It is very interesting how a German navy can give the Germans so many options (Sealion, attacking Leningrad, attacking Russia’s north)

From reading previous topics on this board, it appears this is just another reason why Germany should buy a decent sized fleet with transports. It just gives the Germans more options, and the allies more potential places to fear a German landing.

rock’n roll I will attempt some of your suggestions next time I play a game. Sounds like it has a lot of potential! :-o

Sweet

Another thought is that if the German player has successfully completed Operation Sealion, he could position his troops in Scotland, and quickly transport them behind Soviet lines in the North.

My thinking is, if the Germans have completed Sealion, chances are the Soviets are on Germany’s borders with massive amounts of troops.

The transport attack in the North may buy Germany enough time to rebuild its army on the continent. By attacking the Soviets from behind, it forces them to take units off their front lines, to counter a German threat to Moscow, or any other of the Victory cities.

Also if you were attacking just Novograd, I think it would be better just to attack through the Baltic Sea. (protects your units)

I have a question regarding a possible German attack.

I have yet to play a full game of A&A Global I am unclear of all the rules but I have been looking at the map and noticed something interesting…

If the German player attempts to do Sealion (or even pretends to do so) and has a few transports available, could he not potentially attack the USSR by bringing his North Sea fleet in SZ 112 to SZ 127 and unloading a number of units in Karelia, Novogrod, Archangel, or Nenetsia? (could this be possible as a result of the naval base?) If not in one turn then in 2.

The Nenetsia attack is very interesting. If the germans can land a few tanks behind the main Soviet lines, wouldn’t he have the potential to Blitz through the Soviet territories? If he stayed out of range of Soviet forces (or at least large Soviet Forces) this could be devastating to the USSR.

While leaving the tanks in behind Soviet lines would be suicidal they could eather a) be a nuisance for Soviet force who need to bring troops back from the front lines to fight them off or b) drive right into China’s backside eating up their precious resources helping Japan or push the tanks (likely tanks because they can move the furthest the quickest) all the way into the middle east or make a push, a likely suicide mission towards Stalingrad from the backside.

This seems like a unorthodox plan, and surely the Soviet player would not see the baltic fleet being used to land and attack Nenetsia and eat up IPC’s in the backcountry!  :-o