Allied play in Europe 1940

[Cornwallis]

@The-Janus indd if you pull one more unit away than i did then italy can take it. Now they can´t.

[The Janus]

Having not played the Global game yet, is it generally pretty standard practice to have the UK just send all of their ships from the Pacific map over towards the Red Sea (en route to the Mediterranean)?

You do seem to use a lot of stuff from India etc. in this move, which in a Europe-only game the UK would not have at their disposal.

[barnee]

@The-Janus said in Allied play in Europe 1940:

s it generally pretty standard practice to have the UK just send all of their ships from the Pacific map over towards the Red Sea

Hi Janus

I would say usually but not always. Some like to take Sumatra for India and move the DD to Singapore for the block when the BB withdraws.

Other times people smash E Africa, although leaving that for SSR a good idea. Activating Persia and then taking Iraq next turn is another common action.

I’ve seen the BB go to NSW as well. Overall , I would say your assumption is correct the majority of the time but as I’ve said before, I’m not a top tier player :)

When you guys gonna start that multi ? Should be fun to follow :)

[The Janus]

I think the broader issue is whether the UK can afford to let the Italians into SZ98 completely uncontested. Egypt seems super weak in the early going, and just letting them dump 2 transport loads in for free is going to bury the UK.

USSR is basically a lost cause, so the only thing keeping the Axis from a VC win is UK holding out in Egypt, or a very early D-Day and recapture of Paris.

[Cornwallis]

@The-Janus they can dump units in there non the less. But not enough to take it on I1. And now you can retaliate on their fleet and still protect egypt and keep your fighters who can later on fly to moscow.

Normally Uk does the taranto raid in sz98. What italy normally does is go to Alexandria on I1. On G2 germany destroys cheaply the remaining UK ships and fly on to alexandria bolstering the defense. UK on UK2 has then already lost the Med bc she can only send 2 or 3 new ships which italy can kill. And on I2 they can land new units plus air attack on egypt.

With my idea you will keep egypt. Ok italy has other options but they often overstretch so UK can kill them piece by piece.

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@Cornwallis I see you made a video of are combined strategy, you should share it with the others. The Luftwaffe one I mean.

[Cornwallis]

@FranceNeedsMorePower i did. It´s in a new thread here on the forum.

[FranceNeedsMorePower]

@Cornwallis Oh ok. I will check it out.

[The Janus]

@Cornwallis said in Allied play in Europe 1940:

On G2 germany destroys cheaply the remaining UK ships and fly on to alexandria bolstering the defense.

My sense is that any opportunity to get a shot at the Luftwaffe is worth it. BUT the Allies need to have Italy effectively out of the game ASAP to really be successful, though – and I’m not convinced that can even happen in time to save the USSR.

Perhaps it’s a topic for my other thread, but I’m beginning to disagree more and more with the change in mechanics, where transports no longer have a defense value; navy costs too much, and air power is too effective for the Axis. These interacting factors seem to be what is slanting the game against the Allies.

[Cornwallis]

@The-Janus indeed hurting the luftwaffe is a plus but not if it costs you way too much. Keeping your fighters with UK and alive in the Med then they can go to moscow fast.