What would your guys main plan to start as Germany mine would be to get all the tank research bonuses that I could get and research the Panzer 3 early so I can build a decent tank before the war
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"Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow'."
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Not starting a war with Russia and instead going through Turkey and the Middle East to secure the resources.
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Planning on going after England first (Sealion) ... so naval bombers, marines, and paratrooper will be heavy to get started.
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If I were to play Germany first, instead of Italy, I'd probably beeline industry bonuses and extra research slot from the NF tree because they might be crucial. We'll know better after a few games, but it seems to be a reasonable assumption. I don't really believe in aggressively beelining for tank models, because of the ahead of time penalties.
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Yeah but there are some focuses and companies that reduce the ahead of time penalties and increase research rate such as the treaty with the Soviets
Wait for USSR to piss off the allies. Then join in the defence of poor little Finland in the second winter war. Conquer Russia with the blessing and (more importantly) without distraction of the west.
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Spam interceptors,inf+art until 1939,take out poland and france 1940 paradrop few divisions on the port and sneak army into britain and take britain after that prepare for Soviet union
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To follow up, whether you agree with Montgomery on Rule #1 or not, it'll probably help not to repeat the other mistake the Germans made, and develop some solid, good range strategic bombers that might actually put some hurt on the enemy's industry.
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I would Also try and invade Romania early on because of that yummy oil they have
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Mid 36 invade Poland, motorise as much inf as possible, early 39 invade Russia with the intention of over running as many of their front line troops as possible in the first couple of months.
Not getting dragged into a 2-front (technicly 3-front if you count the skies) war would be a good start. 
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Try to design a more flexible force structure. Probably copy the Soviet MRD structure to some extent.
To me it look like there is two main aggressive strategies:
- Army primacy: This focus on building up a very strong army at the cost of the navy and possibly airforce. This army is then used to eventually defeat the Soviet union and then you will likely either continue conquer Asia or you build up a navy and airforce to attack UK and USA using the factories and resources you conquest brings.
- Navy primacy: This focus on building up a navy strong enough that you can invade and conquer UK and maybe follow up with conquest of USA. The army will not be as strong as in the army primacy strategy but may still be strong enough for the minors and maybe France as well.
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rush panzer 4 and make a variant of it asap to get a tank that can last for years, and not wasting IC on changing production, and then make sue i get some artys and anti tanks guns for my inf so they can punch a blow to the front line of the soviets
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(It is quite uncomfortable writing this with Monty as my avatar staring to the right at my post.)
Finish off the UK before I do anything else. If I do that and don't allow the Japanese into the axis (no war with the USA thank you very much) I can dominate Europe and then prepare for invasion of the USSR without fighting a constant air war with Britain bombing my industrial areas and a naval war against the British navy.
Finish off the UK before I do anything else. If I do that and don't allow the Japanese into the axis (no war with the USA thank you very much) I can dominate Europe and then prepare for invasion of the USSR without fighting a constant air war with Britain bombing my industrial areas and a naval war against the British navy.
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IMHO Germany takes a more complex strategy. You are correct about getting a good tank developed before the war gets started, but you also need to take other things into account. You must control the air or strat bombing will crush your industry. With control of the air you can develop Nav bombers to hurt the RN. You must decide on going all in with subs or split your naval production between subs and surface ships. Nav bombers likley will not be enough to get the RN out of the way of Sea Lion. You will need to get more countries into the Axis using political influence (Japan, Spain?) and keep an eye out to help Italy in the Med. You have to decide about investing in synthetics.
Basically, yeah, armor is important but there are many more considerations. Germany is the main player of the war in a certain sense and so has much to consider.
Basically, yeah, armor is important but there are many more considerations. Germany is the main player of the war in a certain sense and so has much to consider.
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Get Danzing first and then take over the whole of Poland, after that get the Austrians under my belt.
I excpect the WT would be pretty high by then so I would go for a massive navy to beat the Brtish homefleet and take them down.
I will wipe up any other European nations and then seize everything west of the Urals from the USSR.
I excpect the WT would be pretty high by then so I would go for a massive navy to beat the Brtish homefleet and take them down.
I will wipe up any other European nations and then seize everything west of the Urals from the USSR.