Sept/Oct 1939: The Germans load up on the Polish front, with minimal western defenses. The Poles are thus easily crushed, but poor German military performance flips most of the Wehrmacht. So Germany takes no losses, but is slow to reposition to the western front. The turn goes just long enough, however, for the Germans to take Denmark and the Netherlands. The German navy sorties, but the British catch them in the North Sea. After a scary battle, a number of ships are aborted (German ones, that is) and the Axis fleet slips away undamaged (feeling fortunate). Italy repositions troops and remains quiet. Japan launches a 1st impulse assualt on Mao in Si-an, taking the city to large losses (2/1 result). The breakthrough is great, but the Japanese pay a heavy price (including US outrage). Later, after troops from Japan are ferried to the south, the Japanese launch a similar attack on the forest resource, with similar results (2/2). Japanese casualties have been significant, but the Chinese line is in serious trouble. The turn ends with two breaches in the Chinese line as the Japanese hope to their ancestors to go first in November.
  The USSR claims Bessarabia early and the Germans allow the claims, also giving Hungary and Bulgaria Rumanian territory. The Soviets occupy Eastern Poland and the American public is outraged. At end of turn the US selects resources to China and reveals a strong early chit set.

Nov/Dec 1939: The first initiative rolls is a tie (after +1 modification) and so the Axis ask for a re-roll. They lose that one too, so the Allies go first, enabling the Chinese to reposition. Muddy weather, however, causes most of the Chinese army to flip in the process. The weather starts middling, with rain in the temperate. The CW takes a naval and spreads out to defend France and the convoys. The French organize moving colonial troops to France. The Axis turn is quiet. The Japanese advance to take the territory left by the retreating Chinese and make an attack, which is a modest failure (-/1 but do not take the hex). In the north, however, the Japanese are in an excellent position, threatening Lan-Chow. First impulse the Germans continue to move troops west from Poland and pile up on the border of Belgium. The airforce rebases west as well.
  On impulse 5 (2nd Allied move) the weather surprisingly clears. The Axis take advantage, declaring war on Belgium and launching a +16 assault to take Brussels. The Soviets occupy the Baltic States, irritating the US.
  The weather then turns sour yet again. China stagnates, not much happening, so the Germans decide to go raiding. This time the fleet slips past the British pickets and into the North Atlantic. The brave CA Effingham sacrifices itself to save the convoys, but there are no Axis losses in the small skirmish.
  The Allies get to go last in the turn as the French send more troops to France to defend the expected invasion. British and French troops take up positions inside of Belgium. The US starts Chinese aircraft and the initiative shifts back one against the Allies.

Jan/Feb 1940: The Axis win initiative and elect to go first. The Italians send a lone cruiser to the eastern Med loaded with a DIV. The Germans continue to transfer forces to the west, but no attacks are made as the weather is poor. The Japanese, however, launch a +9 assault in the mountains of China, clearing a weakened hex. In the north of China, the communists are pocketed, and Lan-Chow is taken.
  The Allies in impulse 2 see convoy defense and yet more troops heading to France and Egypt. Britain sends 2 corps and a FTR towards the Med in an aggressive posture.
  Impulse 3 and the weather stays muddy. Worried about increasing British hostility, Italy declares war on the Commonwealth and France. They take a combined, hunting some vulnerable CW TRS loaded with troops, but the crew are rusty and fail to find anything. Fortunately, however, the valiant Italian army saves the day, invading Port Said and over-running the British navy stationed there. Two BBs and 3 CAs sink, but the carriers there all escape. Italian mountaineers cross the border into France as well. German troops decide to forget all of their training… again. A +8 blitz into Belgium fails (rolls of ‘3’ to 1/-) and a +3 assault on Strasbourg (was much higher, all French aircraft clear despite +4/-4 air combat) also fails horribly (2/-). The Germans are seriously bloodied, kill nothing, and take no territory.
  The Allies quickly recover from their surprise and the WDF kills the Italian invaders in Port Said. The French play defense and reorganize their lines. China pulls back slightly to compensate for the large right hook in northern China, but the situation there has stabilized despite the imminent departure of the communists from the conflict (no communist cities remain).
  Impulse 5 sees the weather clear in the temperate zone. The Germans manage a successful blitz (-/1B), but it takes everything they have and no progress is made elsewhere. The Italians lurch slowly forward into Egypt and make a +7 attack in the northern alps, killing s Syrian TER (1/1 result) and clearing the way forward towards Grenoble. Italy also take French Somoliland and the Sudan.
  The Allies get to go last and strategically bomb Germany, taking 1 RES. The British completely flesh out their convoy lines (now at full strength from Australia to England). The French line is not deep, but it is getting deeper and the front line is strong. The Germans will need some fortune to break it.
  The turn ends with the US passing the Edward Murrow option, revealing some good chits. American intervention looms.

Mar/Apr 1940: Axis win initiative and go first. The weather starts poor – lots of rain and storms. The Japanese manage on the first impulse to take Chang-Sha without irritating American public opinion, but the Germans continue to have performance anxiety. A good odds blitz is lowered to +4 and fails (1/-) after once again French aircraft clear through the air battle despite bad odds. The Italians do manage to catch and sink one CW TRS in the Med, but two others escape potential doom. The CA Edinburgh is also sunk by Italian NAV.
  The Allies defend their convoy lines and move major reinforcements into the line in France, which is now stronger than ever. The Chinese are holding.
  Impulse 3 sees more rain and storms. The Germans start repositioning and swing south along the Maginot, where a troop shortage has left an opening. The Germans convoy raid, sinking the CA Berwick but only 1 CONV. The Italians catch 2 French CONV off of Africa, but overall the supply lines are holding strong. Italy conquers British Somaliland and pushes north from Sudan into southern Egypt. Right before the turn ends the Germans activate Hungary (no US penalty) and push a few corps into Hungary.
  The turn end with a whimper. No US entry options, no partisans appear, and the Germans hold no hexes in France, but the southernmost Maginot hex is empty and the Germans are adjacent.

