Early Russia Attack

[Edwin P.]

I have just started launching early attacks against Russia (ie > Low Countries, Denmark, France > Norway > Russia AND Italy > Greece) - ie late 1940 when Russian readiness is below 50% and have found that there are no Russian units guarding the frontier. It makes for a most interesting game vs the AI.

Note: In executing this strategy it helps to send 3 armor units swinging through the south and one through the north to sieze ungarded cities as the AI will often leave 1 or 2 or 3 cities unguarded as it gives preference towards building units closer to the front lines.

Note: Don't advance too fast or you trigger the Siberian Transfer and that can be deadly as your force structure is much smaller than a normal game where you have conquered most of the neutral nations.