I always read it as the threat that German Reunification was what caused it to happen... while if left alone, the unification would have happened over time. We're forgetting that the West Germans crossed the border into East Germany and enaged the Soviet Forces in Germany by themselves... and that the DNVA and Border Guards all stood aside while this was happening, only getting involved when the Bundeswehr was about to get overwhelmed. during that time the DNVA carried out the coup that removed the civil authorities whom had no problem with them being used as cannon fodder.
The West Germans (and NATO) said they were going in to allow the East Germans to be able to determine their own destiny without being controlled by the Soviet Union.
Did the to German states want to be reunified? I think that the answer was a resounding Yes after what the Soviets had done to their nation during the past half century... the icing on the cake was their best troops being thrown away and seen as being worthless and only good as cannon fodder by their so-called closest allies.
I don't have anything really against what you've created, and don't want you to think that... i was just commenting on some of the things that GDW did with the way they presented Germany. And the disbanding of desperately needed troops on the front and second lines as well as homefront.
The Questionable units whose loyalty would be suspect would have been assigned to homeguard type operations (just as they were during WW2 and other wars that requried massive amounts of manpower), freeing up other units whose loyality was not as merky so that they could be used elsewhere where the were desprately needed.
When it comes to Germany post-WW2, the original idea was to strip away East Prussia and turn the remaining territory into three states (northern west germany, southern west germany and what became east germany) with two international zones (Saar and Ruhr Region). depending on the map and proposals this also inculded Austria and the sudenland...
As to the nomenclature, i understand your reasoning since it was part of how it was done by GDW... i was just mentioning how big a morale hit it would be for a unit to have to change it's name and get the feeling that they were once more being seen as nothing more than 'second best'...
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Originally Posted by RN7
German Reunification is one of the key events of the Twilight War, in fact it pretty much starts the Twilight War in Europe.
East Germany was a member of the Warsaw Pact. Once West German troops enter East Germany they compromise their membership of the Warsaw Pact and their neutrality in any German-Soviet war. As far as the Soviets are concerned the Germans are now the enemy and their not going to distinguish between East and West.
East Germany was also an artificial creation of the post-Second World War political reality of Europe. The Soviet Union and Soviet forces in Germany was the main reason East Germany continued to exist. It wasn't recognised by West Germany and wasn't popular among East Germans unless they were die-hard communists.
Besides adding the prefix '2' to NVA units I haven't altered the NVA Army at all. All the divisions still exist and but start using official German nomenclature from early 1997 but continue to use NVA equipment throughout the war. I did disband most border guards and state security troops as they would be considered politically unreliable, and the NVA air and naval forces were absorbed into their larger West German counterparts.
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