed. As a result, not much progress is made, although they do manage to sink a few British convoys running from Australia to Canada. The CW has enough spares to replace the losses, however. Japanese forces build up around Hawaii and the Philippines, which is still American. A CW attempt to take back Rabaul is thwarted when the British are unable to find the last CA keeping the island in supply. The Japanese then reinforce it and the opportunity is (for now) lost.
  The turn ends early (only 4 impulses each), much to the dismay of the Axis.

Sept/Oct 1942: The turn starts with a bang as the Germans drop a chit to have a super-combined in the first impulse, since the weather is clear. Several large corps are sent to southern England to grow the German presence there and squeeze the Commonwealth defenders. An air-sea battle occurs in the Faeroes Gap and the CVL Hermes is sunk along with the CA Edinburgh. Strategic bombing hits London, taking one BP but strat bombing over Manchester fails to find a target when CW FTRs abort all the bombers. The Germans, with Italian naval help, do manage to invade Bermuda, providing them with a base close the vital naval base of Norfolk in Virginia. On the Soviet front, the Germans clear a few more Soviet redoubts, completing the encirclement of Leningrad in the north and liberating Kursk in the south. Two other isolated pockets are clear, leaving a clean front that stretches from Leningrad, just east of Smolensk, south to Kursk and to Rostov. By turn’s end the Axis have squeezed the Commonwealth into the midlands of England, taking Coventry on a mid-odds attack with minor casualties (1/2), but late turn moves re-establish the convoy line for the Brits. With the multipliers for attacks, the CW still builds at a reasonable level (18 BPs).
  Japan finally assaults and takes Manilla without loss, clearing the Philippines. MARs from Ceylon walk into India, stretching the defenders. Despite minor maneuvering, no naval action occurs in the Pacific.

Nov/Dec 1942: The Axis win initiative despite an Allied demand for a reroll. The Germans drop another O-chit and send yet more reinforcements to the Commonwealth as they slowly push east in the USSR in bad weather. Germans corps push up to the line that runs one hex from Moscow southward, but the Axis have taken the entire Caucasus except for redoubts in Baku and Grozny. The CW holds 5 central hexes in England and Cardiff, but otherwise Great Britain is German. A late turn assault fails on Leeds, but the Germans have a growing land and air dominance.
  Meanwhile, a German MAR DIV takes Key West as a show of Axis strength. The Americans quickly rally and expel the Germans, but the lesson is driven home. Allied morale crumbles as once again no American troops are sent east to assist the Commonwealth.
  Japan continues to solidify its internal lines, but again no major naval occurs in the Pacific. Japanese troops push further northward in India and troops from the Philippines redeploy both east and west. The Americans fight a vicious battle to reclaim one of the Hawaiian Islands and, despite losing the initial small naval battle and air battle over the island, perform well (roll an unmodified ’18’) and reclaim the island. 

GAME CALLED end of Nov/Dec 1942 turn. 

Scores:
Germany: +11
Japan: +9
Italy: +8
CW: -9
USSR/Fra: -9
US/China: -10