1)Well, I thought the luftflande was not as mobile as the Fallshrimjager. Now, I beleive there were many Fallschrimjager divisions at the end of the war, but early, I beleive there was only the German 1st Parachute Division, the German 2nd Parachute Division, and the Ramcke Parachute Brigade. The Luftlande was somewhat underpowered after fighting the the Poles and the Dutch in rapid succesion. If this takes place before Leningrad, the Fallschrimjager will be at full steam, but a grop of green soldiers (new guys).
2)Their training was beyond good. It was the most brutal in possibly the whole Axis alliance (for such large units, at least). It would take a long time to add replacements. I would start training more immediatley.
3) I beleive "we" really need a carbine. Place an order with Mauser, I beleive they were experimenting with one at this time. The paratroopers cannot jump with a K98, far too heavy. No STG-44's either (I do not know if those are around at this time, even). MP-40's and K98k is what "we" need.
4) I think we have to jump high. We will get eaten up at if we land anywhere near England by thier AA, not to mention their planes. We need a lot of escorts, and possibly a diversionary bombing/Naval battle. This is a 1 shot weapon, we screw this up, we might see much longer war, or (everything is a possiblility) defeat.
5) If possible, could we use JU88's? Britain would use only planes, and no troops would be on alert, except their firefiters. I assume we could make a door on the side of a JU88, it seems simple. I beleive we need a lot of BF109's to engage the British.
6) In my opinion, we do not have much going for us:
+ Suprise
+ Superior weapons
++ Superior training
++ Superior tactics
- British terrain is very unpredictable and varied
- Very hard to train for this operation
- They wil have more soldiers
-- They will fight to the death, not afraid to die
--- We cannot stop at London, the British Isles, have, are, and always will be an incredibly hard place to conquer, so much open space, hills, forests, small islands, rocky terrain. The people there have been conquered by so many, and many of their people have been rebels for over a thousand years: Scots, Irish. If we do conquer England, Sctoland and Erin, it will be tough to control. I am not sure about the Scots, but the IRB, IRA, and Sinn Fein would be completly distracted from the English, and any high-ranking officer who decides to inspect our new territory would have a good chance of turning up dead. Those lands have always been turbulent and hard to control due to the many different types of people. The Catholics and Protestants all around Britain will put aside their differences to fight us. Not a good thing to happen.
--- Scotland, the thing that I would fear the most, and here is why:
a) Those people have indominable spirits from being under other people rule for so long
b) They have been employing Guerilla warfare for hundreds of years
c) The altitude could really get to our troops
d) They know the terrain in and out, they could kill us with their hit and run tactics
e) Not afraid to die
f) Morale
And if what Demon says is correct, you best jump with your weapons. None of this cannister or leg-bag rubbish.
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