Sept/Oct 1939: The Germans invade Poland. The Poles have a clever defense, requiring the Germans to eliminate outlying units before reaching Warsaw. The Germans duly crunch through the outlying areas. In the next two impulses the Germans take Lodz and Warsaw in high-odds attacks without loss. The turn goes fairly long with 4 clear weather impulses, allowing the Germans to secure Denmark and the Netherlands. German NAV hit the Dutch navy and with the great good fortune of getting the maximum number of surprise points, sink the Dutch TRS. The last three impulses are all rainy, so the German army does not manage to relocate westward from Poland. 
  Italy remains quiet and neutral. Two corps are relocated to Africa to protect against British aggression.
  Japan initially sets up with a strong force on the Soviet border. In the first impulse the Japanese post an enormous fleet loaded with MARs off the coast of Vladivostock. Then, suddenly, the Japanese and Soviets announce a peace treaty. In exchange for peace, the Soviets send resources and an oil to Japan. The Japanese spend the rest of the turn slowly moving units to China, where otherwise absolutely nothing happened. The Chinese sit and enjoy a turn’s respite.
  At turn’s end the US picks no options. Aside from some irritation at the signing of the Japo-Soviet peace treaty, no entry chits were provoked by the Axis beyond the invasion of Poland. Soviet aggression in Poland, however, weakened American resolve to enter the conflict. The turn ends with a whimper with the bad weather setting in.

Nov/Dec 1939: The Axis win initiative and elect to go first. The weather starts poor, with storms in the temperate zone. So the Germans send out the subs to hunt British convoys. The results are surprising, with the German subs finding and sinking 4 CW CONV. One sub is sunk, however.
  On the Allied impulse, the French try a daring gambit and declare war on Belgium to try and take additional hexes. The move is a miscalculation, however, as the bad weather prevents the French from fully executing their plan. The CW takes a naval and defends the convoys. The Soviets decide to attack Finland, outraging the US when war is declared. Not a lot happens, however, and the Germans enforce a peace at the end of the turn, ceding the borderlands to the Soviets.
  On impulse 3 the Germans rush in to defend the Belgians and assault Billotte, killing the French HQ and punching a hole in the French line. The Japanese meanwhile continue a slow and painful redeployment of troops from Manchuria into China, including southern China. No attacks are made, not much of anything.
  In the fourth impulse the French move to make a line and pull a corps from Senegal back to the home country. The line looks thin, however, as the Brits have landed only a single corps in northern France to help out their allies. The Chinese sit and dare the Japanese to attack.
  The turn then ends (on a ‘1’ at its earliest possibility, causing wailing from the Axis players). The Soviets get the borderlands and the Germans lose a chance to exploit weakness in the French line. 
  The US plays it close to the vest, not choosing any options, although they did lose two chits this turn in Europe, leaving them with a small pool. No partisans appear and the world looks forward to a 1940 glistening with fascist possibilities.

Jan/Feb 1940:   The Axis win initiative but the weather is stormy in Europe. The Germans grind forward into France, taking Lille and another hex in high odds attacks, not hampered by Allied bombers. Italy joins the war, declaring on the CW. The Italian navy sorties, but the great naval luck does not hold. None of the subs find anything and two naval combats in the Med result in no combat.
  The French line is perilously thin and the way is open to Paris. The French mount a furious counter-attack, but the generals bungle it (rolled ‘6’ on the assault), flipping most of the French army. The CW defend convoys and go hunting Italians, but bad weather and poor search rolls see no combat. 
  In the 3rd impulse Hungary joins the Axis (the US does not care). The Germans again grind forward, killing Gort on the coast and punching another hole in the French lines, separating Paris from the main army to the south and east. One more impulse…
  …is not to be had. The French can do nothing (army is basically flipped) but again the turn ends at its earliest possibility on a ‘1.’ The CW repaired some convoy lines but still built slightly under maximum. The Soviets are railing and pushing units to the border with Germany. China huddles, but another turn passes with no action in China.
  A PART appears in China.

