Tried it a couple times now, but can't win with the Axis:
1st attempt: Historically. Poland Sept.-Nov/39, Denmark 10/39, Norway was a bloodbath to some of my Corps.
That's why France took me almosr until May 1941 (!), so due invasion of Balkans (06/41) and Russia (07/41). Never saw Moscow, the EF meatgrindger consumed one armyby another. Stopped it ther.
2nd attempt: (Westward ho!) Poland 9/10-39, Denmark, left Norway, invaded France in 12/39, finished it in 04 or 05/40. Demobilized much Armies & Corps, and produced uboats, technology, planes. Cleansened Balkans in spring 41. Drove the Brits out of the med Sea and nailed them at Alexandria. Heavy and bloody air battles with Britain, when Russia invaded me in spring 1942, IIRC. Game over. You just can't trust those Russkies!
3rd attempt (Moscow with less than nothing): Poland 9-10/39, Denmark 10/39, Baltic countries 12/39, Russia Spring 1940. Leningrad fell, Kiev, and some other big cities encricled/cut-off, but I'm too weak to finish them and prefered to push my Armies forward into the russian motherland towards Moscow instead. All money into new Corps to finish the encircled/cut-off Ruskies.
In 1941, France/Belgium attacks undefended Ruhr, advance to Hamburg, advance to Berlin so I had to withdraw troops from the EF at a time when I was really near to break the Russian backbone (Tank Armies full speed to Moscow, not much in-between.
result: French stopped near Berlin, two Tank Armies and some Corps near Moscow, but stopped and about to become encircled. The rest will be just slaughter, so I stopped it.
Right now I'm thinking about a new strategy...
Cheers,
P.S. Played the Allies twice, won both times somwehere in 1944. Guess you can't loose on this side.
[ 28. April 2003, 11:11 AM: Message edited by: AndyW ]