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YourAdmiral -> Biggest Commander Blunder (9/9/2008 8:14:37 PM)
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What was your biggest Commander blunder? I'll start by sharing mine --
I was playing a live opponent via email, I was Allies. Minor Axis advantage. I had lost the UK to Operation Sea Lion (story of that is another posting), but had fought off the Axis attempt to take Canada.
The U.S. and Russia had entered the war, the Axis invaded Russia pretty late, like fall 1941, due to the Sea Lion activities. So I'm defending Russia, and have a ton of production points to spend.
So, rather than conduct a conventional defense, I create a huge tank army, Zhukov as commander, extra air support in the form of 2 new Tac bombers, and send them all in an amphibious operation across the Black Sea to the Romanian coast.
The genius plan was to surprise the Axis in a theater far from the main front, capture Bucharest quickly, and devastate his southern line by removing the Romanians from the war. I would then press on to Bulgaria, which he would be unable to reinforce by rail since he had never captured Greece, removing the Bulgarians from the war. From there it would be easy work to move up to Hungary, Vienna, and then Berlin.
Instead, my opponent was able to blunt my assault easily by reinforcing Bucharest with a few German corps. The mountains outside of Bucharest made it difficult for my tanks to move because of supply issues caused by the low level of amphibious supply, and my massive force was easily chewed up.
After liquidating the invasion force, my opponent captured Moscow and marched on to Perm in a cakewalk.
There. I said it.
Your Admiral
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