Hello Guys,
i had Holidays recently and had some time to read some stuff. I was totally suprised that i never heard of "Gotthard Heinrici"
He was never part of the Nazi Party but an very high skilled General of the Wehrmacht.
Heinrici is known an all sources i found as the best defensive expert General the Germans had in WW2.
In the middle of the war he fought 10 defensive Battles on the Russian front outnumbered by 12:1 and the russians had 530,000 casualties while his army lost 35,000.
If you never heard of that guy you might want to read his biography.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_HeinriciHe was a world war 1 General.. often wearing his ww1 old boots and regular soldier uniforms. He often disagreed with the scorched earth policy the nazis had so he had to give up command twice but he was too good with Holding the lines so they gave him back his command. In the middle of the war his was under v. Kluge command but later he in Summer 1944 he leaded the 1st Panzer Division (Manteuffel the 3rd Panzer).
In the End of the war he defended sucessfully Berlin on Battle of the Seelow Heights with 760,000 men against 2,5 Million russians for 3 days. Lost around 12,000 men and the russian twice as much & around 780 Tanks
What would it mean for the game?
I would like to see him in Summer 1944 where we remove Rommel , Bush & Kluge. He got a new command in Summer 1944 after 8 month of enforced retirement - so it would work perfectly.
The Picture is rushed and only for Suggestion :-)
Feel free to give comments!
Have fun!