February 1997 Fighting in Southern Germany

[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.