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wie201 -> RE: Round Two - This Time Its Personal (9/4/2017 3:25:44 PM)
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Also remember that this was my first try as Axis and I purposely decided at the outset to limit the field of battle. For example, I didn't even try to get Finland on my side. I calculated that if I was technically superior, a smaller front line would be to my advantage, and I wouldn't have to repair units from too many other countries.
And I got VERY lucky with Yugoslavia, as they went Allied just before I had to place mechanized reinforcements, allowing me to place them right at the Yugoslavian border, and ending that conflict in fairly short order.
U-Boats were deployed in full force later than usual, until technically superior, allowing them to survive and avoid combat, again saving MPPs. And, frankly, in Version 1.03, the Italian Army really defeated the Allies in North Africa - the German Afrika Korps was reduced primarily to clean-up operations. Not that Italy could have taken the entire Mid-East, but they caused (and took) a lot of casualties saving German forces. Finally France was defeated quickly, allowing the German Army to walk to the Russian border - no operational costs there.
The idea was to aggressively save every MPP I could at the outset. No excessive costs EXCEPT for the armoured forces that invaded France and Benelux in 1940.
No excess casualties - destroy every small, weak unit you can and leave the big forces until later, if at all (France surrendered with a very substantial Army, a good portion of which was never engaged.)
Also the Allied forces were not particularly aggressive. Mark allowed me to run the war "on the cheap." No Greece and the worst timing possible on Yugoslavia. Then an abortive invasion of Norway which cost him an Army and a Special Forces corps.
As you can see, the overall theme was for the Axis to pinch pennies, invest on a smaller, technically savvy Army (until a larger one could be built), refuse direct fights with strong forces unless necessary, all this coupled with some bad luck and (as Mark would agree - remember his first time as Allies) some bad decisions or, at a minimum, badly timed decisions.
And maybe an excess of research breakthroughs for me.
The result, I think (hope) was (is) a perfect storm for the Axis. We'll see soon. The Invasion starts tonight!
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