May/June 1940:  A furious initiative battle starts the turn. The Axis win the first round. The Allies demand a reroll – and lose as the Axis will not be denied. The weather starts gloriously clear.
  Impulse 1: The Japanese use the weather to launch a +11 assault on Kwei-Yang, taking the city without loss or American irritation, blowing another hole in the Chinese line, which is starting to show the pressure from all of the Japanese assaults. The Germans follow suit, taking a +12 blitz to remove the French from Belgium (finally). They also push into the Maginot line and assault the next hex north with a PARA drop. Despite the +16 assault odds, the PARA dies and the Germans are half-flipped with poor performance on the attack roll. Nonetheless, the Germans have blown a 2 hex wide hole in the French southern flank. To make matters worse, the Italians assault the hex south of Lyons, taking it on a +12 attack (1/1 result, but the hex is taken).
  Impulse 2: The allies decide to crush the southern incursion into France. Eight corps are mustered to surround the bulge. But the French forgot the power of the Luftwaffe, who fly every last remaining aircraft to support the defenders. The attack fails (-/-) and flips all but three stacks of French troops! The French have a line north to south, but now it is thin and disorganized. The CW defend convoys and reposition their large navy, moving more ships towards Egypt, which also sees more corps reinforcing the stalemate line which has developed outside of Alexandria. The Chinese pull back towards Kunming to defend and reposition along the Chengtu-Chunking line.
  Impulse 3: The Germans used advanced planning (known as an O-Chit) to smash through the French line. A +15 blitz successfully breaks the center of the line and allows German armor to exploit next to Paris. A high odds assault also takes Metz, weakened by being flipped.  Paris is held by a single flipped corps and the mood is dark in the salons of France. Japan advances forward, moving units towards the front in the north and following the Chinese retreating in the south. Nanning is taken but a misunderstanding outrages US public opinion. The Italians push further into southern Egypt from Sudan and take Algiers in North Africa.
  Impulse 4: The French, desperate to hold their capital, counter-attacks the German lead panzer elements. The attack is not high quality (2/-) and the Germans fend off the push. The Commonwealth strategically bomb Stuttgart, taking 1 BP, making them 100% successful in strat raiding (2 attacks, two successes, although one previous raid had the bombers aborted in air combat). The CW decides the cause is hopeless and evacuates Gort and a MECH from the coast, leaving an ART and FTR to their fates.
  Impulse 5: The weather remains clear. The Germans eliminate the remaining Brits from Belgium and assault Paris, taking the city on a +17 attack. Meanwhile, suddenly German units are railing off the front into Hungary although many others continue to push forward into France. The Japanese continue to slowly push troops forward in the north of China.
  Impulse 6: The French sit hopelessly, not having any avenue to launch a counterattack towards Paris. The British move yet another corps into Egypt, reorganize their lines, and move an Egyptian TER into Cairo to foil the Italians pushing up from the Sudan. The British army is actually pretty large as the Brits have taken essentially no CONV losses or suffered economically (despite Axis attempts). The Brits re-land Gort and the MECH in Bordeaux in the hopes of inspiring French resistance.
  Impulse 7: The Japanese, having finally maneuvered into position, take a +7 blitz in China in the hex between Chengtu and Chungking. The new MECH performs brilliantly (rolled 17) to push the Chinese out. The Germans and Italians continue repositioning and the Germans clear a few more French hexes  of troops.  Unfortunately, the turn ends and the Japanese are not able to exploit the success more fully.
  The US embargos Japan and reveals some great chit picks, signaling perhaps a rapid US entry.

July/Aug 1940: The Axis win initiative and the weather starts clear (except in the North Monsoon of course). The turn is mostly uneventful. Germany takes two combined actions to pursue CW convoys, but despite many rolls, manages to find absolutely nothing. The CW lines are seemingly impervious. The Italians manage to invade and capture Cyprus, and reinforce Libya slightly with one corps. The Germans do declare war on Yugoslavia, taking Belgrade on a +16 assault and easily clearing the rest of the defenders.
  Japan launches a +9 assault on Chengtu, and finally the Japanese manage a complete success, taking the cities without loss and without offending the West. Otherwise, nothing much occurs.
  The turn ends early, depriving the Axis of needed impulses to transfer troops. German troops head east after the CW withdraws from Bordeaux (when threatened). The US occupies Greenland. Importantly, a PART appears in Palestine.

Sept/Oct 1940: The Axis win initiative despite the Allies taking a reroll. In the first impulse, on  Italian TRS German troops land in Palestine in an attempt to flank the Egyptian position. The CW is ready, however, and massively reinforces Egypt, clearing through 3 TRS loaded with troops through an Italian picket (more naval failure). Egypt quickly becomes a two-front stalemate.
  Germany takes navals to try and hit the CW. They finally get minor success, but the CW naval defense rolls are amazing. The CW nonetheless loses the CA Java, Fiji, and Suffolk with the CAs Cornwall and York damaged. The Deutschland is damaged and the San Giorgio is sunk. Despite 3 turns of naval attacks, the CW loses only 2 CONV.
  Japan continues the painful slow advance in China, taking a hex next to Chengtu and Chungking with a B result on a blitz. No other advances are made.
  The turn ends at its earliest possibility, making another short turn. The US passes Selective Service.

