conquerring america

[ahmed-anas]

ok so im germany, and im planing to conquer america but its just SOO FREAKING FAR..how do u even get there :S.. ive conquered the major part of france, and now i just need to get to a vp province of france near amerrica to annex it.. like i cant even find a way to get to brazil or any where onto tht continent so i can making my way to america..any help?

 

[Katzmarek]

Do you have Scandinavia, the Balkans, Soviet Union and Britain already? ...They are much more fun and also easier. when ur done you could think of America but thats a lot of work and not much fun, you will need many many transports and a lot of time. the azores would help, u could influence or conquer portugal.

 

[LodovicoAriosto]

You can declare war on Portugal, gain Cape Verde, Azores and then attack Venezuela or head straight to the US.

Or go for Iceland (port Reykjavik) from British Isles and then to Canada.

Wherever on the US soil you land your troops, strike on the industrial core (New York, Boston, Pittsburgh, Detroit...) as soon as possible.

 

[lionhead]

I always go via Haiti or Dominican Republic. You can just attack those islands. After that i usually invade Venzuela too for the oil, and then start landing in texas.


Read my first AAR for the details

 

[unmerged(27886)]

You have several options.

1. Iceland to Nova Scotia - take iceland from the US
2. Azores to US East Coast - Either influence Portugal to join your alliance, or attack them and then assault the Azores. You won't be able to annex because of Macao
3. Bermuda to anywhere on the east coast/Texas wherever - take Bermuda from the UK

All of these methods require you perform a 4 phase operation.
1. Conquer said territory
2. Transport your armed forces to the territory as a staging area. This includes all INF/MIL, ARM/MOT/MECH, planes and ships that will be part of your invasion force.
3. divide your assault force into 2 groups
a. An amphibious assault force. Usually 3-5 marines or other troops depending on tech levels.
b. A re-enforcement landing party. This will contain your HQs, mobile units and INF. You will probably need to make multiple trips with these transports to collect all of your troops off your staging area and into the US
4. As soon as you get an airfield, normally I pick a landing area with an airfield like nova scotia, re-base your planes from your staging area to the new territory and commence operations.

I did this on GC36 Normal/Aggressive as ITA, and was able to quite easily conquer the US in 45 after I took out the UK. Remember to attempt to do encirclements and use your air power effectively, and it is SOOOO much easier than taking the UK (unless you use the paratrooper/cardiff exploit).

 

[unmerged(105989)]

Due to the need to stage large forces, I go Bermuda, then to Andros (the airfield in the bahamas). While my fighters achieve air superiority over the florida straight, my tranports are busy staging everybody in the Bahamas. Also I build a level one port in Andros so I can rebase ships there. I then attack Florida and the East coast in order to cut down on the transit times for my transports.

Note - If you want to cut the US down quick, send multiple landings, attacking Florida, the Northeast, and Texas. The AI won't be able to cope and will just shut down and die. If you want the AI to put up a big fight, pick one landing site, and then fight from there. alternatively invade through Mexico for a logistical challenge.

 

[TAMBOURINESNAKE]

Take over all of the Soviet Union and then backdoor America through Alaska and Canada. Just don't be surprised when she thinks its painful.

 

[Zorro]

I recently played as the SU (would be the same for Germany though) and invaded US. I used Greenland as my main invasion point. My biggest problem was the American navy which made landing operations very difficult. I acutally had to invade through Canada and work my way down from there. My advice would also be to build enough transports to transport as many as your units as you can at once.

 

[unmerged(105989)]

If you take the Azores and Bermuda and base TACs out of them, you will very quickly do some damage to the USN, especially if your surface fleet is growing at the same time.

 

[unmerged(130521)]

Take over all of the Soviet Union and then backdoor America through Alaska and Canada. Just don't be surprised when she thinks its painful.

The terrain and lack of infrastructure would be a real killer. Although you will need to take Anchorage anyway to annex the US.

 

[solidgeoff]

I just recently completed my conquering of America as Germany. I found that persistence is vital. Also, try to move as quickly as possible because the USA has a strong air and naval force and a small-ish armed force but once you invade they dedicate all their Infra to ground units. So basically you want to bust in and take out their industrial centers like New York and Chicago. Sometimes, I had trouble with large stack defenses. Basically, the southeast had a ton of units which was hard to break. What I did was attack directly to Chicago from New York (spreading it out a little bit on the way) and then south to Louisiana. Then, I converged on the southeast. After that, i probably had a net total of maybe 10-15 divisions to take care of marching west.

 

[Southern_land]

As Germany I refused the bitter peace and steamrolled across the remnants of the USSR to the Berring strait, then prepared an amphibious strike across the Aleutians into Alaska and down the West coast. It was a painful exercise as my small navy kept getting chomped (its a military term:rofl: ) but by the time the game timed out in 195? I had half of Canada, the whole west coast of the USA and was storming across the south towards Florida. At the speed the US forces were crumbling I would have encircled a number of divisions in the middle somewhere and swamped their defences within another 6 months

I found numerous amphibious landings the key, leap frogging heavy defences