Re: Military Intelligence Briefings during the Game included... to justify 'Initial-Unit-Placement:
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 4:48 am
"Clarification!!!"... somehow I missed re-emphasizing this incredibly important previous post in these discussions:
Weapons and Warfare
https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2017/09/2 ... mpromise/
Rommel also wanted the panzer divisions to be placed near the coast where the Allies were most likely to land. They would then launch the decisive counterattacks within the first forty-eight hours of the invasion. [Ret: As in the first 48hrs... few Allied-Tanks and associated weaponry would be available to the Allies during this window of time.] The German tanks were meant to counterattack in small packets deployed from behind the beaches. The panzers would attack once the Allies had landed with close encounters to ("mix in") and break up the seaward assault.
With this deployment Rommel hoped to avoid being blasted by Allied destroyers firing at point-blank range as previously occurred at the Sicily and Salerno landings.
Weapons and Warfare
https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2017/09/2 ... mpromise/
Rommel also wanted the panzer divisions to be placed near the coast where the Allies were most likely to land. They would then launch the decisive counterattacks within the first forty-eight hours of the invasion. [Ret: As in the first 48hrs... few Allied-Tanks and associated weaponry would be available to the Allies during this window of time.] The German tanks were meant to counterattack in small packets deployed from behind the beaches. The panzers would attack once the Allies had landed with close encounters to ("mix in") and break up the seaward assault.
With this deployment Rommel hoped to avoid being blasted by Allied destroyers firing at point-blank range as previously occurred at the Sicily and Salerno landings.