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If you want to see what actually happened, the Glantz books are about as close as you can get. In to the Gates of Stalingrad, for example, you can see <br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: critter<br/>
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It will be interesting to see how they plan on keeping the German player playing when the long retreat starts. More reason to be sure the AI is strong.
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One possibility would be to let Player A play AG North as ...

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There are historians who think that Stalin didn't want the war to end early, after the Allies had landed in Sicily. According to those historians, Stalin wanted as much influence as he could get in post-WWII Europe and in the world, and he ...

Why? Why not just wipe out AG North and go straight to Berlin? are the Germans going to hold on in the Balkans if Berlin falls?

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People have mentioned that some German players will be tempted to give up if they have to be on the defensive for 2-3 years. What I have in mind is a sliding scale of victory points for hexes held but on a yearly basis.<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s> It's a lack of resources versus the return. To include the area to the north, we would have had to add a huge number of hexes to the map. The map already has 183 by 140 hexes (25,620 hexes), and we really didn't want to add ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s> The tricky (and interesting) aspect of the simulation for me will be to see how quickly the Soviets can put together a good (army level at least) command structure to use their tangible resources (such as army-level support ...

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Size is not everything. This is the post Purge army we're talking about with such geniuses as Budenny in command. Also most of the Soviet army was dispersed and incapable of offering immediate counterattack. Also the bulk of the armour and ...

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Independent units could be problematic if not balanced properly, due to the differences between Axis and Soviet doctrine when it comes to support assets.<br/>
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The Soviets suffered such heavy losses in terms of officers in the early ...

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As mentioned in another thread, the next game might be titled “War in the West”. The 2 main scenarios would be titled “1940” and “1944”.<br/>
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Smaller scenarios might be titled “Drive on Dunkirk” and “Drive on Antwerp”.<br/>
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Not yet, but it's on the task list to do prior to release.
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That's very cool (ie that leaders are going to change over time). It also suggests that<br/>
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... this is a game, and in this game, MacArthur is a good leader. Leave him in command, you'll get good results.<br/>

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Where is the benefit for the player?<br/>
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<B><s>[b]</s>(answer most hoped for: <e>[/b]</e></B> some generals are good at supply, some good at defense and some good on the attack. If the player places the right general in the ...

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OK, so you guys are argueing about the issue, but in terms of the game there is an issue for how the game models real life, and the potential that truly existed for things to be very very much worse, or better. I guess you shouls look at the ...

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What is the spare parts myth...?<br/>
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It's hard to keep all the myths straight when it comes to German Production before and during WWII. I've just been reading Adam Tooze's book <I><s>[i]</s>The Wages of ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: SnowBlue88<br/>
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Meh, seems like most players who want free production only consider the German side of the situation and want a system where they can only do historically better. No one really seems to care how complex such a system has to be or provide ...

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The German economy wasn't put on a war footing until late 42/early 43.
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The number of tanks per panzer division discreased dramatically during the war because there were NOT enought tanks to keep the TOE up. The claims that there were plenty of tanks but not enough spare parts are just wrong. There may have ...

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Oakwood is nice. As I recall most of those confederates buried there died during the war in the hospital there.<br/>
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