Japan - the centre of the storm
The Axis easily win Initiative this Turn - for the second Turn in a row. The Weather is rainy in the Northern Hemisphere but Fine everywhere else including the Mediterranean. Japan completes its fortification on Midway making the crucial island a tough nut for the US to crack. Mussolini chooses a no-cost combined impulse. His naval aircraft do well in the Western Mediterranean - they send the Beaufighter back to base, damage a convoy and send two light cruisers back to base. The Nazgul flies to the East Mediterranean but waits there to intercept any transports carrying the troops in the East Mediterranean. Subs in the Cape Vincent get caught by Beauforts and damaged. Japan chooses a Naval impulse. Escorts are sent out. Subs are sent to guard against the Pacific Fleet moving out of port in Samoa. Minisubs are sent against Pearl Harbour but have little effect. Yamamoto HQ moves nearer to Australia to Rabaul. The Kido Butai main fleet, fighter and 3 subs move to Polynesia...