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Originally Posted by Panther Al
It does make an odd kind of sense though: with those countries still in NATO, and willing to live up to the terms of the treaty without being willing to take part in a war that could be seen as started by a NATO member, having them take up defensive positions in the south while freeing up the units that was formerly there to move to the eastern front, makes a lot of sense. Even if its just the hope that the Sov/Czech armies might attack north and draw them into taking a more active role. Not very nice, nor something anyone would admit to, but realpolitik sometimes comes to the fore.
Which brings me to the point that I always felt the Southern Front never got the attention it deserved.
You have:
The Soviets.
The Czechs.
The Danes.
The Dutch.
The Germans.
The Austrians.
The Italians.
The Germans.
The Americans.
The Brits.
Hell, even the Swiss to a degree.
And yet, there is still more...
But you get the point. You got a three way war where each of the three sides are tossing sharp pointy things at each other with great abandon, you have a grab bag of about every nationality you can think of: Its not to hard to find an excuse for a French presence, or heck, what with the Alps in winter, you could make a halfhearted call for a few Norwegian Mountain Troops lending a hand. Makes for a great place to run a PC group in.
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Was reading this thread - very interesting
And you are right about the mix of forces - and you could add Hungarians as well plus possible Czech and Italian forces that refuse to fight against NATO. There are free Polish troops but no free Czech troops? You could easily see troops from the western part of the country joining up with NATO.
Also the sheer number of vehicles and weapons that players could find and encounter is staggering - not only the regular ones but now you get Austrian and Italian equipment as well - not often you see a Centauro tank destroyer in game play for instance.
And players could easily take the southern route home - especially in games today. While the initial release of modules had the players go deeper into Poland (which to me made little sense, who is going to head east to get home unless you play a party of Soviet or Ukranian deserters?) having the Black Madonna module shows a more realistic route - i.e. one thru Silesia and then into western Czechoslovakia and Austria into Germany. Opening up all kinds of new encounters and equipment possibilities.