Briefing
Alternative World War II version 3.2 This scenario can be played against a programmed opponent, but I don't know how well it will be able to work in this scenario. A alternate PO version of this version can be found here 1. Unit Colours 1.1. Communist Russian: Red on Dark Red Ukrainian: Dark Red on Dark Red Belarussian: Black on Dark Red Baltic: Grey on Dark Red Moldovan: Green on Dark Red Trans-Caucasus SSRs: White on Red Kazakh: Red on Red Turkmen and Uzbekhi: Black on Red Afghani: Brown on Red Iranian: Dark Red on Red Chinese: Brown on Yellow Spanish: Green/Yellow on Yellow Finnish: Grey on White 1.2. Allied British: White/Light Brown on Brown British Indian: Light Grey on Brown Canadians: Blue on Brown Egyptians: Brown on Brown South Africans: Black on Brown British Africans: Green on Brown British Mediterranean: Dark Grey on Brown German: White on Grey Czechs: Grey on Grey Austrians: Black on Grey SS: Black on Black French: Blue/White on Blue French Africans: Red on Blue French Middle East: Brown on Blue Polish: Red/Grey on Light Blue Italians: Yellow on White Italian Africans: Blue on White Norwegian: Beige on Light Brown Danish: Blue on Light Blue Turkish: Yellow on Light Brown Rumanians: White on Dark Grey Bulgarians: Green on Dark Grey Hungarians: Black on Dark Grey Serbs, Slovenes and Macedonians: Blue on Light Brown Croats: Light Blue on Light Brown Bosnians: Red on Light Brown Greeks: White on Light Brown Belgians: Dark Blue on Light Brown Dutch: Green on Light Brown Portugese: Blue on Yellow Swedes: Beige on Light Blue Americans: Blue on Green Irish: Black on Green 2. Significant Events 2.1. Weather Every year there are warm fronts within two weeks of the beginnings of April, June and August, and cold fronts within two weeks of the beginnings of October, December and February. 2.2. Reinforcements Each Infantry Corps or army begins with 3 units, with the exception of the Polish army (4 divisions per corps), the Soviet armies (6 Infantry, 1 Cavalry and 0/1 Motorised) and corps and armies that arrive late in the game, which are complete. Each Armoured Corps begins with 2 Armoured Divisions, with the exception of the Italian Armoured Corps (4 Divisions). Each Cavalry Corps begins with 5 units Every Corps or Army ends with 5 units, with the exception of the Italian Armoured Corps (8 units), the Soviet armies (12 Units), some small nations and some colonial forces. Every naval power except the USSR gains 1 naval unit in 1942 based on that nations war construction. 2.3. Additional reinforcements (Communist) 1 Soviet Army: Turn 78-143 2 Chinese Armies: Turn 104-214(Allied) 1 Canadian Corps: Turn 26 1 British Colonial Corps: Turn 39-65 1 South African Corps: Turn 39-65 2 Indian Corps: (When Chinese troops arrive) 1 French Colonial Corps: Turn 39-65 2 Italian Colonial Divisions: Turn 39-65 10 US Infantry Corps: Turn 52-78 (Gradual) 2 US Armoured Corps: Turn 52-78 (Gradual) 2.4. Replacement Replacements for both sides increase by 10% every six months for the first 4 years of the war. All formations are up to full strength within 50 months of their appearance. Nation, Turn of Entry into war, replacement percentage (All taken to be supplying arms from the start), supply proportion. Communist countries are marked with an * (Note that 5% of Communist replacements, and 1% of Supply come from China, and 3% of communist supply comes from Eastern Russia). Soviet Union: Turn 1,90%,22% Poland: Turn 1,10%,2% Germany: Turn 3,22%,5% France: Turn 12,14%,4% Britain: Turn 12,15%,4% Spain: Turn 16,5%,2% Portugal: Turn 16,1%,0% Finland: Turn 20,0%,0% Norway: Turn 20,0%,0% Sweden: Turn 20,0%,0% Romania: Turn 24,3%,1% Bulgaria: Turn 28,1%,0% Hungary: Turn 28,1%,0% Yugoslavia: Turn 32,4%,0% Italy: Turn 32,10%,2% Belgium: Turn 32,1%,0% Holland: Turn 32,2%,0% Denmark: Turn 32,0%,0% Greece: Turn 36,1%,0% Turkey: Turn 36,5%,0% Ireland: Turn 40,0%,0% United States: Turn 26-52,26%,5% These are lost bit by bit as major industrial centres are lost- after these cities' names are two numbers: replacements/supply 2.5. Surrender The following are the cities needed to cause surrender of a nation's armed forces (NOTE: not necassarily cities in the country concerned). Also