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Attacking USRR before finishing off France, would lead to weak Germany waging a war on two fronts early in the war. Recipe for disastre in my opinion. The key strategy for the Germans is to eliminate it's opponents one by one, avoiding war on two fronts at all costs. Knocking down France first, buys time at least until 1943 to win the war in the East, and then to turn against the inevitable Allied invasion. It's nearly an impossible feat, but I don't think that there is any better strategy to win the war by the Feldgrauen hordes.

Nicely done! Holidays without the game would be a torture, not relaxing time;) Have a good one.

Makes sense to me especially if the treacherous Allies already produce more MMP's than the wounded Soviet kolkhoz, that I wasn't aware of:D From the other hand if you allow the Red Army to rebuild and the Western Powers won't attack either in the near future, than the ballance may shift to the advantage of your enemies. I think the key is to keep the preassure on your adversaries and at least cause some casualties. It's a hard choice and the war is still far from being over... Can't wait to see what will be Mark's another move!

Making Soviets a secondary target already may be a mistake... In my opinion they are still far more dangerous than the Allies. I bet US and GB ground forces are still not big enough to pose a serious threat to the Germans. Potential confrontation would be a repetition of the Spanish campaign. Capturing Moscow was a huge symbolic victory, but Red Army will keep on fighting... I'd finish it off first.

It would make more sense from the historical point of view leave the bombers with the long recon ability, but it would be less practical for the game purposes, as there tend to be very few ( or none ) bomber units, especially on the Axis side. Usually only the Western Allies are equiped with few heavy bomber units, so giving the recon skill to the fighters guarantees the recon capability to all sides of the conflict.

That is superb Bill! Thanks a lot for this great game.

Thats the good news:) To keep the ballance right, there should be that kind of option for the Soviets aswell;)

Maybe there should be an event for Germans, about creating some units for example out of the Ukrainian nationalists? Hitler didn't take this oportunity, however it potentialy could have changed the course of the war in the East...

Hyazinth von Strachwitz - I agree with you completely. I think there should be also some limitation, so you cannot get the maximum tech by some year. Let's say the level 5 tech should be available from 1944?

Hi Al! Thanks for getting back to me. I just though about the tech advance after looking at the screen shots from the current game. The battlefield looks like late 1944, not 1942:) I'd like to mention also another thing. I know your eyes are focused now firmly on the titanic struggle in the Soviet Union, but I'm new to the forum, so I'd like to give my opinion about the way Poland is represented in the game. From one hand it feels really good that Poland is one on the major countries ( I am from that country myself ), but from the other hand it may actually prevent Polish armed forces from taking part in the actual fighting after Germany ocupies the country in 1939. A major country cannot build and deploy new units after it's stripped of it's resources. Polish armed forces keept on fighting on all the fronts of Second World War after 1939 and the troops were simply equiped and trained by respcetively French, British and finnaly Soviet standards and formed a integral part of the armed forces of those countries. So instedad of making Poland a major country, there should be some event decisions for the French, British and Soviets about forming Polish Armed forces on the exile, as a part of their own armed forces ( simmilary to the formation of the Czechoslovak Corps in Italy in the Call To Arms campaign ). For example the British should be able to form a Polish corps in the Med and a tank division and paras in England, maybe some airforce aswell. By the late 1944 the Soviets deployed two Polish armies and there was an intention of forming a third one and joining them into a Polish Front. At the end Stalin didn't allow it for political reasons, because he was not comfortable about having such a big Polish formation inside the Red Army... Looking forward to hear some news from climatic struggle in the East!

Once again about tech. Don't you think that reaching maximum tech levels in armour, aviation and infantry by 1942 makes the game a bit unrealistic? Are there any other factors appart from cash invested and the level of intelligence that decide the speed of the tech advance? It looks like the game may be decided by 1943. If the Germans manage to beat Soviet Union in the summer campaign of 1942, the Western Allies won't be able to face them on equal terms anywhere on the ground in Europe... Great game guys - I am reading and learning...