The most effective russian players I’ve encountered are the ones that are able to build up a force that is able to threaten a counter on a german stack. If a good german player wants to go for Moscow they are able to get it, however I’ve seen plenty games where the UK/USA are putting enough pressure on the German player for him to stop just in front of Moscow. If the Russian player only has bought inf at this point there is not much of a threat for the German player to keep russia contained and slowly kill it economically. However if there is a stack of paired inf/art the pushback power is a lot bigger and thus Germany can be challenged and Russia may be able to break the German wall.
France's role in Global 1940 SE
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I was referring to your critique of the viability of moving the British Mediterrean fleet to sea zone 93.
Given that I don’t have much experience with bids and the fact that almost any Allied strategy will still result in an Axis victory, I don’t have a set UK turn 1 strategy.
Some moves (not all at once, obviously) I think are viable are Taranto, probably Gibastion, in Global hitting Iraq or Ethiopia using the Indian transport if the Soviets aren’t going south, or landing some troops from Canada or the UK in Morroco if possible (otherwise, try to activate Brazil).
I like putting industrial complexes in the Middle East and Africa. Probably one in Egypt on the first turn and one in Persia to fly fighters to Moscow later on. I like to produce fast movers in South Africa’s complex.
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@Cornwallis Your video’s out? Where is the link I can’t find it?
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I don’t think this is the UK video he was specifically talking about, but Cornwallis did make a UK video some time ago:
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@Cornwallis Have you ever seen my France strategy video?
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Yes. I believe I commented on it on the forum.
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@FranceNeedsMorePower no no only home by next Saturday.
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@FranceNeedsMorePower yes i agree with your ideas.
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@SuperbattleshipYamato
It´s a video over a UK opening but not the opening i use nowadays -
@FranceNeedsMorePower what you could do to save the french fleet:
If Germany doesn´t attack the UK cruiser at gibraltar you can scramble in 110 en next to scotland trying to kill as much fighters as you can. Depending on where Germany uses his BB you should be able to kill at least 2. A german player normally also sends one fighter to tobruk. So there are 9 air units left that can reach the french navy. 7 if he builts a carrier.
On UK1 kill the italian destroyer and tpt next to malta with fighter from malta and tac bomb from egypt.
Then in NCM pull all UK ships to South France and add the fighter from gibraltar and malta.
You could take the tpt from egypt with 2 inf with you and land them in S France. Boosting it to 4 ground units might deter italy from attacking it. If he doesn´t you can add the two french from normandy. Or ship in the french and canon for fun sakes. I think italy will use air to attack south france and ignore your fleet. If not and he attacks only the fleet you can tip or even lose your carrier and land fighters in S France.This move is when you really want to hunt the luftwaffe. So UK1 should be a full built on london.
Egypt can´t attack ethiopia but should fortify in order to reppel a Italian landing on italy1.Haven´t tried it and it will probably fail but it will be a very dynamic game.
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@Cornwallis Can you edit your video and make it not for kids? This allows comments as well as saving to playlist. Thank you. Great job.
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That’s basically the sea zone 93 move we talked about earlier. I thought you didn’t like that move?
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@SuperbattleshipYamato i don´t like it bc UK takes huges risks and it will fail 90% of the times but it is possible and will definitly give a Spicy game.
The time i would see use in it is when you activily try to hunt the luftwaffe.
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@crockett36 good remark. Should be better now?
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@SuperbattleshipYamato He tweaked it a bit.
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I know. I recieve notifications when people edit stuff.
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@SuperbattleshipYamato No, I mean the strategy. For example he said to bring over the transport with two guys and land them in Southern France. So it makes the Italians have to think more about what to do.
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@Cornwallis @AndrewAAGamer @barnee @SuperbattleshipYamato @The-Janus Idea:
Say the Allies get a bid. Would it be worthwhile spending it on French units. If so what would be the best buy?
And, what would be the most common number bid for the Allies, then the lowest then the highest?
What would be ideas for French bids?
If they are any good…
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Ah, I see. I don’t see much of a difference. It is true that bring 2 guys over to Southern France makes the strategy more viable.
However, Italy can still overpower Southern France easily. Even if the Malta fighter survives and lands there, Italy, with 2 infantry, 2 artillery, 1 tank, and 1 strategic bomber from Northern Italy, still has a 95% chance of winning against France’s 1 infantry and 1 artillery and Britain’s 1 infantry, 1 tank, and 1 fighter.
The remaining Italian naval units can still trap the Allies in the bind I explained earlier:
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@FranceNeedsMorePower said in France's role in Global 1940 SE:
@Cornwallis @AndrewAAGamer @barnee @SuperbattleshipYamato @The-Janus Idea:
Say the Allies get a bid. Would it be worthwhile spending it on French units. If so what would be the best buy?
And, what would be the most common number bid for the Allies, then the lowest then the highest?
What would be ideas for French bids?
If they are any good…
Honestly, my immediate “out of the box” idea would be to get a transport, someplace defensible. Getting those 2 inf off of UK can be helpful, and being able to move units around with your own transports is always faster than walking, or using someone else’s transports.
Beyond that? it really depends on what sort of limitations there are, in terms of where you’re allowed to place stuff.
Could you put a harbor in French West Africa? That space always intrigues me because it borders 3 distinct sea zones; the problem is only 1 of them is within naval range of the US, and it’s the one that’s 4 sea zones from South Africa – so you can never quite complete that chain.
…other than that? I dunno. Would you want a tac. to go with your fighter, if all you’re really doing is defending? A harbor in Syria, to effectively connect Greece to Gibraltar? An airfield in Equatorial Africa (7 spaces from the US…)?
Would an airfield in Morocco or Algeria have any utility? I’m always intrigued by that possibility, since both straddle 2 sea zones.
If part of the Gibastion tactic (as mentioned by @AndrewAAGamer )is to build an airfield in Gibraltar, then having one in Morocco is probably just as effective.I generally wouldn’t find much use for additional units (other than the transport, like I mentioned) but some infrastructure pieces might be useful.
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I’m a intermediate Global player so I don’t really have much for advice about a French bid. As Janus said, a transport might be useful.
If you’re looking to play Global with more French units, I suggest Oztea’s 1941. It also has some additional ANZAC units.
https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/topic/20624/oztea-s-1941-global-setup?page=1
I recommend using the UHD map UHD World War II Global You have to activate in “Game Options”. At some point I’ll decouple it and make it a stand alone.
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