The Tannenbaum Blitz

[arasis]

Well for a starter the Swiss should have more Divisions. A strong Fortress in the mountains without defenders is kinda worthless. In all my Germany games so far Switzerland had maybe 1 Division in every second Province so half the Fortresses where empty. Not to hard to walk trough there and do Tannenbaum :rofl:

 

[apocriphaA]

That and historically speaking the Swiss were fully mobilized from 1939 - 1945.

Actually, no. The Swiss agreed to demobilise after the fall of France after some negotiations with some Nazi big-wig (forgot which one).

 

[Maestor]

Actually, no. The Swiss agreed to demobilise after the fall of France after some negotiations with some Nazi big-wig (forgot which one).

That's what they say.. in reality they just needed people to carry all the nazi gold they were stacking.

 

[Pier]

Very nice.

If you say that you used the provinces in the North-West of Switzerland, I could imagine it not being completely impossible and a-historical.
Think the transfer of German troops through Sweden, or maybe a Germany only marching through the province of Limburg (Maastricht and Venlo) in the Netherlands during WW1.

Taking the mountain passes indeed would have been a very bloody affair.

 

[oribiasi]

I really like your tiny AAR, well done. I think the previous comment about DOWing Switzerland causing the USA to enter the war earlier is likely very accurate. Any concerns other than that? I wonder if the USSR would hate you more...not that they'd do anything until 1942 anyway.

 

[unmerged(226896)]

I *think* that in switzerland, today, you dont get a licence to build a house, if it doesnt have a bunker built in.

Not anymore. We've drilled enough holes into our mountains, so there's no need for bunnkers anymore

 

[bbasgen]

I really like your tiny AAR, well done. I think the previous comment about DOWing Switzerland causing the USA to enter the war earlier is likely very accurate. Any concerns other than that? I wonder if the USSR would hate you more...not that they'd do anything until 1942 anyway.

The USSR problem is vexing. In my current Germany game, I've decided on complete world conquest to see how it would go. By April, 1941, I've taken EVERY nation in Europe with the sole exception of UK to keep the game interesting. So, the USSR doesn't care in the slightest, unfortunately.

Taking the mountain passes indeed would have been a very bloody affair.

I think so too. Firstly, I'd like to see tanks have steeper mountain penalties (closer to amphibious assault penalty); Secondly it would be nice to see Switzerland actually defend itself against invasion. One of the new FtM events/decisions might make sense where the Swiss pull up a bunch of mountaineer conscripts if Germany masses troops on her border.

 

[comsubpac]

i have seen a documentation about switzerland in WW2 once and the german inteligence service did know about every single detail of the swiss defence system and the germans had specially trained troops for assaulting bunkers. it wouldn't say that it was impossible for them to defeat them but why should say?