Alpine Front Strategy

I agree that Paris/Italy could be a great strategy, but I don’t think you can count out Paris/Moscow.  Paris/Moscow works in AA1940, why not here?  Yes the Moscow troops can’t reinforce thew western front, and vice versa, but once the writing is on the wall on one front you could easily earmark all newish troops the other front.

I also think that with contested territory and one round attacks that the fronts will be much more static and it will take much longer to go either route.

What about Rome/Moscow?
If Germany cedes its outer western territories to france it flips the table on france who now has had their supply lines extended by one and Germanys shortened by one. Also keeps the pesky brits from being able to land in Belgium and annoy you.

A heavy naval build may yet reward London-Rome, defending against which would then put France in a very tough position. Austria knocks out Rome by sea, then Germany hits the beachheads hard. I think it could be done if one could pressure Britain in Africa as well.

I know Seelöwe never works, but maybe… The German starting units alone may hold the line on the ground

Don’t forget that Belgium is a minor allied-aligned power. Unlike minor neutrals, minor aligned powers can be mobilized by their allied nation moving into them (see Larry’s post on Austria-Hungary’s first turn). If you’re going to go for the Alpine Strategy, you’re either going to have to attack Belgium or fortify the Ruhr to withstand a Franco-Belgian attack on turn two.

wove100, nice pick up about Belgium being linked to the French, and the French would mobilize them (collecting the income & units). Holland would be different story (I think), because as a neutral its forces would mobilize against whomever entered it. If Germany forgoes attacking Holland, they wouldn’t get the Dutch income, but wouldn’t have to fight their 4 units either. If UK decides to come through Holland, the English would have to fight the 4 units there so it might be better to leave it then counter attack I guess.

I think the strat attempted in most games will be Moscow first then Paris or London  depending on the sea’s and who is weaker. I’m not saying it’s going to be the best strat, but probably the most straight forward (and seems to be the way Larry is going). Germany will most likely attack east & west simultaneously in the beginning.

Most will be playing with the optional Russian Revolution Rule. If you force the Russians Revolution by attacking with all 3 CPs then you can use all your resources on the western front afterwords knowing the Russians can’t slither back into the game. Keep in mind that you don’t have to take Moscow in this game with all your units ending up there, just control 4 Russian territories (3 adjacent to the capital), and have Moscow be contested. All your German units won’t end up in Moscow, so they could be one step closer to the sea, or the direction you want them to head. I wouldn’t worry to much about stranding half the German army on Russian soil, because you can bring some back piece mail through the Baltic back to Kiel (or the western part of Germany) where the battle will be raging. Part of the eastern force (stationed maybe in Ukraine) can also head south once Russia is forced out, because the Ottomans or Austrians will most defiantly need some help putting pressure on the English or Italians through Turkey or Romania.

Paris won’t fall easily in this game, but the Germans need to make some early progress then dig-in on the western front trying to keep the battles on French soil contesting French territories for as long as they can to keep French income down (fewer French units). Then roll back as they need to in a fighting (contesting) retreat back to the German border or into German territory until they can focus 100% of their resources on the western front. As the French get further from Paris they will have the logistics to deal with, and the UK will have logistics throughout coming across the Chanel, then marching to the front (so now trains don’t look to good to the Germans do they).

Oh crap, just flipped back and saw Larry posted the French turn (see ya)

Regardless of what is going on in Russia it would be especially weird to have the Ottoman capital not be Istanbul in my opinion.

LOL I got 2 out of 16.

Not bad as far as I’m concerned.

I got the top 5 (in order, strangely enough) and then Mecca, of course.  Can’t believe I missed Beirut!

Other than those 7, I can only recall of hearing of, like , 2.

Surprised Trebizond was not on there.

9/16 for ottomans

7/15 AH

10/20 Russia

My guess is that Kostantiniyye will be the captial of the Ottoman Empire, based on the large crescent moon icon obscuring the Bosphorus.