[WarInEur] Sealion, North Africa, all revolve around France taking so long to fall!

[John Pace]

WiE like all European WWII strategic games, are dependent on the French falling in 1940 or else the Germans will not invade Russia in 1941 (or 1942), in order for the Hitler grand European Tour to work (i.e. Poland 1939, France 1940, (England 1940 cancelled), Russia 1941, all the way to the Berlin bunker in April 1945).  If France does not fall then the game mechanics go out of sync, witness the original SPI WiE victory conditions. 
   
  What if modern forward thinking French generals like De Gaul in 1930's instead of sopending the french military budget on the static lines had built up a modernistic balanced army......  Personnally my most interesting scenario would be the Germans falling flat against the French in 1940 and 1941, in 1941 minor allied attacks against Norway etc, with a Soviets stab-in-the-back 'icebreaker' attack against Germany in 1942.  Or even the soviets sitting out the war until a German miltary coup deposes Hitler, in which case, the Soviets attack in fear before the new German regime can unites with the Wallies against the soviets.  Unfortuantely, no WWII strategic game has really been designed towards handling such a scenario.

       
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