@panther Oh, sorry I misunderstood you. It was just my error. I didn’t know about or see that category. Again, I’m sorry.
Norway, a knife at Germany's Throat
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I am sold on Norway as being the goal for Allied landings in Fortress Europa.
The benefits are many for the Allies.
- Denies Axis 8 ipcs, immediately. More later.
- Allied planes can threaten Germ proper and the Baltic Szones.
- Finland is next on the menu and Being in Scandinavia the threat of German counterattack is low.
4.Takes Italian forces out of the equation mostly. - Biggest reason, with AF and Harbor the Allies can threaten St.Petesburg and better support Moscow by ferrying Fighters over in 1 turn.
- Lastly, Germans best invest extremely heavy in both W Germ and Berlin defense. The opportunities for a one-two …USA then Brit strike are limitless.
- Every German point spent on Fortress Europa helps save Ivan in Moscow.
The hardest part of this Strat is a good Japan player may be able to win on that side of the map. Thankfully, good Japanese players are very rare. But they are out there.
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Yeah, Norway is mu biggest fear as a German player. Good luck if the US builds a minor industrial complex and spams 3 tanks a turn. You’d better have an advantage in the Pacific or the Mediterranean to survive that army.
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If the axis dont have a baltic fleet you could even go there with russian forces, could suicide UK units to remove the germans mostly. Taking it with russia removes 10german ipcs and adds 11 russia ipcs. Thats a 7 inf difference each round.
It does take away some initial forces from the defence of moscow but you can ferry UK and US planes faster and you build them back pretty fast.
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@Galendae
Sound thinking - any new front puts pressure on Germany, but one that complicates the counterattack logistics is even better, let alone one that also takes away a National Objective bonus.When playing on the Europe only map, I’ve found this to be a nice way to pull the rug out from under an Axis advance through the Middle east, as it puts pressure on Berlin, and the Baltic area VC’s, as well as opening routes for nuisance blitzes through northern Soviet territories or liberating Moscow. In tandem with a US strike at Rome, it leaves some German units in western Europe flatfooted, needing to remain to prevent the UK from shifting to a mainland invasion, while dividing Germany’s focus on the Eastern front.
All in all, I agree, Norway is an effective barb for the Allies.
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One additional point:
Norway is 5 territories away from Berlin. Without a Baltic fleet the Germans will have to use valuable fast units to break the Anglo-American forces there. This also means that, since it’ll take some time for German forces to reach Norway, they’ll have to commit way more than might be necessary in case the Western Allies go all in on reinforcing Scandinavia well. With Western Europe, German industrial complexes are much closer, so there’s much less range and uncertainty over how much would be needed to repulse the Allies. It’s the same reason why the Balkans can be so deadly.
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