wdolson
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You can get by without shipping oil, but it helps. If Sydney and Melbourne have oil stocks, they will generate supplies and fuel with the heavy industry there. That will not fullfill all the needs for the Southwest Pacific, but it will fill Australia's home needs with a little left over to ship to front line bases. Auckland is similar. It can generate enough supply to keep the North Island in good shape if it has oil. While it's still safe to do so, suck as much oil out of the Dutch East Indies as you can. I ship all the oil I can out of Palembang and the other, smaller DEI ports to Australia and India. Most Allied locations have adequate resources, oil is usually the biggest problem. If they have oil, they can generate supplies, which will reduce the strain on your shipping down the road. The oil in the Western US will be needed to generate supply in the first year or so. You can get away with shipping some out, but don't take too much. At least this is the case with CHS. I've never played stock in the big campaign, but I believe it isn't as critical in stock. In CHS, things were done to keep the Allies from having overwhelming supply in the first year. It's enough, but not massive over capacity. The resource and oil part of the game is a lot less critical for the Allies. If you don't ship the oil, you will have to ship more supplies, but it isn't a critical, stop production kind of problem. Bill
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