More Summer horrors for Germany

The road near Rangoon is completed. This allows the Japanese in Burma to  be more easily supplied instead of relying on convoys to Rangoon or from China. Mistakes section again. The US in particular and Allies in general do not have enough production capacity in World in Flames. Someone said in 1942 the US should have 200 build points a turn in 1942 (they had 59 in my game). I should have allowed the US free shipyards  (or purchased them early on for 1 build point only) which allows them one build point extra Turn so long as i spend one build point in them. There are one for carriers, two for surface ships and one for convoys/ transports/ amphibians. I'm going to say they did get them early. To compensate for missed build points I'm going to add an extra cruiser for each  of the cruisers at the same point in the production circle and similarly 2 extra convoy points for the 2 convoy points at their points in the production circle. I've missed out on probably 8 build points for the Essex Carriers so will place 3 Essex carriers as having completed their first build cycle. The Japanese are grumbling so I have given them 2 Engineering divisions in China that I should have built for them ages ago. They are only slightly mollified. The Brits should also get a shipyard for Clydeside but the Axis are already upset. France should have got several volunteer corps in Africa and the Middle East when Paris was captured so these will now be placed. To compensate an extra Territorial unit will be placed in Algeria, Morocco and Syria. 

 Hitler deploys his militia. Returning blitzed units are placed on their fronts. The 2 fighters and the Hs129 anti tank aircraft are sent to the Eastern front. The new Panzer Armee is placed in NW Germany ready to block the Western Allies. The remaining garrison corps are placed in the Ruhr to help block the massed Allied armour. Hungarian mechanised corps and Rumanian armoured corps are placed in their capitals. Mussolini deploys a good FTR2 and mechanised corps in North Italy where they can move to reinforce either the French or the Bavarian fronts. The Germans have placed a lot of units especially in the West and hope to get air superiority on the Eastern Front. Italy should be able to help stop the US in Bavaria.

France has no units to place. The Commonwealth places an artillery division in Calcutta and a Beaufighter twin engined fighter in Perth. A light cruiser is launched and a carrier is now ready for its final build cycle.  A fighter bomber and two mechanised corps are placed in the UK.  Japan launches the carrier Shokaku with two planes to join the Kido Butai alopng with a cruiser. A mechanised corps, a powerful sub and two fighters and another cruiser join the Japanese forces. China places its garrison corps next to Sian. 

Stalin deploys most of his new planes and mechanised corps in Ukraine except for a Lendlease FTR2 in Warsaw and a mechainsed corps in Minsk. The US launches 3 more heavy carriers of the Essex class which will be able to carry two planes each. The Pacific forces get two Amphibious landing craft units, two infantry corps, a FTR2 unit and medium bomber ground attack aircraft. 20 Offensive Points are added. On the Atlantic coast two mechanised corps and Dever infantry HQ are ready. A US funded Mosquito fighter bomber is produced in Canada. In the Shotts aircraft factory in Belfast another P51 Mustang rolls off the factory lines. 

