@Dafyd:
I have a question about the Soviet troops moving into China.� Isn’t that considered an act of war by the Japanese?�
Yes, but so what? It doesn’t affect the US entry into the war or anything else worth worrying about.
US Gibraltar troops? I find that going via Gibraltar, the path to Norway is too easily blocked by the Kreigsmarine and Luftwaffe. You not only have to fight through any ships in SZ112 but there is also a scramble involved. You also have the risk that the Italians could take back Gibraltar in some cases. Whereas the path via Iceland needs far fewer ships. You can make it a suicide run for the transports if the sea is undefended - again something you can’t do via Gibraltar with the scramble out of West Germany. You need hardly any ships for such a suicide run.
If you accept the premise that the war is won and lost in the USSR it could be worth ignoring China, ANZAC and India. Although I think that would be taking things too far.
@taamvan:
I sometimes keep 3-5 troops over by Finland to threaten it, its not that uncommon that I take it. However, its almost always a bad move
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you need those guys. Every one of them
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if they don’t head east or south by R2, they are going to get killed or cut off
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you cannot attack as Russia. Unless your opponent has left a monumentally stupid stack somewhere. I have attacked many times with favorable odds/placement/strafe and it always results in Russia losing 1-3 turns faster.
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you cannot attack with Russia. Lets reiterate this; no attack no matter how cheap or what NOs you achieve will work because:
Remember: Germany has 1 sea stack, 2-3 giant air stacks and 4 land stacks and you barely have 1 land and one air.
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Yes, I know you want to attack. You want to attack Japan in the East, and also Germany. Don’t. It doesn’t work.
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If the Axis are smart, they will both attack Russia. This is a G2 DoW and a J1 DoW that leaves the US completely out of the war. The only time you can pressurize the eastern front with USSR is if Japan goes after India. If you see them go south, they cant also go north.
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The only way the Axis can fail to defeat Russia (sans bid) is if they rely on Germany alone to kill it.
Have fun.
A few points -
- 3-5 guys doesn’t do anything useful. I don’t understand why you’d do that.
- You need to prevent the German northern force from attacking Leningrad by G3. If you force them back, that puts it back to G5. Even if they land a bunch of planes and sit still in Finland, you’ve at least deferred it back to G4.
The only time I’ve gotten into Norway as USSR it was with some mobile troops. I wondered if it was worth it, because once I got the troops there I then couldn’t bring them back. However, getting in as USA adds a heap of value. A bunch of USSR troops provide a landing field for the USA if coming from Iceland and they mutually defend each other. You also can use Finland for strategic bombing as USA or UK.
@Spendo02:
Just buy ARM with Russia every turn and place them on Moscow. Full retreat with starting units.
Don’t sacrifice anything to defend territory
Gives you something like 26 INF and 30+ ARM by the 6th turn. Assuming a G3 DOW, that means the absolute earliest the Germans could arrive would be to attack on G6 - and they won’t blitz ARM ahead when you’re stack of ARM is just as large.
The moment the Germans step next to Moscow, send everything at them.
Either you win or you get diced.
No Allied intervention required and more entertaining than sitting back and waiting.
I think you have to assume a G2 DOW.
Wouldn’t you buy a bunch of artillery as well if this is your strategy? They’re better value on attack when you already have a bunch of inf.
If USSR tried this against me, I’d be inclined to take down all the bonuses as Germany before stepping next to Moscow. Even if you did lose, USSR still couldn’t come back because they’re being massively out produced.