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Taking out AA in England: worth it? - 3/6/2017 11:20:23 PM

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Having a tough time prepping for England: taking out their air support so I can para in is bad enough, but the AA jumps in at every opportunity.

The AA themselves (there's two around London) seem impervious to my current level 1 TACs and Heavies right now too.

Should I screw it? Kind of worried about the paras getting mauled. Also, there's not a ton of space to invade as-is.

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RE: Taking out AA in England: worth it? - 3/7/2017 12:47:34 AM

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You won't have to parachute to get there. England(AI) will put a ship in every hex between themselves
and the continent of Europe. You can just walk across on the ships.. good luck.

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RE: Taking out AA in England: worth it? - 3/7/2017 3:05:44 PM

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I'm currently invading the UK in a test game for PBEM and landed at Portsmouth, which gave me a port, so I'd suggest aiming for the same location if possible.

Alternatively you could try to take Plymouth but that would require deploying your air support further west.

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RE: Taking out AA in England: worth it? - 3/7/2017 11:11:11 PM

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Ah, right, and if you take a port obviously you won't need any more Amphibious Transports.

Ok. Let me try that.

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RE: Taking out AA in England: worth it? - 3/8/2017 12:38:08 AM

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You realize that if you run enough tactical and medium bomber raids, followed by fighter sweeps - that there will be no interceptions left on the British fighters. Run all your air ops, then deploy your Paras into a much friendlier air space.

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RE: Taking out AA in England: worth it? - 3/8/2017 1:16:05 AM

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You realize that if you run enough tactical and medium bomber raids, followed by fighter sweeps - that there will be no interceptions left on the British fighters. Run all your air ops, then deploy your Paras into a much friendlier air space.

Yeah, I guess you're right; I was thinking of follow-up turns and providing air support to cut-off units. Haven't attempted a UK assault yet, so maybe that's not as necessary as I thought.

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