Mar/Apr 1940: The Axis win initiative and the weather is… clear?!? Indeed it is! The Germans use the clear weather impulse to group around Paris and assault the city. The attack takes the city, but at the painful cost of the PARA. The Italians send out their subs and again find nothing hunting convoys. The Japanese continue to move units, but no attacks take place.
  Impulse 2 and the French are in disarray. There is talk of surrender. The CW organize a naval and seek combat in the eastern Med where an Italian NAV and fleet is positioned off the coast of Egypt. Again, no combat occurs with high search rolls. The Chinese huddle, defending their interior.
  Impulse 3 is as action-packed as they come for the Med. The weather shockingly stays clear again. The Germans and the Italians take combined actions. The main German fleet sorties and hunts CONV in the Bay of Biscay. They surprise the Brits, who have a navy in the seazone, but not much defending the convoys. The Germans ravage the CW CONVs, sinking 6 of them and aborting 5 more. In the next round of combat, the main British finds the Germans, surprising them slightly. The CA Deutschland sinks under withering fire and the Brits escape much damage, only the Valiant takes some damage. The battle continues, with the Germans sinking more CONV to no loss. They then choose to scamper away, happy with the results. Not to be outdone, the Italians mass their NAV in the eastern Med, provoking a major battle with the British forces there. After an initial round of air combat where the Italians lost their land based covering FTR, the Ark Royal is damaged and 2 other ships are aborted. One Italian cruiser is aborted. In the next round, the Italians massively surprise (1/10 split!) the Brits and a surface battle rages in which the Ark Royal is found and sunk by Italian main battleship guns. The Brits bravely hang on as combat then ends with poor search rolls. There is enough damage, however, to remove most of the British fleet there. As a result, the Italians are free to use shore bombardment to support an attack on Alexandria. The attack succeeds brilliantly, killing a TER and DIV to no loss. The road to the Suez is open! Only Wavell and two other brave TER remain. The Germans start moving units eastward, some into Hungary. A major ground strike occurs in China, but when the smoke clears no units are flipped and no attacks are made. 
  Impulse 4 sees the Brits trying to repair convoys lines, which they do to some degree. Additional combat in the Med is sought but not found. The Chinese extend their line in the north as they slowly gain strength. The Chinese theatre “The Sitzkrieg of the East” continues to be quiet. 
  The weather finally turns sour with snow and storms across Europe. The damage in France is done, however. At the end of the turn, the Germans declare a collaborationist Vichy government. Unfortunately for the Axis, the rolls are terrible. Most of the French possessions go Free French! Only Indo-china and Syria (!) stay Vichy. 
  At turn’s end the Japanese narrowly avoid a PART in China. The US continues to play things close to the vest and do not pick any options.

May/June 1940: With the new turn comes clear weather and Axis initiative. The Japanese immediately occupy Indo-china and try to flank the Chinese, pushing northward from Hanoi towards Kunming.
  The Germans activate Rumania as an ally just before the Soviets have enough corps on the border to demand Bessarabia. The US does not care about either event. They do care, however, when the Germans invade Yugoslavia. The Wehrmacht quickly overruns the nation, but the Americans are starting to pay attention. The Germans spend the turn mopping up and relocating the army eastward while striking at the British. Italian subs and the German surface navy attack mid-turn. 4 CW CONVs are sunk, but the Royal Navy is up to the task, damaging several subs and sinking two German cruisers, seriously reducing the power of the Kriegsmarine. Nonetheless, enough damage is done to keep the CW building less than maximum.
  The Italians push hard in Egypt, first killing a N. Irish TER and then slowly surrounding Port Said. The Italians close the Suez Canal (US doesn’t care) and attack Wavell. The result sees the elimination of British forces in Egypt to no Axis losses (R result on a blitz with no retreat option). The Italians gleefully push forward into Transjordan and activate Iraq as a minor ally near the end of the turn. The pesky Italians also invade Cyprus, taking Famagusta and the resources on the island. With the canal closed and Italian NAV superiority, the British fleet withdraws from the Med (except for pesky subs).
  The Japanese try a double pincher strategy. While their forces outflank the Chinese in the south, Terauchi assaults Si-an after disorganizing Mao. The assault is a respectable +7, but the units under-perform. A Japanese ENG is lost killing only one Chinese unit. Si-an stands firm. Fortunately for the Japanese, their southern flank is a huge success, pushing a unit into Kunming before the Chinese can respond. The troops are kept in check and nothing untoward appears in the newspapers. 
  The Soviets more aggressively shift units to the border with Germany as the Germans are clearly building up in Poland and Rumania. The turn again ends early-ish. The US selects no options despite the large number of chits in the entry pools.