The Axis win Initiative. The weather is Fine except Rainy in the Arctic and North Monsoon Zones. Hitler realises with a shudder that Sumer is not over yet. Mussolini chooses a no-cost Combined. He moves a mechanised and motorised infantry corps to The border with Germany. He moves two fighter units to Munich. Subs go to the East Med and one sub to the Bay of Biscay. In the East Med the subs evade the Hurrricane fighters and sink the convoy. One sub goes back to port. The sub in the Bay of Biscay fails to find any targets. Hitler has a stern talking to from OKW and OKH. He wants to destroy a Siberian army and stall the Soviets with his powerful Panzer Armee Rumania. OKW and OKH want it in Germany to defend against the massed Western Allied armour. German High Command want to pull out of Belgium and try to hold the Ruhr and Upper Rhineland and the Nurnberg/ Munich axis with the help of the Italians. In the East German forces will fall back to the Oder from the Vistula with a couple of slow moving corps sacrificed to slow down the Soviets from catching the German infantry. The forces in Carpathians will fall back to the Danube. In Rumania the German Panzer Armee start getting into positions where they can rail move to the west. The Panzer Armee in North Germany will move to cover the gap north of the Ruhr and the cities. German air units rebase from east of the Oder to west of the Oder. Hirohito chooses a Naval impulse. He sends escorts out. He pushes a convoy into the Timor Sea along with escorts. A convoy moves into the Solomons sea area but with only an escort for this Turn. A transport moves the new mechanised corps from Japan to Shanghai. Fighters rebase from Japan to Netherlands East Indies and the base at Trukk in the Pacific Ocean. Subs spread out to attack Allied convoys. In Timor Sea a Japanese sub sends a convoy to port but gets damaged itself. In the Tasman sea an Allied convoy is damaged and a light cruiser is sent back to port. The other two Japanese subs fail to find their targets in Coral Sea and New Zealand Coast. The US base Malakassar is out of supply. 

The Western Allies all choose Land impulses. The US moves carrier planes onto its new Essex carriers. French, US and Commonwealth armoured forces surround the German infantry corps and anti tank division guarding the German resource hex west of Essen-Dusseldorf surrounded by river defensive barriers. Marine engineers and US and UK artillery divisions join in the attack. In South Germany Allied forces move gradually round the edge of Stuttgart. In Asia the Indian artillery division and Australians move towards the frontline. Mountbatten HQ flips over to reorganise them so they can move again in the rest of the Impulse. The Japanese watch apprehensively as the Commonwealth builds up an overwhelming force to attack. In the whirling air combat both sides lose fighters but the Germans lose a medium bomber too. The attack leads to both German units being placed in the Production circle and no losses for the Allies. The Allies have the option of trying to destroy the German forces west of the Rhine to create a big hole in their defences whilst using the Rhine to protect the flank of their attacking forces. China shuffles its forces but doesn't attack Kweihans in the rain. The Canadian mosquito fighter bomber rebases from Canada to Ulster. 

Stalin seeing the possibly ill-advised mass retreat to the Oder and the possible retreat in the Balkans realises he can rail move mechanised corps to Warsaw next Impulse if he clears the city of units rather than schlep them by ground movement. He crosses the Vistula in force. Two German corps are blitzed with one destroyed  and the other to return next Turn on the Production circle. A cautious advance is made towards Bucharest. The Hungarian division in the Carpathians is destroyed. Air units with short ranges are moved to the front lines in Poland. 

Weather is unchanged for next impulse. Japan chooses a Combined Impulse. The Advance Fleet sails into the Bay of Bengal to threaten a Port Strike on the Royal Navy in Colombo. It launches a ground attack on the Communist cavalry in the mountains west of Langchow. The HQ flips over in support. In a bloody struggle the cavalry is destroyed but the Japanese units are all disorganised. The newly arrived Japanese mechanised corps on the mainland starts heading for Chengchow.  Hitler moves his Panzer Armee Rumania with Rundstedt HQ by rail just avoiding the Soviet advance towards the Leipzig area where they can move to reinforce either East or West depending once they reorganise. The Stuka in Rumania rebases to Hungary. Forces stream back behind the Oder for a last stand with the SS Panzer Armee waiting south of Berlin to squash any defenders. The Berlin militia and garrison move out to defend the Oder leaving Rommel and a Flak division to guard Berlin. Rundstedt spends OPs to reorganise. Next Impulse he can reorganise the panzers if needed.  Motorised panzer grenadiers at the border of Rumania and Hungary risk being cut off by the Soviet advance. Hitler therefore orders Hungarian troops to form a perimeter to protect the supply line for the Panzergrenadiers. Rumanian armoured and militia corps huddle in Bucharest. Mussolini calls a Land impulse. He rail moves the Garrison corps from Palermo to Toulon. HE moves the motorised and mechanised corps into theItalian- German border region. He swaps units in the front line in France making the front line stronger. 

