Something that's bugged me on a few games recently and I think could add something to the game.
The more you read about Roosevelt and Churchill, the more you realise how much pressure they were under from the Soviets to open the 'second front'. This got to the stage where both were terrified the Soviets would agree a separate peace.
And yet in the game the smart tactic as I see it on particularly a UK playthrough is to win the war in North Africa, secure Vichy territories, divert forces to hold off the Japanese and then build up enough of a force to all but guarantee a victory in Northern Europe in 44/45. Generally I ignore Italy but may take Sardinia/Corsica for the air bases, and if I have the troops I'll try and hold the Greek chokepoint.
Other than that I leave the Russians to it - for the two forces to be ground down as much as possible, which the AI does without complaint.
I'd like to see some political pressure applied to the Western Allies to force interventions - i.e. a Russian desire to seek a peace gets larger the longer there is no offensive action, but can be mitigated by x divisions on the continent, strategic bombing and lend lease. No help = unlocks negotiated peace decisions.
Broad strokes but what do people think?
The more you read about Roosevelt and Churchill, the more you realise how much pressure they were under from the Soviets to open the 'second front'. This got to the stage where both were terrified the Soviets would agree a separate peace.
And yet in the game the smart tactic as I see it on particularly a UK playthrough is to win the war in North Africa, secure Vichy territories, divert forces to hold off the Japanese and then build up enough of a force to all but guarantee a victory in Northern Europe in 44/45. Generally I ignore Italy but may take Sardinia/Corsica for the air bases, and if I have the troops I'll try and hold the Greek chokepoint.
Other than that I leave the Russians to it - for the two forces to be ground down as much as possible, which the AI does without complaint.
I'd like to see some political pressure applied to the Western Allies to force interventions - i.e. a Russian desire to seek a peace gets larger the longer there is no offensive action, but can be mitigated by x divisions on the continent, strategic bombing and lend lease. No help = unlocks negotiated peace decisions.
Broad strokes but what do people think?
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