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Surt

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Jul 2, 2019

guillec87 said:
so you are really thinking you can win... hehehe

Others have done it ... on VH.

Supreme_leader

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Jul 2, 2019

Surt said:
Others have done it ... on VH.

yea I remember marco is the very first guy done it.

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The issue with a lot of military literature and strategy is that they simply tend to describe how something happened, as opposed to why specific actions happen. For example, most historians lionise Manstein's brilliant sickle cut in 1940. However, what is lesser known and totally outside of Manstein's prediction was that the Allies had to constantly predict where was the main spearhead's true intention (encircling Maginot line like WW1, or Paris or towards channel). This was made worse by the fact that Luftwaffe had complete air superiority because French Air Force had been balkanised over 20 years of demilitarisation and the RAF's bomber force was designed to attack a target sized of a city not tanks, whereas the Reichswehr had been secretly moulding their "virtual air force" specifically for ground support for 20 years (they even had radios en masse so tanks and Luftwaffe could communicate in real time). Had Allies had air superiority, Manstein's trickery could have been reduced to Battle of the Bulge.

Most historians also credited the German tank doctrine that allowed tankers to be independent and concentrated into a single division. However, as the war progressed, Germans' enemies began to equip themselves AT down to battalion level which costed the German more and more of their precious tank crews. Of course they could have just return to infantry tank to conserve the manpower, however it was their doctrine to give birth to the mentality of a heavy breakthrough tank like the Tiger.

Come here to learn some war stuffs from the modders as they are actual NCOs not just armchair generals: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarCollege/

Supreme_leader

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Jul 10, 2019

sorry guys, but the thread is gonna end here. I've decided to make this a passive writing project with more realism aspects. Thanks you subbing me.

Spoiler alert: I captured London but UK still fought on, I got bored out so I just quit the game.

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The issue with a lot of military literature and strategy is that they simply tend to describe how something happened, as opposed to why specific actions happen. For example, most historians lionise Manstein's brilliant sickle cut in 1940. However, what is lesser known and totally outside of Manstein's prediction was that the Allies had to constantly predict where was the main spearhead's true intention (encircling Maginot line like WW1, or Paris or towards channel). This was made worse by the fact that Luftwaffe had complete air superiority because French Air Force had been balkanised over 20 years of demilitarisation and the RAF's bomber force was designed to attack a target sized of a city not tanks, whereas the Reichswehr had been secretly moulding their "virtual air force" specifically for ground support for 20 years (they even had radios en masse so tanks and Luftwaffe could communicate in real time). Had Allies had air superiority, Manstein's trickery could have been reduced to Battle of the Bulge.

Most historians also credited the German tank doctrine that allowed tankers to be independent and concentrated into a single division. However, as the war progressed, Germans' enemies began to equip themselves AT down to battalion level which costed the German more and more of their precious tank crews. Of course they could have just return to infantry tank to conserve the manpower, however it was their doctrine to give birth to the mentality of a heavy breakthrough tank like the Tiger.

Come here to learn some war stuffs from the modders as they are actual NCOs not just armchair generals: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarCollege/

stnylan

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Jul 13, 2019

No worries

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