jaw
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Can you name an amphibious operation the Germans conducted in the Black Sea? Operation Bluecher. Planned as an attack across Strait of Kerch (from the Kerch Peninsula to the Taman Peninsula) in early August by 5 out of Eleventh Army's 7 German divisions after the fall of Sevastopol, according to Hitler's Directive 43, written in early July 1942. The objective was to capture Anapa and Novorossiysk, turning the flank of what would be the Soviet 47th Army at a crucial time if it had been executed. Hitler changed his mind and decided that if German troops succesfully pushed towards the Caucasus, the operation would be scrapped and the 5 divisions moved to Leningrad, with most of the siege artillery from Sevastopol to launch an attack on Leningrad in September at the latest. Eventually, Operation Bluecher was decreased in size to Bluecher II, executed on September 2, 1942, which brought a Romanian mountain division and a German division across the Strait of Kerch to help the Third Romanian Army already on the other side. Enough aircraft were diverted from the Stalingrad front to keep the Black Sea Fleet from messing with the landing. If the player could have the means to execute the original Bluecher plan, that could seriously help in trying to secure the Caucasus. At the scale of WitE this is not an amphibious operation. An amphibious operation in WitE is a "blue water" operation involving major naval assets none of which the Axis possessed in the Black Sea. quote:
Bulgaria and the Balkans in general are not in the game. The dynamics of the game are such that if you don't defeat the Soviet Union in 1941 your chances of doing so become progressively less. It is difficult to imagine a game in which both the Russians are holding on by their fingernails in 1944 and the Germans actually need the help of a couple Slovakian infantry divisions. The Germans might not need the help of the Slovak Fast Division or the Slovak Security Division, but over a dozen Bulgarian or Romanian divisions fighting for the Soviets magically popping at the western edge of the map at set times would be quite troubling for the German player, and quite unrealistic. If the player is forced to stick with historical surrender dates, regardless of whether the Soviets are losing badly, I'd like to know how the appearance of formerly allied troops that switched sides would work. If they're excluded, I'd also like to know why as those troops could make offensive operations easier for the Soviets as they approach Germany. See my next post explaining who withdraws and who surrenders. BTW, no one changes sides in WitE, they just surrender.
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