Nooo!! My house is there!
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I declared war on Netherlands first (ahistorical). France figured out what I was up to, and started massing their troops northwards into Belgium. I then declared war on Belgium and stopped the French reinforcements. The 5th Army (largely composed of Mountain Commandos) slowly made their way through Belgium, but it was a very difficult fight: with Belgium, French, and UK marines (they made an emergency landing to try and help), as well as the UK RAF tearing up the Luftwaffe. (Erm, why didn't anyone tell me that UK gets a "Radar Bonus" on their airplanes? That's not fair...).
With my 5th army stuck in Belgium and the France Blitzkreig failed (or at least, dramatically slowed down due to fighting in dense forests / mountains), my only option was to wipe out Netherlands quickly. The Netherlands fought bravely, but all of the allied forces were concentrated in stopping my push through Belgium, and Netherlands had no real reinforcements to help them out against Medium Tanks.
Amsterdam's airport and naval base was repurposed into the new base of operations. With a fresh "Level 10" airport (supports 1000 aircraft) and level 10 naval base (supports up to 60 ships), I would fight the British RAF over the English Channel, stopping their support in Belgium. I then noticed that Dunkirk was reasonably close to Netherlands, and pushed my northern armies through Netherlands -> Dunkirk -> Paris. Normally, it was a pain to get my air-superiority fighters into France / North Atlantic, but Amsterdam is very well positioned actually. Very useful
Within 2 months, Netherlands, Belgium, and finally France fell in that order.
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Oh right: I also put in an order for 4 Bismarks. I dunno why Hitler only ordered one of those
. The first "Twin Bismark" fleet (2x Battleships + 10 supporting ships: Battlecruisers, Heavy Cruisers, Light Cruisers, and Destroyers) has been wrecking the British fleets of the North Atlantic. UK's carriers remain a problem, but I'm carefully keeping the twin-Bismark fleet within range of supporting Luftwaffe air-superiority fighters (also another ahistorical decision: Hitler was obsessed with dive-bombers and never really built air-superiority fighters)
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Oh... and... erm... the Soviet Union front is... not good. Each Bismark is equivalent to 10,000 tanks and/or 35,000 infantry. 4 Bismarks == 150,000 fewer infantry on the Soviet front. I'm hoping that I can take out UK and swing back to the Soviet-side before they declare war. Erm... Soviets have actually declared war a few times already, but each time they do I kinda reset the game from my last save, and reinforce the Soviet Union front. Lol.
Finding +All Skills on a neck AND a wand in one evening makes me a happy camper...
