William of Orange

Thanks for the reactions till so far, interesting. Though I like to add some more about GB and a SB in 39. Yes, the Wellington could fly to Berlin with a small bombload. With Hampden and Whitley it went to The Ruhr with 4000 lb. But GB had only 200 of those 3 types combined. Question: schould this small force be on the map? :confused: The 800 Heinkels could carry the same load. And they were bombing on the beam, with better results. Neither airforce had bombers like Lancaster or B-17 in 39. Suggestion: make it harder to get them. Cause when GB get's a SB, why doesn't GE? At the moment the 2 airforces have the same size. GB even with more bombing capacity. Just think this could be more balanced. I rest my case with a quote from Max Hastings. It's from his excellent book Bomber Command: "RAF's misfortune was it believed its own publicity, that they were capable of a strategic bombing offensive. It failed to recognise the principle that any theory or weapen of war is effectively only if the means to exploit it appropriately."

Although Im a forum-newbie I like to make some suggestions about the 39 OOB when it comes to Airpower. What is reflected on the map is the organisational structure of the airforces: GB: Bomber Command-Coastal Com.-Figther Com. (FC represented by the Malta AF) GE: Luftflotte I-II-III But lets take a look at the actual strengths on 1 sep 39: GB: 600 fighters and 500 bombers. GE: 1200 fighters and 1600 bombers. So GB has 1 fightergroup and 1 bombergroup. GE has 2 fightergroups and 3 bombergroups. If using the figures without changing the system: GB 1 AF strength 10 and 1 AF str. 1 (=Malta) GE 2 AF str. 10 and 1 AF str. 8 (every strengthpoint 100 aircraft) As you can see GB in the last case does not have Strategic Bombers. This brings me to the next topic: In 39 GB nor Ge had any Strategic Bombers. The Wellington was the only one that could go 2500 miles with 1000 lb bombload at low speed, not really strategic... In fact GB and GE struggled to get a SB in service. In 42 GB succeeded with the Lancaster at last. Suggestion: A country can only buy SB if it has Range 2 and Heavy B. 2 developed first . This would make for a much more historical and challinging game. GB really has to put everything into HB if they really want one on time. Using the current system GB only has 1 AF for protection and must choose in 40 what to do first, fig. or bom. The Malta AF is very weak and needs attention too. GE will have even more trouble to find enough MPP for a SB force. Maybe they will never get one. But with their 3 AF they really start strong, as they did historically. With editing everything is possible of course. But I really think that the normal settings are not in balance at the moment. Quite a long post, and Im looking forward to any comments!