@Zhukov44:
It’s clear enough that KGF has its flaws. But in my experience, KGF is the only Allied strategy in 41 that has a decent percentage of working, both for my Allies and against my Axis. Germany with NOs is too much of a monster…it needs to be beat down with 3 clubs. Now, I don’t rule out the possibility that the ideal Allied strat would include some Pacific action, if for no other reason then to distract Jap air power. But the key component in Allied victories seems to be winning on the Eastern front (ie an offensive Russia), and this doesn’t seem possible without some American support in the European theater, or at least an American effort to help out in Africa so UK can do stuff in Europe.
But again what I’d like to discuss is options for winning the long game with a KGF start against an Axis that knows what its doing. Some of the issues might be…
- Can a Persia stack be done in AA50 against a competent Japan?
- Is it better for Allies to stack Poland or France late game?
- How to keep Africa in the Allied column while continuing to pile on pressure on Germany/Italy?
- Kill Italy or Germany first?
You are exactly correct, an agressive Russia is needed in 1941.
Also, I feel that the little brother must be knocked down as much as possible:
Get after Italy with USA alone (optimally) or a combination of USA and UK.
UK can hopefully help russia over the top by taking finland, norway or even flowing units through karelia or archangel.
with this added income (africa should be in allied hands), make sure you are getting your share of ftrs. Why?
These are the key to holding any large Russian push against Germany: land ftrs to support the Russian army thrust.
also, getting after Italy opens another front the axis must be concerned about: The fall of italy.
USA units will march through africa to meet Japan in Persia.
I also advocate SOME USA pacific naval purchases. Keep Japan honest… you don’t have the resources to go toe-to-toe with Japan.
To me, a gob of allied ftrs give the flexiblity the allies need to deal with axis mid game thrusts (and keep them worried about a dump of UK/UK ground units into NWE supported by 8 ftrs)
After all, the Allies won the war through supperior air power.
ALLIES_FLY!