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Game - The Italo-Greek War (Continued) Feb I 1941 Turn - Italian Offensive - 3 Mountain divsions attack Greek and British divisions/brigades with 6 squadrons of fighters and fighter/bombers. Die-roll 3 on a 1:1 ratio attack - result AR (attacker retreats), however, had to retreat 3 hexes to avoid ZOC (zone of control) by other Greek units, and stacking limits by its own units. The Italian occupation of Greece by one unit has now ben quashed. Greek Phase - Joint Greek/British strategic bombing raid by three squadrons on Albanian coast road - result 'Hit'. Yugoslav Preparation (Yugoslavia is still neutral) - Cities of Beograd and Uzice to be fortified - engineers move in, Beograd has also been sent another division to protect it. - A 1-6 brigade, 2-6 artillary regiment and a 1-8 anti-aitcraft battalion on its way to Sarjavo, which at the moment is undefended. - Zagreb is well defended with two divisions, artillary and an anti-aircraft battery. GERMAN INTERVENTION IS TRIGGERED FOR FIRST CLEAR WEATHER TURN | |
 Italian forces endeavour to keep Greeks and British at bay, driving them back to the Greek border. |  Joint Greek/British strategic bombing raid by three squadrons on Albanian coast road - result 'Hit'. |
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 The defence of Beograd, soon to receive reinforcements, consists of strong infantry divisions, heavy bombers for air cover and engineers |  The Banat (top centre), Backa (The Backa consists of the area adjacent to the Hungarian border, bounded by the first rivers encountered, containing Subotica and Novi Sad.), and Baranja. |
Feb
II 1941 Turn - Italian Offensive German
Offensive (2) Normal Turn | |
 German
Panzer divisions spill across the Greek border and breach the undefended fortresses near Thessalonike |  Unstoppable, the Panzer divisions supported by infantry successfully attack the airbase at Larissa |
Greek
Phase - Defensive | |
 With Larissa airbase now occupied by Axis forces, British (light coloured tiles) and Greek forces go on the offensive. Note 5-6 Greek units containing the attack in the west |  Strategic bombing by Allied forces blocks the main east coast road so that further Axis forces will be hampered from entering central Greece. Greek northern forces to assist |
| Apr
I 1941 Turn - German
Offensive - British and Greek tank regiment and infantry divisions attacked by 3 Panzer divisions at Larissa, die-roll '1' on a 2:1 ratio, attacker retreats leaving Larissa undefended. - British units attacked south of Larissa, result (HX - half exchange), two Brtish AA batteries lost, a 2-6 infantry brigade survives (British Commonwealth) Hungarian Offensive - Further occupation of Northern Yugoslavia (the Baranja and the Backa in north eastern Yugoslavia). Greek Turn - Greeks reoccupy Larissa after it was vacated by retreating Panzer divisions. - Greeks also form a secondary defensive line west of Volos, there is a fort south-west of Volos which should help the defence of, latterly, Athens itself. |  Further occupation of Northern Yugoslavia by hostile Hungarian forces (the Baranja and the Backa in north eastern Yugoslavia). |
| Apr
II 1941 Turn - German
Offensive - Ground offensive in Greece imparts heavy toll on Greek defenders: 3 divisions, 2 brigades and 5 regiments lost. German losses include SS motorized infantry division, a 5-8 mountain division and an 8-6 infantry. Plus one seige artillary (2-1-10) and one artillary regiment (1-2-8). Not too bad considering gains in mainland Greece. - In the north the Axis continues to infiltrate Yugoslavia pregressing towards Beograd. The Italians contiunue to enter from the north-west. Apr II 1941 Turn - Greek Offensive - British and Commonwealth reinforcements arrive to help defend Athens, which is still under strength. Athens is further strengthened in Movement Phase with two extra divisions and support. - Three Axis formations attacked, two German and one Italian. Largely unsuccessful, resulting in retreats (in a 1:1 ratio) and the loss of a 3-8 light infantry division and one 1-2-6 artlillary brigade (both to the Italians on the south western coast of Albania) Victory Points Axis Forces are now in the advantage with 113 VP's to 94 for the first time in the game. | |
 Situation report: Axis forces have penetrated deep into western Greece |  The Italians (gray-green tiles) in the west and the ever-strong German Panzer divisions in the east |
 German divisions move south in preparation for a full-scale attack in the direction of Athens |  Allied Army headquarters in Athens, now quite strongly defended, however, Thessalonike in the north is weak |
May
I 1941 Turn - German
Offensive | |
 The illustration shows the 11-10 Panzer division crossing the Peloponesian Peninsula, however, it is now out of supply |  The attack on Beograd by strong Panzer divisions, but the attack was an AR and the attacker retreated |
| May
I 1941 Turn - Greek
Movement Phase - Greek divisions move to enclose Italian Forces in western Greece, and to block the road south to Patrai in the Peloponese to prevent more Axis forces using this route to attack Athens. One German 11-10 Panzer division and supporting artillary regiment is in the Peloponese 5 hexes from Athens, however, they are out of supply. - No Greek offensive on this turn. Operation Merkur, the invasion of Crete and the fall of Thessalonike May II 1941 Turn - German Offensive - Airbourne assault on Crete - Operation Merkur, Crete falls. - Thessalonike succumbs to Axis assault and triggers the collapse of Greek resistance | |
 Operation Merkur - the invasion Crete included airbourne forces and brigades transported by sea |  The capture of Thessalonike triggers the collapse of Greek resistance |
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