IMO the German Med fleet is one of the most overrated pieces on the board b/c in reality Germany cannot afford to send any troops from Europe anyway. The game is won or lost in Europe and Africa is merely a sidebar so to that end no great lengths should be taken to protect the German BB. A few exceptions are to send it to the WMed to threaten the Uk1 naval build so as to make them not build or waste a ftr to destroy a bb. However this assumes you have enough air to be able to attack all other units of the Royal Navy which is iffy at best. Another reason to spare the bb is by going to Syria on G1 along with a take of AES f/Libya this helps protect Africa and gives Germany a huge ipc boom going on into the game. However, its very difficult to say if Germany will be able to afford this in Europe without risking EEuro so in general I’d say that the best move is to simply kack the bb against the Med bb and concentrate air in the UkSz while using the transport to landgrab Cauc or whatever.
Favorite invasion of Germany
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I know, I’m a little strange, but I like to go straight for Berlin through the sea north of Germany.
Oooh, classy! Nobody would expect that…are you the Spanish Inquisition?
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@Grigoriy:
I know, I’m a little strange, but I like to go straight for Berlin through the sea north of Germany.
Oooh, classy! Nobody would expect that…are you the Spanish Inquisition?
NOBODY expects . . . the Spanish Inquisition.
Fear and suplise - those are our two chief weapons . . . -
And an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope…our THREE weapons…
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Fetch the comfy chair!
NOW! Poke her with the cushions!
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Turn the …
sigh
turn the rack …
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@cystic:
Fear and suplise - those are our two chief weapons . . .
Doncha mean…
“Feal and suplise” with your really bad Japanese accent? -
I start off in Finland to support the Russians in Kar.
After 3-4 turns and sufficient transport additions. I look for the 1-2 US/UK to either Spain, WE or Ger for the backbreaker.
Spain sets up the US to assault WE. US Fighters can also land there. Ger cannot effectively attack b/c most of its armor is in EE.
The Spain or WE landing from the Azores sea zone also allows you to land some UK troops into Algeria for the Africa campaign. This also threatons SE.
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As the UK, I prefer D-Day, mostly because US forces can follow up before Germany’s next move. Italy is also good, but tricky to pull off (takes 2 turns unless someone has an IC in Africa).
Don’t ignore Eastern Europe, either - especially if USSR still holds Karelia. Attack requires overwhelming force (or luck), but if it works it cuts Germany off from the front and allows Russia to reinforce you or blitz through.
Finland/Norway is usually a dead end; fine for a raid, but not a big enough deal to draw significant forces away from the Russian front. -
I will always do D-Day through Spain. Even if I’m not planing to I will land troops in Spain to make the Germans think I will do it. You’d be surprised how mayn German troops can be tied down in WEurope because of a Spain landing.
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yeah spain first then france and if the russians need it, eastern europe
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Is a really bad idea assuming the Germans have built up a really big stack there.
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