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    What effect does CM have on marriages?

    in Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord

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    I work shift work. My lovely partner of 13 years, well, she's asleep in bed when I trottle in so's I get a few hours to answer my PBEM's.

    I try not to play when we get the chance to spend some time together.... Hang on... No... I play whenever she's not here... Did I eat Today?

    Let me see... Got up, shower, play CM, went shopping, play CM, went to work, came home, play CM, steal a little sleep, get up, shower, play CM.... Oh dear ;)

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    Playing with a conscience...

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Originally posted by Parachute Hamster:

    It depends really. If i play as germans or finns, i try to save as many of my men as i can, especially those helpless crewmen.

    Actually, I find the hapless crews make excellent scouts. No more buwwets? hehehehe.

    Well I've got a vewy special job for you... :eek:

    I prefer Campaigns for this very reason. Suddenly troops become a lot less expendable when you might want them tomorrow. You don't get that mad suicidal rush in the last couple of turns to make ground like in some scenarios.

    I must admit I do sometimes sacrifice troops so more can get away, you know, slow the enemy down, the greater good... :rolleyes:

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    MOD for rubble CMBO ?

    in Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord

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    Thank you Gentlemen. :D I wasn,t entirely sure the bmp's from CMBB (MikeyD's yeah?) would neccessarily be compatable for a straight insert, you know, different game engine and the like. :confused: I will definitely check out the Normandy pack too, Thanks Again... ;)

    [ June 06, 2003, 11:02 PM: Message edited by: Richie ]

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    "The High Water Mark" for the Germans?

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    I have to agree with Michael Emrys, Barbarossa, despite the planning was fairly hopeful to annihilate a country the size of the USSR in 6 weeks let alone six months. Intelligence was poor, few maps and no... NO preperations for Winter. (In the eyes of an ASL gamer, Excuse my blaspheme, Hitler hoped for a three and rolled box cars. YES I KNOW IT WAS WAR AND NOT A GAME. :rolleyes: )

    No, Germany did not win the airwar over the English Channel and hence it was viewed as non-viable. The logistics were terrible, but so was supply in the UK at that time.

    Was the invasion of Russia really imminent because of the RED threat? I understand Stalin couldn't believe it for nearly two days when it did happen. :eek:

    Yes if Hitler hadn't delayed or diverted troops they 'might' have seized Moskov.

    I 'think' if he had realized the reality of the situation he should have destroyed what he could of the English forces in France, and made plans and waited to invade the UK without the attack on the USSR.

    But he didn't...

    ...And we were asked "what do you THINK the high watermark for the Germans was?" ;)

    You don't make war and hope for peace. I guess Hitler did. He lost. :D

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    "The High Water Mark" for the Germans?

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Originally posted by Ant:

    As a result a lot of people today (even some reasonably knowledgeable ones) see operation sealion as a potentially viable plan, which of course it never was, and in all probability never really intended to be.

    Out of interset do you consider Barbarossa as more viable than Sealion? Given history (and the attitude of some of the English as commented on) I can't say it wouldn't have worked.
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    "The High Water Mark" for the Germans?

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Originally posted by Michael Dorosh:

    </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Richie:

    Indeed then Adolf Hitler was a fool. The German army took Paris and the French sued for peace. If he wanted the English to sue for peace then he needed to take London. He failed to take Moscow and then it all turned bad. If you strike, you should strike for the head, reguardless of what Hitler thought the English would not be intimidated to sue for peace. Yes you can bludgeon your enemies but the best result lies in the decapitation of the governing body. If Hitler failed to realise that Operation Sealion was essential then the tide was only ever going to go out. ;)

    How would he have captured Ottawa, then? </font>
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    "The High Water Mark" for the Germans?

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Indeed then Adolf Hitler was a fool. The German army took Paris and the French sued for peace. If he wanted the English to sue for peace then he needed to take London. He failed to take Moscow and then it all turned bad. If you strike, you should strike for the head, reguardless of what Hitler thought the English would not be intimidated to sue for peace. Yes you can bludgeon your enemies but the best result lies in the decapitation of the governing body. If Hitler failed to realise that Operation Sealion was essential then the tide was only ever going to go out. ;)

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    "The High Water Mark" for the Germans?

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Everyone seems to assume the high tide was against the Soviet Union. I agree that if it happened then it was in 1941 at the gates of Moscow, but the real seeds were sewn when Hitler scrapped Operation Sealion. The Brits were the constant thorn in Hitlers side and the job was never complete, never more so than when he declared war on the USA. ;)

    If you're going to start a job you want to finish it and make sure it's done... one step at a time.

    [ May 31, 2003, 10:18 AM: Message edited by: Richie ]

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