Jul/August 1940: The Axis win initiative, but the Allies demand a re-roll and win. The Allies go first as the Chinese try to stop the bleeding in the south with the flank near Kunming. The Chinese bravely mass and assault along the thin Japanese line. Japanese planes fly to desperately hold on… and do! The Chinese suffer a minor loss, but the hex holds and the Japanese are free to advance. Then, amazingly, the weather clears in the N. Monsoon, allowing the Japanese to move their HQ into range of Kunming, which in turn allows the lead Japanese unit to push into the interior. Chinese oil reserves are now threatened! 
  The Italians continue to push eastward, moving units into Iraq. The Iraqis take Kuwait. A German corps lands in Sardinia and moves into Corsica (which was Free French). Bulgaria joins the Axis as a German minor ally. 
  In impulse 4 the Germans bomb Glasgow, taking 2 BP and conquer Corsica, which shocking went ‘free’ French. In impulse 6 Italy aligns Iran and pushes towards the Caucasus mountains. Sadly, again, the turn ends at its earliest opportunity. The US still has not selected an entry option and the world wonders what is up in Washington.

Sept/Oct 1940: The Allies win initiative and the weather starts off poor and gets progressively worse in this short turn. The CW starts by protecting convoys while the USSR hurriedly shifts units to the border with Germany. The Fuhrer sends a stern warning to the Soviets to stop this aggressive behavior. In impulse #2 the Japanese are fortunate and flip the entire stack in Si-An. They then launch what becomes a +8 assault and take the city with high casualties (2/2). Japanese troops then run amok with the victory, causing outrage in the United States. Nonetheless, the Chinese line has been broken in the north, making the Kunming front even more important.
  Germany and Italy jointly hunt convoys. They do find the CW once and manage to sink the CV Furious to no loss, but fail to find and sink CONVs. In the following Axis impulse Italy takes Kenya and pushes troops towards the Iran/Soviet border.
  Unsurprisingly, the Allies end the turn again at its earliest (giving the Axis only 2 impulses). The US decides to pick an option, escorting in the US East Coast. No PARTs show up and the world is mostly quiet.

Nov/Dec 1940: Once again the Allies win initiative and the weather starts out a blizzard in most of the world. The Allies do more of the same, protecting convoys, shifting units towards Germany, and the Chinese pull back to a defensive position around Lan-Chow.
  The Germans and Italians spend most of the turn hunting CONVs and failing miserably, not finding naval combat in a single sea zone. The Italians do invade near Aden and the Lacadives (off the coast of India). The British redeploy units to prevent the Italians from gaining a foothold on the subcontinent. The Germans conquer Tunisia and push into free Algeria.
  Not much happens but the turn at least goes one extra impulse, allowing the Axis 3 impulses. The US do not pick an entry option despite having a large pool of chits. A Chinese PART appears in northern China. There is not much mystery as the Germans are massing on the Soviet border, including now with units from Iran. War between the Axis and the Soviet Union now looks likely… but when? 

Jan/Feb 1941: The Axis win initiative and go first. The weather starts muddy and turns into a blizzard by turn’s end. The Germans continue to build up on the Soviet border and probe to hit CW convoys. 4 CONVs are sunk, 2 BPs are taken from Manchester, and the BB Queen Elisabeth is sunk in action. The Germans push a corps into Algeria, conquering it at the turn’s end. Japan slowly oozes around the flank in China, but no combat occurs. The Soviets heavily reinforce the border with Iran, which by turn’s end has 8 corps there facing off against Italian troops. No PARTs appear and the US takes no entry options.

Mar/Apr 1941: The Axis again win initiative. The weather starts poor, briefly clears, and returns to blizzard at the end. As a result, this turn is basically more of the same. The Germans and Italians send planes and ships to attack convoys. The CW lose 5 CONVs over the turn but suffer no other losses. The Germans lose a quality FTR over London but the CW lose a FTR of their own in the Bay of Biscay. Italy pushes a DIV into Aden, taking the port. At the end of the turn the CW shift the CONV lines further north. The Japanese and Chinese continue to face off with not much happening. The Japanese repeatedly groundstrike but seem to perpetually fail. The turn ends with no PARTs and no US entry actions again. What is going on in America?

