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SLAAKMAN -> RE: Most memorable moment in a strategy game (5/19/2012 1:44:38 AM)
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2007. World in Flames F.E. with many mods; Convoys/Crusiers, Mech, Asia/Afrika, Ships/Planes, Food in Flames rule, Carrier Planes & using most options including Op 20 (no zocs DoW 1st imp), Global Camp. 1939-45. I was running Italy. Britain was played by a pro-labor union fanatic who despised my Libertarianism. A control freak history professor from the Naval PostGrad school was his advisor & cheerleader while the US & Russia were run by a hippie & a formidable history buff respectively. A very clever German player was tending to the eastern front and had procured a stalemate. France/Vichy was secure, Japan had run roughshod over southeast Asia into India & by mid '43 had taken all of it. In the Med, after battling for control for more than 3 1/2 grueling years of naval maneuver I had effected a stalemate. The Allies controlled Gibraltor, Malta, most of Sardinia, North Africa even though we had put pressure on them by invading Syria/Palestine. We didnt fight that hard for Libya & was taken by the Allies. Greece was ours too & Yugoslavia joined the Axis. The Kriegsmarine consistently ran sorties into the Atlantic & losses were mounting but it took its toll on Allied convoys & units. Axis units covering Italys & Sicilys defense were deployed well with a reserve. In May '43 the Allies decided they would invade Sicily to start but after moving units into the Med we decided to commit 4 more corps to Sicily so they changed their plan. Instead they declared war on Vichy since there were only 4 corps, 3 deployed in Marseilles, 1 in Toulon. But when they moved into the Western Med we sortied out both air & naval units & a vicious, epic battle ensued for 3 turns, approximately 20+ impulses with staggering losses for the Allied invasion fleet. They entered with 4 Amphibs, 8 Transports & a large escort fleet but left with only 1 Amphib after unrelenting assaults by Axis naval bombers. Allied ftr losses were triple our own including the loss of their Tempest & Black Widow ftr wings. Worse yet, the entire invasion force including 1 Hq, 2 Marine corps 2 Abn corps, 1 Ranger & 1 Commando corps were trapped & annihilated. Allied losses in all categories were 5 times that of the Axis and they didnt win the battle. Worse still was that was the addition of the Vichy fleet which was over 90% intact when France capitulated in 1940. Total losses for the Allies exceeded 22 corps on the ground, numerous crusiers & battleships & 24 ftrs & bmbrs. It was the most lopsided defeat Ive ever inflicted on them to date. Viva Italia!! [:D] [image]http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic436649_lg.jpg[/image]
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