A lot of posters seemed stunned at this scenario, never scene it ever happen or even could happen. Now that I mulled it over last night and looked at the rules and so forth it is very obvious to me why no one has ever scene this scenario. Because the scenario makes no logical sense.
Italy DOW on Russia and moves in 2 tanks into Eastern Poland.
Russia is now at war with Italy and can DOW on Germany at the start of their next turn, turn 3.
Germany on Turn 3 does not DOW on Russia and just non combats into Eastern Poland.
Russia at the start of Turn 3 DOW on Germany and off we go.There is no logical reason why Russia would not DOW on Germany at the start of Turn 3, none.
Heck you could argue that it makes no logical sense that Germany did not DOW on Russia at the start of G3 since Italy brought Russia into the war and Russia WILL DOW on Germany on R3.
Hi PainState,
From my perspective, if I was planning on doing a G3 Barbarossa AND I wanted to drive towards the south, then yes, it makes sense to not DOW. My stack will be together except for the minimum required mobile units and maybe 1 AAA in Poland so Russia doesn’t attack Poland to get their NO for occupying an Axis territory. But E. Poland will be real strong because the German air will be there and maybe bombers will also be in range of a raid on the Moscow factory. Also, 5 IPCs is more income than I’d probably get as Germany on the 1st turn.
There are a few disadvantages of course. 1, Russian blockers can’t be attacked. 2, the Scandinavian units are behind. But for me that’s ok, I just use them to lay siege anyways. I never expect to get Moscow on turn 6 anymore. I assume that the UK/Anzac and that lone French fighter are going to get to Moscow.Â
All these AARs; why don't you mention the French units?
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So far, I have played 2 Europe games. In the first game, the Allies won and in the second, the Axis won.
In the second game, it seemed as though the Axis couldn’t get a bad roll. The French pieces were all pretty much trounced, but then again so were the British pieces. Paris was taken in round 1 and London in round 2. Due to a massive German buildup, Operation Barbarossa was a huge success and Italy not only cleared out Africa but managed to send a strong force up through Iraq and Persia to give the Russians a further front to worry about. Italy ended up capturing Stalingrad.
In the first game however, the French were very active. The Med fleet was lost, but cost the Italians dearly (damaged BB, lost CA, lost fighter). The French DD from SZ 72 assisted the British CA in the Med, along with a British tac bomber from South Africa, in not allowing the Italians any more naval units and keeping them penned up in Italy. The African and Syrian French Infantry were used to guard Egypt for a while then moved via US transports to retake Southern France. The US eventually liberated Paris, gaining the French 4 extra infantry plus their income back. They did indeed purchase 2 tanks and an artillery and on the next round actually took Western Germany. On the following round the US took Berlin and ended the game.
So, at least in the first game, my French pieces saw a lot of activity which was pretty cool because I like playing with the new pieces. It makes me wish that there were at least a few pieces stationed in French Indo-China. I’m sure Japan would simply trash them quick but it would be neat to have them there at start. -
cos they robed irelands place in the world cup,by cheating,and got knocked out in the first round,kinda like in ww2,LOL
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