[WarInEur] On North Africa

[cwsgamer at comcast.net]

Fix France and the rest will take care of itself since England would have to keep most of its forces home to protect against the invasion attempt.

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From: "Hansen" <ultrasoundimages at sbcglobal.net> 

> North Africa tends to be very non-historical. The reasons are many, but the 
> way the game is set up, the smart move for the German is to withdraw all his 
> forces to Sicily and Sardinia. This leaves the wallies with the unpalatable 
> choice of waiting for the Americans or pushing Vichy into the Axis sphere. 
> 
> There are three key reasons North Africa fails as a simulation in WWII. 
> 1) France takes longer to die than historical. 
> 2) Sea Lion is an empty threat so the UK can send higher than historical 
> numbers of troops to North Africa. 
> 3) There really isn't much value in staying and the chances of getting 
> something worth while in going is pretty minimal. 
> 
> What if there was a house rule or option that made the Sea Lion a more 
> serious threat. Specifically, a ratio of German troops in France and the 
> lowlands compared to the number of UK troops in the UK. As the ratio falls, 
> the German's get advantages in conducting a Sea Lion invasion. If the 
> German's have air supremacy, then they get more advantages. Perhaps at a 
> certain ratio level, the German's get free movement/beach head across a part 
> of the channel and stay in supply as long as air superiority is maintained. 
> In short make it dangerous for the UK to strip England. 
> 
> It won't be until the German's move east to attack Russia that the UK can 
> breathe easy and send troops to North Africa. 
> 
> Just a thought. 
> 
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