can typically build with impunity during the entire game, outside of the reach of German or Japanese strength. "Germany First" is the most logical path to choose, but not by ignoring the Pacific theatre. I will try to avoid this by employing simple mathematics. :-)Īsking "preferred strategy" questions opens the door to individual opinion. Also, in real life the value of a human being is worth more than 3 IPC. It wouldn't make much sense to have the US focus on building a large defensive troop position when they could focus on building battleships, bombers, planes, tanks, and so on. The US had not been engaged in warfare for years, suffered bombing runs on their mainland factories, and so forth.
Economic reasons - the US has the economic means and raw materials to produce modern weaponry at a scale that couldn't be matched by the Axis powers.It would be hard to sell the public on a repeat of a "dig in and wait"-type strategy. Also don't forget that this was not long after World War I, which was notorious for brutal trench warfare that resulted in pointless, high casualty offensive actions and long standing stalemates. We'll liberate France when we get around to it. Sociological/psychological reasons - how positively would the American public respond to a war strategy that boiled down to, "We send millions of our own boys into the arctic and down into Russia to have a staring contest with the Germans.Also, I presume the infrastructure to move millions of troops, equipment, and foodstuff was not in place and would need to be built. Logistical reasons - moving troops from Norway to Karelia takes "one turn" in the game, but would be more labor and time intensive to accomplish in reality given the topology and climate of that region.Given that they were at war with Russia, I doubt Finland would have permitted the US and UK to march troops through their country to assist in the defense of Russia. Then, from 1941-1944, Finland allied with Germany and declared war on Russia and aided Germany in attacking Leningrad. Also, in real life Finland was attacked by Russia in 1939 in the Winter War. They were viewed as the lesser of two evils and a necessary ally to help end the war. Geopolitical reasons - remember, the Allies only grudgingly allied with Russia.There were many reasons why "shuck-shuck" was not implemented in real life. Therefore you can build an impenetrable infantry force that can withstand a large German offensive push and keep Germany hemmed into mainland Europe, freeing Russia and the UK to focus on pushing back Japan and tipping (or keeping) the IPC balance in favor of the Allies.ĭo our strategists know something that America's "real life" military didn't know? The reason it works is because infantry are cheap and defend at 2, but only attack at 1. You answered your own question - the simple "shuck-shuck" strategy devised by Don Rae. What Is the Preferred Strategy For the US in Axis and Allies? Is the real life "cross channel" (and cross-Med) strategy the best one in AA? Or do our strategists know something that America's real life military didn't "know" in favoring one of the others? This appears to be the preferred option of many AA aficionados: Dump American infantry into Norway in "assembly line" fashion after Russia (or the UK) has captured it, send them through Karelia and Eastern Europe to Berlin if necessary (otherwise transport them across the Baltic for an amphibious assault on the enemy heartland with air support). But it is the basis of the simple "shuck-shuck" strategy devised by Don Rae. This plan ends with America's "spoils of war" being Japan, China, and the "ASEAN" countries, while the UK and Russia take down Germany.Ībout the one thing the US (and UK) DIDN'T try to do in World War II was to try to link up with Russia via Norway. The logical follow-up to that is to build (or re-build) a Pacific Navy as a hammer to the anvil of Chinese troops.
players build a factory in Sinkiang to stop the Japanese occupation of Asia. player in Axis and Allies.Ī number of U.S. It concentrated first in North Africa, then the Mediterranean (Italy), and closed with the cross-channel invasion at Normandy that ended in Berlin. Everyone knows how the United States REALLY won World War II.
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