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I never played the original, so I'm not completely sure about couple of issues.

Yes, I went back and re-read the manual. Twice.

Questions:

Is there a FAQ?

Is there any way to determine the level of rail points available?

What's the story behind "insufficient supply" preventing rail transfers?

Can I stop/disrupt lend lease by reinforcing Finns and cutting rail lines to Murmansk?

Should I _really_ leave divisions in OKW HQ/OKH alone unless I want to reinforce a specific army? Like sending Finns some military aid or giving italians a transplant backbone?

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Olli Männistö

Ok.

Right mouse button tells you the cost of transportation & rail points available.

But I'd really like to know if you can disrupt lend-lease "factory" in Murmansk by cutting the rail lines south..

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Olli Männistö

Originally posted by ollittm:
Ok.

Right mouse button tells you the cost of transportation & rail points available.

But I'd really like to know if you can disrupt lend-lease "factory" in Murmansk by cutting the rail lines south..

I don't think, based on what I have seen in playing the game, that cutting the rail line down from the Murmansk area affects lend-lease at all. I can think of at least a couple of reasons why this makes sense. Archangelsk can presumably be used by Allied ships during the fairly short ice-free time of year. After the first year or so, more aid entered the Soviet Union through Iraq and Vladivostok than through Murmansk, I believe.


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Rick Bancroft
Semper Fi

Actually, most of the Lend-Lease reached the Soviet Union through Persia. No danger of German aircraft, surface vessels and submarines like on the arctic convois. Vladivostok would have been a rather dangerous trip for US merchant vessels given the fact that the surrounding waters were Japanese controlled.

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In war there is no second prize for the runner up

Originally posted by Frodo:
Actually, most of the Lend-Lease reached the Soviet Union through Persia. No danger of German aircraft, surface vessels and submarines like on the arctic convois. Vladivostok would have been a rather dangerous trip for US merchant vessels given the fact that the surrounding waters were Japanese controlled.

The Vladivostok shipments were carried on Soviet flagged ships. The Soviets and Japanese were very respectful of each other's neutrality to each other as neither wanted to fight the other at this stage of the war. That is why the Soviets interred a number of pilots and crew from the Doolittle raid - they did not want to give the Japanese cause for any action. Vladivostok was not the largest source of lend-lease but some stuff was shipped in through there.


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Rick Bancroft
Semper Fi