May/June 1941: The Germans have had enough of Soviet provocation. After winning initiative and starting with clear weather, the Germans declare war on the USSR. The US is outrages. Afghanistan is activated as an Italian ally and the US is outraged. Next impulse Finland is activated and the US is outraged. 
  1st impulse the Germans launch into the Soviet Union. 5 attacks are made, none less than +14, and 4 are successful but a critical attack in the center goes awry (Germans roll ‘2’ on 2d10 to flip 9 corps). Nonetheless, the Axis push quickly east, taking Odessa and Kaunas first impulse. The line in Iran is so fortified that no attacks are made there.
  2nd impulse and the Soviets fall back to hedgehog positions as they call out the reserves. Now starts a series of odd German failures in the air. Flying at a +4, a crack German FTR is shot down. The CW defend CONV lines and the Chinese huddle.
  3rd impulse and naturally the weather turns to mud (roll of ‘1’ on weather — worst possible). The Germans push up slightly, killing an isolated MECH but mostly push up their airforce to front. Kiev is not yet reached in the south but German units push into southern Estonia. 
  4th impulse: The Soviets continue to improve their defenses, building hedgehogs in the north and defending the river line by Kiev in the south. The CW shift naval forces to cover some soft spots in the convoy line, but there does not appear to be any relief operations planned to help the USSR.
  5th impulse: The weather clears in the temperate, but not the arctic (another weather roll of ‘1’). The Germans push hard in the south, assaulting Dneprop. and taking the city without loss. An ARM is destroyed south of Kiev, clearing the way to the city. Another German FTR is shot down flying at good odds. And another attack goes bad (rolled ‘3’ at +14) causing the loss of a MECH DIV. The Crimean peninsula is secured although the Soviets have a stack defending Sevastopol. The Italians bomb Malta to no effect. 
  6th impulse: The Soviets refuse to counterattack, but that is mainly because their hedgehog defense does not allow concentration of forces. The CW watch the war in the East and the Chinese hope the Japanese will make a mistake.
  Impulse 7: Finally the weather clears. The Japanese, who had been spending all turn maneuvering, finally get the corps into position and attack Nanning, taking the city (and overrunning a face down FTR) without irritating anyone. The Nationalists are in a difficult position. The Communists, however, look bucky ringed around Lan-Chow. The Germans continue their offensive with more irritating bad attack rolls. Another Soviet stack is cleared in the south, but the roll of ‘4’ on the attack flips half of the German units. The south is now basically cleared of units (south of Kiev that is, which is still Soviet), but the German army is disorganized and spread out. The German assault Minsk at high odds… and roll a ‘5’ flipping the entire army and only killing a single Soviet GAR. In the battle the Germans lose another FTR in a +3 air combat. Basically the entire Wehrmacht is flipped in the north and half-flipped in the south. Is it enough damage? Kiev remains in Soviet hands as does Minsk, but German tanks are near Rostov. 
  Impulse 8: Allies turn. The Soviets huddle, defending cities and hold a strong line against the Italians in Iran. The CW reposition in India to defend the east from the Italians as well. 
  Impulse 9: The weather stays clear. The Italians go hunting for CONVs in the Indian Ocean (find nothing) but kill 3 CONV for the loss of a damaged sub in the Atlantic. The Germans take a land and push hard against the Soviets in the south. A +18 blitz succeeds in isolating Kiev and a +10 and +15 assault each take Kursk and Kharkiv respectively. Lead elements take Stalingrad and Rostov unopposed. The German army is flipped and stopped from Pskov to Minsk in the north, but has fully broken the Soviet lines in the south, although the Soviets are holding the Caucasus area strongly. An Afghan ally of the Italians does push in to Siberia to threaten the Taskent area resources, but no combat occurs. 
  The turn then ends, shifting initiative back. The US picks an option – relocating the fleet to Pearl Harbor! So the US was sandbagging a bit it seems! Partisans appear in Palestine but the Germans are fortunate and avoid Partisans in the USSR despite a roll. At this point in the war the Axis economies are doing well. Will the Allies have the muscle to push back into Europe from their Island base of England?

