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    Europe at War 1945-1946

    Or even the western Allies refusing to hand over terrain. Historically, many units had to withdraw back to the agreed demarcation line.
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    Battle of the Scheldt

    Great! I would love to hear any findings you guys have at the end.
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    Battle of the Scheldt

    Well, the replacement difficulties I mentioned were more accute in the Canadian Army in NW Europe than for the British, but the problem was similar (even worse perhaps) for the British in Italy. By the winter of 43-44, personnel shortages forced British Inf Bns to reduce their strength from 4...
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    Battle of the Scheldt

    Actually, by this point in the NW European campaign (Oct 1944), the Canadian Infantry Bns were around 40-60% of full rifle strength. Remember, Nov 1944 was the height of the replacement/conscription crisis in the Canadian Army. This is why the Battles in the Scheldt went as they did. The...
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    Battle of the Scheldt

    It was all or nothing. To be able to use Antwerp, the coastal guns on Walcheren island in particular (as well as some guns along the whole estuary) had to be eliminated. I've looked into doing a Scheldt scenario myself, and come to similar conclusions. It's not the greatest battle to redo as...
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    Replacements

    As Bdr. Malette mentioned, it is difficult to set accurate replacement rates, because the game engine returns some of the losses to the replacement pool, simulating vehicles being repaired or recovered. One has to playtest the scenario to find the proper replacement rates. The Attrition Divider...
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    Replacements

    What I've tried to do in one of the scenarios that I'm working on, is to change the type of squads used. Generally, German and Russian squads were better armed in 44/45 than in 41/42 (more heavy and automatic weapons). So, we can use (for example) 'Rifle Squads' for the main Russian squads at...
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    Formation Orders

    I'd like to make a series of events that changes the formation orders of most of the formations for one of the sides, however, the event editor dosen't seem to let me change formation stance and loss tolerance. I can select the 'change formations orders' event, and change the formation that the...
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    forum organization

    Would there be use for a sub-forum relating to more technical issues (independent of either ACG or WHQ) with the forum? Such as the types of suggestions being made in this thread, issues/problems with forum display, organization, general presentation of the forum, etc. Questions beyond the...
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    Forum Display

    Is there a way to edit my display settings to have the Forum Jump panel dsiplayed near the top of the page, rather than the bottom? I've had a look in User CP, but can't find anything.
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    Wedge Formation

    'Panzertruppen Vol.1' (by Thomas Jentz) has some good diagrams and explanations of basic Panzer tactics and formations. I'd give some examples, but my books are currently packed away for moving.
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    pics of people here.

    Interestingly, the CBC is doing a 'Greatest Canadian' series on tv, and he made the top ten finalists. Seems alot of people aren't too happy about it either, to have him included with some of the Canadian intellectual elite. Personally, I wouldn't consider him that 'great', but I sure do miss...
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    pics of people here.

    Somewhere in the Rocky Mountains...
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    Spanish Torch

    The 1st British Airborne Division was formed in 1941, so it would have been available for operations. US Airborne Divisions were still forming in the USA at this time (82nd didn't arrive in UK until May 43).
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    Spanish Torch

    1st Para: Still in Russia (as 7th Flieger Div). It wasn't withdrawn to France until the spring of 1943. 15th PanzerGrenadier: wasn't formed untill Jul 43. Hermann Goering Brigade: expanded to a division in Nov 42. 75% of the Division was sent to Tunisia in Feb/Mar 43. 6th Panzer: NW France in...
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    Fahrenhype 911

    I agree. OTOH, there are also plenty of rational, intelligent critiques of Moore's film (some of which you have presented on these forums), that don't ask us to fork over 25 bucks for a DVD. For the record, I have not seen Moore's film either. Hoolywood puts out enough drivel that I haven't...
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    Fahrenhype 911

    Yeah, and.....?
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    Fahrenhype 911

    The site title page says: "...Heading a search party for the truth...". Sounds documentary-ish to me. It's not politically motivated? Yet the title page subtly suggests: "...His insider insight into the real motivation for making Farenheit 9/11 is election year dynamite..."(my italics). Of...
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    Fahrenhype 911

    "Oh, but OUR film (wink, wink, nudge, nudge, know what I mean, know what I mean, say no more, say no more) is truely objective, bi-partisan, blah, blah, blah..." and yet... So this new movie is not a smear campaign? If they are out to prove he's a slimeball and immoral etc, then they have as...
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    Fahrenhype 911

    Agreed. Then again, there's the anti-Moore crowd (some of the people here) that say they refuse to see his movie. Blind acceptance/rejection is ripe on both sides of this coin. Perhaps it's more of an upstart little philosophical theory that I'm working on, in that outright fabricated...
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