Strategy Guide Global 1940

@barnee

Here is how it goes:

When Germany attacks, the Soviets can only place new units for the 10 IPC they get from the bank.

The Soviets cannot move any units - or form a Soviet Army Corps or an Army Group at this moment - since both these Battle Formations must be organized on a previous turn (see pages 44 & 45 in the rulebook).

Good questions, by the way. They will be included in the next update of the Rules Clarification:relaxed:

@superbattleshipyamato123

An Army Group consists of (at least) two Armies - plus 10 landbased combat units (some of these 10 landbased combat units could also be units from a third Army, since these units would count towards the total of 10 landbased combat units).

An Army Group gets a bonus dice roll with 2 dice at “4” during an attack - and “5” during defense - during each round of combat for as long as the Army Group is intact.

The 2-dice bonus rolls represent the cohesion of the units fighting together within the Army Group.

Within this Army Group, 1 of the Armies also have extra bonus dice rolls - which represents the cohesion of units within that Army.

Remember:
When multiple Armies from the same side or Nation occupy the same territory, only 1 Army can obtaion its ability to fight as an Army - and get the bonus dice rolls.

The units within other Armies in this territory - whether or not these Armies are part of an Army Group - must fight at their individual unit strength.

@superbattleshipyamato123

The only Armies that could include units with a movement of only 1 space, would be the Soviet Army Corps - since the Soviets can combine any kind of land based combat units within their Army Corps.

In a German Waffen-SS Army, all Waffen-SS units can move 2 spaces.

In a Panzer Army (or Tank Army) all units can move 2 spaces.

Note:
Concerning a Blitz move, only a Panzer Army/Tank Army can do so, since all units in this type of Army are able to make a Blitz move on their own.

Let’s take this scenario to the next step:
Only an Army Group that consists of 2 Panzer Amies/Tank Armies - and 10 Panzer/Tank units - would be able to make a Blitz move as an Army Group (this scenario is most likely quite rare…).

So, I would narrow it down to the Soviet Army Corps:
From game start - Early 1940 - the Soviets should create their Soviet Army Corps - each with 1 Commissar unit and 3 Tank units.

Later, as the Soviet Tank Armies require multiple Tank units, it might be a good idea - during Non-Combat Movement - to move the Tank units from the Soviet Army Corps to the Tank Armies.

The Soviet Army Corps could then include:
1 Commissar, plus 3 Soviet Guard Infantry units. This would give the Soviet Army Corps a defense capacity equal to that of the Tank units within the Soviet Army Corps.

@barnee
Yes, the third Army in the same terrirtory is formed - but is not active, since only 1 Army can be active in the same territory.

And yes - the units inside this third Army counts towards the total of 10 landbased combat units that is needed to form an Army Group.

Remember:
Multiple Armies and Army Groups can be formed and share the same territory.

Example:
Two German Army Groups share the same territory: Western Germany. During a German attack, 1 Army Group attacks US forces in France - and 1 Army Group attacks British forces in Holland/Belgium.

Both Army Groups attack as Army Groups - and each Army Group get the 2-dice bonus rolls at “4” - since they no longer share the same territory.

@barnee

Another example:

The German Army Group North occupy Novgorod. Army Group North consists of 1st Panzer Army and 3rd Waffen-SS Army - plus 10 Panzer units.

During a German attack, the German player decides to split Army Group North:

1st Panzer Army - plus 5 Panzer units - attack Soviet controlled Belarus.

3rd Waffen-SS Army - plus 5 Panzer units - attack Soviet controlled Archangel.

1st Panzer Army and 3rd Waffen-SS Army both get their Army Bonus Dice Rolls, since these two Armies no longer share the same territory.

@superbattleshipyamato123

It would make sense to have the Armies and Army Groups as mobile as possible - the most optimal would therefore be that all units inside these Battle Formations have a Movement Capacity at 2.

During small scale attacks - when there is no need for a 2 space movement - a Soviet Army Corps could include a combination of Soviet Guard Infantry and Artillery.

The Artillery unit could then support a Soviet Guard Infantry unit - this Guard Infantry unit would then attack at “3” - with a 2 dice advantage.