Posts made by UN Spacy

@ABWorsham:

@Dylan:

Hitler didn’t have a reason to invade Poland

Hitler had a reason to invade Poland. The rebirth of a new Polish State was at the expense of the Imperial German Empire. Secondly the Danzig Corridor seperate Germany from Prussia and Western Poland did have a minority of Germans living within it’s communities.

Along with the enslavement and extermination of the Slavic race, and to erase Poland from the world map for German “colonization”.

The French and British were willing to escalate a regional conflict into a World War over Poland’s freedom yet they did not have the backbone to keep the Soviet Union from controling Poland.

Hitler knew damn well what would happen if he invaded Poland. The British and French might have sown the seeds of war with the Treaty of Versailles, but Hitler has no one to blame but himself for starting it.

What should the French player do with French colonial forces in Africa, particularly North Africa? Should the three infantry all combine in Algeria for form a stack of three? Should they all stay where they are?

I’m pretty sure the infantry in French West Africa would be much better off marching off to Egypt, but what should the Syrian infantry do? Stay where it is, or bolster the Allies in Egypt?

TOO LONG UNTIL E-DAY

@The:

I agree. The only reason. The only one (unless the changes they’re talking a about for the pacific side come through). Would be the russians. Might as well take them out turn one, and then continue with India crush as usual.

Because it’s so easy taking out three stacks of six infantry each on J1.  :roll:

I highly doubt the German and Italian players will want to see their Asiatic ally attack so soon. Short-term is might seem lucrative but once that happens, and once the Americans get in Africa much earlier, then the military situation is probably going to deteriorate very rapidly for Axis efforts to conquer Africa.

Think about it. On the US’s second turn they’ll be shipping out units to French North Africa, which, if the French player is smart, will combine the three infantry into a single stack in Algeria. Combine those French forces with American landing forces and the Italians suddenly have to worry about their flank, much more so than they did historically.

I might seem pretty general and broad here, and that’s intentional: thanks to Axis and Allies’ ever-shifting kaleidoscope I can’t say anything in concrete. For all I know a J1 is still valid. But, we’ll learn in five days!

@Octospire:

To UN Spacy, in my mind to be a great power means you shape the future of the planet in a large fashion. You have to be one of the top major powers and have the ability to at least match them either economically or militarily the French post 1950 could do neither to any of the other Great powers had WW2 not occured. WW1 was the beginning of the end for the French empire although most French people did not realise it, without the support of the British and eventually the Americans the French would of been pummeled into oblivion by a larger much more well trained fighting force in the form of the German army. Had the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) not come to the aid of the French immediately after the outbreak of hostilities the French line would of more than likely collapsed just like it did in 1940. It was the morale booster in the fact that British were coming to help that held the line together and once the British arrived it was the blood, sweat and tears of “Tommy” that delivered the French from their ultimate fate of German occupation.

Again, the OP goes by the assumption that World War I was short and not as bloody as it was in real life.

How long would the Empires of Germany, Britain, Russia, Austria-Hungrian and the Ottoman Turks survived had the war ended in late 1915 with small territorial
concessions and little political unrest?

Instead of fighting a bloody stalemate war for four years, the French only fights for a year or so, and also with relatively little losses compared to historical figures.

So again, French morale and military strength would not be as sapped as it would be in real life.

and once the British arrived it was the blood, sweat and tears of “Tommy” that delivered the French from their ultimate fate of German occupation.

That still does not change the fact that the French by far did the majority of the fighting on the Western Front. the only Allied country that exceeded France in casualties was Russia. It was British blood that saw the French will to fight get to its feet, but it was overwhelmingly French blood that was spilled defending France.

in my mind to be a great power means you shape the future of the planet in a large fashion.

Great Power

–noun
a nation that has exceptional military and economic strength, and consequently plays a major, often decisive, role in international affairs.

For the umpteenth time, if we assume that World War I ended much earlier with little loss of life for either side, we can assume that France survives as a great power.

@oztea:

i had hoped cool stuff would have shipped by now….but it seems they are in a holding pattern

Wait, what? You mean they ship early…?

Pre-order is from CoolStuff Inc. I wonder how fast they ship?

TOO LONG BEFORE E-DAY

COME ON, HURRY UP

Maginot Line.

@Dylan:

I love how you need to play before the game’s even out.

You’re less guilty of wanting to play.  :roll:

Trop nombreux jours avant le grand jour du siècle!