note that these cities have strong garrisons. The cities chosen are based on the determination to fight of the forces concerned, and the direction they are being attacked from. Soviet Union: Kazan Poland: Berlin Germany: Paris (Austrians: Munich) (Czechs: Munich) France: Nantes Britain: London (Egyptians: Cairo) Spain: Madrid Portugal: Lisbon Finland: Helsinki Norway: Oslo Denmark: Copenhagen Sweden: Stockholm Romania: Bucharest Bulgaria: Sofia Hungary: Budapest Yugoslavia:- the various forces dessert as their respective national capitals fall Italy: Rome Belgium: Paris Holland: Brussels Greece: Patras Turkey: Ankara USA: Nantes and London (ie, both Britain and France have fallen) Ireland: Dublin Most major militaries (Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain) have some units that survive the capitulation of their country. Also each of those countries (Except Spain) produces Soviet units upon capitulation. If The USA is forced out of the war after having enterred it then the Communists win immediately. If the USSR is forced out of the war then the Allies win immediately. 2.6. Transport Capacities (Note: Rail capacities are only included for the movement of reinforcements to the front. This could otherwise be a journey of several months) Soviets Sea: 10,000 Air: 2,650 Rail: 2,500 Allies: Sea: 25,000 Air: 3,000 Rail: Turn 1: 2,500 Turn 3: 3,500 Turn 12: 6,000 American Arrival: 10,000 3. Virtual History (The Scenario begins 1st September 1939) 1924: Death of Lenin. Trotsky is the chief mourner at his funeral 1925: Stalin exiled from Russia 1926: Trotsky established as new Soviet Leader 1927 onwards: Armaments-lead insustrial growth in the Soviet Union. 1931: USSR intervenes in the Manchuria crisis, and quickly wrests control of the province from the Japanese. Following threats of war from the West, the USSR hands the province to the Chinese communist party. 1932: Fear of the strong Soviet Union causes the German public to elect Hitler with a clear majority. 1933: For the first time, Russian troops openly engage Chinese nationalist forces. 1934: Mao Tse Tung undisputed ruler of all China. 1935: Russia gains control of Iran and Afghanistan. Soviet government forces Japan to cede Formosa to China. 1936: Abyssinian forces armed by the USSR defeat Italian army. Russia annexes the Baltic republics. 1937: Russia invades Finland. 1938: As Soviet troops approach Helsinki, a marxist coup takes control and signs an armistice with Russia. Communist forces win the civil war in Spain. 1 September 1939: The USSR invades Poland. President Moscicki begs Hitler to intervene. At the same time, Russian Forces invade Japanese controlled Korea, and the Chinese enter Indochina. 15 September 1939: German Troops releive Polish lines. October 1939: Winston Churchill, an outspoken opponent of accepting Communism, recommends aiding Germany December 1939: French forces begin moving East. Britain and France declare war on the Soviet Union January 1940: As French troops leave for the front, Spain invades the South of France. Western leaders convince Portugal to go to war with them. February 1940: Soviet and Finnish troops enter Norway and Sweden. March-June 1940: One by one the other countries of Europe join in the struggle against the Soviet Union. 4. Strategy The turning point of this scenario is Paris. If the Soviets can take Paris then they will have taken out the strongest allied army, and no doubt several others along the way. This task should be possible as the Russians have a lot of very strong units to start with, and although by the time all of the reinforcements arrive they are outnumbered nearly 2 to 1 on the land, and about 3 to 2 in the air, they should be able to get to Paris before this happens. But even if Paris is taken, and even if it is not but gains are made in other areas, then the game is not over. The Allies should be hard pressed to make any advance once Paris is taken, until the Americans arrive, and if it is not taken then they may still have difficulty pushing back the Russians when their forces are so large. Therefore at the beginning the Soviets have the option of trying to take as many minor nations out of the war as possible, to