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Originally posted by Darkrenown
And why not use some diplomacy to get some more minors into the axis, it won't affect your war effort in anything but a good way, will it?

couping (trying to coup) might not be endorsed by allied leaders ;)


btw. for the staff meetings: could you please post so, that I can simply quote your advice (recommendation, opinion, whatever :) )
 
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Finally an Italian AAR...and with screenshots, two thumbs up :)
I wonder if Turkey keeps refusing to enter the Axis, and if you declare war---could that, after Turkey's surrender of course, precipitate a southernly invasion of USSR from northeastern Turkey by the German forces?
 

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Originally posted by tuna
Finally an Italian AAR...and with screenshots, two thumbs up :)
I wonder if Turkey keeps refusing to enter the Axis, and if you declare war---could that, after Turkey's surrender of course, precipitate a southernly invasion of USSR from northeastern Turkey by the German forces?

thanks :) a invasion of turkey might be a possibility, if they don`t join...


members of the grand counsel! what will do next?

a) shall we strike preemptively against yugosslavia? (Grazian is not right btw. the chance that yugosslavia joins the allies soon is slim)

b) shall we wait for our airplanes and strike then?

c)should we hope that germany backs down in the upcoming "sudeten" crisis?

d) should we leave the "Axis" alliance? (forgot to mention, that we joined it in late 37)

e) f) g) ... [room for proposals of other counsel members]



how might a operational plan for the invasion of yugosalvia look like?
 

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I'd say wait for the new airfleet to shape up as well...and hope the Sudeten crisis doesn't start a full-blown war before you're prepared for it.

BTW, what is your secondary priority (after airforce) the navy or land forces? That might dictate some of the avenues for future plans as well :)

ps: Sorry for posting on the wrong thread earlier, didn't get much sleep last night.
 

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Wait for your new planes and start stocking up on resources. I need to know if you are sharing tech with Germany or more importantly if Germany is sharing tech with you? You might want to invest in short range subs for the med only...depends on how much IC it costs, but short range subs for the med to cut off their supplies would work. Or force the brits to escort their convoys more heavily (thus making it more expensive for them)...if they send in heavy ASW escorts..have your airfleets take care of them...which will cause them in turn to bring in more air assets to guard the ASW assests...which will then in turn eat up more of their resources...see where this goes?

Get Malta at all costs and build it into a fortress even more so than it already is!!! You do that and you will control the middle of the med.
 

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I'd go with leaving Yugoslavia alone. Unless they provide anything of value, that is. But I don't believe they do.

Hmm. You could pressure Austria into giving you South Tyrol. Not a bad idea, really.
 

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b, not to take any chances
 

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Originally posted by Sturmgeist
Wait for your new planes and start stocking up on resources. I need to know if you are sharing tech with Germany or more importantly if Germany is sharing tech with you? You might want to invest in short range subs for the med only...depends on how much IC it costs, but short range subs for the med to cut off their supplies would work. Or force the brits to escort their convoys more heavily (thus making it more expensive for them)...if they send in heavy ASW escorts..have your airfleets take care of them...which will cause them in turn to bring in more air assets to guard the ASW assests...which will then in turn eat up more of their resources...see where this goes?

Italys research was directed towards air, so our subs (we have plenty of them) are just crap. and no, germany didn`t want to share technology with us. I`d like to have some of that fancy german land doctrine stuff ;)

btw. could anybody else host the sreenies as well? I was surprised to see the whole bandwidth being used within half a day ;)
 

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it depends... if you`re germany, the US, the SU or the UK Yugoslavias resources are not worth to mention, if you`re italy it looks like a first prize ;)
 

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"We must ask ourselves do we want to stay tied to Hitler? His actions are close to inciting many nations to declare war on us, we Italians have done nothing to deserve being tarred along with Germany because of their actions. We should leave the alliance."
 

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"Your excellency, a fascist Turkey will greatly help the Italian cause in Eastern Mediterrenean. We are already strong enough to topple the current regime of weaklings in Ankara, and your formal backing of our cause would ensure that we can root out the Red menace for once and all. Whether through peaceful transition or outright military force, Turkey must and will join the crusade against Bolshevism!"

Tolunay Mengi, representative of Turkish ultra-nationalists in Rome ;)
 

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Italys future lies in the Med. and in the middle east, Duce! we should concentrate on controling Egypt the gate to the Orient! We need to seal of the Med. cutting of the british supplylines. I recommend preparing for the enevitable conflagration with the british and french and stock up and prepare to take Malta, Gibralta and Egypt as soon as possible when the war breaks out.
 

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Originally posted by Maximilian I
Italys research was directed towards air, so our subs (we have plenty of them) are just crap. and no, germany didn`t want to share technology with us. I`d like to have some of that fancy german land doctrine stuff ;)

btw. could anybody else host the sreenies as well? I was surprised to see the whole bandwidth being used within half a day ;)


Okay, I know that you were persuing the air doctrine tech path. However, I think that whatever IC you can spare to put towards upgrading your subs at all would be well worth your effort as they are cheaper to make, maintain and upgrade than your other naval units. Besides, you get more bang per IC for subs than other naval units.
 

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Take the gate to the med...sure it will be hard..but you can do it..that and egypt..thats all..come on now..
 

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Sir! I remain convinced that control over Greece and especially Crete will put us in the best possible position to seize Egypt and the Canal. If targeting Yugoslavia is a step in that direction, then we must do it. If it is better to be patient and prepare to take Greece, then I would counsel a buildup of our forces. This is probably a wise course, regardless, given the state of our forces and the mountainous terrain of the Balkans.

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