You know, acting on a hunch here, but I think Romania is a German territory for gameplay balance  :roll:

All right, to be less snobbish, I really don’t believe Axis and Allies should be drenched in realistic borders, territories, or alliances. I think Larry found a perfect balance of historical accuracy and sacrificing some of that for gameplay balance. One can spend hours pointing out the unrealistic set-up and map of A&A 1940. I can personally point out, as a Frenchman, that the French Navy is under-represented, the French forces in the Empire are under-represented, no Vichy France means the Italians have to worry about their flank, the Free French should have a capital in French Equatorial Africa and be able to produce at least one infantry every three turns, etc. But, I know all of that is omitted and/or changed because of balance, balance, balance.

Am I beating a dead horse here? Probably.

@moralecheck:

@UN:

@calvinhobbesliker:

By the way, France is down to 3 inf and a Destroyer

So it seems. No one tried to save the French Med fleet?

I think France goes last.  There is no time.  In fact, in the real war the British didn’t save the fleet, but bombed it to block the Germans from getting it.  Many French casualties.

It does go last, I just know that the British can save it by moving the aircraft carrier and destroyer off Gibraltar next to it. That’s one cruiser and destroyer that will go towards destroying the Italian fleet.

The Gibraltar Carrier and Destroyer was used to destroy the German Fleet in order to prevent a Sealion

That’s why I’m so pumped of playing the UK. You have so many options: do you send the Gibraltar fleet to the Med, thus increasing the chances of destroying the Italian navy (and thus thwarting Italian ambitions in Africa), or do you send it up to the British Isles to increase the chance of a failed Sealion?

@calvinhobbesliker:

By the way, France is down to 3 inf and a Destroyer

So it seems. No one tried to save the French Med fleet?

Does it seem certain that Italy will control the Med?

What happened to them all? :(

@calvinhobbesliker:

@UN:

@calvinhobbesliker:

@Proud:

My group of 9 (yes im serious) will play the weekend after the 24th. I have my copy perordered so no problem there. we shall play friday night saturday and if necesarry sunday after church (except for my little muslim buddy)

I feel sorry for the French and Chinese players

Your knarcking on the French capability to fight in Axis and Allies is unceasing.  :cry:

All they’ll have left after the 1st turn is the inf in UK, Syria, West Africa, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, the DD off Madagascar, and the Med DD/CC, assuming the UK attacks Z95 and moves the carrier to protect it.

That still means that the North African infantry will be able to put pressure on the Italians if the Moroccan and Algerian infantry can link up with the Tunisian infantry. A stack of three infantry right behind them isn’t going to go unnoticed by the Italians. And the Cruiser and Destroyer in the Med, if saved, will also become a useful tool, even more so once the Madagascar Destroyer comes up.

I do admit it’ll get pretty boring for a French dedicated player after he sees the other powers with full production capabilities and he’s only stuck with the forces he has, which is why I’m glad that a French dedicated player is not necessary (although I still grumble that a Free French capital should have been made in Equatorial Africa).

@purplebaron:

@UN:

That’s because the Luftwaffe was not as big as the Japanese Air Force. Plus, if the Germans had as much aircraft as Japan had, well, I know I would not play Global.

Actually, this is not true.  I did a bit of research for another thread on the boards and (based largely on Wikipedia), the German air force in 1940 had roughly 4000-5000 planes, while the Japanese air force had ~1800.  I think this is mainly a game balance issue, with some justification because the Japanese Zero was in the early war one of the best, if not the best, fighter aircraft.

I suppose that makes more sense. I would not like black and orange aircraft zipping around the board destroying everything in sight. It would be a very boring–-and one-sided—game indeed.

@calvinhobbesliker:

@Proud:

My group of 9 (yes im serious) will play the weekend after the 24th. I have my copy perordered so no problem there. we shall play friday night saturday and if necesarry sunday after church (except for my little muslim buddy)

I feel sorry for the French and Chinese players

Your knarcking on the French capability to fight in Axis and Allies is unceasing.  :cry:

@Octospire:

I doubt the French would of remained a great power for long.

Why? What’s preventing them from retaining the title of great power? I sincerely do not understand this. You can still be a great power and, in terms of economy and military, be behind other great powers.

I don’t deny that French population, economy and military was behind that of Germany: that’s why Russia and France were so eager to be allies. But I don’t think that just because you lag behind others does not make you a “second rate power” if you possess a huge colonial empire, a great fleet, and be at the forefront of military technology and development.