facilitate reaching Paris, or to go straight for the city. If the second plan fails, you may end up with a large part of your army cut off, and you would be unable to win. The option of going for smaller objectives first gives you a fair bit of extra time; the countries of Eastern Europe could be taken out one corps at a time, as they are caught by suprise, and there are 14 formations there, including the Austrian and Czech armies. This is the equivalent of the rest of the German army. Whatever you do, be decisive. Hoverring between these two strategies could very easily leave you facing an overwhelming allied army. For the Allies you begin with limited options because you are in a defensive position. But as the scenario progresses you will want to consider alternative theatres, especially as the front gets bogged down over the winter. You could try attacking the Russians in the Caucasus or in Scandinavia. It's certainly worth considering taking out Spain, since once this is done you can move extra forces to your front. The main concern for you is just trying to hold off the Soviet forces from as many capital cities as possible until the big armies arrive, turn 12 for the French and British, turn 32 for the Italians. With the Version 2 update Soviet ground forces are back to being only half of the Allied ground forces, but with the new features of Communist riots early Russian progress could be much easier, so you will have to wait for these big armies to arrive before making any major counter-attacks. With the Version 2 update the Russians now have an easier time in the air. The Red Air Force can essentially match the Allies until the Americans arrive, so long as they are able to deal the Luftwaffe a strong enough blow to keep their air units weak. 4.1. The first few turns On turn one the Soviets will obviously push several hexes into Poland. In addition to this there are a few other options: Invading Turkey, Invading Norway, Invading Rumania, Invading Hungary or making an airborne landing. I recommend taking as many of these options as possible, since time is of the essence for the Soviets. For the next few turns you will want to bring extra troops onto weaker fronts, and to take out as many enemy divisions as possible. Avoid at all costs bringing in a powerful country before you have to. Once the Germans join the line you will almost certainly see your attacks start to fail. Don't panic, this is temporary. The German units are large and strong, but they are very few. After a few turns they will start to waste and you should have enough units to have a full line when their's is disintegrating. With a bit of luck by turn 12 the allied line should be full of broken down and low supplied units, making it less of a shock when the French arrive. In subsidiary theatres- go straight for the capitals. Countries like Rumania than larger countries with the advantage of depth have less stomach for war and will capitulate on the fall of their capital city. Most East-European capitals should be within reach after 2 turns of war with them. The Allies have very little to do until turn 3- just try to keep as many of your divisions alive and complete as you can. The arrival of the Germans gives you some options. Put the border units into the objective cities and wait for the more distant Korps to fill the rest of the line. The airborne corps will come under your control at this time as well, and this gives you the opportunity to go behind enemy lines, but be warned, the Soviets will have no difficulty overcoming a couple of divisions of paratroopers behind their main armies, so this is only viable in a subsidiary theatre. In these minor nations you should pull as many divisions as you can find into any threatened capital city, since there's not much point in sparing divisions from action if they're going to be withdrawn. In addition, if the Soviet player captures a capitulation city in his turn, then it is advisable to try and retake it in yours, since the game will not recognise the city's capture if you hold it at the end of the turn. 5. Growth of Forces Air Forces: 9/39:750 10/39:3,750 12/39:7,500 4/40:10,000 Red Air Force: 20,000 The final number of Allied