Now, it's been a while since I laid out my plans here. The game is still going strong. It's January 28th 1942, and I've built up a substantial force of British and French INFs, MECHs and ARMs in northern France.
In the USSR, I have built up a blitz group in the middle of Russia. It's going to cut the occupation zone in half, then go either south or north, depending on how my opponent moves his troops. Currently, he is trying to siege Moscow.
I'm trying hard to finish off Finland. USSR: 6 INF + 2 GAR, Axis: 5 G INF + 1 F INF + 2 F GAR. All of my air force is concentrated here.
In Italy, French forces in the west and British forces in the south are going to squeeze out the last German stance in Genoa, Milano and Venice.
My plan is to launch all three offensives simultaneously, as soon as the weather becomes nice in the USSR. I hope to overwhelm the Germans with my blitzkrieg. He has more than enough oil, so I don't try to cut off his oil supplies. Though, I do try to make it seem like I want to, by bombing the Ploesti oil field and spreading rumors about how I will send Eisenhower to the Middle East to wipe his units off Caucasian soil etc.
Situation/plans:
Northern France: I am going to blow the Belgian defenses off the surface of the Earth in 1 turn, then move on to the Dutch cities. My goal is to liberate Ruhr, Essen and Scholven. There are only German GARs there at the moment. German production: –16 PP/turn.
The British: 4 MECH, 1 ARM, 5 FTR, 1 TAC, Auchinleck HQ.
The French: 6 MECH, 2 ARM, Giraud HQ.
The Americans: 5 TAC, 1 FTR, 1 STR.
Northwestern/Central-Northern Italy: I am going to take Genoa (German GAR) first. Then I will move the British up to the river, where high quality German units are waiting. The goal is to liberate all of Italy. German production: –4 PP/turn.
The British: 6 INF, 1 MECH, Montgomery HQ.
The French: 4 INF, 5 GAR, Giraud HQ.
Finland: There are German INFs in the western cities. I will leave them alone, and go all in against Helsinki. Then, I will repair my units and ultimately destroy the German INFs. German production: – 5/6 PP/turn.
The Soviets: 6 INF, 2 GAR, 3 FTR, 2 TAC, 1 STR.
The Germans: 5 INF, 2 FTR, 2 TAC.
The Finnish: 1 INF, 2 GAR, 1 FTR.
Central Russia: I will push to the west, and then go either north or south. I'm not going to go particularly far to the west. Objective: To destroy as many German units as possible, exhausting his manpower and production.
The Soviets: 7 MECH, 2 ARM, 2 GAR.
The Germans: Possibly a few MECHs and 2-3 ARMs.
The Hungarians: 1 FTR.
Moscow area: I will defend Moscow whatever cost. Goal: To tie up a few Axis INFs.
The Soviets: 9 INF, 2 GAR.
The Germans: Possibly 4-5 INF.
The Hungarians: Possibly 1-2 INF, 1 MECH.
The Romanians: Possibly 1-3 INF.
The Bulgarians: Possibly 1-2 INF.
Other: I'm going to try to land a British GAR in Copenhagen, if the hex is vacant. In the Baku area, 1 British INF, 3 British GARs and all the Middle East minor GARs are protecting the oil fields, because the Soviets didn't have enough PP/units when the Germans pushed towards the Caucasus. 1 French GAR has landed in Albania, from where 1 British STR is bombing Ploesti. The Soviet cities in the northwest are all garrisoned by INFs.
It seems my opponent has given little or no attention to submarine warfare and Air research. I haven't seen a German sub for 10+ turns now, and the Luftwaffe has poor tech.
My tech is as follows:
The British: 3 INF, 1 ARM, 3 AIR, 2 NAV, 3 GEN. 120% war effort.
The French: 3 INF, 3 ARM, 0 AIR, 0 NAV, 3 GEN. 105% war effort.
The Americans: 2 INF, 3 ARM, 3 AIR, 1 NAV, 2 GEN. 110% war effort.
The Soviets: 3 INF, 3 ARM, 2 AIR, 0 NAV, 3 GEN. 110% war effort.
I still think Germany will fall in late '43 or early '44.
Screenshot taken april 18. 42:
