Is this strategy feasible?

[ftgcritt2]

It is 1943, and I have just conquered Russia. The US and Britain have been harassing the normandy area, but I have been smashing everything that they have been sending over. The western allies also have a large naval force in the english channel to support the troops they are sending over

Here is what I want to do (keep in mind that this is against the AI):

First, build a large airforce and navy. My army is already large enough. Once my airforce and navy are large enough, i will slowly pull back my army from the coast, allowing the AEF to penetrate into France and build up. I will not, however, allow them to take Paris or any other cities except for Cherbourg. Once I have lured them in, I will strike their supporting naval force with everything I have, leaving the AEF stranded in northern france. This way, I will be able to crush a large part of the allied army while they don't have any supplies. Then its on to sea lion...

One question that I have is this: without a supporting naval force, will the AEF be completely out of supply if the only city that they control in france is cherbourg? This is my first game, and I noticed while fighting the Russians that units which were otherwise completely cut off were still at half-supply if they had access to a friendly city. Does this rule still apply to forces in a foreign country?

[JyriErik]

They'd still be in supply.

It's easier to use the Luftwaffe along with Uboat support to kill the invasion forces, especially if you have enough land units to block any landing. The AI has a bad habit of leaving transports at sea waiting until their target is open, so those units are dead.

Jyri