aircraft is now about 30,000 Infantry Divisions: 9/39:30 10/39:114 12/39:about 200 4/40:about 400 Red Army: 350 Infantry Divisions The final number of Allied Infantry Divisions is now about 500 Armoured Divisions: 9/39:1 10/39:7 12/39:19 4/40:21 Red Army: 40 Armoured Divisions The final number of Allied Armoured Divisions is now about 55 The final number of Soviet Armoured Divisions is now about 50 As you can see, while the Red Army maintains superiority in tanks without great difficulty,for the rest the crucial period is the first 9 months. After this time, if no significant portion of the Allied forces have been taken out of action, they will swamp the Soviets. 6. House Rules Allied Sea Transport can operate anywhere except the Black Sea and the Barents Sea. Soviet Sea Transport can only operate in the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Barents Sea at the beginning of the Scenario. However, once one country in the Eastern Mediterranean capitulates (Turkey, Greece or Egypt), Sea Transport can be made East of hex 115 in the mediterranean, and once a Western Mediterranean country capitualtes (Italy, France), sea transport extends to Gibraltar. Once a North Sea country capitulates (Norway, Denmark, Holland, Britain), sea transport extends to North of hex 90 and East of hex 55. And once an Atlantic country capitulates (Britain, France) then Sea Transit extends over the whole of the North Sea, English Channel and Atlantic Ocean.Those ports which grant supply are marked with an (S) Do not make airborne landings in cities which contribute replacements and supplies that have not already changed hands Obviously it is illegal to disband units just because they are going to be withdrawn. It is not otherwise illegal to do so. Iraqi, French and British forces in the Middle East cannot leave the Middle East. North African Armies cannot leave North Africa. This excludes the Spanish. Scandinavian Armies cannot leave Scandinavia. 7. Game Variant Jack O'Neal's "Fall of Capitalism" For an (apparently) interesting alternative game, remove the sea transport limitations above for the soviets for the first four turns- this represents a failure on the part of the allies to effectively patrol the seas around their countries for the first month. This basically allows the Soviets to make amphibious landings with their armies stationed in Leningrad, the Ukraine, Georgia and the Baltic Republics to anywhere they wish. This could simply be grabbing a port or two slightly in advance of the main Soviet armies, or placing Soviet troops in Spain, or, as is most dangerous, risking dozens of divisions in trying to bring about the early capitulation of one of the major nations. 8. Notes on Scenario Design Map is provided by Benny Wahlberg. TOEs are mainly from the Neihorster. Replacement and supply loss cities are based on my knowledge of those cities industry. Although the Allies can lose 74% and the Communists 95%, replacements will never fall this low due to the effect of cumulative percentage reductions (90% of 90% is 81%-not 80%). This is because I can't be bothered to work out how to get replacements to 0%, and my excuse is that this represents small improvised factories either in the countryside or behind enemy lines. The industry of a nation is neither gained by their conquerors, nor regained when the country is liberated. The first is as a result of the forces needed to control the populace are equal to the arms that can be generated by them- with the exception of the Foreign legion units provided for the Soviets. The second is because there would be little industry left at this point, and the people would have lost much of the will to fight. Part of the supply is returned to the allies on the recapture of Paris, Berlin and Rome. These are one-off bonuses and are taken away if the cities are captured by the Communists a second time. This additional 10% supply is necassary since if the Soviets reach Paris the Allies will almost certainly be below 20% supply and unable to stretch far enough in to Russia when the time comes. 9. Notes Original Map by Patrick Feyret. Playtested by Jack O'Neal and Colin Lowing. Borders lovingly crafted by Dan Cook. Ben Turner*

