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back to the original topic of this thread...is it possible to defeat the Russians on medium skill? I've found by the time you reach Moscow, (by summer 41 this last try), your moral and readiness are so low you can't really continue. plus the Russians are pulling in more MPP's than Germany, have more units of pretty much equal calibre. There are so many allied subs in the atlantic my subs just get eaten away and can't stop the convoys. anyone have any other advice?

it wasn't any of those first things but it may have been experience. I didn't take note of that. thanks.

thanks Bill. Here is something I see a lot and can't explain. I have a german and Hungarian army attacking a russian army in a wood. His strength=10,re=45,mo=35, entrench=0 My army1 re=80,mo=69,strength 9, entrench=0. SA=5-1=4 +25% SD=3-1=2(+2db) for estimated damage of 1 each My army2 re=67,mo=51,strength 7, entrench=2. SA=5-1=4 +25% SD=3-1=2(+2db) for estimated damage of 1 for me and 3 for him How do I figure out why the lesser unit is doing more damage? Is it the entrench during an attack? thanks.

Thanks Bill. Can you explain what the odds calculator numbers mean when you hover over an attack? for example it will say: 5-2=3 : 4-3=1 (+2DB) I think the 5 is the attacker rating and 4 is the defense rating. Not sure about the rest. Oh and capturing England and delaying the invasion of Russia does not seem to work. Russia gets too strong in the delay and you can't finish them. Still don't know how to do it. Gotta cut off support from allies I think.

Hi all. Ive also been playing as axis and also having trouble winning. Here are a few things that I've figured out that work -set HQ's to manual mode. At the start of turn set up what units to cover. Don't bother attacking with any units not attached to HQ. -infantry is pretty useless for attack until you get motorisation. Once you have that you can take a few cities in china. Don't bother trying to finish them. Just bust them down then refocus on setting up strong outposts. I walked 3 armies with HQ around Hanoi,bangkok,singapore,rangoon with ease -one time I used Japan to attack russia and it worked well. Made them siphon off forces. But even after Germany captured two Russian capitals they just keep moving east. Eventually the allies invade and you're out of time. I think the trick may be to take murmansk and cut off the 200mpps they get from allies. -I was able to capture England but not sure it helps much. It delayed my Russian invasion until the fall. Its Apr 44 and USA is now invading UK, so it slows them down at least 6 months. -I haven't been able to make Italy useful. They always lose in north Africa. -haven't really figured out the complete combat system. How does the weather and season affect? What is the +2DB you see in the odds calculator? What do the symbols in that box mean? -very important to focus your strong forces, don't spread out and try to be strong everywhere ie hold them off in the south and drive for Moscow with all armour -Japan navy can make a good account of itself but can't win. Need to time when to pull at least 8 armies plus air back to Japan. Can hold out a long time. AI doesn't seem to be capable of invading effectively when you have a strong defence. Happy to hear comments