Nov/Dec 1940: The Allies win initiative and move first. The weather starts bad and stays bad, frustrating Axis plans again. The Axis again spends most of their few impulses with naval and combined actions. The Italians catch a stunning break in the stormy eastern Med, surprising the British fleet there and sinking the CV Ark Royal. The CW stunningly again passes every other defense roll. The CVL Eagle, CV Illustrious, and the cruisers Cumberland and Canberra are damaged. The Italians lose the E di Savoia with the Duc d’Aosta and Glorioza being damaged. The Germans manage to move a few corps east, but not much. Additional corps land in Palestine.
  Japan activates Siam as an ally and occupies French Indo-China. The Americans do not care about Japanese actions in the least, to the frustration of the hawks in the US administration. The turn again is short.
  The US activates East Coast escorts.

Jan/Feb 1941: The Allies win initiative again. The weather starts horrific (’11’ rolled) and stays horrific the entire short turn. Germany activate Rumania as an ally and deploys forces there. In the next impulse the Germans take a naval to hit some under-defended CW convoys, but once again mostly misses, taking only 2 CONV. The CW strategically bomb Paris, taking 1 BP. Italy conquers Kenya, but anything other than Egypt is basically irrelevant at this point. Japan gets nothing done in the bad weather. The turn is short yet again.
  The US gifts destroyers to the CW, basically wiping out all of the damage the Axis had managed to do the last several turns.

Mar/Apr 1941: The Allies win initiative, 3rd turn in a row. The weather starts poor and stormy across Europe. The CW covers convoys and posts a fleet in the Med off the coast of Egypt as well posting naval vessels in the Red Sea to maintain supply. Additional corps are sent to Egypt as well – the area is now virtually packed with units. On impulse 2, the Axis decide again to try and damage the CW economy, with the Germans taking a combined action and the Italians a naval. The Germans have been taking a surprising number of naval and combined actions this game. The raiding of CONVs does not go well, but Axis raiders do manage to sink the CV Courageous (took two kill rolls – the CW have had ridiculously good fortune passing damage and kill rolls) and the CA Newcastle in the Atlantic.
  Impulse 3 sees the weather worsen. The Italians decide to try and expel the CW from the Med on impulse 4. A big battle shapes up in the Eastern Med, with carnage as the result. The Italians generally out dice the CW for once, but the quality defense rolls save the day. The Italians lose the CA Trieste sunk, with the Fiume and the battleships Andrea Doria and Conti di Cavour damaged. The CW take more than twice as many kill results, but only the Dutch ship Sumatra sinks. The CAs Manchester, Southampton, Glasgow, Exeter, and Norfolk are damaged, along with the BBs Barham and Hood. The Italians do manage to land two additional corps in Palestine.
  Impulse 5 and the weather clears. The seriously reduced CW navy in the Med hangs on, keeping everything in supply. Attempts at further naval combat come to nothing except an Italian NAV is shot down. The British do strategically bomb Germany, taking a BP from Paris and a res from western France.
  Impulse 6 and the Germans with a combined and the Italians with another naval accomplish virtually nothing. The Japanese, however, take advantage of the weather and try to groundstrike Chungking for fun. They flip two units and decide to take a marginal +5 assault… that then succeed brilliantly! (Rolled ’19’ on the attack). The large pocket of Chinese in the surrounding mountains are out of supply and only Kunming keeps the Chinese in the war. The first two turns the Japanese had poor attack fortune, but since then have seen a fairly amazing run of quality ‘performance’ from their armies (good attack rolls).
  During the turn Germany conquers Transjordan and Italy Uganda. The US picks no options.

