Global 2nd edition Q+A ( AAG40.2)

Here is the situation. Germany has a bunch of mechs in both Ukraine and Bryansk but no tanks in either. Germany also has a bunch of tanks in Volgograd. UK owns Rostov but has no troops in it. UK has troops in Caucasus. Can Germany move its tanks into Rostov, join mechs from Ukraine and Bryansk and then attack Caucasus?

My understanding was no but Triple-A allows it.

Yes. UK owns Rostov so it’s not a blitzing move. It’s when blitzing enemy territory that a mech must be paired with a tank the whole movement.

@gamerman01 I think you may have misunderstood the question. Germany is doing the combat movement, so Rostov (being controlled by UK) is a hostile territory, and it is a blitzing move.

@simon33 The answer is no. As mechanized infantry can blitz only when they are paired with a tank for their entire movement (see page 29 of the Rulebook), the ones in Ukraine and Bryansk must stop in Rostov and may not continue on to Caucasus.

Yes, sorry, thank you!
I had tried to load up his map and it didn’t work, and then I imagined UK and Germany as allies @:$ It’s Monday

This has probably been discussed a lot when the game first came out but I have seen people land a fighter from Romania on Tobruk G1. If Germany wants to “ping-pong” Yugoslavia but not take the territory (like attack it and retreat ground units to Romania), does the fighter HAVE to join the battle so that it’s allowed to land in Tobruk? It makes sense to make to me either way, since unfriendly neutrals can’t be flown over, but there’s also this in page 11 of the E40 manual: “When a neutral territory is invaded, it’s no longer neutral …”

@Suppressmeajumma said in Global 2nd edition Q+A ( AAG40.2):

This has probably been discussed a lot when the game first came out but I have seen people land a fighter from Romania on Tobruk G1. If Germany wants to “ping-pong” Yugoslavia but not take the territory (like attack it and retreat ground units to Romania), does the fighter HAVE to join the battle so that it’s allowed to land in Tobruk? It makes sense to make to me either way, since unfriendly neutrals can’t be flown over, but there’s also this in page 11 of the E40 manual: “When a neutral territory is invaded, it’s no longer neutral …”

I’m sure it doesn’t So long as the territory has been attacked, planes from both sides can overfly it without attacking it.

@Suppressmeajumma Air units may overfly a formerly strict or unfriendly neutral territory in the Noncombat Move phase of the same turn in which it was attacked, as it is no longer neutral at that point.

I finally started reading the rulebook but still have a question for amphibious assaults. Can ships that cannot bombard (subs, dests, carriers) move into a sea zone where transports are unloading in a scenario where both of the following conditions are true?

1. The sea zone has no enemy ships (not even subs or transports either) in the sea zone
2. There is an air base on an adjacent territory but it has enough damage that it is inoperable, OR there is none at all.

This makes me think the answer is no - page 14 of the E40 manual: “Further, if enemy air units could potentially be scrambled to defend the sea zone, additional units may be moved into the sea zone to combat them in case they are scrambled”

@Suppressmeajumma They cannot do so in combat movement, but they can in noncombat movement.

@Krieghund Mr. Krieghund. Good afternoon from USA. Can’t find answer to this question on the forum threads but I have to believe it’s been asked before. Regarding the Japan-Soviet Pact, the scenario is that Japan attacked Amur in Fall 1940. So Mongolia becomes Soviet. But the issue that I am unclear about is can the 6 ground-pounders in Mongolia move into non-Mongolian territory after being activated?? Can they join a Soviet counter-attack on Amur or do they have to stay in the Mongolian territories for the entire game? Likewise, can they move into Chinese territories to assist them since the Japanese attack on Soviet Union makes China and Soviets allies?? Thanks in advance for the assistance.

if the mongolian units are activated and then they become Soviet they can move whereever they like, china, india, japan australia. you name it

@Trout They become fully Soviet units–no restrictions. Once activated, they are the same as any other pro-Allied neutral unit. They become fully integrated into your country’s forces.

@Trout
@oysteilo and @surfer are correct. Per pages and 39 of the Europe Rulebook, when the Mongolian territories become Soviet in this way, they are treated in the same way as taking control of a friendly neutral territory.

@Krieghund Thanks all for the clarification. In a game currently where this happened and wanted to make sure before I move those dudes out of their homeland