Hello, I play pacific 1940 a lot. I have also played global a few times. Pacific 1940 second edition is a great game but I can almost easily win every time if I’m Japan and I attack on the third turn. A new rule was passed around late 2014 to allow the USA to receive a 30 IPC bonus if Japan attacks or declares war on them before turn 4. This seems to balance the game a little but I can still always win with Japan. The strategy for Japan is pretty much the same. Take the money islands, build a minor in French Indo China and Kwangtung and knock out China and India. Post in the Philippines with your huge navy and three fighters that can scramble and those six deadly kamikizes. Let Anzac and USA come to you so you can use the fighters to defend at 4 when the big navy battle happens. Eventually you will be making more than the allies with the money islands NO and the India NO. You should be around the 70-75 mark. Then when the time is right strike at Sydney or Hawaii and hold it and you should win as it will be six victory cities. For the allies, man this can be tuff lol. You better hope Japan attacks you on turn 1 or turn 4 because turn 2 and especially 3 it’s going to be difficult.
1: China: buy men and hit and run and fall back to the north west of China. You will be lucky if the Burma road is open more than two turns. Pull back and make Japan come to you.
2: UK: pull everyone back to India and just buy men!!! Try to bring your navy down to Australia and unite them with Anzac and hopefully later USA. If it looks like India is going to fall then pull your airforce out and send them to Australia to hopefully land on a Anzac or American carrier. If Japan hasn’t declared war early then take as many islands in the south as possible .
3: Anzac: small ships and transports are good. if it looks like Japan is going to invade then pull your forces to south Australia because from there you can hit any territory. Use your small ships to convoy raid or unite with the main USA fleet. Queensland is a great staging area for the allied navy early in the game. Also since there’s a airbase there fighters don’t hurt also since they can scramble.
4:USA: the big boy lol. The problem is when USA is neutral she only makes a freaking 17 ipcs a turn. While Japan is around the 40 mark and Japan has soooooooo many aircraft at its disposal. USA I say aircraft carrier early then mainly subs, destroyers, and a transport every turn with land units. A few rounds into the game get a navy base on the Johnson islands and start combining your fleet with the Anzac fleet and hopefully a small UK fleet. try to take the money islands by sacrificing transports because Japan will have a bigger navy early in the game. When the time is right move to Dutch New Guinea with your fleet and prepare for the big battle. Sometimes it’s better if Japan attacks you and sometimes it’s better if you attsck them. Hopefully you will have a lot of subs at your disposal. If you win the navy battle then Japan is pretty much toast even if they have India and China. Good luck and let me know how the war goes lol. I am playing anniversary edition on Saturday 😜
Strategies
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This is a spot you can post your strategies for Axis ans Allies Pacific 1940.
With Japan, a good idea is to try to trick one of the allies (UK or ANZAC) into attacking you first. Then on J2, attack the US and try to have your fleet in such a position so you can destroy the US fleet in one turn. Dont worry about china too much, they cant do much anyway. Throw most of your ground forces against UK (India) and your navy against US and ANZAC.
With the US, build up a navy with 2-4 transports and head straight for Tokyo.
With UK, build infantry and artillery, and maybe a few ships to keep Japan distracted.
Finally, with ANZAC, try to build up defenses of Australia, you dont really have enough of an army to attack Japan with so try to keep yourself alive as long as possible. If anyone has anything to add or suggest I would appreciate it. I am only 15 and realize every strategy has its faults, but this strategy, if played right does work. -
Noone is going to attack Japan on UK1 - They can get their ships to safty and do a nice build-up in Malay instead and together with ANZAC, they can occupy at least 2 DEI tt’s, which will force you to devote troops there if you want to milk the cow. But let’s assume that you managed to get UK to strike first, then why in the world would you attack US on J2, when you have 2 more rounds before they can do anything?
You got to keep china down, or you will never be able to keep the 2 mainland VC that you need. Having a stack of 10 inf is a pita, when your forces start to dwindle away.
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Noone is going to attack Japan on UK1
Indeed, and in round 2 it will still be unlikely unless the bait is huge.
Anzac’s role is to be the USA sidekick, clearing blockers and such. (but initially it is good to build up some defence power)
The biggest weapon for the Allies is cooperation (and a huge American paycheck ;) )
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