@saburo:
If I could trade the 76 IPC value of the German navy, I would do it in a second. I would take 2 Inf and 1 Arm in Libya and 13 Arm in Ukraine (or even in Germany if you think it is unfair to put them in Ukraine). Germany is a land power. It’s objective is to take out Russia and in the absence of being able to do that it’s objective is to stay alive long enough for Japan to take out Russia. It doesn’t need a navy to do that.
SS
Dope! OF COURSE YOU WOULD TRADE NAVAL UNITS FOR GROUND UNITS WITH GERMANY! The question is NOT whether or not you can trade in naval units for ground units. It is whether or not Germany needs its navy given the existing board setup. Or specifically, the Baltic carrier.
If you want to do wildly hypothetical things like swap out naval units for ground units, then start a new thread!
(edit: flame against Sakai not needed)
“It doesn’t need a navy to do that.”
Oh, okay, so hows about you trade your entire navy for ONE German infantry in Ukraine? Clearly not a fair trade?
My viewpoint is that you NEED the German navy to stall out the Allies in the Atlantic. I debate whether or not it is necessary to purchase new naval units for Germany, but I believe Germany needs its existing navy. Without going into hypotheticals about switching out units!