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Agreed. Usually the Soviets are not that strong offensive-wise in 1942.the mistake I most often make in this scenario is trying to do to much to soon with the Russians, thinking you have to get started quickly to make up for the west. I think its better to wait until you can have some serious support form the US and make sure its definitely a two front problem the Axis has to deal with
Yes , This is the main mistake I made in this pbem ! I should keep RN alive ! I just tried my best to bleed Max as much as possible . This mistake made Allies feel quite difficult to set up a second front across the Atlantic ocean . It also need much time & pp to rebuild RN ! especially the pps ! UK was very poor in 1941 .Cybvep wrote:Agreed. Usually the Soviets are not that strong offensive-wise in 1942.the mistake I most often make in this scenario is trying to do to much to soon with the Russians, thinking you have to get started quickly to make up for the west. I think its better to wait until you can have some serious support form the US and make sure its definitely a two front problem the Axis has to deal with
Max is going for Egypt, so that means no 1941 Barbarossa after all. The RN will have to escape from the eastern Med. After that it should be easy to take Greece for bonus morale for the Italians, but I'm not sure whether Max is interested in that. Not sure whether he will try to take Iraq, either. Movement is slow in the ME, but the Allies don't have much to defend with ATM. If Max goes for the ME, I don't think that Morris should withdraw from that area. I think that he should make a stand there in order to stall the Axis as long as possible. IMO it would be wise to try to evacuate the RN to Canada. They won't do much good near the GB now and building CVs and BBs takes a long of time.
No 41 barbarosa at all ! If Axis can launch a 1941 Barbarosa while a sealion & Middle east invation , the Barbarosa will be very weak .duncanr wrote:there are not really any Brits left to defend the ME, the question is will there be a late 41 Barbarossa or none
I don't agree with the "throw" the RN at the Germans strategy, I think its better to keep it intact to support the US - its a lot of PP's the US doesn't have to spend on naval units
Well, this is part & parcel of Morris's "kamikaze Brits" approach. For years now, when he plays Allies, Morris has been notorious for super-aggressive use of the British early in the game. And so many times in the past it's worked out for him: he sacrifices Brits to make the Axis bleed, slows them down, and the U.S.A. and Russia save the day in the long run.duncanr wrote:there are not really any Brits left to defend the ME, the question is will there be a late 41 Barbarossa or none
I don't agree with the "throw" the RN at the Germans strategy, I think its better to keep it intact to support the US - its a lot of PP's the US doesn't have to spend on naval units
Cybvep wrote:Without Gibraltar, going for Persia may turn out to be a trap. It may be hard to evacuate the forces in time when the Americans come from the west. I think that it would be easier if Greece was Axis-controlled.
However, IMO by far the biggest problem of ME-centric strategy is the fact that the movement rate is awfully slow there, so it takes much time to get anywhere. Therefore, you will most likely spend much much more oil securing the ME than getting from it. Moreover, the game doesn't reward your strategic exploits, because victory conditions don't include the ME in any way.
On the other hand, the Soviets cannot use railways in the ME, so it's not very convenient to use them to defend the area (except the air wings). Also, losing Basra deprives the SU of 15 PPs per turn and AFAIK, it's "for life", i.e. you don't regain the bonus if you recapture Basra.
Another unlucky point : until now still no partisan appear in Britain ! 
It was already too late ! None of them can fly to any where but the STR . We are not sure whetherthere will be some subs around us . It is Axis Altlantic . It was impossible to transport anything across the Altlantic . It will probably loss the transport which cost 8 more pp ! For the Poor UK , 8 pp was very expensive !Stauffenberg wrote:Maybe time to evacuate the RAF from Northern Ireland before it's too late?
