I think what I would do is just stack Paris, sink z96, and grab Java and land the ANZAC fighters there. I calculate that Germany would have to use the entire luftwaffe plus all land units in range to take Paris without losing large number of tanks/mechs. I think this is historically fair because stacking Paris would be in the spirit of France being in defensive mode, and let’s just say that in the real war France got diced by the sickle cut. It should have been harder for Germany. So in this scenario the royal navy would be quite safe and without any possibility of sealion they could easily afford to nuke Taranto and build an IC in Egypt right away. Russia gets some breathing room and a strong UK gives USA more room to focus on the Pacific. ANZAC having an extra round of income and $14 for the first couple rounds is a small help too.
Vichy France
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Has anyone tried a house rule where after germany takes paris, he or the french player can choose to either switch sides or stay free? Like france becomes an axis with no capital, and certain territories/units or all fo them become axis, and like FIC auto goes to japan or something. This would be interesting. And when the allies would liberate paris, france would go back to allied control. This might be an interesting way to balance european axis with making this easier for italy in the med(like editing some NO). And helping japan out by going around the bs NO of losing the 10ipc bonus for walking in FIC normally. This is all up for discussion, and let me know if its already been tried by Larry or talked about in a diff thread.
Thoughts?
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