July/August 1941: The Allies win initiative despite the Axis demanding a reroll, further pushing the initiative track to the favor of the Allies. The Allies elect to go first. 
  Impulse 1: On the CW naval British subs sink 2 Italian CONVs and spread out to protect their convoy lines. The Soviets start pulling out pockets of troops by rail to a new line thousands of kilometers back in front of the Ural mountains, leaving big hedgehogs in major cities (Minsk, Pskov,  Moscow, Leningrad, for examples). 
  Impulse 2: The Italians take a naval and set up to invade Malta. Forces in the Indian Ocean try to find the British CONV line but fail. The Japanese maneuver forces and assault Nanning, taking the city with a minor loss and do not irritate world opinion. The Germans, their army freshly reorganized at the start of the turn, converge on key hedgehogs and assault away. Minsk and Kiev are each taken without loss, but a forested hex in Poland causes the Germans to lose their ENG (again) and flips half of the attackers. 
  Impulse 3: The Brits take a long time contemplating strategic bombing, but decide against it as the industrial heartland of Germany is well protected. the Chinese communists launch a low-odds attack in the north, but only manage to kill one of their own DIVs. The U.S. is piling ships into Pearl Harbor. The Soviets move 3 more corps from cities near the front line back towards the Urals.
  Impulse 4: The Italians drop paratroopers and invade with marines to take Malta. The Italians only lack Gibraltar to justly claim the Med as an Italian lake. The Germans, having  cleared the immediate hedgehog positions (or them having been abandoned) rush eastward. Troops congregate around Pskov, towards Moscow, and towards the Caucasus. Three Soviet units are hanging out in Sevastopol. No attacks occur as the Germans seek to push everything forward and in supply. The Japanese filter southwards, perhaps seeking to free some units for island adventures?
  Impulse 5: More of the same from the Allies. China huddles, the Soviets build a line in the Urals and stay put. Interestingly, the 11 corps on the border with Iran have stayed put, protecting the Baku oil, but the Germans are now approaching from the other direction. The CW does not seem to have an y offensive action in mind.
  Impulse 6: The Italians kill the Palestinian PART without loss and land troops in eastern Iran, near the border of India. The Germans still push east, trying to get to Moscow and flow around Pskov. A HQ arrives to support units heading towards the Turkish border. No combat in Russia occurs. German bombers do strike Newcastle, taking 1 BP from the CW. The Japanese keep taking land actions and moving in China, looking for an advantage.
  Impulse 7: Quiet as the turn nears an end, although more U.S. ships head to Hawaii. 
  Impulse 8: The Italians try again and this time sink 2 CONV in the Bay of Bengal and move units back to Egypt. Germany, having reached the next line of Soviet units, attacks at modest odds… but the Wehrmacht shows up! A +10 assault on Moscow succeeds without loss, freeing the path to the Urals. A +7 assault on Pskov fails (2/2) with heavy casualties, but a unit does manage to cut off Leningrad. Units in the south reach all of the oil in the Caucasus except Baku, but the HG Arm DIV reaches Astrakhan to cut off the Caucasus from the rest of Russia. 
  The turn then sadly ends. The U.S. introduces Selective Service. A PART appears in India and occupies Delhi. Another PART appears in the NEI. 
  At this point the Axis war machine is in high gear, although the CW looks strong with lots of air and land defense. The US appears soon to enter the war. The USSR had a rough turn, but is looking to hold the line in Siberia. 

Sept/Oct 1941: The Allies win initiative and elect to go first. The weather immediately turns to stormy muck. Not much happens in the turn as the weather does not clear. The Germans late in the turn manage to get corps on the Turkish border and bring Turkey into the war. Italy conquers Tanganyika. German bombing in the rain takes 3 BPs from London. The Italians lose a sub damaged but sink the CA Cumberland and damage 2 others. No partisans appear and the US does not pick an option. (N.B. We subsequently discovered that the US player made an error in the entry calculations to his own detriment.)

Nov/Dec 1941: The Allies win initiative again. The weather starts bad and stays bad. Basically only the N. Monsoon zone sees any clear weather. The Japanese use that to take the southern forest resource hex in China (to minor loss). The Germans and Italians push units into the USSR and into Algeria, marching towards Morocco where the Free French have an enclave. The Italians try to engage in naval combat, but no fleets are found. The US, having rectified the entry error, gears up. Not much happens, we march to 1942!

