Many thanks to
TheLoneGunman for the selection and of course to everybody who has followed the Kriegsmarine AAR. More updates are in the works, honest!
Using characters that are recent, historical and relatively well-known is a fun challenge. A lot of my characterization of Doenitz and others is inspired by his book
Ten Years and Twenty Days which I can't recommend highly enough. Reading it was a major inspiration to come back and try my hand at a HOI2 AAR.
As for
Scharnhorst, sometimes the most memorable story lines just fall from heaven, or in this case slip beneath the surface of the ocean.
Either way, "sometimes they come back" has taken on new meaning.
Now it's time to pass the mantle to a HOI2 AAR that is off to an excellent start:
Mea Culpa: A French Confession by
El Pip. The so far unnamed speaker in this AAR provides characterisation and other such terrifying concepts, as the writAAR puts it.
The story is the confession of an old man reflecting on his failures. It is very well done, check it out.
Also, be sure to congratulate
El Pip on Best Character Writer of the Week!