John should have the pics up soon but I can at least comment on the recent developments. Axis victory in the autumn of 44!
The Allies took back all of Papua New Guinea, Guadalcanal, and other nearby islands and were beginning to take over the Mariana islands, carolinas and whatever the 3rd one is in that group. The Japs started throwing their fleet, bullet-catching-saving-president style in front of a reduced capital ship US transport fleet. In particular for the fight of the Mariana islands(?) A staggering large number of US air was not enough to defeat the Yamato and Jap cruisers in the area. The thing is, a returned battleship will come back and fight but returned planes don't. The details will come back to me when I see the pics, this game ended 2 weeks ago. We did not play with the rule that a transport needs to survive one round of combat to land. John and I both had transports in the area ready to deploy troops to the island.
Quick question: Would my 6 troops be there for the defense of the island or would they go into reserve?
The allies couldn't retake Calcutta but managed to push in on both sides through Rangoon with Stillwell and his chinese forces.
The Oil fields in the malaysia/indonesia region remain unmolested.