Demo Sealion

[Kikaider]

I've seen plenty of demo barbarossa's but any demo sealions?
I've gotten as far as the start of an invasion (30+ divs in N. England/S. Scotland), but as of Dec. 30, Lodon still stands
Anybody get further?

 

[Alex_brunius]

Here is mine. Only a little resistance remaining in Scotland and Dover (where they had the majority of their ca: 30 divisions).

 

[unmerged(148423)]

jesus great job people

 

[jalapen0]

jesus great job people

Yea really. I can't even figure out where my armor units are. lol

 

[vox stellarum]

I guess I was the only one who played the demo historically. I conquered Poland and then did nothing. France or England didn't attack me either

 

[King Jary]

You guys are real freaks... . I couldn't even take Paris (the Italians beat me to it).

 

[Kaelic]

What difficulty setting?

 

[Exterous]

I guess I was the only one who played the demo historically. I conquered Poland and then did nothing. France or England didn't attack me either

Bah! Where is fun in that? Give me a couple of more months in the demo and I'll land in Washington!

 

[vox stellarum]

Bah! Where is fun in that? Give me a couple of more months in the demo and I'll land in Washington!

I know! I always play my games historically correct. I guess I am World War 2 reenactor

 

[hendriks]

Bah! Where is fun in that? Give me a couple of more months in the demo and I'll land in Washington!

Been there done that, DOW'ed USA in october 1939, sneaked past the RN and USN, got lucky finding an empty province, landed, but it was only with 3 panzer and HQ divisions, but I had my line of transports coming of december 39, fun to see the supply line running through the Atlantic, in preparation I build a fair bit of them. Didn't get much further, but I think I could have gotten very far, my units are SUPERIOR to the few units on east coast.
It created the Amerika theatre! No screens taken, I can try it again though, hilarious.... :rofl:

 

[Kikaider]

What difficulty setting?

normal, plus i did it entirely through theatre orders
(not quite all at theatre level, I made a seperate invasion army group, put 21 divs in it (7 corps 3 armys), + the entire kreigsmarine, and issued the orders to its ai. After the first prov was taken, i put the army group in ob west theatre to finish, and it handled the rest)

 

[ham79]

Nice.

 

[Tyon]

You people sure need another hobby.... seriously

 

[unmerged(11606)]

Sigh.. that Sealion pic where Germany controls most of GB is sad... What in the world was the AI doing??? The Royal Navy should have completely shut down all supply routes with no problems... Not only that, but I'm guessing the AI used mostly regular movement instead of strategic movement to try to halt the initial invasions.

 

[dankidus]

Yeah, I know... bumped a buried thread, sorry.

But I was doing it in relation to a thread Johan shut down after spotting an oversight on his part.. lol

Anyways, god I hope the game isn't such a pushover at release as far as invasions go, this is crazy.

 

[unmerged(110529)]

Sigh.. that Sealion pic where Germany controls most of GB is sad... What in the world was the AI doing??? The Royal Navy should have completely shut down all supply routes with no problems... Not only that, but I'm guessing the AI used mostly regular movement instead of strategic movement to try to halt the initial invasions.

It seems you're starting by the presuppose that a german invasion of the UK during WWII was impossible. It´s not that simple, I think.

Germany had the plans, people say that if it weren´t by the USSR invasion they would have tried it.

As a history student, I´ve heard thousand of times that we should not ask ourselves the "what if?" question, but that's why games like HOI3 are for: for us to live a different WWII, but realistic. It's wierd, but it's interesting.

I think it was possible.

For me, sad image is that guy that claims (with a picture) to conquer the East United States by the end of 1938... (with the demo). That simply puts apart the "realistic" factor I said before.

 

[stljeffbb]

Bah! Where is fun in that? Give me a couple of more months in the demo and I'll land in Washington!

Already been done:

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416682

Regards,

Jeff

 

[Tuna-Fish]

It seems you're starting by the presuppose that a german invasion of the UK during WWII was impossible. It´s not that simple, I think.

Germany had the plans, people say that if it weren´t by the USSR invasion they would have tried it.

Everyone has plans for everything, really. Doesn't mean they can work.

The german plan was to use river barges to transport troops to britain. This is, suffice to say, mad. Half of the invasion force would have drowned en-route, and this is before RN sinks the rest of them.

The very first thing germany would have needed to do to be able to invade the UK would have been to attain naval superiority in the english channel. That would have taken years to do, imho.

 

[dankidus]

Already been done:

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416682

Regards,

Jeff

"Coincidently" enough by the same person that did the Sealion invasion and took the most land (2nd post) - Johan did find out that he left out something that checked distance before moving, though.

Everyone has plans for everything, really. Doesn't mean they can work.

The german plan was to use river barges to transport troops to britain. This is, suffice to say, mad. Half of the invasion force would have drowned en-route, and this is before RN sinks the rest of them.

The very first thing germany would have needed to do to be able to invade the UK would have been to attain naval superiority in the english channel. That would have taken years to do, imho.

Yeah, most German officers were pretty much saying it was impossible at the time. However the battle of britain was to obtain air superiority (and cause war weariness), which was essential for sealion to work.

 

[egslim]

However the battle of britain was to obtain air superiority (and cause war weariness), which was essential for sealion to work.

Air superiority was a a necessary, but insufficient condition for Sealion.

Landing ships that could stay afloat at sea under less than absolutely perfect conditions - because conditions in the Channel are seldom perfect for long - was another.