May/June 1941: The Allies win initiative *again* and elect to go first. The weather starts clear. In impulse 1 the Soviets rearrange their line, solidifying it in the south, expecting trouble. The CW take a naval and seek to defend their lines, posting fleets in the Red Sea and blockading the Germans in Brest.
  Impulse 2 starts with the Germans and Italians delivering: war is declared on the USSR and US entry is modified. The Germans drop a land chit with Rundstedt. Finland is activated as a minor German ally. The Italians take a naval and seek to hit the Brits. They sink the CA Birmingham and 1 CONV point in the Arabian sea. The Western Med is also taken, cutting the British in Egypt out of supply. Two more corps, including an Italian HQ are landed in Palestine.
  In the USSR, German ground strikes run almost exactly statistically, resulting in a fair number of Soviet corps flipped, but two targeted HQs are missed. The Finns start off with a low odds assault against a single corps defending Leningrad, and the attack succeeds with a (1/1) result. Two blitz attacks in the north succeed, pocketing 6 Soviet corps around Kaunas. Two blitz attacks in the south also succeed, taking advantage of the offensive chit. The pocket is not completely formed, however, and Zhukov is still face up. Three ‘speed bump’ Soviet GAR and INF (total) are eliminated behind the lines.
  The Germans also try a +7 blitz into Egypt from Palestine. The attack is a mixed result (1/B) but the Germans forgot (!) to swap the MOT with the INF attacking, and so the loss had to be the lone German ARM. The German generals curse their inattention and the costly mistake.
  The Japanese, not to be outdone, strike the surrounded Kunming, flipping all of its defenders, and successfully assault it. China will surrender this turn. The US is already outraged at how it will soon be outraged. The celebrating troops do go on a bit of a rampage, causing further American irritation. Japan is likely to single-handedly bring the US into the war.
  Impulse 3 and the weather turns sour (rolled ‘2’ = rain and storm in Europe). The Axis wail at the bad luck and the likely shortening of the turn. The Soviets in the south slowly move to escape the pocket, but there is a single corridor keeping supply to Zhukov. The British re-establish supply to Egypt and repair the defenses east of the Suez Canal. The BB Revenge is damaged in naval combat, but their supply lines hold again as the Royal Navy continues to shine.
  Impulse 4 and the Germans creep forward in the bad weather. Two isolated ARM are killed. A desperate attack is made to kill the the 4-1 GAR defending the single corridor keeping the southern pocket in supply (with Zhukov), but German luck runs out (roll of ‘5’ on the +6 attack in the storm), killing a MECH div and flipping the Germans. Zhukov will escape. Japan starts repositioning troops as their entire force is deep within China. Germany activate Bulgaria as an ally. The US, focused only on Japan, cares not at all.
  Impulse 5 and the weather clears again… allowing the Soviets to connect their southern pocket with Kiev. Zhukov flips to reorganize the pocket. The Odessa pocket curls back to defend itself and in the north the Soviets build a line by Smolensk and the rivers there. The British hold on in the Med to keep supply.
  Impulse 6 and the Germans try a gamble to trap Zhukov, attacking Kiev on a mid-level assault. The attack succeeds, once again trapping Zhukov and 6 other Soviet corps. Some corps in Lithuania (previously pocketed) are also killed and the Germans lurch forward to Kaunas. Italy manages to get 4 corps into Transjordan and activates Iraq as an ally.
  The Japanese are moving slowly in China, trying to extricate themselves from the interior and reposition troops elsewhere. In the bad weather, progress is painfully slow.
  Impulse 6 and the weather turns bad again in May/June. The Axis groan but promise to slog it out. It does not matter, though, as the Allies do not do much, but end the turn with the roll of a ‘1’ (20% chance of ending). The US further restricts Japanese trade and China is conquered. US entry is about to skyrocket.

July/August: It takes a re-roll, but the Axis win initiative and go first. The Allies leave Egypt out of supply for one impulse as their supply fleet had to abort at the end of the May/June turn. The Axis take advantage, ground-striking the eastern Egyptian front. Two attacks kill three CW corps and the Germans close the Suez canal. It is not a breakthrough, however, as the CW quickly reinforce, even running undefended TRS and the Queens through the Italian blockade. All of them successfully make it through except one CA which is damaged. The Egyptian front is repaired, albeit one hex row further west.
  Meanwhile, in the USSR, the Germans continue to reduce pockets of Soviets. Two stacks of the Kiev pocket are reduced, leaving only Zhukov and friends in a single hex near Kiev. A German blitz is successful further south, retreating some defenders and opening the way into Odessa while threatening 4 other Soviet corps with encirclement. In the north Kaunas is taken along with another hex, leaving a single 5-3 INF near Vilnius and 2 INF corps in the northern Pripets in front of Minsk. The last remnants of the Soviet navy are overrun in Parnu, Estonia as that nation is liberated.
  Impulse 2: the CW are amazing. Taking a naval, they put modest convoy defenses up but post two large navies, one in the Eastern and one in the Western Med – putting Egypt into supply again. A CONV re-establishes supply in the Indian Ocean, securing the supply situation. Several corps are landed in Egypt through the Italian forces, but the inept Italian navy only manages to catch the one CA, missing all the juicy TRS. A CW MAR with an AMPH goes to Gibraltar. The influx of units stabilizes the worrisome situation in Egypt, even though the Germans have a hex closing the canal. The Soviets build stout defenses in central cities, especially Rostock and around Smolensk and try to pull out of the Odessa pocket. Aircraft are positioned to try and defend Zhukov and friends south of Kiev and slow eastward German progress.
  Impulse 3-4:  The Germans continue to grind forward in the USSR. A +15 blitz attack succeeds near Kiev to try and cut off the pocket with Zhukov. A stranded corps is also killed in the north with an automatic attack. Japan continues to slowly push troops out of China, some heading west toward the Burma border. The Soviets near Kiev are fully encircled, but are standing strong.
  Impulse 5: The clear weather sees more German aggression. The Germans attack four Soviet hexes, eliminating them all on high-odds blitzes. The last unit near Odessa is cleared and much of the Kiev pocket is removed. The last units in Lithuania are removed and the Germans push towards Minsk. The Germans get to the Crimea and secure Sevastopol. The Japanese are still crawling, moving 3 land units in China an impulse.
  Impulse 6: The Allies seize an opportunity and pick off the CA Trieste in the Med, threatening (but not cutting) supply to Africa. More CONV defenses are made and the Soviets reinforce critical cities in eastern USSR.
  Impulse 7: The Italians seize an opportunity and attack naval units with gusto. Normally they fail, but the Italians enjoy a brief success, sinking the CVL Eagle and the BB King George V in the eastern Med. The CW finally take serious convoy losses in the Atlantic during raiding. The Germans bomb England, taking 1 BP from Southampton. In Russia the German assault Minsk, clearing the city on a +17 assault. The Kiev pocket is cleared and the Germans spread out eastward toward Rostov/Stalingrad/Moscow. 
  Impulse 8 sees the Allies scrambling to repair CONV losses. The Soviets continue to hold cities as well-reinforced hedgehog positions. Soviet forces gather around Moscow, forming a large pocket with 10-12 corps. The Soviets try to deny the encirclement, taking (after aircraft clear) a +9 assault on a MECH in Tula. The attack produces no result (-/-) and allows the Germans to complete the encirclement.
  Impulse 9 and the Italians activate Persia as a minor ally.  The Germans push around Moscow from the west and reinforce the position from the south. Units in central and southern Russia flow east towards Rostov and across the Kerch Straits. No attacks are made and the turn ends slightly early.
  The US reinforces Pearl Harbor (!) and the drums of total war beat more loudly.

