Entering the War

I have already attempted to talk Larry into changing the DOW rules for Russia so that if England falls and/or Germany drops below a certain threshold of Infantry then Russia can declare war prior to Round 4.  He didn’t seem to want to comment on it.  Honestly, I highly doubt Stalin was honorable enough to see Germany draw down most (if not virtually all) their troops to take out London and NOT take advantage of the situation with an invasion of his own.

America already can declare war the instant England falls.

@Cmdr:

America already can declare war the instant England falls.

See, now that is a rule I wonder about.  Ruanek is right about the American public being VERY isolationist in the early 40s.  Most people felt that the whole war in Europe was just another “European squabble” and not to be meddled with.  I think there was a Gallup Poll just a little while before Pearl Harbor that showed 4 out of 5 Americans felt this way.  So, I’m not so sure America would have entered the war even if London fell.  After all, London was still Europe, not a part of America. 
It took Pearl Harbor, actual American sailors and airmen being killed and American assets getting blown up, to get the American people hungry for war, and then it was mainly against Japan.  The only reason we ended up going after Germany and Italy was because Hitler and Musolini formally declared war on the US because of the Tripartite Pact with Japan.  I often wonder if they didn’t declare war on the US and/or if England actually fell to the Axis if the US would have went after the European Axis at all.  They might have just ended up in a war against Japan.
However, if Axis troops actually landed in Canada, that may be a different story.  Not sure if Americans would tolerate the Axis so close to home.

Yes, but a good strategy is to leave England under-defended so Germany attacks it on round 2, thus, USA declares war on Round 2.  If you stack right, you might even have the equipment to liberate it on Round 3.

America declaring war when London falls seems highly implausible. That’s a long way to go with no allies to help. I don’t see it.

If any Axis power attacked America then i could see a DOW against all Axis powers. Or if China had only one territory left i could see an American DOW again Japan. The current DOW rules are too contrived and unnatural.

Strategy for a game and historical accuracy are different things.  Remember, this is a game, not a recreation of history.  At best it is a “what if” but more accuractely, it is a game of the World War II flavor.

If you make the game historically accurate (IL did this for revised once) you make it unplayable.  Historically speaking, America should have thrice the carrier groups, at least double the aircraft, England hsould have way more destroyers, America should not be limited to coastal territories on the Atlantic board, Russia should be able to declare whenever they want on whomever they want and probably have a lot more infantry (maybe roll the dice to see if they actually show up or something.)  After America’s in the war, China should be able to buildwhatever htey want to represent gifts from America.  England should either stand together or fall together, none of this split stuff.  Germany should probably have five times as many submarines and all scattered around the north and central atlantic…

As you can see, things get really messy and balance goes out the window quickly.

Because then the players for Russia and US are having booger picking contests while they wait 5 rounds to actually get to play.

Remember, lots of people play this game multiplayer, not 2 plyr.

It would almost certainly ensure that Russia falls before America can save it.