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tm1 -> Rommel (3/26/2021 12:21:57 AM)

Just downloaded the game and even though I have a lot of experience with WitE and WitW, i feel like i will have to start from scratch with this new game.
This may sound a dumb question but i see Field Marshal Rommel in the leader section, is it entirely possible to now send Rommel to Russia ?.
Is it just wishful thinking [:)]




carlkay58 -> RE: Rommel (3/26/2021 12:40:17 AM)

It is possible but it may have some effects on the North Africa Theater Box results.




HardLuckYetAgain -> RE: Rommel (3/26/2021 1:35:40 AM)


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ORIGINAL: tm1

Just downloaded the game and even though I have a lot of experience with WitE and WitW, i feel like i will have to start from scratch with this new game.
This may sound a dumb question but i see Field Marshal Rommel in the leader section, is it entirely possible to now send Rommel to Russia ?.
Is it just wishful thinking [:)]


I have seen him used on an attack on Moscow in a BETA AAR ;-) Yes, you can definitely use Rommel in Russia. But as Carlkay says you could have some side effects because of it.




pbrowne -> RE: Rommel (3/26/2021 1:59:44 AM)

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ORIGINAL: tm1
...But as Carlkay says you could have some side effects because of it.


He wouldn't disobey orders and outrun his supply lines, would he? [8|]






jacktimes2 -> RE: Rommel (3/26/2021 2:28:17 AM)


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ORIGINAL: pbrowne

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ORIGINAL: tm1
...But as Carlkay says you could have some side effects because of it.


He wouldn't disobey orders and outrun his supply lines, would he? [8|]




This is a salient point. I'll add that while Rommel's inclination to lead from the front was ideal for the smaller scale of operations in North Africa and, to a lesser extent, the Western Front, that kind of style would prove disastrous on the Eastern Front, in my opinion.




Zemke -> RE: Rommel (3/26/2021 3:39:55 AM)

That upstart none General Staff Officer, send him to Africa!




pbrowne -> RE: Rommel (3/26/2021 3:58:22 AM)

Absolutely.

Not only had Rommel outrun his supply lines, especially fuel, at Alam el Halfa, south of El Alamein, he had also outrun Luftwaffe support. A good example of bad generalship and failure to combine arms to maximise combat power.




Sardaukar -> RE: Rommel (3/26/2021 7:17:17 AM)

Fortunately for him, had good chief of staffs to cover him while he was running with the spearheads.




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