darroch -> (6/7/2001 2:49:00 AM)
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WB,
I like the idea - especially in your hands...
BTW, you know the "shot-up" 28th went from the Hurtgen to a "quiet" zone in the Ardennes...
Talk about bad karma...
Your idea could be a mini-campaign in the HF then later a second mini could be added to reflect the Ardennes...
The whole thing would offer some sobering insights into the problems besetting a commander of a 1944 infantry formation...if the historical OOB was used, I would expect a lot of rank-n-file infantry formations rather than the sexy rangers, airborne, commandos, and tanks that we all love to buy...
Reality was that the rank-n-file dogface did most of the fighting and dying (see Citizen Soldiers by S. Ambrose)in plain old rifle squads with, if he was lucky, some MG and mortar support...
I think a lot of us would be interested in this treatment...(hint-hint: I'd buy the mega-campaign!)
And IF you're looking for new ideas for campaigns, here's some that I WISH I had the time to do...there's a lot of mileage to be made by basing the campaign around a battalion sized unit of famous Divisions (other than the ever popular marines, SS, and airborne Divs - they have tended to get overdone in my humble opinion). For example:
7th Brit Armored (Africa, Sicliy?, NW Europe)
11th GE Panzer (Ukraine '41, Stalingrad Rescue '42, Kursk-Sud '43, Anvil/Dragoon (Southern France '44)
2nd New Zealand Div (Greece, Crete, NA, Italy)
IT Ariete Armored Div
Hermann Goring Panzer Div?
4th US Armored (Patton and Wood)
GE Blue (Spanish) Infantry Division near Leningrad - seems to be a start on scenarios for this one...
I'm sure there are similar Canadian, Finnish, and other nationalities' divisions that could be used.
I don't know of any Russian formations but there are probably some good ones from '43 onwards...
Also, one could also model the evolution of the British Guards Armored Division - components of which fought in every major (and most of the minor) British actions - one's core force could be a battalion of the Guards when the Panzers roll through France in '40.....eventually the path would lead to Goodwood, Totalize, and Arnhem...
Maybe someone could follow certain lesser-known personalities:
Campaigns based on LeClerc (start in command of a ragtag force in the desert and end with 2nd French Armored - liberate Paris and Marseilles)?
Von Luck? Start with Rommel in France - end up with 21st Panzer - along the way fight just about every major combatant at the time...
Oh I wish I had the time!!!! SO many scenarios and so little time to build 'em and play 'em...
:(
Such a nice problem to have though
:D :D :D
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