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Red Brow · 11-17-12, 10:38 PM

You know I found that Ruskies feel that Rommel was way over rated by the West. They basically chased my butt off a forum they held in about 2002. But I always liked the way Rommel fought in North Africa (in the early part) on a shoestring and captured British supplies. I liked the way he was always at the front much of the time (like some SS Brigadeführer or something). He was also quite an officer from WWI as you all know.

I suppose my real favorite was Erich von Manstein. There were times - after the Stalingrad pocket fell to the Russians, that Manstein was able to hold a very thinly held front in the face of 6 to 8 odds against his 1. And these were real combat odds, not just a larger number of soldiers and material. Of course he had to fight Hitler to do what he was doing. Manstein did his feat while maintaining true fluid Panzer tactics. Of course Hitler wanted his soldiers to hold static villages and towns as fortresses while fighting to the last bullet and drop of blood. But somehow Manstein did what he did best - in spite of big fights with his Boss.

Of course another reason I liked Manstein, I only read his book about 3 years ago. But prior to that I had issued my V-Mod for SH3 in early 2006. In V-Mod I had the Germans win the war so that I could generate new reasons for spreading their bases all over the World (such as in Chile). I did this by having Hitler invade England in spite of losses - treating the invasion as he later treated Russian fronts. It also gave me an excuse to revamp the German strategy from hitting British Supply convoys to mainly going after war ships, as well as making humongous patrols from southern Chile to Alaska and back.

Manstein did a small aside in his book (maybe two pages) to speak about what theoretically would have happened had Hitler been gutsy and invaded England. Nearly everything Manstein outlines - such as for example the Brits falling back to Canada to harass Germany's hold on European sea lanes with Britain's Navy in hit and run attacks - were things I described as a backdrop for V-Mod. I am egotistical enough to have changed my most favored WWII German officer from Rommel to Manstein just because of that.

Personally I doubt that 2000 years from now anyone will give Himmler a second thought. There were many butchers in history and few ever make memory lane for the average Joe. And while short empires like that of Alexander the Great are well remembered, the 12 year empire of Hitler will not be well recalled since he left no cities named: Hitlerzandria.

In my humble opinion Karl Donitz may be remembered along with his use of U-boats as a major historical event in warfare.

11-17-12, 10:38 PM	#36
Red Brow A-ganger Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Colorado Posts: 72 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You know I found that Ruskies You know I found that Ruskies feel that Rommel was way over rated by the West. They basically chased my butt off a forum they held in about 2002. But I always liked the way Rommel fought in North Africa (in the early part) on a shoestring and captured British supplies. I liked the way he was always at the front much of the time (like some SS Brigadeführer or something). He was also quite an officer from WWI as you all know. I suppose my real favorite was Erich von Manstein. There were times - after the Stalingrad pocket fell to the Russians, that Manstein was able to hold a very thinly held front in the face of 6 to 8 odds against his 1. And these were real combat odds, not just a larger number of soldiers and material. Of course he had to fight Hitler to do what he was doing. Manstein did his feat while maintaining true fluid Panzer tactics. Of course Hitler wanted his soldiers to hold static villages and towns as fortresses while fighting to the last bullet and drop of blood. But somehow Manstein did what he did best - in spite of big fights with his Boss. Of course another reason I liked Manstein, I only read his book about 3 years ago. But prior to that I had issued my V-Mod for SH3 in early 2006. In V-Mod I had the Germans win the war so that I could generate new reasons for spreading their bases all over the World (such as in Chile). I did this by having Hitler invade England in spite of losses - treating the invasion as he later treated Russian fronts. It also gave me an excuse to revamp the German strategy from hitting British Supply convoys to mainly going after war ships, as well as making humongous patrols from southern Chile to Alaska and back. Manstein did a small aside in his book (maybe two pages) to speak about what theoretically would have happened had Hitler been gutsy and invaded England. Nearly everything Manstein outlines - such as for example the Brits falling back to Canada to harass Germany's hold on European sea lanes with Britain's Navy in hit and run attacks - were things I described as a backdrop for V-Mod. I am egotistical enough to have changed my most favored WWII German officer from Rommel to Manstein just because of that. Personally I doubt that 2000 years from now anyone will give Himmler a second thought. There were many butchers in history and few ever make memory lane for the average Joe. And while short empires like that of Alexander the Great are well remembered, the 12 year empire of Hitler will not be well recalled since he left no cities named: Hitlerzandria. In my humble opinion Karl Donitz may be remembered along with his use of U-boats as a major historical event in warfare.