El Pip (1) - Did I tell you that in 1947 Germany invents the Nuclear Bullet
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Faeelin - Overconfident and unaware. Welcome aboard, by the way. Have you been reading all along?
dublish (1) - Reality stings, dublish. Nice to see your concertina wire wit directed at long-dead French generals rather than poor old Hardraade
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SeleucidRex - Certainly some aspects have been less successful. But I've tried to keep those things strictly a function of what would have actually been less successful in WTL vs. OTL, rather than just selectively handicapping things to approximate Germany's OTL "fail rate". You're right on about the health. El Pip is certainly free to make critiques, though. I acknowledge most of the things he's pointed out, actually, as inherent in my philosophy of AAR-writing (that is, crafting the narrative to fit the results rather than the results to fit the narrative).
dublish (2) - Even including the 1944 scenario
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El Pip (2) - Thanks for suspending judgment! It's true that the Italians haven't benefitted from Germany's, ahm, clear-headed leadership. It remains to be seen, though, how the Kriegsmarine will fare on its first outing. Suffice to say, I wouldn't be too worried about what you may be worrying about on that front
. Translated into AAR-terms, the stupidity and gullibility of the AI is accounted for by French tactical rigidity and poorly-coordinated operational direction. In contrast, Bayerlein's GGS provided excellent top-level vision during the campaign. The French were more numerous, but failed to concentrate and use their numbers effectively. Aside from armor, equipment was about even between the two armies.
Kurt_Steiner - Aha!
KLorberau - Why thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. The Italians actually aren't bad fighters man-for-man. As Rommel noted in OTL, referring to the Italians: "Good troops, bad officers. But remember that without them we wouldn't have civilization."
El Pip (3) - Thank you most kindly! I do welcome your thoughts and critiques of all stripes, and am glad to have you aboard! Interesting thinking about the minefield... Perhaps this would explain Raeder's dubious analysis to Schacht? You raise the valid point, though, that whether the planners see it or not, shuttling a couple thousand Rhine barges across the Channel against the opposition of the Home Fleet is beyond dangerous and arguably suicidal. Much will depend on the wisdom and foresight of the British government and Admiralty
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trekaddict - Oh, I agree as well
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Atlantic Friend - Excellent points.