Sept/Oct 1941: Despite a reroll request the Allies win initiative, but the weather favors the Allies. There are only 3 pairs of impulses, and the weather stays horrible (blizzards and storms) the entire turn. The German advance grinds to a halt. No attacks are made the entire turn and the Germans struggle to isolate Moscow, and ultimately fail. Units pile up slowly around Rostov and Italian units stream across the Iraqi desert towards Persia and southern Russia.
  The Japanese continue their slow crawl and repositioning units. The only exciting bit comes in impulse 4, when the Germans and Italians manage to catch a few CW ships. The Nelson and CA Norfolk are damaged and the CA York is sunk. The convoy damage from last turn is partially repaired.
  The turn ends in impulse 6 and the US reflags merchantmen, sending 15 CONVs to Britain, allowing a complete repair of the convoy lines.

Nov/Dec 1941: The Allies win initiative and the horrific weather continues (modified ’12’ on the first weather roll – blizzards in the Med!). The turn is mostly disaster for the Axis. Japan accomplishes little but pushing a few units forward towards Burma. Italy and Germany hunt convoys, but find nothing. In impulse 3 the CW send a hunting fleet and catch the German navy in the North Atlantic. The Gneisenau sinks with the Blucher, Scharnhorst, Hipper, and Scheer all being damaged. The CW do lost the BB Ramilles damaged and the CAs Kent and Belfast sink, but the battle is a definite Allied victory. The convoy lines are also completely repaired and the CW builds at maximum.
  The US sends resources to the Allies to prompt tension and gets it. The US has yet to gear up, but it looks to be soon. The Japanese are scrambling to reposition.

Jan/Feb 1942:  The Allies again win initiative and go first. The weather, shockingly, somewhat clears (roll of ‘5’). The Allies post a major fleet in the Med and defend the convoy lines. The CW pick off the Italian CA Abruzzi in the Med without loss.
  In impulse 2 a huge orgy of violence lets loose. The Japanese declare war on the CW, France, and the Netherlands. They spend chit points to take a Land/Naval action. Rabaul, Suva, and a few other CW ports are taken in the Pacific. Japanese units land in southern Australia. All the oil hexes in the NEI are taken. Hong Kong falls and Japanese units push into the Malay peninsula. Units from Siam push into Burma and attack Rangoon (success without loss) and towards India. Finally, a MAR take Trincomalee in Ceylon. The CW lose 6 CONV in raids across the Pacific. The Germans take the opportunity in the snow to assault Rostov, taking the city without loss on a +11 assault. The Italians go after CONVs and miss those, but manage to sink the Repulse and the CA Manchester and damage the Cumberland in naval action. The Japanese definitively cut the southern supply lines to Egypt.
  Impulse 3 and the CW goes hunting Italian units and reinforce Egypt. All of the reinforcements make it through to Egypt but no combat occurs.
  Impulse 4 sees the Italians knocking Egypt out of supply by clearing the eastern Med. The Germans and Italians then attack despite failing all of their ground strikes. A +4 blitz in eastern Egypt (massively lowered by HQ support) results in (1/1) and a +6 blitz by the Italians in the west does the same (1/1). The British position, however, is tenuous as there are many flipped corps out of supply. The Germans in Russia continue to strengthen the cordon around Moscow and push south into the oil region. The Germans bombs London and Southampton, taking a total of 3 BPs.
  Impulse 5 and the British try to establish supply to Egypt. The CA Gloucester eludes the Italians and supply ships sneak into Egypt, but the situation is tenuous. The Soviets start building a new river line on the European map from Stalingrad north. The CW retreats all his Australian units in country to Canberra.
  The Axis are granted another impulse and take advantage. The Italian navy finds and sinks the Gloucester, again putting the British in Egypt out of supply. Italian NAV also spot the CW fleet in the western Med, sinking CV Indomitable to the loss of one NAV. National mounting commences in Italy for the fallen brave naval aviators. The Germans then attack and clear another hex on the eastern side of the Suez canal, killing a CW MECH and MIL. Japan occupies the Marshalls and pushes towards Calcutta. Japanese forces also push up close to Canberra, having secured Melbourne. 
  The turn ends and the US Gears Up war production. Shockingly, no tension is generated, so the Allies choose “Guarantee Pacific” which generates 2 tension chits and shows just how high US entry is. The tension pulls must be low, however, given the late gear up. No partisans are generated.

