Neutrals

@tank-buster said in Can aircraft make noncombat move thru friendly neutral if land units move into it on the same turn?:

I thought that might be the case but since aircraft could fly over an unfriendly neutral if they attacked it

Depending on what you mean this is or is not correct. When you say “fly over” if you mean they can fly into the unfriendly territory during the Combat Movement phase and attack it in the Combat phase and then in the Non-combat phase fly out then that is correct. If you mean some units attack an unfriendly neutral and other air units fly into and out of the unfriendly neutral during the Combat Movement phase to attack elsewhere that is not allowed if this is the first time the unfriendly neutral has been attacked.

@Krieghund:

Welcome, Stefano1189!

While it’s not at war, the US may not move units into territories belonging to other powers, including the Dutch territories.  After it’s at war, it may occupy Dutch territories (move units there), but it may not take control of them unless it’s recapturing them from Japan.

See the FAQ for more information.

Thank you Krieg!

I never really considered any Axis and Allies game a historical recreation of WW II. There are plenty of far more in depth games for that, but, most of those games are 12 hours or more to play. Axis and Allies is a World War Two-ish game that I can play in an afternoon. Honestly, the problem with the hyper accurate WWII simulations is that I all ready know who wins (thanks to Wikipedia), so what’s the fun.

@Captain:

Ok, so here is my question regarding Mongolia and the infantry value on them.  If Japan attacks Buyan-Uhaa, I as the opposing power has the option of putting 2 of any of the allies men there, as my choice.  So, does that mean I can use Chinese men or does it have to be US, UK, or ANZAC?  If I can use Chinese, can China then move men into it to try to take it back after Japan successfully captures it or can China still not leave China?

Thanks,
Captain Crunch

I’m pretty sure the only reason you use allied infantry is because there are no dedicated mongolian infantry.  If you use chinese infantry to represent them, it doesn’t mean their chinese, so it doesn’t matter which color you use.

from what I understand, if you move a unit during the combat move phase, and attack, and thus declare war on that power,  then the route you took during the combat move phase must have been clear of enemy units or else it is an illegal move.

A destroyer will stop and fight the entire imperial japanese fleet if it has 6 transports and is moving towards san fransisco, that makes sense

You need attacked neutrals joining some side or some short of “dungeon master” player that moves the neutrals. A dummie neutral that can only defend is a new edition of that joke I call ACME wall  :|

They are going to join some side or we would get neutral pieces … the other solution would be a victorious defending neutral would recieve magically its starting units after the attack. Also odd … the best and simpler solution is joining the whole neutral power to opposite side that attacked in first place

As for neutrals caring only for inner affairs, not true: you can take example on Spain, that was about to join axis in late 1940. Also South America, that probably will start neutral, needs some rule to join allies as they did in real world. Switzerland needs some monster defense or simply being impassable or we are going to have it invaded all the games as TripleA AI does  :roll:

So how do neutrals work? Do we need out own figures to account for them or do they even have any units?

@Krieghund:

Pripet Marshes is represented.

Vichy France is not