Stalin calls a Land impulse. He rail moves three mechanised corps into Poland. Forces surge towards the Oder. He attacks the Hungarians with air support. The Hungarian infantry and motorised infantry are destroyed at the cost of two Soviet militia armies. Most of the Soviet attackers are disorganised. After these losses Stalin refrains from attacking the Rumanian garrison corps in the mountains. His attacks in Hungary have cost a lot of casualties. The Rokossovsky and Timoshenko HQs flip over to reorganise the three mechanised corps that have arrived in Poland. The Western Allies call a Naval impulse each. They send out escorts. Stalin spends OPs to move his air force closer to the Oder. The Dutch transport moves the Royal Engineers and the LRDG from Sinai to Bombay. The Allies send the French and US fleets to protect the North Sea and Bay of Biscay shipping lanes along with air cover and British light cruisers sent to the North Sea. US transports pick up UK mechanised corps to drop them off at Amsterdam and Rotterdam. U-boats make contact in both Bay of Biscay and the North Sea but can't evade the air cover. The Allies sink one u-boat, damage another and send one back to base. A Commonwealth transport tries to ship the Dever infantry HQ to Bordeaux but is caught by u-boats that evade the air cover and use surprise points to target the Transport. It makes its save roll so is damaged but the HQ goes onto the Production circle to arrive in 2 turns. One u-boat is sunk and an Italian sub is sent back to base. The US transports 2 mechanised corps across the Atlantic to Brest. The French transport heads for Africa. The Royal Navy carrier Glorious sails to the Indian Ocean from South Africa where it joins Force H carrier fleet which moved there to avoid a Japanese port strike. British amphibious ships go to North Africa to pick up the Free French volunteers there. The Ozzie Beaufighter flies from Perth to an island in the East Indian Ocean on its way to India or Sri Lanka. French and Commonwealth convoys move into both East and West Med sea zones unmolested. US convoys move back into Tasman and Timor Sea zones. New fighters are transported to Pearl Harbour and the new Essex carriers join Task Force 58 at Pearl Harbour to create a small carrier / battleship / cruiser strike force similar to the Japanese ones. A medium bomber and two infantry corps begin their journey from the US to the Pacific.The Royal Navy transports a US infantry corps to Makassar whilst a US amphibious ship moves the marine corps there to Port Moresby. The US, Commonwealth and French send subs to the South China Seas and the US sends planes, boats and the Pacific Fleet to intercept convoys to Rabaul. In the South China Seas the Japanese send their amazing 'Emily' naval aircraft. No convoys are found by the Allies - a big NADA for an ambitious attempt at crushing Japanese shipping.  China does little but worries about the coming Japanese assault on the Communists.

The weather is Fine everywhere. Hirohito, Hitler and Mussolini call a no-cost Combined impulse. The panzergrenadiers, mountain infantry and Hungarian mechanised corps take advantage of the sacrifice of the Hungarian infantry to reach the cover of the Danube. Escorts are sent out to protect the Baltic convoys including air cover. Two naval long range aircraft search in the Faroes Gap for convoys. Rundstedt flips over to organise Panzer Armee Reserve corps after their rail move. In the Faroes Gap the Canadian Mosquito goes to help out the convoys. The Mosquito shoots down a German flying boat  (whose pilot dies) and sends the Kondor aircraft back to base.The Mosquito has done well but it will be missed in France. U-boats in the US East Coast fail to find any convoys. Italy launches a Stuka strike with 1 excellent fighters involved with a dogfight against two US fighters (Hitler is pleased as this means he only has less fighters to deal with.) The Italian fighter and lead US fighter is destroyed. The Stuka aborts. Naval aircraft are sent to the West Med. In the West Med a Beaufighter is sent to cover the convoy and in air combat sends the Italian plane back to base. In the East Med the sub fails to find Commonwealth convoys.  Japan sends two cruisers into South China Seas to help protect the convoys. A Nell naval aircraft flies from Rabaul to rebase where it can offer support to the convoys if needed. In China an engineer division and mechanised corps move into position to attack a clear hex southeast of Sian.  There is some other rearrangements before the attack is launched.