Mar/April 1942: The Allies are keen to go first to put Egypt back into supply, but the Axis get to go first despite a reroll. In the first impulse the Italians and Germans both attack in Egypt even though the ground strikes sadly all failed. A +8 blitz by the Germans to cross the canal fails miserably (rolled ‘3’) and flips the entire German Afrika Korps. The Italians fare better however, and on a +9 blitz kill Wavell and an INF to take the hex south of Alexandria. The Japanese take a naval and the navy spreads out, some of it towards Hawaii.
  Impulse#2 sees the CW take a gamble. A picket fleet establishes supply in the eastern med and they try to run the Queens loaded with Gort into Egypt. The Italian navy finally is up to the task, intercepts and sinks the Queens and their cargo. The Soviets continue organizing the new river defense line.
  Impulse 3 sees a surprise clearing of the weather in the temperate (rain in the arctic). The Germans assault Stalingrad and take the city on a +8 attack. An attack in the rain just south of Moscow also succeeds, splitting the Moscow pocket into two strong, but separated pockets (one of which is now out of supply). The Italians try to find the British fleet in the Med but fail. A few CONV are sunk in the Atlantic, however, in a battle that sees two CW FTRs go down in flames.
  Impulse 5 sees more bad weather. The Japanese occupy Madagascar and Italy activates Afghanistan. The Italians take a naval and try to punish the British navy, but fail to find anything, leaving Egypt in supply. The Germans risk a combined action and likewise achieve nothing. The Japanese shuffle forces and reposition two CAs for some unknown reason.
  The Allies in impulse 6 pull back to the Saratov line in Russia and hold on to pockets near Moscow, Grozny, Tiflis, and Baku. The CW take a BP in strategic bombing on Breslau. The turn ends with the US passing a resolution to occupy Northern Ireland. No partisans become active.

May/June 1942: Despite advantage and a reroll, the Axis lose initiative. The weather, per normal for May in this game, starts off dismal. Rain and storms dominate Europe. The US does choose to take N. Ireland. The CW decide to post major fleets in the eastern and western Med to maintain supply in Egypt. The Soviets continue to hold.
  Impulse 2 and the Axis go to work. Japan takes a naval and most of the fleet appears off the coast of Oahu. The Germans activate Turkey as an ally and take a combined, seeking to raid in the North Atlantic. They do manage to sink the CA Frobisher and 2 CONV. The Italians, inspired by the German navy, take a naval and find the British in the western Med. After a tense air battle, most of the Italian NAV clear and devastate the British navy, sinking the CVs Victorious and Glorious. The BBs Royal Oak and Nelson are damaged. A NAV off the coast of Gibraltar finds and sinks a CW AMPH (not loaded).
  The weather clears in impulse 3 and the British bomb Dresden. Despite losing one TAC, the bombers get through and take 1 BP. The Soviets take advantage of the clear weather to save two stacks of corps and reinforce the Saratov line. Moscow and the other pockets currently are holding.
  Impulse 4 is a turn of mighty events! The Japanese declare war on the US and take an air/land with chit points. Pearl Harbor is bombed. CVs Hornet and Saratoga are sunk, as is the Oklahoma and the CA Salt Lake City. The US did well on rolls, however, and could have lost 3 more ships but excellent damage control limited the losses. The Japanese then spread out, invading islands all around Hawaii. Landing were made in the Philippines and in South Africa. Japanese forces also advanced around Canberra and Calcutta. The Japanese are expanding everywhere, but they are weak everywhere as a result.
  The Germans take the clear weather to signal a start to their own offensive. They bomb Moscow, flipping two of its defenders. They take the city on a +12 assault. A +11 assault on Grozny also succeeds, clearing the way to Tiflis and allowing a link up with the Italians besieging Baku. The Italians spend the turn trying (and failing) to find the British in the Med. After one amazing impulse of success, the Italians miss in four sea zones, finding nothing.
  Impulse 6 sees the weather stay clear and the Axis breathe a sigh of relief – their offensive can continue. The CW repair their CONV lines and strategically bomb, missing this time. The US pulls the surrounded fleet out of Pearl Harbor to prevent it from being bombed again (Japanese NAV were rebased forward). The US strongly defend western Atlantic CW convoy lines. The Soviets complete a link up around Saratov, making a strong line along the river north of Stalingrad.
  Impulse 8. The Japanese land more troops in the Philippines and the invasion force in S. Africa splits, moving towards both Cape Town and Pretoria. More troops filter forward to defend the forward line in India around Calcutta, but no attacks are made. The Germans, having eliminated Moscow, continue reducing Soviet pockets. One stack next to Moscow is taken and Tiflis is assaulted on a +12 attack. The city is taken with losses (1/2S). The attack frees German forces to push north and east toward Saratov and Astrakhan, leaving only Baku in the south. The Italians try again to punish the British navy, but fail again to find anything. The strong British forces in Egypt look good… so long as their supply holds out.
  Impulse 9 is another disappointing bad weather turn as the rain and storms return across the globe. The Allies continue to hold on to the supply lines to Egypt while the Soviets fall back to the Saratov-Kuby line, slowing retreating as the Germans eliminate pockets around Moscow.
  Impulse 10 and the Axis try to hit convoys with the poor weather hampering efforts in the USSR. The Italians look, but cannot find, the CW in the Med. The Germans try to sneak out of Brest and raid southward, but the Brits in the Bay of Biscay find the fleet, sinking the Blucher and damaging the Bismarck and the Admiral Hipper. The do lose the Sheffield and the BB Resolution is damaged.
  Impulse 11 and the Allies want the turn to end, but the WiF gods have turned against them. On a 90% chance to end the turn, the Allies roll a ’10’ and the turn continues. The weather has turned bright and clear.
  Impulse 12: The Axis strike. The Germans take a combined and then launch a combined air/sea assault on Harwich, which succeeds. Britain has been invaded! The hex is key as 2 4pt bombers were overrun in addition to a GAR div. The extra impulse allows the Italians to hunt Brits again in the Med, and finally they find their targets. The BB Valiant and CAs  Dorsetshire and Liverpool are damaged while the Exeter is sunk by Italian NAV. One Italian groundstrike succeeds in Egypt, allowing the Germans to attack Suez. They get a ‘R’ result, pushing across the canal and taking Suez port. The CW defenders are now seriously imperiled. The Japanese take Pretoria and conquer South Africa. The turn then ends.
  A PART appears in Belorus and the US pick options to ramp up tension to go to total war.

