@WindowWasher Good day. Japan needs the income from the DEI and need to keep India on the defensive, not expanding. I agree with Awk others here:  Oz can wait. Make Japan a monster first.
I have played close to 100 1940 games and don’t think anyone has tried to take Sydney from me early on.
Try it, but I don’t think it would work against most players here.
If the UK declares war on Japan, can Japan invade the DEI?
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As said,
If the U.K. Declares war on Japan, can Japan declare war on the D.E.I. without a reprimand from the U.S.A. ?
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Thanks for contributing to the community Mantlefan.
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I am pretty sure this one was covered on one of the 74 pages of FAQ’s. I’m pretty sure the answer was yes. UK delcaration gives Japan the ability to hit the Dutch without USA coming into the war.
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I see not even you are willing to look into the quagmire of that thread, to extract an answer.
You also need to understand completely, that the FAQ changes like underwear, one minute it’s this way, the next minute it’s alpha this, beta that.
The latest inclination is that an UNPROVOKED attack on the U.K. / DEI brings the U.S>A. into the war. Mantlefan is right.
Before I believe it was just a declaration of war that would suffice.
 


		
		


