WP units in China

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Originally Posted by boogiedowndonovan

1st edition East German units in China is an interesting thing. Would they stay loyal to the Soviets and Warsaw Pact when their comrades in East Germany revolt and subsequent West Germany and NATO intervention? I could see the Soviets surpressing the news of the uprising, disarming the East German units and keeping them under guard/ using them as labor troops.

My impression is that the East Germans were none too pleased to be sent East. This led to feelers being extended to West Germany, inspiring them to launch a lightening attack aimed at reunifying the country before the Soviets could mount a coherent response.

I don't think that the East German units in China would be in any position to do much of anything but continue to fight the Red Chinese on behalf of the Soviets. I'm not sure that the Soviets would go to the trouble of disarming the Germans and using their own troops to guard/supervise them. I can see the attachment of a few more Soviet "advisors" or commissars to E. German units but that's about it.

An East German mutiny in China would be interesting, but they are just so far from home with nearly the entire USSR between them and the Fatherland that it just seems suicidal to even entertain such an idea before the later years of the war.

I've toyed with the idea of a running a campaign based around a squad of East Germans trying to make their way home some time in 2000, once things had really fallen apart pretty much everywhere. It could make for a truly epic game.