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    • Italy attacking Caucasus

      I played a game where Germany  on G1 did not take out Karelia but took out Ukraine, East Poland and Baltic States and built mostly tanks.  He positioned a lot of tanks to put pressure on Caucasus. On R1, I decided not to try to take back Ukraine.  Instead, I built four units in Caucasus and sent two troops east to help China survive.  On I1, he decided to soften up the Caucasus by using two units on his transport and bombarding with his fleet (we didn’t realize he was limited to two bombardments so he used all three to bombard).  He took out four of my units and the Germans were able to take out the Caucasus on G2.  Although I took it back on R2, it put me on the defensive the rest of the game and I eventually lost.

      Anyway, I have an idea to prevent something like this from happening again while not spreading my forces out too thin and while being more aggressive and I want to hear your thoughts on it.  What if I built six tanks on R1 and placed them all in Russia and then almost completely vacated the Caucasus (take out the anti-aircraft gun and leave one infantry behind).  That way, if Germany takes it out G2, those Russian tanks can probably take it back or those UK troops I moved from India along with their bomber can definitely take it back if the Russians fail to do so.  I think it would be unwise for the Italians to take it out on I1 because if they do so, I will simply not take it back, move UK and USA forces into the Med so they lose all their bonuses and they are stuck at 13 IPCs (once they lose Libya) instead of 20.  Also, the UK and USA bombers can bomb Caucasus each turn, forcing the Italians to spend 9 of those 13 IPCs just to have 4 IPCs left over. Yes, I know that Germany will get an extra 5 IPCs since the Axis own Caucasus but I think it is much better for the Italians to own it instead of Germany.

      Anyway, my point is, that if Italy focuses so much on Caucasus then he is neglecting the Med, Africa and any turn he actually takes it, it hurts Germany much more than it hurts Russia.  What are your thoughts on this?

      posted in 1941 Scenario
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      mikecool70
    • Should Germany take Egypt first turn?

      I played the Allies the other day and the German player did not take out Egypt on his first turn.  I decided to risk taking out the entire Italian navy on UK1, using my cruiser, destroyer, fighter and bomber.  I sunk his entire navy and still had my bomber left over after the attack.  Of course, this ended the Axis attempt to take over Africa.  Since I only had a slight advantage over him, attack of 12 versus defense of 10 (I don’t own the game but remember the Italians only having a battleship and two cruisers with their transport), I’m not sure if I should have made the attack  If that battleship and transport had survived then I would have been in bad shape.  But anyway, I never would have attempted the attack without that extra fighter from Egypt.  What is your opinion of Germany taking out Egypt first turn?  Do you think it should always be done?

      posted in 1941 Scenario
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