US chooses a no-cost Combined impulse. Eisenhower moves round to support Stuttgart the southern lynchpin of the German line. He spends Offensive Points to have a major offensive doubling 4 units including his own. The Commonwealth supports with several units. Hitler sends a Stuka with fighter escort to help. Two Lightnings engage the Bf109 and shoot it down. The Stuka flees as its vulnerable to fighters. The crushing Allied superiority destroys both German infantry corps with no casualties nor disorganisation. Americans and British units enter Stuttgart and the British claim the Mercedes factory unit for the Commonwealth. In searching for Japanese convoys only in the Solomons do the Allies succeed but in that sea zone the convoy and escorting light cruiser is sunk by planes from the US Pacific Fleet.  The paratroopers in Makassar are air transported to Darwin. Of the newly arrived US mechanised corps are railed to East France where the US is short of armour. Mustang FTR2s accompany two heavy bombers who target Dusseldorf. The remaining German FTR2 in the Western front doesn't intercept them and one build point damage is caused. The Commonwealth will use a Land impulse. In Western Europe he moves Canadian Tank Army, 1st and 2nd British Tank Army around the Western edge of the Ruhr/ Northern Rhineland. In India the Royal Engineers rail move close to the Burmese border. Aussies move to the Burmese border. Alexander HQ flips over to reorganise troops so they can move closer to Burma next Impulse. A massive night bomber raid escorted by a Mosquito hits Dortmund unmolested by day fighters. Due to bad weather and the previous Turn being used for tactical ground support this is I think the first night bombing raid by the RAF this year. They cause 2 build points damage. This with the 1 previously becomes 3 multiplied by 1.25 becomes 4 total build points damage. This Impulse just keeps getting and better for Hitler.

China chooses a Land impulse. In the north the communist artillery continue their journey eastward and are now in a position to support Sian. The partisans enter Langchow to offer some support to the city defenders. Nationalists attack Kweiyang again (not Kweihans my spelling error). There is an air battle with no losses but the Japanese cannot support the defenders by bombing. In the resultant ground attack the Chinese lose their mechanised corps and the Japanese a militia unit. All those involved in the combat become disorganised.  Stalin chooses a Land impulse. He moves 5 mech/ tank armies and the Zhukov HQ to surround a bend of the river defended by 2 strong infantry corps and supported by Rommel HQ. He sends Shturmoviks to ground strike the defenders and German and Soviet fighters clash. The Shturmoviks make it to their targets and disorganise both German infantry. In the ground combat the Germans fly in bomber support with fighter escort which penetrates the Soviet fighter screen. Because the Soviets can't double their attack values because Zhukov doesn't have enough Offensive Points to pay for a boosted attack and the river halves the attack value its a low odds attack boosted by armour/ mechanised unit bonuses and Zhukovs HQ bonus superiority and disorganised defenders. Zhukov rolls high enough to eliminate the defenders (and Rommel flipped over as he supported the combat) with no losses nor disorganisations. 1st and 2nd Guards Banner Tank Army push forward over the river.  Hitler thought the news about the fall of Stuttgart was bad, this is another level. Soviet forces gradually start surrounding Bucharest. They use more Offensive points to bring two short range fighter units to cover the bridgehead.

The weather is Fine everywhere except Rain in the North Monsoon zone. Japan considers pulling Yamamoto out of Rabaul. They might try it next Turn. Looking at Burma Japan can see the overwhelming Commonwealth strength building up. Hirohito decides to give up Burma and its oil and fall back to Thailand. Behind a river line and in mountains the Japanese infantry units should be near-invulnerable. Japan launches a concentric attack south east of Sian. The attack doesn't go well but the two infantry armies retreat into the mountains. Half the Japanese are are disorgansied but Sian looks increasingly surrounded and vulnerable. Japan spends Offensive Points to reorganise the  Yamashita HQ in Siam. 

