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I will begin another Global War solitaire game but I am unsure how long it will proceed.

This time I will not use the Cruisers in Flames option. Using it results in too many ships and leaves the Axis Powers with innumerable ships to carry invading Divisions and otherwise patrol sea areas. It also makes it much easier =for the CW to have successful SUB marine ASW patrols while leaving their main fleet available for offensive duties.

I think if the Japanese attacks Russia in the early game the Chinese will rapidly become unmanageable because of the long front. In the board game the China front is small and such an attack is a lot more manageable there. As a result the Russians are not setting up more than a token force in the Far East. Instead they will attack Persia. Even though it is a bad US entry hit Russian control of Persia and Iraq will stop of hinder the Italians getting access to the oil there. That will cause Germany to have to supply Italy and thus be a negative for them.

Germany will be aggressive in US entry hits early and that may mitigate the Allies risk of negative US entry hits.

Here are the options I will use

The Europe setup Is shown here. Germany has units by the Yugoslav border
There is a hole in the French setup on the Italian border. By turn 2 the Lyons Mil may cover the area.
A number if Italian units are in Albania to start

The China front

The fairly empty Manchuria - Siberia front.
Inly token units from both sides present.
In the board game there are sometimes agreements for peace there but that option is not yet available in MWiF
In this game the peace there will be observed at least for a while.

The soon to be Persian front

ORIGINAL: lomyrin

The fairly empty Manchuria - Siberia front.
Inly token units from both sides present.
In the board game there are sometimes agreements for peace there but that option is not yet available in MWiF
In this game the peace there will be observed at least for a while.

With Manchuria that denuded of garrison units, aren't you opening yourself up to some Chinese partisans running amok in the near future?

ORIGINAL: Shellshock

ORIGINAL: lomyrin

The fairly empty Manchuria - Siberia front.
Inly token units from both sides present.
In the board game there are sometimes agreements for peace there but that option is not yet available in MWiF
In this game the peace there will be observed at least for a while.

With Manchuria that denuded of garrison units, aren't you opening yourself up to some Chinese partisans running amok in the near future?

The partisan number for Manchuria is 3. There are at present 6 unit there, 4 of them at the border with China. Three can leave with no partisan risk and they will reduce the China partisan risk.

Germany takes a land action, Japan and Italy combined

Germany send a NAV to the N Sea 3 box. Italy a Ftr to the W Med 2 box. Japan loads 5 land units to their transports and a CA and sails to the China Sea 3 box.

Japan stratbombing of Chungking fails - The Chinese AA unit was not in the setup this time.

Edit: The groundstrikes went reasonably well. The Polish HQ in Warzaw escaped, the ither three units there and inLodz became disorganized.

In China the unit NW canton was also disorganized, The Chengchow unit did not.

The German attacks in Poland setup.

A bit risky NW Warzaw

After the attacks in Poland. The risky attack worked but 2 German units ended up disorganized on a net roll of 22.
2 of the +15 attacks rolled 8 for net 23.

I can never understand these setup where Strabourg is kept empty.

On the second impulse, I move in with German troops and attack one of the French unit. I'm pretty sure that with Rundsted, one garrison, the AA unit and another one, I can get about +10 on Metz. In case I want little risks, I add HQ support for +12. I get the factory, the resource. It will increase the French pathetic production ? so what... They already lost more than they will get as bonus. And if the combat went well (that is I roll 13+, or 1 chance out of three), I may consider burning the offensive there and now to kill two more French inf.

Of course, I immediately rail back some units from Poland ; but in the first place, I'd have put more punch west. Say two good inf.


Edit: is there a reserve unit that sets up in Strasbourg ?

ORIGINAL: yvesp

Edit: is there a reserve unit that sets up in Strasbourg ?

There are four French infantry units that can be set-up in any French city when the reserves are called, so it's likely Strasbourg will be safely garrisoned before the next German impulse can take advantage of it.

Allies first impulse Declares war on the Germans, Germany, Cw , and France setup their reserves.

CW naval, US, France, Russia combined, China land action.

CW performs a port attack on Kiel, 2 German ships disorganized.

CW sends out a number of ASW patrols and a fleet to the N Sea but does not search for the German NAV. France TRS in Beirut sends home an Inf unit.
US sends Nimitz and a Ftr to Pearl. China and Russia perform a few minor land moves.

CW rebases the Polish air force to Lithuania to be interned and give the CW 2 pilots.

Impulse 3 with fine weather.

Ge and Japan land, Italy combined action.

Germany DoW's Denmark and Yugoslavia, the USA does not care. Germany aligns Rumania and still the US does not care.

Denmark and Yugoslavia align with the CW.

Italy TRS in the Red Sea which embarked a unit last axis impulse now returns to port in Tobruk.

The 2 Danish CA's escape from Fredrikshavn, a CP is destroyed there.

Japan overruns an empty Chengchow city with no US interest.

Germany ground strikes 2 Yugoslav units in Zagreb, both are disorganized.

The German attacks on Lodz and Zabreg are shown.

Japan's attacks in China after the shipboard units have debarked in the Canton area. The enigineer is being used in the attack NW Canton.

Here are the attacks and their odds

Lodz and Zagreb both fell but At Zagreb the Germans lost an Engr and 2 more units disorganized.

The Japanese attacks in China also took their objective hexes but in ths south it cost 3 disorganized attackers and Yamamoto who used HQ support is also done for the turn.

Allies impulse 4 Their second.

Russia DoW Persia and it aligns with Japan. US objects and an entry chit is lost.

France and China land, rest combined action.

Persia CAV sets up in mountain NE Tehran.

US sends SUBs to be rebased at Midway

Russian Ground strike on the Persian CAV disorganizes it. Russian units move in but no attack yet.

French moves a small Inf unit towards the hole in the Italian border.

Axis third impulse, weather a 5 - rain in Arctic.

Germany DoW's Netherlands, it aligns with the CW. US objects and +1 entry chit.

Germany aligns Hungary and US cares again +1 more chit.

Germany and Italy combined, Japan land action

It TRS sails to Red Sea and loads a supply chit.