End Game Conditions?

[Akmatov]

The manual didn't include the section related to the end game. My two main areas of curiosity are:
1) Can the game continue beyond 1945 and if so until when?
2) Is it possible for the end game to morph into a Western Allies vs Soviet Union war a la General Patton's concerns? I realize this might be really stretching things but would be a huge bonus.

I greatly liked TOW in spite of it's limitations and suspect TOF might become addictive.

[doomtrader]

1) The game ends when there is only one alliance left or until the end of 1948
2) Yep, you can go further East

[Akmatov]

2) Yep, you can go further East

Just to be sure I understand, after defeating Germany the Western Allies and the Soviets could declare war on each other?

That would be awesome!  Purely as a form of harmless amusement, the reality would be horrible beyond words.

[doomtrader]

Yes, you can declare war against Soviet Union.

[Akmatov]

Thank you so much for the fast reply.  The involvement of the developers/programers was one of the hallmarks of my experience with TOW.  Reading the forums I'm seeing a few areas that concern me, uberPanzers and some wildly unrealistic OOBs (50 US carriers showing up anywhere in 1941 is a hallucination), but I'm confident you folks will address these issues.  I'll be buying the game today.