If this game is winding up, some notes from the Berghof. The dominating issue for Germany was that a house rule stopped it from going to war until the Danzig event. This meant that 1939 would mostly be wasted and the Soviet Union would have ample time to get into shape and so be difficult/impossible to defeat.
Production of army units was therefore deferred until 41 tech for armour/infantry was ready. In the meantime, the airforce was fleshed out and the pre-war builds of warships were completed.
Poland was defeated with the starting army while the western front was screened. Italy got into difficulties, being unable to cope with both France and the UK who were quite aggressive. The German army soon put that right when it returned from Poland but then winter set in and made further attacking through the French alps unwise.
With the capital ships complete and some transports produced, it seemed an opportune time to try a surprise invasion of the UK. We were able to land successfully but found that the major urban areas were well-defended. Some wily play was then needed to outsmart and outmanouevre the British.
With the UK overrun and some extra infantry built, we then assaulted France via Belgium in the usual way. The French had gotten too used to the Phony War on that front and were caught flat-footed. The Vichy event then dealt with them.
We then cleaned up various minor countries and assaulted Gibraltar with simultaneous attacks from Portugal and the Pyrennees. We nearly managed a coup de main but the USA rushed lots of reinforcements in just in time and so we had to make a more deliberate assault to take it.
We then got involved in the African war which was quite interesting while fortifying the eastern front. I suppose the main mistake was not starting those fortifications sooner, as the German line proved too weak without them.
Andrew
