Pacific 1940 Strategies 1/4: ANZAC and UK

The following is a video that is a “how-to” script on this extremely devastating strategy for Japan in Global 1940:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRi3aIsj8P8

2 big things that work to Allies favor:
-After round 1 Ivan and the Yankees get to move back to back and coordinate
-If Russia is dug in defensively, UK fighters can defend a Russian western front when Germany is up and move to an eastern front for defense against Japan.

I’m not sure I agree with your numbers under section 1 but the other sections are spot on.  Section 2 is particularily good advice.  If you need to win 3 ‘deadzones’ to block blitz avenues to lighly defended air assests behind ‘the lines’ you better think carefully about HAVING to win ALL 3.

Perhaps we are looking at things from a different angle for section 1 but I get these odds:

10 infantry vs 6 infantry; probable outcome is 4 attacking infantry (12 IPCs) surviving.

50/50 mark of casualties is 6 Inf, like you state, although a 26% chance the attacker loses.  The 50/50 mark means you are equally likely to get better or worse.

5 infantry and 3 tanks vs 6 infantry, probable outcome is 1 attacking infantry and 3 tanks (18 IPCs) surviving.

50/50 mark of casualties is 2 Inf not the 4 Inf you state, in fact, there is a 90% chance the the loses are lower than you state and there is not statistical likelihood of attacker losing or even losing more than a single tank.

5 tanks vs 6 infantry, probable outcome 2-3 tanks (10-15 IPCs) surviving.

The 50/50 mark is 1 tank surviving.  In fact, you are nearly going to lose that attack 50% of the time and about 60% you have 1 or less surviving tanks.

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Re: Spring 1942 - Fortress Europe Axis StrategyI remember one game I played as axis I built nothing but submarines with Germany and japan and it helped to secure the coastal territories from attack I also used the German subs had like 7 of them at one and 3 bombers and targeted the British fleet and in the pacific with japan I built up to 9 subs and had a huge air force with them and scared the Americans out of the pacific and my armies were victorious in Russia about to collapse even protected my transports really good

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If Egypt is uncounterable, Germany could send 3 tanks to Ken on G2 and land some planes in Egypt, putting the SAf IC in a big bind. For a SAf IC, I like EM’s setup more (it’s floating around somewhere in the Revised section).

If you can counter Egypt, I think a SAf IC is not worth it I think. Landing in Alg, putting your planes in WRu and eliminating the German Med fleet on UK 2 is a better way of securing Africa if that’s what you really want.

I usually don’t like IC’s for the UK early.  I think it becomes quite a task to defend and could even require the occassional Russian support.

I think Japan does one of two things

1 - They B-line for it and probably eventually take it.  Which even if this is rd 4,5, or 6 it is still a free IC and within a tanks distance of Cauc.

2 - They kind of ignore it and B-line Mos with the Center-North routes.  Yes Japan has to trade Fic but with 2 BB-shots UK is essentially just throwing away inf (or worse tanks) for nothing as Japan can still land inf on Fic (with BB-shots, air support) and Inf on Bury (which is quicker to Mos).  They’ll still get Aus and Nz in a few turns and now if Japan has a stack of troops in Sin/Yak poised to merge at Novo, what good is a stack of Allied troops in Ind (or even Fic)?

Now if you are thinking UK IC on Ind, US IC on Sin and a KJF strat (or contain/slow Japan strat) then it is probably a better play, but you have to be confident in your Russian game that you’ll be able to hold of the Germany onslaught for a good 5,6 turns, while the other two Allies set up the Asian defense and try and squeeze Japan.