See Mobhack?
This is the advice that the Guide lacks (apart from the well-produced chapter on Play Tips near the end of it, which on the other hand could use some language-editing
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Thx much! I have toyed with doing something like that, just had no base footing as to where exactly to begin and what to choose for the start (which countries, year, buying points etc.)... I know the basic handling of units and stuff in the game, I just lack the operational experience of knowing what units are good for what and how to effectively employ them.
I think that the biggest problem newbies (like me) have with WinSPMBT/WW2, is the lack of "reference" to base your starting trial-and-error battles on.