Opponent for 1940 global 2nd edition

Hi ltparrot73

In the customizations forum are heaps of community made files.

For instance see https://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=39696.0

@Herr:

@oysteilo:

@Herr:

Isn’t that a bit slow?

I1: take Bulgaria
I2: units move to Romania
I3: can-opening into Bessarabia and/or Eastern Poland

So in that scenario, the German followup will be as late as G4.

I think the important can-opening happens around (I4), I5, I6 in order to break through into volgograd and caucasus and later to threaten middle east by italy taking NW persia

The idea of can-opening is, to take the territory with Italy in order to allow Germany, and especially the German planes, to reinforce it against a Russian counterstrike. So I don’t think that any Italian drive to the south servers the purpose of can-opening because Russia is unlikely to have sufficient forces to strike back at either Volgograd or the Caucasus anyway in case the Germans would have taken it without Italian assistance. Which doesn’t imply that going that way is bad for Italy because there’s a lot of bonus to be had. But if you’re talking can-opening, then I’d say Bryansk on I5 would be the way to go.

@aequitas:

With Bulgaria, Yugo and Greece given to Italy, what punch will Germany have?
Any Allied player will be happy to harvest Italy…

Agreed. I’d much rather give Bulgaria to Germany to assimilate those troops and add some punch to the German drive into Russia.

I might be using it idfferent than you. The other idea of canopening is to force a russian retreat.
let say you stand in rostov with a german and italian stack, with at least 40 german tank+mech and 5-7 italian units., and 7+ italians. Then ussr has to retreat to moscow. if he stacks byransk, you can take tambov with the italians, and moscow falls on the german turn. Since ussr has to retreat, you get to take cauc, stalingrad and begin taking the middle east immediately.

Over a year ago, there was a discussion thread somewhere on this forum (I can’t recall in what section) about GTO’s demise.  As I recall, GTO was supposedly saying that it was shutting down temporarily and that it would return sometime in the following year with a new game that it would be offering in some kind of partnership with Larry Harris rather than WotC.  The details were quite vague, and nothing seems to have come of that initiative…assuming that it was indeed an initiative that had any substance to it, rather than just speculation.

Looking at it briefly, I have no idea how you get a winning team. Tis not obvious…

I’ve seen some threads with the question how many units does each country have? So I took my two sets and figured it out, the results are as follows.

–--------------------------------------------------- Allies –--------------------------------------------------

**US

Europe**
Infantry- 20
Artillery- 6
Mechanized Infantry- 6
Tanks- 6
Fighters- 7
Tactical Bombers- 6
Bombers- 6
Sub- 6
Transport- 6
Destroyer- 6
Cruiser- 4
Aircraft Carrier- 4
Battleship- 4

Pacific
Infantry-20
Artillery- 6
Mechanized Infantry- 6
Tanks- 6
Fighters- 8
Tactical Bombers- 6
Bombers- 6
Sub- 6
Transport- 6
Destroyer- 6
Cruiser- 4
Aircraft Carrier- 4
Battleship- 4
–------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**United Kingdom

Europe**
Infantry- 20
Artillery- 8
Mechanized Infantry- 6
Tanks- 8
Fighters- 8
Tactical Bombers- 6
Bombers- 6
Sub- 6
Transport- 6
Destroyer- 6
Cruiser-4
Aircraft Carrier- 2
Battleship- 4

Pacific
Infantry- 18
Artillery- 6
Mechanized Infantry- 6
Tanks- 8
Fighters- 7
Tactical Bombers- 6
Bombers- 6
Sub-6
Transport- 6
Destroyer- 6
Cruiser- 4
Aircraft Carrier- 2
Battleship- 4
–------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ANZAC

Infantry- 20
Artillery- 6
Mechanized Infantry- 6
Tanks- 8
Fighters- 8
Tactical Bombers- 5
Bombers- 6
Sub- 6
Transport- 5
Destroyer- 6
Cruiser- 4
Aircraft Carrier- 2
Battleship- 4
–------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Russia

Infantry- 40
Artillery- 8
Mechanized Infantry- 8
Tanks-10
Fighters- 8
Tactical Bombers- 9
Bombers- 2
Sub-4
Transport- 4
Destroyer- 4
Cruiser- 2
Aircraft Carrier- 2
Battleship- 2
–--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
France

Infantry- 20
Artillery- 8
Mechanized Infantry- 6
Tanks- 10
Fighters- 8
Tactical Bombers- 6
Bombers- 2
Sub- 4
Transport- 4
Destroyer- 3
Cruiser- 2
Aircraft Carrier- 2
Battleship- 2
–--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
China

Infantry- 30
Artillery- 0
Mechanized Infantry- 0
Tanks- 0
Fighters- 0
Tactical Bombers- 0
Bombers- 0
Sub- 0
Transport- 0
Destroyer- 0
Cruiser- 0
Aircraft Carrier- 0
Battleship- 0

–--------------------------------------------------- Axis –---------------------------------------------------

Japan

Infantry- 40
Artillery- 12
Mechanized Infantry- 6
Tanks- 12
Fighters- 16
Tactical Bombers- 6
Bombers- 8
Sub-12
Transport- 12
Destroyer- 12
Cruiser- 8
Aircraft Carrier- 8
Battleship- 8

–--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Germany

Infantry- 40
Artillery-8
Mechanized Infantry- 9
Tanks- 12
Fighters- 8
Tactical Bombers- 9
Bombers- 4
Sub- 6
Transport- 6
Destroyer- 6
Cruiser- 4
Aircraft Carrier- 2
Battleship- 2

–--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Italy

Infantry- 21
Artillery- 8
Mechanized Infantry- 6
Tanks- 12
Fighters- 8
Tactical Bombers- 6
Bombers- 4
Sub- 6
Transport- 6
Destroyer- 6
Cruiser- 4
Aircraft Carrier- 2
Battleship- 2

Are there any Victory City charts for G40 2nd ed.?

Thanks for the excellent work on the charts, they’re really good. My favorite is the 2.2+ style.

@13thguardsriflediv:

Planes were mostly used to attack sz 111, 112, Yugo and France. It is why sz 110 did not get hit. The other seazones west of England and east of Canada were hit by subs. No German fighters landed in southern Italy to help against Taranto which was an oversight.

UK would have thought twice if without the cruiser and facing three fighters. But maybe not, sometimes I like dicey battles (no risk no glory).

If the U.K. pulls that carrier out of the Med. then it can join the Indian fleet to help defend the Indies and if the U.S. is building enough navy in the Pacific the allies can put a lot of pressure on Japan. Japan cannot move south unless they bring a sizeable navy which will leave the home islands open to invasion by the U.S.