WTO 4

For this mission I got trounced on my first try, the waves of enemy generals tore through my defenses, but I found a strategy that bagged an easy 3 star.

First off, my 3 generals are Guderian, Konev, and Rommel, with Guderian packing level 5 rumour and Konev with level 4 rumour. Rumour is critical in this plan, so you want to have as many chances as possible to get it off. Guderian goes in the super tank, Konev on the triple stack rocket, and Rommel on the triple stack heavy.

I gathered all my forces and charged directly west, aiming to wipe out Eisenhower first. Two hits of rumour and a flank were enough to make him go stupid, securing victory over his forces. Heinrici's forces were mainly focused on Budapest and were stuck trying to crack open Krakow for the rest of the mission, so they could be ignored.

Once I'd captured the American city, I launched Operation Turtle, and built bunkers around the newly captured city and Krakow. To secure some more income, I built a financial centre in the American city, as Krakow is more susceptible to fire from Heinrici's group in the south. Patching holes in the defense was required throughout the rest of the mission, but wasn't a problem with the income I got. Building a nuke with the facility was a crucial next step in the plan, so I made sure to build it when I got the chance.

Taking the main invasion force, I charged straight at Manstein, and just like Eisenhower, after two hits of rumour and a flank he was incapacitated. Capturing the German city was a cakewalk, but at this point the French forces came out to attack.

Remember the nuke from earlier? Well, it's real handy for ensuring a quick elimination of De Gaulle. The only other problems were Gamelin on the triple stack heavy and a few other tanks, but rumour knocked them out fairly easily.

With this, comes the final stage of the mission, taking Berlin and securing Warsaw.

While my attack on southern NATO was ongoing, the majority of the British and American forces were driving on Poznan and Warsaw, and Rokossovsky soaked up a lot of damage before he went down. I was sure to leave a bit of money to take Poznan with paratroopers when it was open, and that stalled their advance on Warsaw.

With my forces still down south, I swung my generals around up to focus fire on Berlin, which was lightly defended as the British and Americans were busy seiging Warsaw. The Dutch and Belgian generals were fast approaching by the time I took Berlin, so I threw up as many bunkers as I could afford on the left side of the city. My generals were then tasked with reinforcing Warsaw, from which the Polish general was bravely holding down the fort.

What was left after securing Warsaw, was just holding out one or two rounds on Berlin and Krakow, but Operation Turtle's bunker fortifications easily fended off the attackers and secured the 3 star victory.