Jan/Feb 1942: The Allies win initiative yet again. The turn sees a fair bit more action. On the 1st impulse the US tries to declare war on Japan but fails (odds were terrible). The Axis, galvanized by the aggressive action, counters. Germany collapses Vichy and takes Syria in the process. Japan activates Siam and moves DIVs to match naval transport. 
  In the 3rd impulse the Brits get bucky and engage the Italians in the Arabian Sea. CAs Kent and Cornwall sink, with the Fiji, London, and Canberra damaged. The Italians lose the Pola and the E. di Savoia and Bolzano are damaged. The Soviets finish forming a complete line in the Urals, blocking the few lead units of the Wehrmacht. The line runs from Guryev on the northern shore of the Caspian Sea straight north.
  4th impulse and the weather is still bad. The Japanese continue to move forces around in China and completes naval relocation to Truk. The Germans and Italians set up in N. Africa – for what?
  5th impulse and attempts at naval combat come to nothing. The Americans have heavily fortified the Hawai’ian islands and the fleet is almost entirely in Pearl.
  6th impulse and the weather clears. The Axis plan is revealed as the Italians invade Gibraltar! The attack is basically a 50/50 shot – but the valiant Italian marines succeed, clearing the Rock at the loss of 2 DIVs. The Germans take 2 BPs from London. The Americans are incensed, making it likely that the US is soon to be in the war. A PART appears in China. Turns then ends. US picks Gift DD to CW and Embargoes Japanese oil.

Mar/Apr 1942: The Allies unbelievably again win initiative and elect to go first. The weather is not clear, but not horrible as it can be in March. The Allies start by protecting convoy lines and reinforcing the Soviet Urals Line. 
  Impulse 2 sees the Axis erupt into action. Japan declares war on the NEI, CW, and Free France! They port strike the British fleet in Trincomalee (damaging the CV Glorious) and then take CW and NEI possessions all over the Pacific, including Rabaul, several hexes in the NEI (but not the Palembang oil), Malaya, Burma, Suva, and Port Moresby. Italy activate Spain as an ally. All of the above massively irritates US public opinion.
  Impulse 3: CW is excited to have a new ally soon, but they have to survive the initial Japanese onslaught. The weather shockingly clears!  Oddly the CW does not take down its CONV line from Australia to Canada (which was broken during the initial Japanese attack). Instead, the CW focused on strategically bombing Italy, taking 1 BP from Lyon and 1 BP from Turin. The Soviets reinforce with a 2nd HQ in the Urals line.
  Impulse 4 with the good weather sees the Germans get bucky. They take a super-combined and invade south of Belfast in N. Ireland. The attack is a success and the CW do not have the resources to stop the incursion. A joint Italian-German navy engages the Brits in the N. Atlantic. The Gneisenau is damaged and a German sub is sunk, but the Brits have several ships damaged and more aborted, making the defense of the convoy line untenable. The Brits abort after the combat, leaving a gap in their lines. The Germans also bomb the Brits back, taking 1 BP and 1 Res from Coventry and 1 BP each from London and Southhampton. Meanwhile, the Germans launch assaults elsewhere, taking a Soviet redoubt in Saratov without loss and a hex in the Caucasus without loss.
  The Japanese, not to be outdone, make a risky +8 assault on Chungking but perform well, taking the city without loss!
  Impulse 5 and the CW are on high alert, moving troops to block the German MARs from crossing into Scotland. The Soviets dare the Germans to attack now with their improved line (newly reinforced with TAC). China panics a bit–the Nationalists only hold Chang-Sha. 
  Impulse 6: the weather worsens, but turns to snow in the arctic zone. The Germans accept the challenge from the Soviets and assault St. Petersburg. After a massive bombardment (ART and TAC), all three defending units are flipped. After everything the attack resolves into a +3 assault, but the Wehrmacht is up to the task! A rolled 17 becomes a 20, taking the city! A second hex (this one adjacent to Baku) is also taken in a large joint attack with Italy. Germany occupies the rest of N. Ireland and starts rebasing aircraft to the area. Japan lands units in the NEI and pushes into India from Burma. The Italians take Karachi (slowly moving in from Iran), putting pressure on India. Italian units in Africa take Middle Congo and Spanish troops march into Senegal.
Impulse 7. The turns refuses to end and the weather returns to muddy. The CW plays it quiet, avoiding naval combat but shifting units into Scotland to stop the German MAR from walking over. The Soviet line looks better and better and the Chinese hold on. The turn then ends.
  Italy conquers Middle Congo, Senegal (with Spanish troops), and Mauretania. Both the Axis and the CW suffer BP losses from bombing this turn. The US passes War Appropriations.

