Perhaps 60 GAR is a bit too much? IIRC they each use about 10 MP each. So you have 600 MP tied up in garrisons.
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Yeah that's way too much. Personally I no longer build garrison at all, as the partisan level goes down over time anyway.
I generally view it as conserving org, because the infantry gets a rest after the battle (and takes time to move) while the panzers will be in combat/moving as soon as possible.
Manpower is definitely more of an issue in AoD. To be honest, if realism is what we are after even AoD isn't going hard enough.
For example, many German divisions never recovered their manpower losses from the winter of 1941. By spring 1942, only Armeegruppe A and B had divisions reinforced to anything near to the divisional average of 1939-1941, and that was due to the Caucus offensive. Further example, in 1943 the organization of divisions was even changed such that the "full" german division was about 80% of it had been in September 1939 and even then, most divisions were significantly below their targets.
However, as far as AoD goes. If you play your cards right you won't have a significant manpower shortage until sometime in 1943. Switch to manpower friendly ministers and do a better job of prioritizing your builds. If things get really rough, start disbanding militia and garrisons in non-priority areas. Go for mobility in defense in the West, as opposed 10 MP garrisons or militia on each beach head.
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I can report to you that in the game I was referring to above, 1943 panned out quite well. I definitely had oil and manpower shortages that year but the russians were in worse shape (I was pleased to note they were having manpower issues as well, which is good considering I had annihilated 200+ divisions in 1941/42). A few pockets consisting of around 50 units in total and the soviets pretty much melted away in the south and Baku Armeegruppe Caucus was able to take Baku against a superior force by the winter of 1943/1944. Bitter peace came in early 1944 and I am now engaged in combat in africa against the americans (italians were just beginning to collapse) and am planning an invasion of india.
If I had been unable to achieve bitter peace, I would probably have been in a lot of trouble as many of my divisions were at around 70% strength in the east due to lack of manpower. I'm even having manpower issues no re: india. But with SOV gone I'm probably going to disband a few of my armies and, again, go for mobility.
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Artillery brigades are the bane of german manpower. Do not build them on your infantry divisions. Recon and AT brigades are good enough if you cannot afford the oil for infantry tank brigades, which are a very powerful option that can give you the edge in the large inf vs inf battles.
Don't bother with garrison, reserves, or security divisions either. A corps of 3 mot divisions can keep plenty of France secure from partisans, and will be more useful if you need to deal with real enemies.
Also, to continue echoing this thread, stockpile lots and lots of oil (and rare metal) during the pre-war years. You can produce a good deal of energy and metal, especially with a puppeted Sweden, and you can make all the supplies and money you want, so focus on what will be scarce.
As for dealing with France, I have had my best results when I attack the Netherlands before I attack Belgium. Taking out the Dutch makes it much easier to overwhelm Belgium before France is able to move in reinforcements and allowing the mobile units to push into France itself much faster then I can if I try to bulldoze through Belgium without attacking the Netherlands.
Don't bother with garrison, reserves, or security divisions either. A corps of 3 mot divisions can keep plenty of France secure from partisans, and will be more useful if you need to deal with real enemies.
Also, to continue echoing this thread, stockpile lots and lots of oil (and rare metal) during the pre-war years. You can produce a good deal of energy and metal, especially with a puppeted Sweden, and you can make all the supplies and money you want, so focus on what will be scarce.
As for dealing with France, I have had my best results when I attack the Netherlands before I attack Belgium. Taking out the Dutch makes it much easier to overwhelm Belgium before France is able to move in reinforcements and allowing the mobile units to push into France itself much faster then I can if I try to bulldoze through Belgium without attacking the Netherlands.
This is fair, I have not dealt with AoD partisans so I guess I erred too much on the side of trying to suppress all of them. That would pretty much get me to where I "felt" like I should be, around 1200-1300MP.
You should definately build some garrisons. But not too many. I usually deploy them in the occupied provinces with the most IC and MP. MP raises partisanlevels. Paris, Warsaw, Copenhagen etc.
I realized that you can puppet more easily in AoD so I have been doing that. Problem is, since I puppeted Hungary there is no way to deploy transports in the black sea or eastern Med.
So basically paratroopers from Sardinia is the only possible way to take Gibraltar. I guess that is why it didn't happen historically.
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So basically paratroopers from Sardinia is the only possible way to take Gibraltar. I guess that is why it didn't happen historically.
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I realized that you can puppet more easily in AoD so I have been doing that. Problem is, since I puppeted Hungary there is no way to deploy transports in the black sea or eastern Med.
So basically paratroopers from Sardinia is the only possible way to take Gibraltar. I guess that is why it didn't happen historically.
Ally Franco and/or invade through Spain.