Are there enough leaders for both the Army, Airforce and Navy should you want to build a lot of things?
What's your manpower like?
What's your manpower like?
Sexy Aussie Dress Uniforms - you know it broski.
It's the knee-length socks that do it, methinks.
Nice to see an Aussie carrier so early on. Sparring with the Japanese should get a whole lot more fun now!
I'm impressed with the forces you mustered for Europe. Bit of a shame, though, that your probing action cost you 1,300 dead. But at least the Germans paid at least as dearly.
Now what does the (European) future hold? Pre-empt the Germans and violate Dutch neutrality? That might give you a pathway to the Ruhr, so coveted by the British...
Are there enough leaders for both the Army, Airforce and Navy should you want to build a lot of things?
What's your manpower like?
It's the knee-length socks that do it, methinks.
Nice to see an Aussie carrier so early on. Sparring with the Japanese should get a whole lot more fun now!
I'm impressed with the forces you mustered for Europe. Bit of a shame, though, that your probing action cost you 1,300 dead. But at least the Germans paid at least as dearly.
Now what does the (European) future hold? Pre-empt the Germans and violate Dutch neutrality? That might give you a pathway to the Ruhr, so coveted by the British...
Why not try and land in Denmark and try to hold the Faaborg? That'd give the Aussies a good defensive position and an opprotunity to do some real damage to the Axis. You could even try and destroy the Kreigsmarine with the RAN!
Things going pretty historically except that the Soviets won the Finnish war much easier, and China's still insane.
British high command seems so indecisive.
What exactly caused the Australian aviation casualties?
Poor Finns. I guess the White Death must not've been nearly as active this time around!
The scene is set and you get to pick your fight... Norway? France? Africa? Somewhere else? Looking forward to the next update!
How's the Australian Navy looking re: transport and resupply capability? If you've got enough ships, I'd say DoW Italy and grab Sardinia/Libya from them. Perhaps from there you could take Sicily and start working your way up the Italian Peninsula - or just dig out a beachhead and let the British AI suffer the majority of the losses.
I like the new Avatar.
The damn sexy Aussie uniforms are turning me gay! I demand an end to this!
It's blow after blow against the Allies and the British Commonwealth. If I read it right, Norway hasn't been invaded yet by the Hun, but surely that won't be for long. Basically, a lost cause.
The situation in Eastern Europe - well, the best thing I can come up with is that, with Finland now a Soviet client, the odds are a bit longer for the Germans, so hopefully they'll bog down quicker in the East (when that war inevitably comes) and you can sweep in from the West. Or the South. Methinks you might be more inclined towards Churchill's preferred strategy of attacking the soft underbelly of Europe.
The situation in China is nearly unbearable. India is so much more vulnerable to Japan than it ever was in real life. Painful. But at least the war on the seas should be more even-sided from the beginning, what with the Aussie carrier(s) available.
A question about your deployment to the south of France: won't the Italians only join the fray once France is already on the ropes? In other words, am I right in thinking you can't do anything about Italian aggression (by aggressively counter-invading Italy across the Alps) until the point that you basically have to abandon France anyway (it could turn into a Benny-Hill-type chase: the Aussies chase after the fleeing Italians, the retreating French are hot on the heels of the Aussies, while the German Panzers are doing unspeakable things to the French in the rear*)?
Maybe you have a more, erm, 'forward-leaning' strategy towards the Italians? Is your neutrality low enough to declare war on them? In fact, can you even declare war, being part of (but not the leader of) the Allies?
*I apologize for this truly horrible monstrosity. I'm a sucker for bad taste.
I once had such a situation in North Africa: italy gobbling up French territory, UK gobbling up Libya, German panzers gobbling up Egypt.
lots of fun.
theoretically, if neutrality is low enough, Australia can DoW Italy, but I'd check on UK forces in Egypt first.
I'm surprised that Finland went Comintern rather than just ceding the demanded territory - a new option in HPP, I take it. Does Finland "retaining its own government and laws" mean that it's still Social Conservative, or just that the Soviets puppeted them, but didn't annex them outright?
How's the Australian Navy looking re: transport and resupply capability? If you've got enough ships, I'd say DoW Italy and grab Sardinia/Libya from them. Perhaps from there you could take Sicily and start working your way up the Italian Peninsula - or just dig out a beachhead and let the British AI suffer the majority of the losses.
I support this idea, but you should also consider the Japanese threat and leave some reserves to tackle an amphibious landing.
Sorry about the delay, life is super hectic and CK2 coming out hasn't helped my free time!
I'll try and have an update tonight.