July/August 1942: The Allies with serious penalties win initiative again. The weather starts clear (except for the North Monsoon where it storms). The Allies establish supply to Egypt and reinforce convoy lines. A big ARM corps and ENG leave England to reinforce Gibraltar and Malta also gets reinforcement. A big CW fleet appears in the North Sea to try and cut supply to the Harwich beachhead, but no combat occurs. The US tries to DOW Germany and Italy, but the people of America know that the fascists are not to blame and pressure Congress to refuse (failed die roll). The US runs with the remaining fleet from Pearl (aborted during last turn’s port strike) and defends Atlantic convoys. A brave TRS with a MAR corps reinforces Honolulu.
  On the first impulse the Germans decide to reinforce and take a Land/Naval action with chit points. Italy takes an air to deploy NAV across Europe and strike the Egyptian defense force. The Italians find success, sinking the CVL Hermes and the CA Southampton and the ageing Terror, clearing the Cape Verdi Basin and blocking supply to the Med. The western Med is also cleared as the CA Cornwall is damaged. Italian ground strikes, however, are less successful, but a critical unit in Cairo is flipped. The Germans then assault and take the city. Three corps and two DIVs reinforce central England as the beachhead breaks out. CW forces are thin since most left to reinforce the Med. Japan takes a naval and reorganizes the fleet, setting up to take additional islands. North of Hawaii a US NAV is shot down, cutting supply to Pearl.
  Impulse 3 sees the CW taking a combined, trying to cut supply to the Germans in England and defend what they can. London is reinforced and a MOT heads to defend Birmingham. 2 US divs abort to defend Glagow, which has a CW GAR defending as well. In general, it appears as if the German invasion of England will be corraled (and probably expelled), but the economic damage is already severe to the British economy.
  Impulse 4. Germany and Italy declare war on the US, wishing to avoid some nasty surprise with the American navy operating in the Atlantic. It is total war! The Axis have strategic initiative and continue to press the Allies. Monty and a corps are eliminated in Egypt, out of supply. The last stack of Soviet units near Moscow are eliminated and a +7 assault of Baku succeeds, taking the oil center for the Axis. Bad weather in the North Monsoon limits Japanese activities, but they slowly shift troops around and two additional small islands are taken in the South Pacific. German strategic bombing takes 2 BPs from the Commonwealth.
  Impulse 5: The British try to re-establish supply to Egypt and the Italians in fact fail to find anything in all three of the key sea-zones. The Russians fall back towards a Urals line. The US protects convoys for the Brits.
  Impulse 6 sees the Axis on the offensive. The Japanese ground strike Pago Pago with carrier air and succeed! They then invade the out of supply GAR successfully. Additional small islands are taken and a MAR DIV pushes into Rhodesia. The Italians in their impulse manage to find the British, sinking the BB Rodney and taking 2 CONV, cutting supply to Egypt. As a result, a joint German/Italian force attacks and takes Port Said. The AMPH there, however, escapes and slips past the naval pickets to Malta. A Soviet PART is killed in the Ukraine and the Germans push towards the Urals as best they can. In England, the Germans take a chance and assault Birmingham (held by a single INF corps) and take the city, but lose a PARA in the process (+9 assault, 1/1 result).
  Impulse 7: The CW quasi-victory at Birmingham gives them some respite, as all of the German units in England are flipped. The 7-6 ARM pushes north to try and sneak past the Axis lines and into some unguarded cities. The Soviets try to hold Kubiyshev while they complete their line behind it. Turn continues.
  Impulse 8: The Germans cannot do much in England, so they strategically bomb, taking another BP from London. Forces finally arrive and the Germans assault Kubiyshev, taking the city without loss on a +10 assault. Joint German/Italian forces finally clear Egypt by successfully assaulting the out of supply defenders of Alexandria (+15 assault, no losses).
  Impulse 9: The CW prepares to get units to England next turn by positioning troops at ports in various places. The US cautiously bides its time with the main fleet in San Francisco. The Soviets complete the Urals line on the Asia map.
  Impulse 10: The Germans get one last impulse and they use it to push troops eastward in the USSR. Astrakhan is assaulted and taken, but with heavy losses (2/1). The Japanese take Northern Rhodesia and invade two more islands in the Pacific, taking as many ports as they can. The weather stays bad in the North Monsoon, so the US defenders in Manila continue to hold on.
  The turn then ends. No partisans are generated despite a roll in Australia. The US continues a heavy naval program while the British suffer the consequences of losing their industrial heartland.