Both Italy and Germany choose Land impulses. Hitler takes a deep breath. He cancels Manstein counter offensive against Eisenhower and orders him east to launch a massive counter attack against the Soviet offensive. Every last Offensive Point will be used to throw the tank armies out of their bridgehead. Panzer corps and strong infantry corps are thrown into the attack along with 88mm guns used as anti tank guns. Anti tank ground attack aircraft and medium bombers try to ground strike the bridgehead but get turned back by Soviet fighters that shoot down their fighter cover. Manstein calls off the attack until next Impulse when he can join in and improve the chances of success. 

The Panzer reserve left in the West moves to the woods northwest of Stuttgart to stop the Western Allies further surrounding Karlsruhe and unhinging the German western front salient. Italy decides to lend a hand in South Germany. The Alpini corps rail moves to the Italian/ Germany border.  The Italians move forces into South Germany and combine with forces from Munich to attack Eisenhower. The German railway siege gun bombards and manages to disorganise the infantry corps with Eisenhower. The attack goes badly and the only result is that the Axis forces become disorganised. The last active Luftwaffe fighter in the West rebases to near Berlin. The Axis just fail to end the Turn. 

Commonwealth and France chooses a Land impulse. The US chooses a no-cost Combined impulse. All. the subs in South China Seas and nobody finds each other nor in the Bismarck Sea. Commonwealth and French mechanised armies swing to move north and the Commonwealth masses forces to attack the mechanised corps that forms the Northern part of the German line.  In Asia/ Pacific the US marine divisions move to occupy Sorong meaning no Japanese have any ports left in Dutch New Guinea. An amphibious lander moves from Port Moresby to Lao on the other side of the same hex. The Commonwealth units move into Burma occupying Rangoon and taking the oil back from the Japanese. organises another Anglo-American parachute assault, this time on Cologne. The Stukas in Cologne take part in the defence and shoot down a 6 factor Spitfire (!) but are aborted from the battle. US medium bombers disorganise the defenders. Engineers help a US mechanised corps cross the river and join in with the assault along with two artillery divisions, Montgomery HQ (not using its HQ bonus) so the attack factors are high. The attack roll is low-average. The US parachute corps is flipped over but the German garrison corps is destroyed. The Commonwealth grabs the red factory unit (able to be taken over by the enemy). The two paratrooper corps are vulnerable to a German counter attack. just like last Turn but there is no Manstein around to lead the counter-attack. If the Allies can hold onto Cologne thats the northern anchor of the German western salient taken along with the southern anchor in the previous Impulse. The Commonwealth pulverise the German mechanised corps  with the help of US air support. and breach the northern part of the line. The Bradley HQ flips over and reorganises 2 mechanised corps and a P38 Lightning fighter-bomber. The Aussie Beaufighter rebases to Ceylon. The Western front is another big problem for Hitler.

Stalin choses a Land impulse. He moves his best armour and mechanised units out of the bridgehead over the Oder and puts in slightly less good units. He sees the overwhelming strength of the German armour and Manstein lurking and simply doesn't fancy their chances. He envelopes Bucharest and launches an assault that sees him capture the Rumanian capital and knock Rumania out of the Axis. He gets a motorised Rumanian infantry corps of "volunteers" to arrive next Turn. Stalin gets the 1 Oil active oil field left (but not connected to the Soviet rail network yet). Next he shuffles around powerful Guards Banner infantry and attacks the German/ Hungarian infantry stack southwest of Breslau and south of the Oder. In a bloody assault the Hungarian and Soviet AA division are destroyed and the Soviets are all disorganised. The Koniev HQ flips over so they can have another go next Impulse and reorganises them. The Soviets spend Offensive Points to rebase air units close to the bridgehead. China moves the artillery division into Sian. The Nationalists move the garrison corps to join Stillwell HQ.  The Turn continues.

