@MrMalachiCrunch:
I have yet to see a successful northern german fleet strategy pulled off. Controlling Africa and say trans-jordan and madagascar represents a shift in 13 IPC, much more than norway and karellia.
you dont have those IPC’s till later rounds… and the allies can fight for egypt to slow germany’s expansion into africa.
while holding karelia and norway is 5 they dont usually have if choosing to fight africa
@MrMalachiCrunch:
I am not sure how 1 transport threatens Britain. Britain build 8 INF, now what? Now you get to choose to spend more money on the northern fleet that becomes a boatanchor around your neck just to protect the initial investment. Moreover, anything that navy can do your navy in norway or karellia you can do with land forces alone.
I said buy a transport… there is already 1 there so thats 2… and for this to work you need to sink the british battleship and transport in SZ 2. with sub, bomber, and fighter.
@MrMalachiCrunch:
There is NO way that BB comes through the english channel and lives. You move it to SZ 12 on G1 and the brits or the americans sink it with either 2 ftr+bomber as the brits or cc+bomber as the americans.
the battleship would only move to gibraltar. when germany moves the northern fleet then you move the battleship 2 to park below britain with everything. If britain tries to sink the bb… it can only send 2 fighters and a bomber but the fighters land in gibraltar and are not defending britain. the allies can Block the battleship… with a US cruiser… but that means germany attacks it instead.
all this depends on other factors of course… but its possible Ive played a game with that strategy and it worked well. Russia was trying to hold off Germany and japan… Germany was hammmering Russia by land and UK was always under threat ( a few naval battles to keep the threat alive) Britain was stuck defending the homeland… never had a chance to put a complex anywhere else… Japan was running rampant in the pacific, taking territs in africa and asia. Because the US was forced to assist britain and russia and try to build to defend its pacific territs and turn back on japan.