Briefing

Alternative World War II

version 3.2

This scenario can be played against a programmed opponent, but I don't know how well it will be able to work in this scenario.

A alternate PO version of this version can be found here

1. Unit Colours

1.1. Communist

Russian: Red on Dark Red
Ukrainian: Dark Red on Dark Red
Belarussian: Black on Dark Red
Baltic: Grey on Dark Red
Moldovan: Green on Dark Red
Trans-Caucasus SSRs: White on Red
Kazakh: Red on Red
Turkmen and Uzbekhi: Black on Red
Afghani: Brown on Red
Iranian: Dark Red on Red
Chinese: Brown on Yellow
Spanish: Green/Yellow on Yellow
Finnish: Grey on White

1.2. Allied

British: White/Light Brown on Brown
British Indian: Light Grey on Brown
Canadians: Blue on Brown
Egyptians: Brown on Brown
South Africans: Black on Brown
British Africans: Green on Brown
British Mediterranean: Dark Grey on Brown
German: White on Grey
Czechs: Grey on Grey
Austrians: Black on Grey
SS: Black on Black
French: Blue/White on Blue
French Africans: Red on Blue
French Middle East: Brown on Blue
Polish: Red/Grey on Light Blue
Italians: Yellow on White
Italian Africans: Blue on White
Norwegian: Beige on Light Brown
Danish: Blue on Light Blue
Turkish: Yellow on Light Brown
Rumanians: White on Dark Grey
Bulgarians: Green on Dark Grey
Hungarians: Black on Dark Grey
Serbs, Slovenes and Macedonians: Blue on Light Brown
Croats: Light Blue on Light Brown
Bosnians: Red on Light Brown
Greeks: White on Light Brown
Belgians: Dark Blue on Light Brown
Dutch: Green on Light Brown
Portugese: Blue on Yellow
Swedes: Beige on Light Blue
Americans: Blue on Green
Irish: Black on Green

2. Significant Events

2.1. Weather

Every year there are warm fronts within two weeks of the beginnings of April, June and August, and cold fronts within two weeks of the beginnings of October, December and February.

2.2. Reinforcements

Each Infantry Corps or army begins with 3 units, with the exception of the Polish army (4 divisions per corps), the Soviet armies (6 Infantry, 1 Cavalry and 0/1 Motorised) and corps and armies that arrive late in the game, which are complete.

Each Armoured Corps begins with 2 Armoured Divisions, with the exception of the Italian Armoured Corps (4 Divisions).

Each Cavalry Corps begins with 5 units

Every Corps or Army ends with 5 units, with the exception of the Italian

Armoured Corps (8 units), the Soviet armies (12 Units), some small nations and some colonial forces.

Every naval power except the USSR gains 1 naval unit in 1942 based on that nations war construction.

2.3. Additional reinforcements (Communist)

1 Soviet Army: Turn 78-143
2 Chinese Armies: Turn 104-214(Allied)
1 Canadian Corps: Turn 26
1 British Colonial Corps: Turn 39-65
1 South African Corps: Turn 39-65
2 Indian Corps: (When Chinese troops arrive)
1 French Colonial Corps: Turn 39-65
2 Italian Colonial Divisions: Turn 39-65
10 US Infantry Corps: Turn 52-78 (Gradual)
2 US Armoured Corps: Turn 52-78 (Gradual)

2.4. Replacement

Replacements for both sides increase by 10% every six months for the first 4 years of the war. All formations are up to full strength within 50 months of their appearance.

Nation, Turn of Entry into war, replacement percentage (All taken to be supplying arms from the start), supply proportion.
Communist countries are marked with an * (Note that 5% of Communist replacements, and 1% of Supply come from China, and 3% of communist supply comes from Eastern Russia).