May/June 1942: The Axis win initiative, but they have to demand a reroll to get it. The weather, sadly, starts muddy (roll of ‘1’). The Japanese take a naval and deploy… west again, but a few cruisers dot the Pacific eastwards as well. Larger forces accumulate off the coast of the Philippines. Germany pushes units slowly towards Siberia and makes adjustments around Baku. Italy seeks naval combat with significant forces in the Atlantic now. The BBs Barham and Prince of Wales are damaged and the CVL Argus and CA Belfast sink. 
  2nd impulse and the US attempts to declare war on the Japanese. The Nipponese breathe a sigh of relief as the measure fails (rolled ‘8’) but firm up their resolve as a result. Outgunned in the Atlantic and with significant Axis NAV in the Faroes Gap, the CW take down the CONV line. The USSR now has a solid double line from Guryev straight north.
  3rd impulse and Japan pulls the trigger, pulling the US into the war. The weather is clear! They take a land, however, to effect landings. Forces land in the Philippines, Guam, Wake, and several islands near Hawaii. Germany attacks and takes Baku, clearing the Caucasus area and freeing troops to head north. Italo-German forces also take Rabat, killing the Free French there (leaving only a Pacific TER for the FF). The Italians declare war on Portugal, killing the units there and incompletely conquering it by taking Lisbon. The fleet now has Lisbon as its major base.
  4th impulse and the US navy comes to play. They hunt Japanese cruisers and find some success, sinking the CA Nachi and damaging the Haguro. No Allied losses are taken. The Soviets hunker down.
  5th impulse and the Japanese just push their land forces forward, avoiding naval confrontation with the Americans. They do periodically port strike the dwindling CW fleet in Trincomalee. The Germans are shifting forces all over the place, including in France and northern Germany.
  6th impulse is uneventful, followed by the turn ending at its earliest opportunity again. The Axis players grumble. No PARTs appear. Italy conquers Gambia and Germany liberates the Belgian Congo.

July/August 1942: The Allies win initiative and go first. Clear weather except for the north monsoon, but even there it is tolerable (mud). The Allies go to work, trying to re-establish convoy lines to the UK and the US fleet seeks to provoke a battle in the Pacific. Nothing comes of it, however, and all is quiet.
  Until impulse 2, when Germany drops chit points and takes a super combined. Two separate landings occur in the UK! After strategic bombing (mostly fails, only 1 BP from Sheffield) and lots of ground-striking (that flipped the CW MAR), the German invade Liverpool and the coast between London and Harwich (with PARA support). Both attacks are high odds but not guaranteed, but the Wehrmacht performs admirably. A +15 and +12 assault each succeed without loss or flipping. The invasion of England has begun! Meanwhile, the Italian and German navies sortie, looking to hunt the British navy and convoys. Their luck is poor, however, and no combat occurs. The mass of Axis NAV, however, grows and looks menacing. Japan organizes itself again but refuses to sortie the main fleet to engage the US. Land based air, however, moves up in the Pacific towards the American-facing forward bases.
  Impulse #3: The Brits try to respond to the landings, but the Germans have air superiority and the CW decides not to risk low-odds counterattacks. The Chinese attack and kill a Japanese unit for the loss of a DIV of their own. The US is in the war, but seems content to build up, moving forces (mostly aircraft) to the Pacific and packing the East Coast with land units.
  The remainder of the turn only has a few events. The Germans and Italians ravage the CW convoy lines and sink several CW ships, including 2 battleships. Manchester falls in a medium level assault but the Brits stop the German attempt to cut England in two. As a result, although no oil flows to England, they use a stored oil to reflip all of their disorganized units. The Germans take one hex in Siberia, but mostly reinforce and push units up (slowly) to the Urals front. The Italians start shifting forces to Iran and the Middle East. 

