Battle of France

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"Shoot Churchill in the head too"

doesn't strike me as the best solution. without him Britain would have come to terms with Hitler following the fall of France, which his removal would by no means have definately prevented.

 

[Jon Shafer]

Churchill was one of the few near the top in Britain during the early years of WWII that kept Britain in. It's a definite possibility that if he hadn't been in charge that Britain would have made peace.

France will have a tough time.. In the Italian AAR, Germany managed to defeat France, despite driving right through Maginot. If the AI can do that with relative ease, I don't see why it would be all that difficult to accomplish it yourself. It will take very careful actions on the part of a French player to prevent his armies from being destroyed by what are bound to be superior German ones. Organization and close air support may very well make the difference.

 

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Many a historian firmly states france of may1940 lost in the actuallity 1917.

It changed there doctrine and national abherence to war forever. The maginot line was a great lemon.

As a human player i fully expect to be able to hold my own vs germany. Well hope anyway 2 years of build up isnt a lot however.

Allie with poland and slovakia, suck up to spain and pommie land. Combined force vs germany in '38 should be a great result. Hammer and anvil

 

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Originally posted by Maximilian I
yes, seems to be just a misunderstanding. you`re right, the decisions of the french high command were not that bright, but saying "france lost because they were stupid. France lost because they were france" is stretching it a bit, don`t you agree? your post just "generalized" "french" stupidity. now you`re talking about de Gaulle, who made some bright moves. if that`s your opinion, you should have made it clear, instead of talking about "stupid", as you called them, frenchmen.

good - the matter was resolved without needing Admin intervention.

It appears there was a misunderstanding on both sides. Both learnt a little from it

 

[Owl]

Originally posted by Uglyduck
good - the matter was resolved without needing Admin intervention.

It appears there was a misunderstanding on both sides. Both learnt a little from it

Sorry if my post caused any ruffled feathers ... (as one bird to another ...)
I do enjoy provoking the French but I was also genuinely interested in the proposition, and some good answers came out of it.

Good to see that most of these little spats sort themselves out amicably.

 

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Originally posted by Owl
Sorry if my post caused any ruffled feathers ... (as one bird to another ...)
I do enjoy provoking the French but I was also genuinely interested in the proposition, and some good answers came out of it.

Good to see that most of these little spats sort themselves out amicably.

Yep - it is nice when mature people can come to an amicable understanding