... helped ... the ... There was no alternative to the bombing offensive. Exactly what else could the allies have done in 1942, 1943, and up to D-Day that...
59036
LGB
lgb42
Oct 1, 2003 7:26 am
... correct Russ or ... it a cake ... to look at ... when ... surrender any way ... I'd be happy to surrender France anytime. Every territory remains French...
59037
Patrick Crowe
pjcrowe_63
Oct 1, 2003 7:39 am
... Is this a LiF ability, cause it certainly is not RAW. By RAW, supply can only be traced overseas once from unit to primary source. Or are the Allies...
59038
Herbert Gratz
herbertgratz
Oct 1, 2003 8:03 am
This with bfractional odds is how we play it in all of our games. ... I noticed someone actually voted for this one... Hard Core! Choice #8 (below) is where...
59039
LGB
lgb42
Oct 1, 2003 8:04 am
... My point, that you did not cite, and which you continue to wish to gloss over is not that Germany can not do as you propose but rather that it's problmatic...
59040
LGB
lgb42
Oct 1, 2003 8:11 am
... Gib. ... while. ... so ... you ... it ... Many times the whole BEF around Lille can't be taken out all at once and some is railed to Bordeaux. If you...
59041
Herbert Gratz
herbertgratz
Oct 1, 2003 8:14 am
Marshall: chicken or egg situation (i.e. did he picxk great leaders (if they were that) or did they become important leaders because he picked them). Mao:...
59042
LGB
lgb42
Oct 1, 2003 8:20 am
... I've been on this list for a while and the one that preceeded it too. Actually the last couple discussions on France were about it being a pain and taking...
59043
LGB
lgb42
Oct 1, 2003 8:23 am
... pursuing ... entire ... In point of fact there are many very experienced players on this list who have advocated for years that the CW should lay down an...
59044
Herbert Gratz
herbertgratz
Oct 1, 2003 8:24 am
Just goes to show what Winston knows, doesn't it? Phillipine army was huge (far more than the 12.000 you come up with by a factor of 10 actually, I believe)...
59045
Antonio Calero
toniascacibar@...
Oct 1, 2003 8:26 am
o 2 die 10, attacker roll, Fractional odds ... From: wifdiscussion@yahoogroups.com [mailto:wifdiscussion@yahoogroups.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003...
59046
LGB
lgb42
Oct 1, 2003 8:30 am
... Because, ... Stevene we've heard about a few games. One the allies made many mistakes and antother the allies could have surrendered France. In neither...
59047
Herbert Gratz
herbertgratz
Oct 1, 2003 8:36 am
Sorry, read FDR instead of TLR in my last posting. Mind's gone away......
59049
Neil Smark
smark6
Oct 1, 2003 10:52 am
I agree Monty was not Britians bast General I would have to put Wavell and O'Conner up there before him. Putting Monty in the same class of commanders as...
59050
Vesa.Saarinen@...
vesa_saarinen
Oct 1, 2003 11:08 am
... rolls. I disagree. The odds of each combat result SEPARATELY for each side stays but the distribution of the COMBINED results changes. So the _combined_ ...
59051
Neil Smark
smark6
Oct 1, 2003 11:09 am
When did Stalin stop meddling? Ive read in Antony Beevor's book Berlin that he was calling the shots there and all the commanders were doing whatever it took...
59052
LGB
lgb42
Oct 1, 2003 11:17 am
... Berlin that he was calling the shots there and all the commanders were doing whatever it took to get to Berlin or they had an uncertian future. ... it ... ...
59053
Neil Smark
smark6
Oct 1, 2003 11:32 am
He was not adverse to playing them off against each other in the Berlin Battle and it seemed he had other motives to get into Berlin quicly to get the German...
59054
Sirruffe@...
bkrufus2003
Oct 1, 2003 11:40 am
In a message dated 9/30/2003 12:00:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Steve Yes I missed the part about supply sources, But why are you worried about supply for...
59055
T.J.Ringrose
T.J.Ringrose@...
Oct 1, 2003 11:46 am
Vesa is entirely correct here. While the *marginal* distributions of "Attacker Result" and "Defender Result" stay the same, the *joint* distribution of...
59056
Sirruffe@...
bkrufus2003
Oct 1, 2003 11:47 am
In a message dated 9/30/2003 12:06:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... 1. seems not that important the med stuff will die anyway. 2. if you take France down to...
59057
tordson
Oct 1, 2003 11:55 am
Hi, From time to time i need to play something else than WIF. I break forex with small wargames, different scale, like Panzergrupp Guderian (Battle for...
59058
Sirruffe@...
bkrufus2003
Oct 1, 2003 11:58 am
In a message dated 9/30/2003 1:38:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... That is one reason to incompletely conquer France instead of Vichying France. The CW does on...
59059
Sirruffe@...
bkrufus2003
Oct 1, 2003 12:05 pm
In a message dated 9/30/2003 2:04:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... maybe so but the rules do not allow a air transport mission to be flown at the same time as...
59060
Sirruffe@...
bkrufus2003
Oct 1, 2003 12:10 pm
In a message dated 9/30/2003 2:26:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... the result act like a air transport but it is still a paradrop. bob [Non-text portions of...
59061
sajbalk@...
sajbalk
Oct 1, 2003 12:16 pm
In a message dated 09/30/2003 9:41:19 PM Central Daylight Time, fiskog@... writes: How are the units in Sardinia in supply if the axis controls Gib??? ...
59062
Sirruffe@...
bkrufus2003
Oct 1, 2003 12:30 pm
In a message dated 10/1/2003 4:23:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Amph during 39 and a OC in J/F 40. Both sending strong messages to the Axis and trying to...
59064
Sirruffe@...
bkrufus2003
Oct 1, 2003 12:40 pm
Eric Just think the Europeans will get to see first hand your arranging of counters for 9 days. I wonder if the will mess with your counter facings. Bob ...
59065
jagdtiger14
Oct 1, 2003 12:41 pm
... I guess a few years of playing WIF, and a bunch more with 20/20 hindsight proves we know better? ... with by ... The 12,000 were the number of the...
59066
craftybstd@...
craftybstd
Oct 1, 2003 12:49 pm
... Well, there's a big difference between building out the AMPH pool and laying down an AMPH on turn 1. I quite often do the latter. My philosphy is that...