*Soviet Union: Turn 1,90%,22%
Poland: Turn 1,10%,2%
Germany: Turn 3,22%,5%
France: Turn 12,14%,4%
Britain: Turn 12,15%,4%
*Spain: Turn 16,5%,2%
Portugal: Turn 16,1%,0%
*Finland: Turn 20,0%,0%
Norway: Turn 20,0%,0%
Sweden: Turn 20,0%,0%
Romania: Turn 24,3%,1%
Bulgaria: Turn 28,1%,0%
Hungary: Turn 28,1%,0%
Yugoslavia: Turn 32,4%,0%
Italy: Turn 32,10%,2%
Belgium: Turn 32,1%,0%
Holland: Turn 32,2%,0%
Denmark: Turn 32,0%,0%
Greece: Turn 36,1%,0%
Turkey: Turn 36,5%,0%
Ireland: Turn 40,0%,0%
United States: Turn 26-52,26%,5%

These are lost bit by bit as major industrial centres are lost- after these cities' names are two numbers: replacements/supply

2.5. Surrender

The following are the cities needed to cause surrender of a nation's armed forces (NOTE: not necassarily cities in the country concerned). Also note that these cities have strong garrisons. The cities chosen are based on the determination to fight of the forces concerned, and the direction they are being attacked from.

Soviet Union: Kazan
Poland: Berlin
Germany: Paris
(Austrians: Munich)
(Czechs: Munich)
France: Nantes
Britain: London
(Egyptians: Cairo)
Spain: Madrid
Portugal: Lisbon
Finland: Helsinki
Norway: Oslo
Denmark: Copenhagen
Sweden: Stockholm
Romania: Bucharest
Bulgaria: Sofia
Hungary: Budapest
Yugoslavia:- the various forces dessert as their respective national capitals fall
Italy: Rome
Belgium: Paris
Holland: Brussels
Greece: Patras
Turkey: Ankara
USA: Nantes and London (ie, both Britain and France have fallen)
Ireland: Dublin

Most major militaries (Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain) have some units that survive the capitulation of their country. Also each of those countries (Except Spain) produces Soviet units upon capitulation.

If The USA is forced out of the war after having enterred it then the Communists win immediately.

If the USSR is forced out of the war then the Allies win immediately.

2.6. Transport Capacities

(Note: Rail capacities are only included for the movement of reinforcements to the front. This could otherwise be a journey of several months)

Soviets

Sea: 10,000
Air: 2,650
Rail: 2,500

Allies:

Sea: 25,000
Air: 3,000

Rail:

Turn 1: 2,500
Turn 3: 3,500
Turn 12: 6,000
American Arrival: 10,000

3. Virtual History (The Scenario begins 1st September 1939)

1924: Death of Lenin. Trotsky is the chief mourner at his funeral
1925: Stalin exiled from Russia
1926: Trotsky established as new Soviet Leader
1927 onwards: Armaments-lead insustrial growth in the Soviet Union.
1931: USSR intervenes in the Manchuria crisis, and quickly wrests control of the province from the Japanese. Following threats of war from the West, the USSR hands the province to the Chinese communist party.
1932: Fear of the strong Soviet Union causes the German public to elect Hitler with a clear majority.
1933: For the first time, Russian troops openly engage Chinese nationalist forces.
1934: Mao Tse Tung undisputed ruler of all China.
1935: Russia gains control of Iran and Afghanistan. Soviet government forces Japan to cede Formosa to China.
1936: Abyssinian forces armed by the USSR defeat Italian army. Russia annexes the Baltic republics.
1937: Russia invades Finland.
1938: As Soviet troops approach Helsinki, a marxist coup takes control and signs an armistice with Russia. Communist forces win the civil war in Spain.
*1 September 1939*: The USSR invades Poland. President Moscicki begs Hitler to intervene. At the
same time, Russian Forces invade Japanese controlled Korea, and the Chinese enter Indochina.
15 September 1939: German Troops releive Polish lines.
October 1939: Winston Churchill, an outspoken opponent of accepting Communism, recommends aiding Germany
December 1939: French forces begin moving East. Britain and France declare war on the Soviet Union
January 1940: As French troops leave for the front, Spain invades the South of France. Western leaders convince Portugal to go to war with them.
February 1940: Soviet and Finnish troops enter Norway and Sweden.
March-June 1940: One by one the other countries of Europe join in the struggle against the Soviet Union.