Sept/Oct 1942: The weather starts horribly for the Axis (rolled ’10’ which is storms nearly everywhere). The Axis win initiative. Impulse 1 sees the Germans put 3 more corps into England and rebase some aircraft there on a combines. Italy repositions its fleet for operations in the Western Mediterranean. Japan takes a naval, looking to seize yet more islands and reinforce the Australian invasion. Japan looks desperate for corps.
  Impulse 3 is Allied, and they run TRS out of a blockaded Gibraltar. Naturally, the incompetent Italian airforce finds nothing and the TRS escapes, bringing an ARM to London. US TRS head to Iceland and pick up two MECHs that were stationed there, probably headed back to England to stop the Axis invasion there. The Germans hold roughly Edinburgh in the north to Birmingham in the south, but they do not have a lot of corps. The Soviets push reinforcements to the new Urals line.
  Impulse 5: The Germans push troops closer to the front in the USSR, and start repositioning units out of Egypt. The units in the UK take a few key hexes but in the poor weather little happens. The Japanese take a combined to position a few more cruisers, but the poor weather precludes any operations.
  Impulse 7 (2nd Allies move). The CW with American naval reinforcements seeks to control the North Sea, but no combat occurs. The US aborts 2 TRS to Bristol to try and build a line from London to Bristol. The Soviets reinforce the Urals line, placing units now in the hexes behind the front. Strategic bombing takes a RES from Germany.
  Impulse 9 and the weather amazingly clears! The Axis take advantage. Japan takes an Air/Land and groundstrikes everything it can. Unfortunately they only are successful at Canberra, flipping both the AUS corps there. Nonetheless, the Japanese make use of the weather. A +13 assault takes Canberra, which will precipitate terms of surrender for the Australians. A +11 assault takes Manila despite fierce resistance (2/2 and the Japanese lose a PARA). A daring invasion of Midway, however, fails badly. On the +6 the Japanese lose all their invading corps (one MAR, a GAR, and a MAR DIV) to the loss of a single GAR DIV. Midway holds. The Germans and Italians are also on the offensive. First Axis NAV flies out in the North Sea and the Bay of Biscay. The planes find their targets and sink the CV Formidable and the BB Queen Elizabeth is damaged in two separate battles. In a subsequent round, the CA Vincennes is sunk as the Americans feel the wrath of Italian NAV. The CW do get in their licks in one round, surprising the Axis and sinking the Schleswig-Holstein and the Schliesen. The German TRS and AMPHs are saved. A joint efforts sees Malta fall to German and Italian PARAs, which not only secures the critical port, but also sees the Italians capture a British AMPH. The Germans also mass what ARM they have in England to attack a US INF DIV, crushing it and exploiting into Southampton, overrunning two TAC. This attack now splits London off from the forces in Cornwall. The Germans creep forward in Siberia, but supply problems force a slow advance and no attacks are made.
  The turn then unexpectedly ends. The Japanese conquer Australia and the Philippines. No partisans arise as the Germans have the Soviet Union on lockdown. CW builds are crippled by the loss of their industrial heartland (building at 6 BPs) but the CW vow to re-establish convoy lines to Glasgow and London.

Nov/Dec 1942: The Allies win initiative but the weather continues clear (fine everywhere except the arctic, where it rains). The Allies post a strong fleet of British and American units in the North Sea and post pickets elsewhere to put the Germans out of supply in England. Three groundstrike try to flip Germans, but they fail, leaving the German line intact. The Soviet reinforcements creep to the front line in Siberia.
  Impulse 3 sees the Germans take an air. Massive NAV forces under FTR cover post in the North Sea and Bay of Biscay. Furious battles result. The CW lose the CV Furious and CA Norfolk sunk in the North Sea while the Cumberland is damaged. The Italians on a naval use their TRS to pick up HQs from Egypt, presumably to transport elsewhere at the end of the turn. The Germans then strategically bomb UK, taking 2 BPs from London and 2 BPs from Glasgow. The CW economy will be shattered this turn. Groundstrikes follow, but the Germans lose their shine here as shockingly most of the strikes miss. One unit in the USSR is flipped. The Japanese take a land to move units to ports for redeployment.
  Impulse 5 sees the US activating Brazil as a minor ally, after having agonized about the decision for more than a turn. The Brazilians seem happy to throw their lives away for sham democracy. The CW establishes convoy lines in the Bay of Biscay and protects them with a fleet of capital ships. The US sends over the Langley and small ships to guard the Atlantic convoys as well.
  Impulse 7 and the weather remains clear. The Germans take a naval/land action. Again there is fierce naval fighting. The CW lose the BBs Revenge and Barham in heavy fighting in the Bay of Biscay. As CONVs start to fall and a big Axis NAV presence, the last few CONVs abort out, leaving the Axis in control of the Bay of Biscay for the first time. The Scharnhorst, all by itself, raids the North Atlantic, finding and sinking the CA De Ruyter, but then unable to locate the CONV under American protection. No action occurs in the North Sea and the Allies retain a large surface fleet presence there. Moving to the land phase, the Germans attack a tough swamp hex north of Guryev in Siberia. They clear the hex at a heavy price (+7 assault, 2/2 result including the loss of an ENG for Germany). The flank is not turned, but the hex was a vital first step for the Germans. With control of the Bay of Biscay, the Germans have put the US troops in Bristol out of supply. A stuka manages to flip one MECH in Bristol and the ensuing +14 assault takes the city killing two US MECH. A single CW militia defends Portsmouth. The Italians take a land and a few units creep forward, with the Italian PARA leaving Malta… for Algeria. Germans units appear on the Spanish border, but Vichy remains.
  Impulse 9 and the weather turns sour. Snow in the arctic and temperate. The CW rejoice – any attacks in England will be difficult. The CW and US re-establish a convoy line in the Faroes Gap to Glasgow, guarded by US ships. No attempt is made to try and send CONV to London or to retake the Bay of Biscay. A US FTR on a TRS is aborted into Belfast, ready for action next turn. The Soviets react to the loss of the swamp in Siberia, but supply limitations keeps movement to a minimum.
  Impulse 9 and the Axis…. accept the surrender of the Allies.