Sept/Oct 1942: The Allies win initiative and the weather starts clear. The Chinese Communists attack in the north, but the attack fails (1/-), but it is a sign that China has enough units to make low odds attacks without fear. The CW makes the decision to pull back from England since no US aid seems to be coming. They start rebasing aircraft to Canada. The US navy stays in port again in the Pacific.
  Impulse #2. The Germans take a combined and the Italians a naval to continue to try and strangle Britain. More troops land in both Liverpool and in Harwich, including Manstein, who is in charge of Sealion ’42. The Italians have happy hunting, sinking the KGV and CA Belfast while damaging several other cruisers in the North Atlantic. The Italians suffer damage to a sub the E. Di Savoia. This seems to cement the British plans to abandon the UK. Japan reinforces mainland China with a host of new units.
  Impulse 3 sees the Allies passive with poor weather. The CW tries to run some ships and troops out of England to Canada, but they get caught by the Axis pile of NAV. The result is carnage. The CW lose the CVs Hermes and Courageous along with a loaded TRS. China sits tight and the Soviets hold the line. 
  Impulse 4: Italy and Germany, seeing the US build up, declare war on America to avoid surprise effects. The Germans push more units into England. Japan counterattacks after the failed previous communist assault, but the troops perform poorly (2/1). 
  Impulse 5 and the weather clears in the temperate zone. The Chinese go on a rampage. A +10 assault in the south clears a mountain hex without loss and +4 assault in the north results in 2 communist DIVs dying to no Japanese loss. The Soviets prepare for the Germans and the US continues to slowly build up around Hawaii.
  Impulse 6. The Germans assault and take Coventry without loss in England. The expected attack comes in the center of the Urals line, and the +10 blitz is partially successful (-/R half flipped). Critically, the hex taken divides the Soviet line, putting the southern wing out of supply. A timely groundstrike has flipped Zhukov, leaving the south in peril.
  Impulse 7 sees the weather clear everywhere. The Soviets counterattack, killing a German PARA (to no loss) and re-establishing the line, but because of disorganized units in the area, the line is thin. The CW completes the extraction of those aircraft that can make it to Canada from the UK. The Axis get an opportunity as the turn does not end. 
  Impulse 8. The Germans exploit their advantage in Siberia and in England. Another +10 blitz succeeds, widening the bulge south of the Urals and just north of the desert. A +16 blitz in the UK kills Alexander and Birmingham is taken without loss on a +14 assault. The Italians push troops from eastern Iran into Russia and move other assets around in the Med. The turn then ends with the Axis hoping for a double-move.

Nov/Dec 1942: The Allies win the first initiative roll, but the Axis demand a re-roll and seize initiative. The weather favors the Axis and it is clear everywhere. The Germans blitz a critical hex and divide the Soviet army between north and south again. 8 Soviet corps are now cut off from supply in the south. The Germans also take another hex in England and close in around London. The Italians invade the Azores, taking the island without opposition. The Japanese assault and take Batavia (the NEI will fall this turn…) and its newly upgraded carrier fleet (with lots of shiny new CVPs) rebases from Japan to Truk.
  2nd impulse sees British morale flagging and a reorganization of their fleet, now almost entirely based in Canada. The US considers some moves in the Pacific, but nothing actually happens. The Soviets do their best to protect the northern army (which is where the factories and resources are). Magnitogorsk is now on the front line and well-defended. 
  3rd impulse sees the weather turn sour (snow in most places). The Germans have enough power to kill a Soviet stack in the snow (some GARs) and continue filtering units forward. The 1st SS arrives near the front and new TAC finally make it to the front lines. Italy navalizes and lots of troops on transports are seen both in the Atlantic and in the Med heading eastwards. The Japanese push more troops into China, including an ARM and MECH.
  4th impulse is quiet, mostly small maneuverings. In the 5th impulse, the Germans attack and kill another stack of Soviet units and complete the encirclement of the southern Soviet army. They are completely cut off from supply. Japan kills a PART in China in Foochow and pushes the Chinese back a hex. 
  Although the Axis were hoping for one more impulse, the turn ends after the Allied 6th impulse. 1942 ends with a bang, with major developments in the UK, the USSR, and in the Pacific. Still no naval action to speak of in the Pacific, but the US aircraft are showing up and a huge fleet of TRS and AMPHs are soon to come on to the map for the US. No PARTs appear at the end of the turn. The US did lend 8 BPs to the CW, who build a factory in Canada, preparing for the long game. Italy conquers Angola and N. Rhodesia.

Jan/Feb 1943: 

Turn in progress…