The weather is fine except for Stormy weather in the North Monsoon zone. Hirohito chooses a no-cost Combined impulse. All Allied units that can intercept in the Bismarck sea zone have flipped over meaning that Yamamoto HQ can be evacuated without risk. As weather is stormy its an extra movement point but Yamamoto's transport has enough movement points to take him to Shanghai. Japan scents progress in China and a powerful HQ unit will help ensure it. A bomber ground strikes Sian - low odds of success but it succeeds in disorganising the Mao HQ. Another bomber unit moves closer to Sian to help support any further attacks in that region. If the Yamamoto HQ gets close to the attackers he can use Offensive Points to double 3 attacking units, take Sian and maybe even eliminate Mao! The odds get better if he's close enough to take part in the combat directly. The Chinese like Hitler will hope the Turn ends soon. 

Hitler prays to Wotan. Germany chooses Land impulses and Italy passes. His first focus is on the Eastern Front. He sends Manstein in and spends every last Offensive Point he has to double the offensive power of five units including Manstein himself. He sends in a medium bomber to ground strike at long range with no fighter cover. The Soviets don't intercept and the bomber fails to cause any disorganisation. 

The Soviets fly in almost every ground support plane they have with two fighters as escorts and one fighter as an anti tank bomber. The Luftwaffe sends in its one available fighter that has a +1 advantage. In a bad start the Red Air Force shoot down the excellent fighter. In the combat a low average roll but combined with genius of Manstein forces the Soviets back across the bridgehead with the loss of a panzer division and all the attackers flipped over. In the West the nervous nellies of OKW ask Hitler to pull his panzer corps back to form a shield to slow down the Western Allies whilst the rest of the Western Front troops fall back abandoning the Ruhr and its many factories but preventing them being encircled. Hitler still blames them for abandoning Rumania and he thinks falling back to the Oder too quickly. He wants to order all available units to attack the paratroopers but worries with artillery and air support it will be a low odds attack and even if he succeeds the US on his southern flank can put his troops in a pocket. In a test he tries to fly his Stuka in for a ground strike. In a shocker for the RAF the Stukas shoot down another Spitfire! The stuka fails to disorganise the British paratrooper corps. The RAF is in shock. Hitler is happy but he takes that as an omen not to attack Cologne. He compromises by sending his northern panzer corps into join the defenders of Dortmund instead of the backdoor of Bremen. He starts to withdraw the troops from the 'nose" of the salient. He rushes panzer and mechanised corps from central Germany to Bremen hoping that Stalin has been blunted so they can be freed to confront the massed Commonwealth mechanised troops.  He rebases air units near Hungary to closer to Berlin. Guderian HQ flips over to reorganise the German panzer and infantry corps that were disorganised in Manstein's counterattack. The Turn continues.

Stalin chooses a Land impulse. He moves forces next to Sofia the Bulgarian capital  The Soviets launch an attack on German and Hungarian units on the borders of Slovakia in the mountains. They lose an infantry army but destroy the defenders and advance. Stalin is taking many casualties but the Red Tide keeps rolling. He risks an attack on the weak Bulgarian defenders whose combat values are doubled by the mountains and they air support too. Vatutin HQ flips over to give support. Sofia is taken and no losses nor further disorganisations for the Soviets. Stalin will get a Bulgarian "volunteer" unit next Turn. The Germans will lose access to  the Bulgarian resource hex as the railway access is cut off now. The Western Allies choose a Land. The entire Commonwealth armoured forces plus Montgomery HQ surround Dortmund and attack with Monty flipping over to add bonuses. Tankbuster Typhoons join in. They destroy the panzer division and garrison corps and the panzer corps gets blitzed and will return next Turn from the Production circle. The Allies suffer no losses nor disorganisation. The Commonwealth seizes the resources there and the red factory. A massive concentric attack on Saarbrucken partly bypassing the defences from all 3 Allies destroys the garrison corps. The Commonwealth seizes the resources there. Only Essen-Dusseldorf of the Ruhr cities stays in German hands and that is almost surrounded. If the Allies take it then there is a massive gap in German lines with only the north and southern sectors defended leaving a highway to the centre. Stalin's bridgehead was temporary but by drawing Manstein and much of the armoured reserves it has helped the Western Allies tremendously. China chooses a Land. Communist artillery desperately fires at potential attackers and manages to disorganise the mechanised corps facing it. The Turn ends. A punishing Turn for Germany with stability on the East Front at the expense of losing 2 Balkan allies along with collapse on the Western Front. Japan has lost Burma and is being pushed back from the Pacific but scents opportunity in China.

