MOVED: Strategic Bombing Raids…..completely pointless

Thanks for the quick answer.  I can accept that it was legal, but can it ever be right for sons to bomb their own father?  Well, I suppose that it’s all my fault, since I attacked first.

I often find that much of the Russian fighting power becomes stacked in Belorussia. Btt by building eight tanks each turn, I can easily use the combined forces to crush the Belorussian army, and after that the door to Moscow is blown wide open.

im pretty sure that fighters can defend against any planes during a SBR, bombers being escorted or not. as Mantlefan says, otherwise that would make no sense.

@lnxduk: I always played that you can build even if there are enemy units in the seazone. I think this is the actual rule, but you have to have the battle that turn. Not sure though.

AS TO THE ORIGINAL QUESTION, YES YOU MISSED A RULE. GERMANY CANNOT BUT 56 IPC’S WORTH OF ANYTHING IN THE FIRST ROUND (YOUR 4 TRANSPORTS & 2 DETSTROYERS.

@Gewehr: Because for that game, it seemed that 1:subs still were screwing with me 2: I had made many attempts to invade, but failed miserably every time The key is sustainability – you have to set up a “chain” of transports that can get troops into Europe EVERY TURN.  It takes a while to build that chain, but once you do, it’s the kiss of death for the Krauts. As for subs, DDs and bombers are key.  And Germany shouldn’t be buying that many subs after about turn 3 or she will run short on land units (at least, if you are taking advantage of the rule that allows you to move British and American stuff the Russia and have it converted to Russian pieces.  That’s a BIG headache for Germany to overcome).