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@The-Janus

I think Cornwallis replied with some good ideas.

I’ll also add that in another thread he said that moving the British fleet into sea zone 93 is another way of baiting the Lufwaffe.

Note that if baiting the Lufwaffe is an objective you should obviously scramble if Germany attacks the fleets in 110 and 111. The trouble is that I’ve seen some Axis players don’t do that and instead just sort of strafe 111 by taking the hits on the battleship and submarines, so they don’t lose any aircraft.

Personally I don’t really put much weight into strategies that require “baiting”, given its unpredictability. The best bet for minimizing the Luftwaffe is to make the Eastern Front so hard that the Germans either need the air force (providing some breathing room for the Western Allies), or that the Axis can’t advance out west.

While I’m not sure how to do this, I feel this might be an easier objective and puzzle to solve.

Of course it can. It makes no difference that originally it was a neutral territory. Its current status is a territory of the United States and therefore, with an IPC value of two,it can be a location where a minor industrial complex can be placed.

@FranceNeedsMorePower

Sounds about right.

@Shadowdoom286

As the Russian player, continue to stack infantry on Russia and Novgorod. Also, a nice compliment of mobile (ie: tanks and mechanized infantry with movement 2) stationed at Bryansk with your air corp at Novgorod makes a nice counter-attack force that can hit nearly every territory along the Eastern front.

For Germany, by turn 4, that player may have wanted to consider buying more mechanized infantry earlier, and more consistently, as it allows fresh troops to catch up with the asualt eastward, preserving your high value tanks up to the gates of Moscow. It also allows you to capitalize on gaps in soviet defenses to blitz through (tanks + mech inf) in order to unbalance and pose new threats to the Soviets.

Enjoy!

@The-Janus

I looked through the game. While your situation was certainly ideal for attacking the strict neutrals, I think you probably would’ve won without it (I’m not saying you implied that, I’m just adding on).

In my experience with Europe. As Germany I always get Russia, it is really easy to take, especially under a g1 dow and especially with low luck.

The allies should try to get something going before Russia falls on g5 or g6

It comes down to taking norway with usa, africa corp with uk, and later mass drop spain.  There really isn’t much Russia can do, if Russia lives long, allies win automatically.

It is a sea zone, so it may be flown over.

@Krieghund:

Welcome, drmckool!

NO stands for National Objective.

thank you very much, I should have figured that’s what it was, I actually love the national objectives, particularly Lebensraum; even though the historical link between lebensraum and the actual launching of Barbarossa is slightly tenuous. I found as a historian the national objectives (NO) really adds to the game because it really grounds the action in concrete history.