@Chris_Henry The problem that both 1936 and Axis and Allies share is the fact that the Allies can’t move together outright is what makes ANZAC much weaker than in real life. The military units Australia sent to Malaya and Africa were taken there by transports that ANZAC lacked at the start of the war. 1936 at least gives you the option to have ANZAC move with UK due to the joint military command structure between the three nations in real life, at least they got that part right.

Well the only other option is to build them up to threaten a response to the Dutch Island should Japan try to take them, which they will. ANZAC somewhat automatically stops Japan from expanding too hard due to the threat of a counter attack somewhere.

Commonwealth Rule clearly states that all members of the Commonwealth are to attack and defend together. This is a rare thing of allowing the Allies to work together. In 36, it is next to impossible for ANZAC to work on its own due to how isolated it is and how badly their nation is from the start. They make the least money out of everyone and have the lowest factory output. There for, the only great use I see for them as well as what I’ve seen get used against me is to use their forces to boost and work with FEC. They make great strategic reserves for FEC in this case.

@GeneralHandGrenade Sure but as I said, in every Axis and Allies game and so far in every single HBG. It is next to impossible to mass an army against your enemy and still leave a reserve army if your enemy is playing good. Obviously this happens if your enemy is defeated or near it. Hence why as the Comintern, I found it’s incredibly easy to just fight the European Axis and still able to expand elsewhere. The Allies are basically forced to deal with one or the other but not both.

Vichy is a must in my opinion, even if you get the worse case situation and get nothing. Southern France being Vichy blocks Italy from being conquered through France. This is a good reason why you may not want to take Switzerland as the Axis.

Another good reason too as the Comintern is to let the Allies gain a foothold against the Axis. The Allies cannot invade the Axis territories and leave a reserve army in their own territory. Thus as the Comintern, put enough pressure to make the Axis 50/50 against you and the Allies and then proceed to smash the neutrals neither side can gain and thus you can put yourself in such a strange position that you can invade Africa and India right when you need to. V3 makes this even easier as in V3, right at July of 39, the Comintern can declare war on anyone.

Try doing what I did and put three transports in the pacific with three infantry and three artillery and sail them to jack Allied territory Japan can’t hit ASAP.

@Chris_Henry Lend Lease in V2 states that you may only lend lease one unit OR half income per turn. If you tie this up to Free France then no one else is going to get Lend Lease. Second, if Germany is depending on Vichy income to win, then it’s obvious to me that Germany is too weak to whatever offensive it’s going at.

@Chris_Henry It benefits the Axis to allow France to have a free pass at Vichy. Under the Vichy France system, your game in theory will never have the same amount of Vichy territories, it is possible for all of France to go Vichy and also possible for Vichy to not exist. It completely depends on the dice. Also if Free France lets say only retains 25% of their original territories, the allies lend leasing to Free France may give them a better chance to get at Vichy but that also means they are not lend leasing to someone else.

@Mr-Kell Ah yes they do but you can’t get the infantry to Paris before Germany can but you can get the fighter so that adds on defense. If you pay attention to what I set up, it’s still pretty damn favorable for Germany, it just has to bring in the airforce to make it a victory.