Clearly Germany starts off as the most powerful but I've found that a lot of people who play as France and UK want to role-play and try to get the soviet union and the US on their side... and i make a lot of enemies before the first day ends as Germany.
So was wondering what you all thought was the best / easiest country to play as. Here's what I've learned by playing as each country so far
Germany:
As mentioned, could start with lots of enemies, encircled by potential hostiles from the start
France:
Starts with a decent army but also starts with -300 food and its colonies tend to rebel if you don't fix the food... you'll need to conquer territories or devote 100% resources to fixing food unless you lose units in a war... Also you have spain behind you but it takes them at least 2 weeks to build up to have any strength to even hit you in the back in a coordinated attack with germany.
UK:
has awful manpower and is therefore unable to produce a large army. Even though historically in the war the UK had a good amount of manpower because they can call upon it's territories such as India. the lack of army makes it tough to expand anywhere.
Soviet Union:
The key to winning as the soviets is the make friends with Japan. If you can make sure you don't get hit int he back near manchuria, where soviet industry and production capabilities are low, then you can focus on europe. If you can align with Germany also then its a winning coalition. otherwise be careful when either you or him invade poland and try to avoid sharing a border with germany as long as possible... espeically if your not friends / coordinating with France although in this case you probably will be.
US:
Starts with very few units. Historically this make sense as in 1939 the US only had an army of 100k people. It takes at least 2 weeks to build up to become a superpower and an early coordinated attack from canada and mexico could spell trouble for middle america. If you can convince them to be allies, then you can eventually take north and south america although by this time, the conflict in europe will likely be resolved. sending units to europe to help in the war doesn't benefit in the growth of your nation unless you're attacking spain or the UK in which case, other european powers can easily push you out of the continent if you don't have allies. Also make friends with japan in this case so you don't have to worry about the west coast. Or if you're eyeing the west coast, it takes like almost a week to travel to asia or australia making it difficult to reinforce. In short, America is very boring to play as.
Japan:
Starts with -39 oil, and low resources until you can build up for 3 days and move troops around to take China. But even then you only have the resources and army to fight in asia. Also pretty boring to play as although I've never attacked the soviet union as Japan as I find it beneficial to make them my ally. If one were to attack the soviet union, walking through siberia without mobile units sounds boring so maybe thats why i haven't tried it.
Poland:
Gets eaten up after (at most) a week. Don't try it lol
Anyway, wondering what your thoughts are on which country is the best but I guess this can be addressed from an army, resources, diplomatic point of view... oh and taking into account which countries are the most boring to play with (cough US couch)
Thoughts?
So was wondering what you all thought was the best / easiest country to play as. Here's what I've learned by playing as each country so far
Germany:
As mentioned, could start with lots of enemies, encircled by potential hostiles from the start
France:
Starts with a decent army but also starts with -300 food and its colonies tend to rebel if you don't fix the food... you'll need to conquer territories or devote 100% resources to fixing food unless you lose units in a war... Also you have spain behind you but it takes them at least 2 weeks to build up to have any strength to even hit you in the back in a coordinated attack with germany.
UK:
has awful manpower and is therefore unable to produce a large army. Even though historically in the war the UK had a good amount of manpower because they can call upon it's territories such as India. the lack of army makes it tough to expand anywhere.
Soviet Union:
The key to winning as the soviets is the make friends with Japan. If you can make sure you don't get hit int he back near manchuria, where soviet industry and production capabilities are low, then you can focus on europe. If you can align with Germany also then its a winning coalition. otherwise be careful when either you or him invade poland and try to avoid sharing a border with germany as long as possible... espeically if your not friends / coordinating with France although in this case you probably will be.
US:
Starts with very few units. Historically this make sense as in 1939 the US only had an army of 100k people. It takes at least 2 weeks to build up to become a superpower and an early coordinated attack from canada and mexico could spell trouble for middle america. If you can convince them to be allies, then you can eventually take north and south america although by this time, the conflict in europe will likely be resolved. sending units to europe to help in the war doesn't benefit in the growth of your nation unless you're attacking spain or the UK in which case, other european powers can easily push you out of the continent if you don't have allies. Also make friends with japan in this case so you don't have to worry about the west coast. Or if you're eyeing the west coast, it takes like almost a week to travel to asia or australia making it difficult to reinforce. In short, America is very boring to play as.
Japan:
Starts with -39 oil, and low resources until you can build up for 3 days and move troops around to take China. But even then you only have the resources and army to fight in asia. Also pretty boring to play as although I've never attacked the soviet union as Japan as I find it beneficial to make them my ally. If one were to attack the soviet union, walking through siberia without mobile units sounds boring so maybe thats why i haven't tried it.
Poland:
Gets eaten up after (at most) a week. Don't try it lol
Anyway, wondering what your thoughts are on which country is the best but I guess this can be addressed from an army, resources, diplomatic point of view... oh and taking into account which countries are the most boring to play with (cough US couch)
Thoughts?