I'm playing the USSR from 1936 with HOI2 v. 1.03a and was surprised to discover that Hitler pulled off Sealion in 1941. I wasn't paying any attention to the UK and was astonished to discover the British Isles (save Northern Ireland) in grey, not red, on the political map.
When the Germans launched Barbarossa in June 1942, the Kriegsmarine sailed two carriers up the Baltic to Leningrad and wrought havoc on the battleship fleet with which I had expected to rule those waters. (Though, my courageous TAC air eventually made one of them into an oil slick.) I see now that they also possess three BBs from the cheat screen on the statistics tab.
I'm impressed that AI Germany held off the RN long enough to land enough troops to overrun nearly all of Great Britain because I struggled mightily to accomplish the same when I played as Germany. Just curious to know if this happens often. And if so, is there a presumably rare event that fires to allow this, or was the British AI criminally incompetent by, say, sending the entire fleet to defend Singapore?
When the Germans launched Barbarossa in June 1942, the Kriegsmarine sailed two carriers up the Baltic to Leningrad and wrought havoc on the battleship fleet with which I had expected to rule those waters. (Though, my courageous TAC air eventually made one of them into an oil slick.) I see now that they also possess three BBs from the cheat screen on the statistics tab.
I'm impressed that AI Germany held off the RN long enough to land enough troops to overrun nearly all of Great Britain because I struggled mightily to accomplish the same when I played as Germany. Just curious to know if this happens often. And if so, is there a presumably rare event that fires to allow this, or was the British AI criminally incompetent by, say, sending the entire fleet to defend Singapore?