No partisans arrive. Both Japan and the USSR draw high value chits to reflect border tensions and de-escalation. Naval units return to base except the milchow u-boat in the east coast goes back to lurking in the 0-box. The French transport ends up in Senegal picking up the volunteers there. US infantry goes to Brisbane and Pearl Harbour and medium bombers go to Port Moresby. I'm going to do Intelligence slightly ahead of sequence. The Commonwealth gets 1 intelligence point.

For Production, Germany has 10 normal resources and 3 oil. It only has 5 oil in storage so keeps all the oil from its sources to add to its reserves. It therefore has 13 Build Points produced but loses 4 due to strategic bombing. It has 10 Build Points from lost corps - i.e. more build points from replacement drawn from shattered units than it has produced by industry. Hitler feels ashamed and even his legendary unrealistic optimism is dimming.  He agrees to give 2 to Hungary to keep it in the war and rebuilds the Budapest militia. He needs units so begins 2 more FTR2s and a variety of infantry and garrison corps and a mechanised corps. China builds its first Offensive Points (5) to start to give it a chance to attack Kweiyang. It also builds the LanChow militia. Italy builds a mix of land and air units plus repairs an old battleship. France completes motorised infantry to join its mechanised corps Tank Army and an infantry HQ to command its units in the South of France along with an artillery division. It also starts a carrier plane unit. 

Japan decides to save 3 oil resources leaving it with 23 build points due to productivity modifier and 1 from replacements for lost units leaving it with 24 build points. Japan looks to boost its antisubmarine ships and armoured forces including an armour HQ as well as completing a mix of naval and air units and its usual 5 Offensive points. The UK has 31 Build points (Hitler sobs and can't bear to look at the US production). They build a mix of land, sea and air units with an increasing emphasis towards India and the Pacific as well as 10 Offensive points. The Soviets have 38 Build Points. Stalin produces a wide range of land and air units plus subs and supply units. Engineers are being rush built - perhaps for the Oder- and 10 Offensive Points. One build point is used to complete the railways to connect the one oil point and resource from Rumania and Bulgaria to the Soviet industrial network.

The US has 71 build points. They build 20 Offensive points and 5 pilots. They split the rest roughly evenly as possible between European and Pacific fronts. The US rush builds a mechanised corps and the FTR3. They use the free build point from a transport/ convoy shipyard to start repairing a Commonwealth transport ship. They use the free build point from surface combat ship yards on both coasts to start building 4 light cruisers for 2 build points. 3 Essex carriers begin their final build cycle for only 2 build points due to the bonus for the carrier shipyard. A mix of air, land and sea units begin being built including the final 2 leg infantry corps (for the Pacific) and two supply units for the Pacific. The US by itself is outbuilding the entire Axis. To make it worse for the Axis the Commonwealth is getting stronger by taking German resources and factories and Stalin has taken their Balkan resources. 

Bulgaria and Rumania are conquered. Bulgarian and Rumanian land units are removed from the map leaving the German defensive line protecting Hungary and Central Europe weakened.