4. Strategy

The turning point of this scenario is Paris. If the Soviets can take Paris then they will have taken out the strongest allied army, and no doubt several others along the way. This task should be possible as the Russians have a lot of very strong units to start with, and although by the time all of the reinforcements arrive they are outnumbered nearly 2 to 1 on the land, and about 3 to 2 in the air, they should be able to get to Paris before this happens. But even if Paris is taken, and even if it is not but gains are made in other areas, then the game is not over. The Allies should be hard pressed to make any advance once Paris is taken, until the Americans arrive, and if it is not taken then they may still have difficulty pushing back the Russians when their forces are so large.

Therefore at the beginning the Soviets have the option of trying to take as many minor nations out of the war as possible, to facilitate reaching Paris, or to go straight for the city. If the second plan fails, you may end up with a large part of your army cut off, and you would be unable to win. The option of going for smaller objectives first gives you a fair bit of extra time; the countries of Eastern Europe could be taken out one corps at a time, as they are caught by suprise, and there are 14 formations there, including the Austrian and Czech armies. This is the equivalent of the rest of the German army. Whatever you do, be decisive. Hoverring between these two strategies could very easily leave you facing an overwhelming allied army.
For the Allies you begin with limited options because you are in a defensive position. But as the scenario progresses you will want to consider alternative theatres, especially as the front gets bogged down over the winter. You could try attacking the Russians in the Caucasus or in Scandinavia. It's certainly worth considering taking out Spain, since once this is done you can move extra forces to your front. The main concern for you is just trying to hold off the Soviet forces from as many capital cities as possible until the big armies arrive, turn 12 for the French and British, turn 32 for the Italians. With the Version 2 update Soviet ground forces are back to being only half of the Allied ground forces, but with the new features of Communist riots early Russian progress could be much easier, so you will have to wait for these big armies to arrive before making any major counter-attacks.

With the Version 2 update the Russians now have an easier time in the air. The Red Air Force can essentially match the Allies until the Americans arrive, so long as they are able to deal the Luftwaffe a strong enough blow to keep their air units weak.

4.1. The first few turns

On turn one the Soviets will obviously push several hexes into Poland. In addition to this there are a few other options: Invading Turkey, Invading Norway, Invading Rumania, Invading Hungary or making an airborne landing. I recommend taking as many of these options as possible, since time is of the essence for the Soviets. For the next few turns you will want to bring extra troops onto weaker fronts, and to take out as many enemy divisions as possible.
Avoid at all costs bringing in a powerful country before you have to. Once the Germans join the line you will almost certainly see your attacks start to fail. Don't panic, this is temporary. The German units are large and strong, but they are very few. After a few turns they will start to waste and you should have enough units to have a full line when their's is disintegrating. With a bit of luck by turn 12 the allied line should be full of broken
down and low supplied units, making it less of a shock when the French arrive. In subsidiary theatres- go straight for the capitals. Countries like Rumania than larger countries with the advantage of depth have less stomach for war and will capitulate on the fall of their capital city. Most East-European capitals should be within reach after 2 turns of war with them.

The Allies have very little to do until turn 3- just try to keep as many of your divisions alive and complete as you can. The arrival of the Germans gives you some options. Put the border units into the objective cities and wait for the more distant Korps to fill the rest of the line. The airborne corps will come under your control at this time as well, and this gives you the opportunity to go behind enemy lines, but be warned, the Soviets will have no difficulty overcoming a couple of divisions of paratroopers behind their main armies, so this is only viable in a subsidiary theatre. In these minor nations you should pull as many divisions as you can find into any threatened capital city, since there's not much point in sparing divisions from action if they're going to be withdrawn. In addition, if the Soviet player captures a capitulation city in his turn, then it is advisable to try and retake it
in yours, since the game will not recognise the city's capture if you hold it at the end of the turn.

