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bo -> Malta and North Africa. (1/30/2017 4:49:15 PM)
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Some observations on Malta and the North African campaign by the Axis.
You have to make a decision as the Axis, do I really want to conquer North Africa, I know Cairo must be taken as one of the issues for a German victory. Are there any pros and cons? I have read many comments by posters far more astute understanding this game than I do, but I will attempt to clarify my ideas of this battle as best I can.
I have read posts where players have said they can defeat the British in North Africa without taking Malta, I accept that but I have never been able to do that, when my supplies start to read zero as I approach Alexandria I come to a complete standstill.
I have two thoughts on this, one if I use the Africa corp along with all the Italian units I can spare to halt the British at Bardia or Tobruk, it most likely will become a stalemate, a positive out of this is that the British most likely will not invade Italy nor will these units be used in the Allied invasion of France May 1943 which would be a big help defensively against the allies.
The second part of this is I would like to transport the German HQ's, the armored corp, the fighter and the tactical bomber units to the Eastern front for support against the Russians and use what I have left of the Africa Corp to delay the British if possible. Transporting can be a little dangerous [:(]
Eventually the British forces will succeed in defeating what units the Axis have left in North Africa and then invade Tunis and shortly after that invade the Italian mainland.
Pros and cons on that, Pro the more the British AI pours units into Italy the less the Germans have to face in France during the May 1943 invasion, The con do not lose Italy [:(] I use the Italian engineers to build fortications across Italy in front of Rome.
Normally the AI flounders around in Sicily, but one game they landed north of Rome and I panicked, but was able to pull two Panzer units out of Russia to block that unit, needless to say I could not really spare those Panzers from the Russian front.
Finally if you are serious about taking North Africa IMO you must take Malta which I find rather easy to do and if "Bo" can do it anybody can [;)] I prefer that the Italian Navy have Naval Weaponry one. As soon as the battle of France is over I relocate one German HQ and one Para division to Sicily, normally you have to move them to the boot of Italy first then cross into Sicily.
I then send my three tactical bombers and my three medium bombers to Sicily, taking several turns so not to waste MMP's. I bombard with all my Italian warships and then strike with the German airforce, only twice did I fail to capture Malta on the first attack but it fell easily in the second attack.
Sorry for the long story just got the urge to comment on the game, one other thing I noticed but can't prove when I tried to move my German airforce from France to Italy I tried to cross Switzerland but I felt I was denied by the program because Switzerland is neutral, am I dreaming or is that a possibility? [&:]
Bo
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