82ndtrooper
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well its july 41. The Atlantic has been quiet for months, allowing me to build up my forces enough that now I am able to invade Europe. I have not only complete control of the Atlantic, I also have such an overwhelming force advantage that I can blockade the whole Atlantic and launch an Invasion of Europe without much fear of the Axis being able to interfere. All I can guess is that he has focused so much on his invasion of Russia that he neglected the war for the Atlantic. This will now cost him. I apologize for not posting my plans earlier but I am a military man and when doing a secret operation I believe in a complete communication blackout. The only person who knew anything was Ezto and I didn't give him any real details. This invasion is a little premature and if I had not been able to build up my navy as easy as I have been, I would never have done it. But in this version the Axis had the "pressure axis allies card" which has since been removed. This card allows them to blow through the Balkans without any resistance and lets them invade southern Russia much sooner. This is extremely hard on an experienced Russian player, much less a player who is playing against other people for the first time like Ezto. I knew I had to do something to take the pressure off of Russia as soon as I could or the Germans would steam roll him fast. So as you can see in the screen shots following I have invaded southwestern France. This is not just a feint, I intend for this to be my main invasion and will do my best to keep my beachhead and build up my forces. here is my strategic analysis of the situation. I choose to invade and capture Bordeaux because its easy to defend with Vichy established. all I have to worry about is the river to the north. as you can see i already blew the only bridge across it. Making it all but imposable for the Germans to reinforce. Now with Vichy in place all i have to do is take Bordeaux and then defend the river to the north while i pump all the units i can into Bordeaux. I have to hold on till December when the USA starts to come online. As long as Vichy is in place i have a very small front to defend. I will have to defend mainly with an infantry army but I have infantry II and heavy Infantry II, I will reinforce them with antitank guns and infantry guns I. the good thing is I have fighters III. so I should have air superiority. This will be key. now Germany has a hard couple of choices to make. 1. First he has to push me back into the sea by December. If he doesn't, then I will be pumping huge amounts of forces into Bordeaux and he will have an extremely hard time stopping me (because the USA will come online then). To do this he will have to withdraw at least a full Army Group from the Russian Front. ( which is what I want.) In my opinion he has to do this no matter what. 2. he has to decide whether or not to declare war on Vichy. (this is a hard choice for him) If he doesn't then I have a very small easily defended beachhead. And he will have a very difficult time dislodging me since i have air superiority. If he does than I get all the Vichy troops in Europe and the french navy, plus I get Marseilles. Also this will open up North Africa for me. if he doesn't and I hold on like i hope i can then when the time is right, if I need too, i will declare war on Vichy. It doesn't matter if he gets the french navy because my naval power is such now that it wont help him. Germany can definitely throw me back into the sea, but to do so I think he will have to pull a full Army group back from Russia. Which will take the pressure off of Ezto/Russia. (This is my goal.) I want to make this clear. I know I am up against a very skilled opponent and this is a risk like anything in war. He has the skill and the resources to defeat me. But I feel he has allowed me to build up my navy to the point that I can come out on top. The next 5 months are crucial. The only thing in my opinion that could really hurt me is if he was to have 15 or 20 subs in reserve. If he does than things will get real ugly real fast. ok here are the screen shots.
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