OHHHH GAWD!!! Wow Stalin was a monster! O-o how the world is he not more famous?
If you're new to WWII in general, I heartily recommend learning more about it. You can't really understate its importance in forming the modern world.
Does the game actually end in 1948. I am now in Cold War mode, but I really want to "finish" the game.
There's an end of game screen, with the option to continue playing.
There's no new tech, etc. though, so it's kinda bland.
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My first game as Commie Yugoslavia is going hilariously badly. I spent most of the leadup time building factories and infrastructure. After Germany invaded Belgium and the Allies came romping along, I thought it'd be the perfect time to attack Italy. It wasn't.
My armies were mostly infantry+artillery divisions, with motorised infantry and tanks making up the difference. A few mountaineers scattered about as well.
Air force consisted of about 800 interwar fighters. Navy was something like five ships. I didn't pay much attention to the ships.
War was declared, and I moved my armies in to retake Istria. The Soviets offered to help immediately but didn't really do anything for a while.
At first it was going well. My artillery was blowing the snot out of the Italian border army, which appeared to be mostly made up of infantry. But after a few days my outdated planes were all wrecked, and the Axis had air superiority for the rest of the fighting. German Panzer divisions started pouring out of Austria, forcing my front lines into a weird shape and cutting off about a dozen divisions who were promptly massacred.
At this point it's painfully obvious that Yugoslavia is outgunned, so the obvious solution is to switch to a war economy and start throwing more tanks and artillery at the stinky Germans. Which didn't work, either. I ran out of manpower in very short order and lacked the political power to raise conscription.
By the time the Soviet front lines extended to the Balkans, I'd lost all of my manpower and 2/3rds of the country. After that everyone sat in a deadlock for a while before I finally capitulated. RIP.