Don’t forget as well that if the British send blockers to sea zones 96 and 98, the transports won’t be able to land troops in northeast Africa.
The Italian playbook
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@AndrewAAGamer On I1 it is a good idea to take at least 1 UK territory,usually for me somewhere in east africa but maybe cyprus or malta,to deny UK their 5ipc bonus for retaining all their original territories.As well it might be benificial to let germany take SFrance G1.It gives italy a landing spot for fighters and germany has the option of building ships in the med starting G2.
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@ampdrive said in The Italian playbook:
@AndrewAAGamer On I1 it is a good idea to take at least 1 UK territory, usually for me somewhere in east africa but maybe cyprus or malta, to deny UK their 5ipc bonus for retaining all their original territories.
It is very common to take at least 1 UK territory that they cannot take back until later in the game.
As well it might be benificial to let germany take SFrance G1. It gives italy a landing spot for fighters and germany has the option of building ships in the med starting G2.
I have seen this a couple of times. If your intention is to definitely build a German Navy in the Med to assist Italy fighting the UK navy then that would be one way to do it. The other is just build a strong navy off of Germany and swing it around Gibraltar. Off course that assumes the Axis can take Gibraltar to allow entry into the Med.
Since most people want to fight a land war against Russia with Germany, rarely does anyone go for Southern France on G1 and instead let Italy take it on I1. Also, by taking it with Germany on G1 there is a good chance you lose some or all of the income from it due to the French fleet where that does not happen to Italy.
Finally, I would not suggest this tactic since it goes against my Axis and Allies Warfare Principles of attacking with overwhelming strength in key battles. Germany attacking France on G1 is THE most important battle of the game. If Germany fails to take it the game is over. While one might argue that diverting forces changes that 99.9% battle to 99.4% battle is no big deal it really means instead of losing 1 game in a thousand you are losing 1 game in 200.
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@AndrewAAGamer
Agree. Also Germany get a +5 for any unit in Egypt, right ?
But I see that to try it in an early phase, is more the pain than the gain, because Egypt is a usually a ping-pong, between IT and UK. So, even if you have one or two German units there, you can keep them for a 1 turn or 2
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