How to liberate Germany?

[Henry Wu]

As USA, I have eliminated and annex all Axis countries.

France, Belgium and Netherlands are restored in Europe. But I cannot find "Germany" in the list of liberating countries... how i can liberate Germany?

 

[unmerged(105989)]

Silly question, but are the FRG and DDR among your options? Those are the post WW II names of west and east Germany (respectively). If you already knew that, sorry. It could also be that after the redrawing Europe's map event has fired, you have to wait for the event that will restore Germany (as it was done IRL). If I remember right, it occurs shortly after the redrawing europe event.

Honestly, it is best to do things like liberate puppets before the redrawing maps event or you end up with a highly screwy map at times, and most of your army forcibly redeployed back to the states.

 

[Henry Wu]

Thanks Ecnan. I know Germany will be separate into FRG and DDR after WWII histortically... But I really don't know that there is an event of redrawing the map of Europe...

Is it after the event, I can restore FRG or DDR?

 

[unmerged(105989)]

The redrawing maps event generally happens after Berlin falls, it's what restores the conquered western countries to their original borders. You want to liberate the FRG or DDR before then if you want them as puppets, otherwise you end up with unpredictable results. Did the SU take any parts of Germany? This might be preventing you from releasing the puppets. Honestly, I'm not too familiar with Allied endgame event chains, but I do know that the Germany surrender event chain is laden with issues, most notably, the forced SR of any forces not in a puppet's territory when events fire.

 

[Zardnaar]

The FRG or DDR can be liberated but you need the provinces that correspond to modern Germany's borders IIRC. I have seen the DDR created with Dresden as their sole province though

 

[Henry Wu]

Strange... I have captured nearly all Germany provinces, except Koringsberg... is that the reason that FRG and DDR cannot be liberated?

Also, i am fighting against Japan now, time is July 1946 (Yes, i start it quite late...) I found that Japs is much more hard to defeat. Although Japan mainland, Korea and China Coastal area are captured, i have a big problem in China Mainland, S.E. Asia and Burma... Any good suggestion to speed up the end of WWII?

 

[unmerged(105989)]

No doubt about it, the China campaign is one of the most annoying in the game. You're going to need mountain troops for china and marines for SE Asia and Burma. Also, since it's 1946, I'll make the assumption you're dealing with some serious superstacks.

First, what is the condition of China? i.e. is China a puppet, still fighting the Japanese, what? I'll make the assumption that Japan puppeted China since they do that in 2/3 of my games, and fail the other 1/3.

You will need to be very deliberate in your actions, hammering at key provinces from multiple angles, and taking small bites. You will also need LOTS of troops. You will probably be exceeding command limits in most battles, just due to the numbers needed in some cases. Also, try and avoid mountains (I know, yeah right!) when you can, pocketing defenders. Airpower is important, but will need to be micromanaged as superstacks in mountains do BAD THINGS to airplanes when left unattended.

Supply is the key to victory here. Your first goal should be to remove as many Japanese puppets as possible (Manchuoko, Siam, Inner Mongolia). Since you've already taken the Japanese Islands, this will then place the entire burden of supply on Nat. China puppet, and they don't have the IC to do it. Once you've knocked out the peripheries, try and go for Nat. China's IC, or if possible, isolate their capital. This will create severe supply difficulties for the Japanese and Co., and pretty soon you will reach a tipping point where their armies have wasted away enough to easily seize.

A couple other notes - the urban areas around Shanghai and your hometown can be real cast-iron Bi---es to seize, though from your description, you've already done it. Also watch out from Com China territory (or, if that doesn't exist in your version ), the three provinces to the NW of Beiping with forts and mountains. Those can be a real pain to kill.

 

[Henry Wu]

Ecnan, you are right. China is a Japanese puppet, but i have eliminated most of their troops and taken China is only a time problem. Siam left the alliance and Manchukuo is annexed by SU...

I have produced infantry and tanks, with FTR and TAC mainly and of course a huge navy... Nucular production is in level 5 reactor... still need some time to build it up...

 

[unmerged(105989)]

Another suggestion is to create a number of small three transport task forces escorted by a CL or a couple DDs (to ward off losing a TP to something silly like a single CL). Then have these TFs spread out throughout the Pacific, seizing all the tiny VP islands that are scattered around the place. If the Japanese home islands are already gone, then these will have no defenders (starved to death) or they will be so weak as to not offer any real resistance.

Sounds like you're right on track. No offense, but I hate fighting in China. It's like fighting in molasses, due to the low infrastructure and mountains everywhere.

 

[Zardnaar]

Capture the coast and let the troops in interior starve