Why your profile pic?

[Stug_Life]

I would like to know why you picked the field marshal, general, commander, etc. to represent your profile? Did you pick yours because you admire the person? Because perhaps you prefer the army, navy, or air force above the others? Or is it because you simply think the image is cool? For example I prefer mine because I mostly play Germany in mp and I love the air war

 

[Khevenhuller]

I prefer the navy, and this chap looks like the bulldog spirit you associate with a 'sail at the enemy' mentality. So, Commander Prentice suited me nicely...

K

 

[Duke_Dave]

I like von Manstein, he was a great general.

 

[Dalwin]

Donitz was actually my second choice. I would have gone for Guderian except he was not available at the level of game that I purchased. I find Donitz to be one of the iconic characters of the war. The strategic implications of the uboat war are interesting and even with its current flaws, I think HOI4 captures this aspect better than earlier versions have done.

 

[Adrized]

I dunno who this guy is but he looks like he knows what he's doing.

 

[Duke_Dave]

I dunno who this guy is but he looks like he knows what he's doing.

I think he is one of the french marshalls that lost the war.. Maurice Gamelin he was in charge, when the tanks broke through and the army collapsed.

 

[Khevenhuller]

I dunno who this guy is but he looks like he knows what he's doing.

That is General Huntziger. He was the poor devil who signed the armistice at Compiegne and you can see him on the film: tall, ramrod stiff and clearly unhappy. He became a supporter of Vichy, an anti-semite and was killed in an air crash in 1941. An infantryman and colonial officer in his youth. Very much a 'traditional' officer, a believer in the superiority of defence over offence and the ability of defensive firepower.

K

 

[Adrized]

That is General Huntziger. He was the poor devil who signed the armistice at Compiegne and you can see him on the film: tall, ramrod stiff and clearly unhappy. He became a supporter of Vichy, an anti-semite and was killed in an air crash in 1941. An infantryman and colonial officer in his youth. Very much a 'traditional' officer, a believer in the superiority of defence over offence and the ability of defensive firepower.

K

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[Duke_Dave]

That is General Huntziger. He was the poor devil who signed the armistice at Compiegne and you can see him on the film: tall, ramrod stiff and clearly unhappy. He became a supporter of Vichy, an anti-semite and was killed in an air crash in 1941. An infantryman and colonial officer in his youth. Very much a 'traditional' officer, a believer in the superiority of defence over offence and the ability of defensive firepower.

K

You're right it is not Gamelin

 

[Khevenhuller]

You're right it is not Gamelin

Easy mistake to make, grey haired Frenchman in red kepi, and they are not that physically dissimilar. I also get the impression that they are not that dissimilar in terms of military background and doctrine.

K

 

[Bhaal]

Im a navy guy, have a thing for the IJN and did not buy the pack to get Yamamoto. So, Kondo it is.

 

[AOW]

FM Erwin Rommel ... his accomplishments with the 7th Panzer in France 1940 and later in N. Africa were just amazing. To me one of the great "what ifs" of the war is what if Italy had been able to protect the Afrika Korps's supply lines across the Med.

 

[Axe99]

Mine's Admiral Bruce Fraser, as I'm a navy guy and I reckon he did well. Although if Harold Farncomb (Australia) was available, I'd have him instead (sorry Bruce).

 

[George_VI]

Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Horrocks, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC, commander of XXX Corps during Operation Market Garden. From what I know he was a capable and well-liked commander, but my choice was mostly swayed by Edward Fox's portrayal of him in "A Bridge Too Far". Also he was Black Rod between 1949 and 1963.

 

[Stug_Life]

Donitz was actually my second choice. I would have gone for Guderian except he was not available at the level of game that I purchased. I find Donitz to be one of the iconic characters of the war. The strategic implications of the uboat war are interesting and even with its current flaws, I think HOI4 captures this aspect better than earlier versions have done.

I read a book about the man and his wolf packs, it is pretty incredible what he was able to accomplish with just U-boats.

FM Erwin Rommel ... his accomplishments with the 7th Panzer in France 1940 and later in N. Africa were just amazing. To me one of the great "what ifs" of the war is what if Italy had been able to protect the Afrika Korps's supply lines across the Med.

I had to wright a 7 page essay on why Rommel lost Africa. So much of it had to do with supply and infrastructure. That and good old Montgomery.

 

[Stug_Life]

This man that I have isnt all that incredible but is the closet thing to air war I can get, if I could i would have Montgomery.

 

[Zulgaines]

I played an amazing vicky game start to end through hell and high water and survived. Kept this flag from that day forward

 

[Meglok]

Monocles uber alles!

 

[Bernard95]

For me, it was a combination of having some French ancestry, playing France a lot in HoI4, and the portrait reminded me a bit of myself with the mustache and all.

 

[hkrommel]

I'm an American and Eisenhower wasn't available with the game version I purchased. I do really like Patton though, despite his flaws. He was an excellent general who I wished could have seen a bit more adversity to prove himself more thoroughly (although I'm also glad he didn't face much more because that means fewer casualties, but you get the point). He was also a great foil to the overly-methodical grand battleplan-esque thinking of some of the Allied commanders.

If I picked a German commander it would be Kesselring, Rommel, or Halder, if I picked a Soviet it would be Rosskovsky or Chuikov, if I picked a Frenchman it would be de Tassigny. Not sure about the other nations.