Profile of LemonJuice

This makes holding territory considerably less important for OKW than other factions. That's why rushing straight for an enemy cutoff at the start of a game rather than back-capping is so effective.

That's where the big error is in my opinion. In a game that is almost entirely about capturing and holding territory, one faction doesn't actually need to capture and hold territory as badly as the others.

no offense but this is horribly wrong. the reason why rushing the cutoff works is because it almost negates the fuel and munition penalty that the OKW have, at least in the beginning of the game. the okw player vs allied player have equal resource gain since both sides have no territory, and if that continues the okw player will probably end up on top

in an even game however its pretty important for OKW to absolutely maintain control over ATLEAST one fuel and one munitions (not as important) for the entire game. losing fuel points or even multiple strategic points for an extended period of time is a HUGE blow to the timing of every OKW unit. not even just losing, but your fuel being harasses or cut off continuously can have just a bad an effect.

if you apply pressure early enough, you will delay the schwerer HQ, which in turn delays the luchs/obers, which in turn gives you more time to gain EVEN MORE map control before OKW elite units arrive. not only does it delay OKW units, but it speeds up your own teching as well. tanks might come a minute or two minutes earlier, and if the OKW player doesnt have sufficient AT, well then good game i guess.

having early munition control and maintaining it assures that the feared shrek blob will be delayed for quite awhile. 90 munitions is a pretty hefty investment. once again, not only is the OKW player losing a huge chunk of their economy, which is worse because of the penalties, but the allied player is gaining all those munitions themselves. Wether they save for BARS, molotovs, nades, etc or for late game offmaps, it still gives them an edge over an already weakened enemy.

This and also up the suppression a blob of units encounters when facing an HMG. The 50 call and the maxim both have a lot of trouble when trying to pin a blob.

the maxim has no aoe suppression, but the 50cal does and is arguably the best mg to deal with blobs.

well if u go the doctrine with the priest you can build your own sandbags. when i say screen with rifles i meant putting rifles in front of the mg (preferrably in cover) so that the enemy cannot close the distance to hit the mg. once the 50cal starts shooting it should suppress the blob in about a burst. the 50cal is pretty underutilized from what i can see, but i think its one of the answers to dealing with elite okw infantry.

use jacksons if youre having problem with armor.

and as i mentioned before veto that map because its basically 3 corridors so youre going to face hordes of infantry.

what are your unit timings? also from the screenshots it looks like your riflemen preservation was bad.