I've bitten off more than I can chew here with the assault on Maleme with the Fallschirmjager. Commanding anything more than a company is way out of my wheelhouse. I had my units advance to secure Maleme, while simultaneously attack Khania and move to secure Souda. As a newbie, I did not take...

Destruction of an HQ can sever communication to subordinate units. This in turn can have a huge impact on morale and unit effectiveness. I would add that if you have a company commander whose experience isn’t very high, you could, without the communications and morale, take that company out...

Excellent discussion. My first St. Vith tutorial was cut short (I was the German side) but managed to fight off American armor long enough to feather my cap... that is until the wife put dinner on the table. I’ll pick it up tomorrow and hope I can halt the advance.

Sounds like you need a dose of Capt. Ronald Spiers.

If we hesitated every time to make a tactical move because we felt the casualties would be too high, we would have no business leading men into battle.

A Field Commander at Company level hasn’t the luxury of knowing how many casualties he’ll receive by enacting an order of attack. Make your moves the best way you see fit and if you don’t like how many casualties you took, try something different.

Battalion commanders do care about which company does what. They know their Company commanders, the First Sgt., and in many cases, have first hand knowledge of the capabilities of the respective Platoon Sgt.’s. During the planning stage of any operation, “Dick”, or “Winters”, may be the CO in...

Normandy, Finland, Norway, Poland.... all excellent choices.

Thanks John, it looks like you are right, and both are in the pack.

Hi John, not sure what afaik is. Could you steer me to where it might be? I’m thinking of buying the big pack of scenarios.

I’m a newbie... first post. I like the real-time on the fly aspect of this game. Not your run of the mill hex based game. I like the tactical decision making that is needed. I’m a retired Ranger, and enjoy the study of tactics, especially WWII tactics and just overall the history. I have read...