Taking Panama Canal as Japan

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Im struggling to land and take the Panama Canal as Japan.

My transports dont have the range to reach from Xmas Island, Tahiti or Pearl, is there any tried and tested strategy for taking the Panama canal to deny it to the USA?

Cheers.

 

[Dirked99]

Land Midway, Rebase your fleet immediately, land Pearl Harbor Rebase your fleet immediately, and make the last jump to the canal or the coast of the United States first for another forward base. Remember to garrison your captured islands, 1 so your fleet has advanced bases, and denying them to the Americans!

 

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My trasnports cant reach the canal from Pearl though it seems.

 

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My trasnports cant reach the canal from Pearl though it seems.

You'll be within 3000 range (the range of transports and lvl 4 ships) from Los Angeles IIRC, so you'd need to land there first.

 

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So, can you DoW one of the little central American countries, and set up a base of operations there? If it's within range, I would consider that. One stepping-stone leads to another.

Or, you could forget the whole thing and screw around w/ landing on Attu Island.

 

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So, can you DoW one of the little central American countries, and set up a base of operations there? If it's within range, I would consider that. One stepping-stone leads to another.

Or, you could forget the whole thing and screw around w/ landing on Attu Island.

Unless you build a naval base in Dutch Guyana (later Suriname) many of these will be out of range too.
I usually just build a lot of transports and stack up the majority of my army on Pearl Harbor first, then I invade California, followed by Panama and the Eastern Coast. I prefer not to get distracted by the rest of the continent.

I'd be carefull invading these, if/when they or their neighbours join the Allies you could suddenly end up with a landconnection (through allies) with the USA, something you don't want unless you have sufficient forces in-theatre.