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Glad to see this is up and running again Harry! I'll try to have the title ready for aproval faster than you can say "Uncle Sam Wants You".
So you say we can choose to play as afew other civ's eh? Does this mean Canada and Mexico would be playable? That would certainly make for challenge in itself is it was the case.
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Canadian bush & Florida
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I'm not much of a fan of a set of units where there is a lot of near-duplication of A/D's. For example, would American and Canadian infantry have significantly different A/D's except for the Canucks better high sticking and cross-checking abilities? Irregulars (guerrillas) could be interesting if they have enhanced x-country movement and a high D to model their ability to hide and escape from the enemy as the mujahadeen did in Afghanistan.
Artillery would be critical if there will be a need to deal with city walls.
BTW, I am probably missing some info because I have not yet tried AE I, but what are the Waffen SS Zombies all about?
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Canadian bush & Florida
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AFAIK, the only elite Canadian unit in WWII and subsequent years was the 1st Parachute Battalion. It was disbanded after an uproar about some highly questionable behaviour in Somalia.
Perhaps you might keep the American mech inf and add a recce unit. By '45, the American army was highly motorized, and independent tank and artillery units were available to support whatever infantry units needed them. To all intents and purposes, infantry could become mechanized infantry as needed.
A recce unit would be great. In most instances, with aireal photography and wireless intercepts, commanders should have at least some idea of what they are facing and would not have to blindly attack enemy cities.
I don't have a copy of my post (currently in the SL Twilight Zone at Poly) on a simple recce unit based on Nemo's little jeep in Second Front but I do have copies of the altered rules and game files. Let me know if these might be of use. The unit can only identify enemy units (no big deal), investigate cities (big deal) and run like hell (very big deal).
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Leonidas
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quote:
Originally posted by Harry Tuttle
Alright, I need Elite Canadian units from WW2, anyone got a name? |
The Devil's Brigade
Combined U.S.-Canadian Force
General Marshall concluded that an elite force recruited in Canada and the United States would be the best military organization for conducting the raids and strikes; he selected an American, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Tryon Frederick, to assemble, organize, train, and command the U.S.-Canadian 1st Special Service Force.
Made up of three regiments of two battalions each, the unit became a separate branch of the service, with the crossed arrows of the Indian Scouts, by then inactivated, as its insignia. The men were trained in demolitions, rock-climbing, amphibious assault, and ski techniques, and were given basic airborne instruction.
More:
THE BLACK DEVIL BRIGADE:
THE BLACK DEVIL BRIGADE: The True Story of America's WWII super-elite First Special Services Force. Prepared by Joseph A. Springer. Formed in Montana by U.S. and Canadian army volunteers, the innocuously named 1st Special Service Force was to have undertaken virtually suicidal deep raids against German-controlled hydroelectric facilities in Norway and the Italian Alps.
Its members were the toughest of the tough in both armies-mainly hard-rock miners, skiers, and outdoorsman determined to close with the enemy while the majority of their countrymen waited for the far-off invasion of Europe. This virtually unknown unit, referred to simply as 'The Force' and unofficially as "The Devil's Brigade" had a combined strength of 2,500 men & suffered 2,300+ casualties including over 400 KIA/MIA during non-stop combat from Nov. 1943 - Nov. 1944.
Its original mission cancelled at the last minute, the superbly trained Force--as it was known to its members--was rushed to battle in the Aleutian Islands, where it took part in the tragicomic milk-run invasion of Kiska. Next, filled out by a fresh batch of volunteers from Canada and the United States, the Force was rushed to Italy, where it was used as a fire brigade, undertaking impossible missions for the U.S. Fifth Army.
It was in the deadly hill masses on the way to Rome that the Force earned its deadly reputation on both sides of the battle line--the can-do deadlock destroyers of the Fifth Army. Committed to the Anzio invasion, the Force carved an even deeper image on the darkest fears of its German adversaries. Incessant night raids were carried into the German rear, where at times dozens of German soldiers were silently slain and left dead for their increasingly fearful countrymen to see. During the long deadlock at Anzio, the Force night raiders were dubbed Schwartzer Teufel--Black Devils--by elite German battle formations as a mark of respect and fear.
Shortly after the breakout from Anzio, a dozen hand-picked Forcemen were the first Allied soldiers to enter Rome. The legend grew, but the Force was ground down. Often misused as line infantry, the risk-taking Forcemen suffered disproportionate casualties when closing with the enemy.
Following a key role in the invasion of southern France in 1944 and the loss of its nine-times-wounded commander to higher command, the Force eventually was withdrawn from combat and shut down, its Canadian contingent dispersed as combat fillers and its American contingent used as the core of a new standard infantry regiment. But the Force lives on.
In Canada, Forcemen and the Force ethos formed the basis of the Canadian Army's elite Special Air Service, and in the United States Army the Force is the direct lineal ancestor of the heralded Special Forces. The stuff of legends-and an overzealous movie-the Force story is even more exciting than the public has realized.
Last edited by Leonidas on 07-05-2005 at 08:37
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Canadian bush & Florida
Feb 2003
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Harry, the word "Todeskopf" does not exist in German. Might you want Totenkopf (skull or death's head) for the fair Elsa?
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