Invading Panama: Possibility for the IJA/IJN?

[spence]

In some past AAR the Japanese Player launched what amounted to a suicide mission against Portland, OR; and having captured it, eliminated all future reinforcements arriving at Portland.

I don't really know how many ships that is but IRL the Kaiser Shipyards in and around Portland produced something like 50 CVEs which by itself is a heck of chunk of reinforcements. I'm not going to get into the real life effect but I did start wondering about the effect of losing the Panama Canal might have had on the US effort.

I also noticed that Balboa has no CD guns and that the units which were assigned to its defense are not present in the game (or perhaps are mistakenly assigned elsewhere?).

Now if the Japanese Player can't invade the Canal Zone then the lack of defenses there has no effect on the game. But if the Japanese can pull it off (no matter how) then the lack of defenses is pertinent. So is it possible?

And if it is can they sabotage the Canal in some way to have a further effect on the game?

I know they planned to bomb the Canal using submarine launched a/c at one point (presumably this attack was planned to have more effect than the attacks which were supposed to start fires in NW US forests).

[Canoerebel]

Japanese can't move off map, so it isn't possible to invade the Canal Zone.

[spence]

Aren't there some Mods where the Japanese CAN move off map to Mozambique and do stuff like damage/or sink UK ships?

[geofflambert]

I'm waiting for a mod where they can land on the West Coast and bicycle all the way to DC to dictate the terms of surrender from the White House.

[Ingtar]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I'm waiting for a mod where they can land on the West Coast and bicycle all the way to DC to dictate the terms of surrender from the White House.

A difficult proposition with a rifle behind every blade of grass.

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Ingtar

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I'm waiting for a mod where they can land on the West Coast and bicycle all the way to DC to dictate the terms of surrender from the White House.

A difficult proposition with a rifle behind every blade of grass.

"There are some parts of New York I'd advise them not to invade" - Rick in Casablanca.

[pontiouspilot]

We decided wisely in 1812 that it was too swampy!!

[JeffroK]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I'm waiting for a mod where they can land on the West Coast and bicycle all the way to DC to dictate the terms of surrender from the White House.

You mean the Senate Building!

[GetAssista]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
Japanese can't move off map, so it isn't possible to invade the Canal Zone.

Yeah, it is incredibly annoying when you conquer an entire world against AI as Japan but can't do anything against Port Stanley [:D]

[tarkalak]

ORIGINAL: Ingtar

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I'm waiting for a mod where they can land on the West Coast and bicycle all the way to DC to dictate the terms of surrender from the White House.

A difficult proposition with a rifle behind every blade of grass.

Japan-mens smart. Attack in winter. No grass, no rifre, onry snow. Use special Hokaido assaurt monkeys.

EDIT: Broody sperring.

[Yaab]

ORIGINAL: Ingtar

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I'm waiting for a mod where they can land on the West Coast and bicycle all the way to DC to dictate the terms of surrender from the White House.

A difficult proposition with a rifle behind every blade of grass.

Every brade of glass!

[Alfred]

ORIGINAL: spence

Aren't there some Mods where the Japanese CAN move off map to Mozambique and do stuff like damage/or sink UK ships?

A modder can change the on map and place whatever they want on map. Doing so will probably seriously skewer real world distances and turn it into an unrealistic map.

Anything off map remains totally out of bounds to any Japanese action.

Alfred