Hello all. I’m pretty new to Axis and Allies, I’ve played 1942 a couple of times but want to get into Global 1940 more now. I’m mainly focusing on playing Axis currently because I feel like I learn more about the game when having an aggressive playstyle and the Axis benefit more from that style of play. I mainly have played Japan though I do want to learn more about Germany and Italy as well. I’ve done some research about each one individually, but something that I’ve found is the conflicting interests of certain strategies.
For example, my preferred strategy as Japan currently is to launch a strong J1 attack against all of China, Britain, ANZAC, and the Americans in one big fell swoop, with follow up turns focusing on the money islands, finishing China, pushing to Calcutta, and keeping the Americans at bay with the Japanese Pacific Fleet. However, when researching for Germany I’ve heard that Japan declaring on the US on J1 puts Germany in a worse position, especially for German strategies like Barbarossa. So with these conflicting interests in mind, I’m left wondering whether going in on the US during J1 is really the best/most optimal move from a wholistic perspective from the Axis.
So, looking at the Axis side in a wholistic perspective, are there general guidelines that certain players might want to keep in mind that doesn’t affect them directly but might adversely affect the rest of the Axis? Or should each sort of focus on their own goals and just use the Allied response as a guidepost rather than what their partner(s) are doing?
Of course Italy and Germany have to work a bit closer together than Japan does with either, but I’m just asking from a zoomed out perspective what should the Axis side be focusing on as a team.