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Germany Taking India - Go for Pacific Win?

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@NoMercy:

It’s great that the Axis can try all these crazy strategies and likely succeed against Allies who haven’t seen them before; I just wish the Allies could do similar things…I find it a bit unfair that the Axis get to have all the fun.

I think that is just the way the game is, the Axis are the “aggressor” and need to attack to win; while the allies are the defender and need to react to the situations while keeping the big picture in mind. I think the allies are a lot of fun as well; with the UK being a lot of fun and involved everywhere and very important to the overall allied success.
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@Corperal-Siggy-F option 1: stand outside of Moscow while slowly building up ground trips. Germany should be able to gain 10 ground units a turn plus a couple planes. Russia can’t keep up and eventually gets overwhelmed. That happens on G7 without Allied assistance, and inevitably around G13 even with the best aide.

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