Originally posted by Soapy Frog
BTW, part of the problem is that strategic redeployment is too rapid. It was quite simple for me to have my troops in position to attack France just a few days after I entrained them from Poland (though I waited some time for no good reason, I could have attacked France starting Sept. 16th).
Historically The Germans were not ready to commence operations until Nov. '39, and even then the generals stalled because they knew they need more time and better weather.
And indeed, any other WW2 game I have played, it usually takes 2-4 months to redeploy the army from east to west in preparation for the battle of France.
The next "problem" is, that the German Army of 1940 differs much from that, that fought in Poland 1939. During the fight against Poland, many gaps in the training, especially in the ranks of Officers and NCO, appeared. This was mainly due to the rapid expansion of the Wehrmacht in the 1930ies. The Reichswehr was only allowed to have a certain number (IIRC 4000) of officers and thus there was a serious lack of trained leaders in 1939.
After the Poland campaign there was some seroius training initiative for battalion and regimental commanders to close these gaps in training.
In Poland, literally the whole Wehrmacht was fighting. Those divisions in the west were newly build und thus ill trained and ill equiped.
So, to make the fight against France in '39 more difficult, the Wehrmacht should have lower quality, which has to be increased after the Poland campaign.
Another option would be to build a) more professional but smaller Wehrmacht or b) a Wehrmacht with more divisons and less training and equipment in the '36 Scenario.
In any case, the german player should be forced to spend the remaining time of '39 and the beginning of '40 with training and/or with building new troops to prevent a to fast fall of France. And if he attacks the french, the fight should be much more difficult and leading to higher casualities than it did actually in May '40.
Chris
