@Krieghund Thanks! (For completeness, I should have been more clear in that Germany controlled Persia at the beginning of its turn in this example. i.e. there was/is a legal landing zone for the fighter)
The 5 Territory J1 Seizure
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especially if Germany was duing some suicide missions to keep the INF count down in Karelia and/or Caucuses.
Well, Russia could divert enough forces from Karelia to Novo (or Moscow) to protect themselves from Japan (for a while) but this opens up Karelia to Germany. If Karelia is held by Germany, then the Allies will be unable to reinforce Russia…until they can retake Karelia which could be very difficult to do on turn 3 or 4. So maybe Russia falls on G5 instead?
I think a Power Asia bid of 12 (4 infantry) would make a more balanced game.