@elevenjerk:
If the Japanese took the Aleutians I would not bother fighting for it, but I would move a couple mechs/Inf to Alaska or Canada. If Japan has its fleet in the south, than the US could go take the Aleutians if they wanted without fear of losing their fleet.
That would be perfect for Japan. You only make 67 ipcs. The mech and inf in alaska do nothing since you have to have transports to get to the islands and thats 6 to 8 ipcs doing nothing.
They take their fleet to the islands, thats fine as well since they are 2 moves away from getting back to Hawaii to pose a threat. Japan just blocks sz 7 so they can’t get to the capital.
Well, with Japan putting troops in the Aleutians, they aren’t putting them in Asia, making things easier on India/China/ANZAC and the US.
How do the US lose 3 turns if they send their whole fleet to the Aleutians? They can hit Japan from there, Hawaii, and/or Carolines depending where they are. You say you can block them, but you only block combat movement, they can send planes/bombers to his the Japan SZ and then Noncombat their fleet there (again, depending on what Japan has to counter with).
I don’t think it is a terrible move, but typically I never have enough Japanese land units in Asia to beat both China and India (and Russia if they attack me turn 2 or later).