1942: Stalingrad

November 22nd, 1942: The Red Army has completed the encirclement of Stalingrad, 300000 German Soldiers are now encircled in the City. Meanwhile, the last Axis holdout in Africa is under increasing pressure from a US-British Offensive, and the Allies are Looking to open up a second front on the european mainland soon. In Asia, Japan has quickly expanded for the last year, but now struggles to defend its huge Pacific Empire against the USA, Briatin and China.

Will you lead the Allies to Victory and crush the Fascist Menace or Play as the Axis and try to revert the course of the war?

This mod offers a new 1942 start date, and focuses on accurately representing the strength of the Major Powers relative to one another. The Majors start with:

USA: 715 Factories / 3.4 Million Soldiers UK: 294 Factories / 2.4 Million Soldiers Soviets: 462 Factories / 5.3 Million Soldiers

Germany: 419 Factories / 3.6 Million Soldiers Italy: 120 Facotires / 1.1 Million Soldiers Japan: 130 Factories / 2.0 Million Soldiers

(The additional factories will be spawned in by hidden events within a few days after game start, so dont be confused by their absence on day one)

Changes to gameplay: The only major change to gameplay is a massive reduction of supply consumption, to help the AI with using units on the eastern front, north africa or pacific jungle islands. Other than that, all unit stats, buildings, focus trees etc. are kept the same, so you wont have to relearn the game.