Yes I believe this must be tested a lot. Lets say Germany moves 30 divisions against Poland and captures it in mid september. If he then goes after the soviets immediately I cant see how russias 43 divisions with an org level of 30 can withstand the attack. Next troops he will get will be in december - 20-30 infantry divisions at most with low org level.
But it all depends on wether Italy can hold the german westfront. I believe they can since the french will have an org level of 10 and attack through very rough terrain. And maybe Italy could also share some troops to the russian campaign as they start out with the largest military power - 65 divisions.
The most likely scenario would be that Germany can capture the North of Russia and overextend himself in the south. Maybe Stalingrad will not fall but that will very much be up to the skill of the players. The Germans surely got the advantage.
I cant see how the russians can counter this. Remember that 10 division must be moved from Vladivostok makin them useless for a month into the campaign. So the russian player must cope with barely 30 division against roughly the same germans strength. And if Germany fails the first attack troops will pour in as it will for the russians in 3 months.
Russias problem here is that he cant depend on the rivers as his forces are to thin. If Germany goes for Moscow, dniepr will be useless and the troops there will see thier fellow comrades fall in the North. That would seal Russias faith. On the other hand if all is brought to defend Moscow - the germans can concentrate all his might their and crush the enemy in one big blow.
The only way I see this is that UK must declare war immediatley as Germany launces Barbarossa and trying to tie up axis forces by invanding Italy and Germanys baltic sea coast.
HoIs problem is that the russians starts out with barely 40 divisions to few. They historically did have more than that but if you just count full strength units that would mean nearly 85 divisions.
In the meantime org level for Germany is to high in 1936. So I think this must be adjusted before we can talk about how to prevent Russia from declaring war.
But it all depends on wether Italy can hold the german westfront. I believe they can since the french will have an org level of 10 and attack through very rough terrain. And maybe Italy could also share some troops to the russian campaign as they start out with the largest military power - 65 divisions.
The most likely scenario would be that Germany can capture the North of Russia and overextend himself in the south. Maybe Stalingrad will not fall but that will very much be up to the skill of the players. The Germans surely got the advantage.
I cant see how the russians can counter this. Remember that 10 division must be moved from Vladivostok makin them useless for a month into the campaign. So the russian player must cope with barely 30 division against roughly the same germans strength. And if Germany fails the first attack troops will pour in as it will for the russians in 3 months.
Russias problem here is that he cant depend on the rivers as his forces are to thin. If Germany goes for Moscow, dniepr will be useless and the troops there will see thier fellow comrades fall in the North. That would seal Russias faith. On the other hand if all is brought to defend Moscow - the germans can concentrate all his might their and crush the enemy in one big blow.
The only way I see this is that UK must declare war immediatley as Germany launces Barbarossa and trying to tie up axis forces by invanding Italy and Germanys baltic sea coast.
HoIs problem is that the russians starts out with barely 40 divisions to few. They historically did have more than that but if you just count full strength units that would mean nearly 85 divisions.
In the meantime org level for Germany is to high in 1936. So I think this must be adjusted before we can talk about how to prevent Russia from declaring war.
. Germany starts out with 40 divs of which 3 are armored, for Russia the same number is 43 with 5 armored divisions. Of course the higher org value of German units makes a big difference but i believe Belgia, Poland, France and +5 forts of Russian cities are enough to balance this out. For a quick blow Germany has 3 months to take out Russia before its 40+ inf divs come to the field. These are all winter months that slow down Germany more. 
