Has anyone tried a J1 invasion of Alaska?

[Birdman86]

Combat move the transports (2 inf and 2 tank) from japan to alaska, take it. Noncombat move all the fighters and tac bombers there and put up a Minor IC J2.  Then take out all the units at PI J1 with airpower and “take” it J2.

[gamerman01]

You can’t non-combat airplanes to a territory you just took that turn.  The Americans would counter-attack Alaska and take it back.

I’ve defended against an all-out “kill USA first” strategy.  It doesn’t work.  There are threads devoted to that topic on these boards that you can read.

Happy gaming!

[Birdman86]

hmm good point.

[Wilson2]

What would be an interesting game would be if Japan took US but ignored the other nations. Then Japan fighting UK, ANZAC, and China.

[gamerman01]

@Wilson2:

What would be an interesting game would be if Japan took US but ignored the other nations. Then Japan fighting UK, ANZAC, and China.

It is possible, but if the USA player knows what he’s doing, is maybe a 20-30% chance, tops.