My original calculations did not even consider that Japan has to repair the damage it causes. That extra cost means that over two rounds of strat bombing Japan is at around zero net-gain even if no strat bombers were lost in the process.
Marsh
I don’t see how invading a true nuetra could ever be a good idea… The axis would get a ton of free units and free money if US takes spain. I just think bombers are now possibly a viable strategy to winning. In my oppinion this doesn’t make sense because if all these historians are reading the same books as I am doesn’t it say that the allies had a HUGE majority in air power. Multiple thousand bomber raids! These thousand bomber raids didn’t end the war or even hurt Germany as much as non historians might think. A B-17 takes over twice as many materials and 12 times as much man power as a fighter. How then can a bomber be worth 12 and a fighter be worth 10? I am fine with this if bombers don’t get the +2 on bombing runs. 1-2 bombers a turn from America could mean Germany is spending 20-40 dollars a turn repairing its major industries.
The axis wouldnt get very many units at all, really.
One generally hits Spain and Turkey simultaniously and generally at a time when there is no transports or Germans in or near Sweeden. That means the best chance is for Japan to get Afghanistan and generally, that’s not really a possibility either.
So essentially, Germany attacks Spain America gets a TON of infantry from S. America. America attacks Spain, Germany gets nothing, but the Allies get a one stop depot of Infantry drop offs from E. USA to Europe.
I don’t know how japan doesn’t get afghanistan. Also Japan would get those 6 troops in mongolia. Everything Else I see what you are saying. Are allies winning by so much in your games that they can afford to give 10 free infantry to Japan at the minimum and 2 extra dollars?