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January 1, 2000 - 00:00 Devastating Russian Strategy

Submitted by Christopher B.
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Here is a Russian strategy that has proven so devastating to the Axis powers that it has forced my A&A buddies and I to a dopt a permanent "no Russian first attack" rule to compensate. Conventional wisdom has the Russians attacking eastern Europe on their first move. The theo ry is that this will cut the German supply lines to the Eastern front, making a German first round attack on Karelia unattractive. The downside of an East ern Europe attack, or any Russian attack involving tanks, is that those tanks will invariably be destroyed by a German counteroffensive. In the arm s race with Germany that seems common in the first few rounds of play, the Russians can ill afford to replace lost tanks. Russia will be without offen sive power and will pose no threat to the Germans who can then focus on Africa and the British navy.

August 25, 1999 - 23:00 Russia's Opening Round

Submitted by Dale Nordyke
Strategy

In my opinion, Russia is the key to the whole game. At first glance it would appear that Russia is the weakest of the Allies and while that may be true to begin with, Russia has territory and men to burn in exchange for time. My best opening move is to buy 8 men=24 IPC. Move all men from Russia to Karelia. Move all but one man from the Urals to Karelia. Move all planes to Karelia, they have excellent defensive strength. Then move all tanks to Russia (they are much to valuable offensively to waist in defense) and consolidate as many men in the Eastern Soviet Union as is possible to put pressure on the Japanese in Manchuria. Then place the 8 men that have been purchased in Karelia. This gives Russia a SCARY number of men to defend Karelia with and the one man in the Urals prevents any blitzkrieg into the Russian capital. Note that I would NOT attack the Germans at all. To do so would only reduce the defensive strength of Russia for a somewhat insignificant reduction in German power.