5. Growth of Forces

Air Forces:

9/39:750
10/39:3,750
12/39:7,500
4/40:10,000
Red Air Force: 20,000

The final number of Allied aircraft is now about 30,000

Infantry Divisions:

9/39:30
10/39:114
12/39:about 200
4/40:about 400

Red Army: 350 Infantry Divisions

The final number of Allied Infantry Divisions is now about 500

Armoured Divisions:

9/39:1
10/39:7
12/39:19
4/40:21

Red Army: 40 Armoured Divisions

The final number of Allied Armoured Divisions is now about 55

The final number of Soviet Armoured Divisions is now about 50

As you can see, while the Red Army maintains superiority in tanks without great difficulty,for the rest the crucial period is the first 9 months. After this time, if no significant portion of the Allied forces have been taken out of action, they will swamp the Soviets.

6. House Rules

Allied Sea Transport can operate anywhere except the Black Sea and the Barents Sea.
Soviet Sea Transport can only operate in the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Barents Sea at the beginning of the Scenario. However, once one country in the Eastern Mediterranean capitulates (Turkey, Greece or Egypt), Sea Transport can be made East of hex 115 in the mediterranean, and once a Western Mediterranean country capitualtes (Italy, France), sea transport extends to Gibraltar. Once a North Sea country capitulates (Norway, Denmark, Holland, Britain), sea transport extends to North of hex 90 and East of hex 55. And once an Atlantic country capitulates (Britain, France) then Sea Transit extends over the whole of the North Sea, English Channel and Atlantic Ocean.Those ports which grant supply are marked with an (S)
Do not make airborne landings in cities which contribute replacements and supplies that have not already changed hands
Obviously it is illegal to disband units just because they are going to be withdrawn. It is not otherwise illegal to do so.
Iraqi, French and British forces in the Middle East cannot leave the Middle East.
North African Armies cannot leave North Africa. This excludes the Spanish.
Scandinavian Armies cannot leave Scandinavia.

7. Game Variant

Jack O'Neal's "Fall of Capitalism"

For an (apparently) interesting alternative game, remove the sea transport limitations above for the soviets for the first four turns- this represents a failure on the part of the allies to effectively patrol the seas around their countries for the first month. This basically allows the Soviets to make amphibious landings with their armies stationed in Leningrad, the Ukraine, Georgia and the Baltic Republics to anywhere they wish. This could simply be grabbing a port or two slightly in advance of the main Soviet armies, or placing Soviet troops in Spain, or, as is most dangerous, risking dozens of divisions in trying to bring about the early capitulation of one of the major nations.

8. Notes on Scenario Design

Map is provided by Benny Wahlberg.

TOEs are mainly from the Neihorster.

Replacement and supply loss cities are based on my knowledge of those cities industry.

Although the Allies can lose 74% and the Communists 95%, replacements will never fall this low due to the effect of cumulative percentage reductions (90% of 90% is 81%-not 80%).

This is because I can't be bothered to work out how to get replacements to 0%, and my excuse is that this represents small improvised factories either in the countryside or behind enemy lines. The industry of a nation is neither gained by their conquerors, nor regained when the country is liberated. The first is as a result of the forces needed to control the populace are equal to the arms that can be generated by them- with the exception of the Foreign legion units provided for the Soviets. The second is because there would be little industry left at this point, and the people would have lost much of the will to fight.

Part of the supply is returned to the allies on the recapture of Paris, Berlin and Rome.

These are one-off bonuses and are taken away if the cities are captured by the Communists a second time. This additional 10% supply is necassary since if the Soviets reach Paris the Allies will almost certainly be below 20% supply and unable to stretch far enough in to Russia when the time comes.

9. Notes

Original Map by Patrick Feyret.

Playtested by Jack O'Neal and Colin Lowing.

Borders lovingly crafted by Dan Cook.

Ben Turner