{Dangerous Content?} RE: [WarInEur] Anybody there?

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The whole thing is an uncomfortable mix.
the historical considerations or completely destroyed by modern  hindsight.
 
So we are left with various artificial ruses to com[pel us to make he same  
historical choice. Those devices themselves serve to unsettle aspects of the  
game.
 
Our problem, and an inherent contradictory one,
pursue a militarily unsound policy
to comply with notional views
 
or be more 'sensible' and quite easily distort the whole game around the  
time of the fall of France and Dunkirk.
 
In a strictly military/operational simulation,
we are repeatdly faced with situations where entirely non military  
considerations actually governed the instigation and conduct of  operations...
 
i.e. France in 1940,
Greece in 1941,
 
For a real life reiteration of this whole debate, one can look at Dowding's  
opposition to the despatch of large portions of fighter command to France in  
April and May 1940.
 
His words, at the time, neatly sum it up in a nutshell..
 
 "I believe that, if an adequate fighter force is kept in this  country, if 
the fleet remains in being, and if Home Forces are suitably  organized to 
resist invasion, we should be able to carry on the war  single-handed for some 
time, if not indefinitely. But, if the Home Defence Force  is drained away in 
desperate attempts to remedy the situation in France, defeat  in France will involv
e the final, complete and irremediable defeat of this  country."
 
(May 16th 1940)
 
 
How we can square this circle, is a problem, we have never really addressed  
and resolved to any fundamental degree...
 
-|steve|-
 
 
In a message dated 13/07/2008 04:49:45 Atlantic Daylight Time,  
emu at fwi.net.au writes:

I  totally agree - but the game doesn't have an option to penalise the  Brits
for it.  One could ask that, if the Brits had no intention of  sending a BEF,
then why did they declare war in the first place?  So  the whole situation is
up for grabs.

An option of say +10 PP +/- 1  for each full strength British division
not-deployed/deployed to the  continent?  And when Paris falls, that is the
final position.   So, if the Brits have 6 full strength divisions in
continental Europe  (north of Italy say), on the fall of Paris the Axis gets
4 PP  permanently.  [Happy to discuss these numbers.]

regards,
Noel  

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffery K. McGonagill  [mailto:igmod at comcast.net] 
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 11:47 PM
To:  Noel & Pamela
Subject: Re: {Dangerous Content?} RE: [WarInEur] Anybody  there?


Historically, the British didn't have the option of not  providing a BEF to 
France, it was not politically possible.  Why  should the player have the 
option not to deploy a BEF without  cost?

~Jeffery~


 



   
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