One of the reasons I want this war to end soon is that I don't want to weaken the SU so much that Germany then regards invasion as viable. I think I've basically made Germany and the Soviet Union regard me as the greater of two evils.
#Liberal crime squad juice full#
By the time the SU started sending more troops my way, the USA had joined the war against Germany, so I imagine Germany has its hands full right now. At the time, my intelligence estimates reckoned they were roughly equal in terms of land forces, with about 300 divisions each. So the majority of their forces would have been in the western SU, bordering Germany.
I'm very surprised Germany didn't take the opportunity to invade and catch the SU in a two-front war, but A) They're happy to see me take a kicking and B) The SU have only recently started taking this war seriously (the last two years or so). This declaration of war happened before the historical date for the German invasion of the SU, so it looks like I'm public enemy no.1 to Stalin & co.
Technically the Soviets should be worried about Germany, but in 1941 the SU declared war on one of my allies, dragging me into a war. So the Germans hate me, and we're still at war currently (1946), even though we have never fought a single battle anywhere on land, at sea, or in the air. A bit miffed, I invaded and took over a chunk of the territory anyway, prompting the Axis (who are guaranteeing the independence of VF) to declare war on me. Taking advantage of the turmoil, I pressed them for control of their Asian colonies ( Indochina) and they said no. I picked back through my game's history, and this is what I think happened.