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[Hans.Edward.Trondheim]

Thanks, this material about the resistance really made me realize just how influential they are. I might actually have to nerf them. For example, by making the people in the inland regions xenophobic toward outsiders.

Resistance movements have always been pivotal in many conflicts throughout our history. And since this is a world similar to WW2 Earth, I don't think nerfing your resistance movement will make sense.

Rather, resistance movements are really influential in times when there's a hegemon out to invade territories.

1) Spanish guerillas during Napoleonic Wars
2) Yugoslavian partisans during WW2 in the Balkans
3) That current war in the Middle East
4) Boers during the Second Boer War (this one even attracted sympathy outside their territory)

Also, making them xenophobic won't make sense in a way that, hey, they need all the help they can get as they are an inferior force. Even communist partisans allied with US and UK intel agents just to receive supplies back in WW2. Sicilian mafias worked with Allied forces to drive Fascists out of their territories too.

 

[Rzzy]

Btw, you know the 'Hammer and Anvil' tactic?

If I understood it right, it's a tactic where you use a slow-moving, or static, force to delay, or contain an enemy (the anvil), while getting a fast, maneuverable force to destroy it (hammer). Likewise, using guerrilla/resistance forces to delay, distract and/or contain the Imperials here (anvil) then I go cutting off logistics, supply lines and reinforcements before striking the enemy dead (hammer).

In this type of island map, such movement is amplified coz of natural chokepoints. However, this also presented a logistics nightmare to my side for same reason the enemy is powerful (control of naval lanes). But, since I'm defending, I benefit from the innate knowledge of the area, and inner defensive lines.

A similar battle in history can be compared: the 1942 Battle of Bataan where an inferior USAFFE delayed the Japanese Imperials for nearly four months because the American-Filipino forces defending Bataan have innate knowledge of the area, and Bataan province is a small peninsula, thus got lots of natural chokepoints.

War Plan Orange 3 called for USAFFE delaying action against the Japanese (anvil) that was estimated to last for 6 months until the US Army and US Pacific Fleet can reinforce the Philippines (then a US Commonwealth Republic) (the hammer).

Sadly, Pearl Harbor happened, and the US got commitments that prioritized Europe over Asia. Hence, the 1942 Battle of Bataa It’s a tactic from ancient times that remains relevant even today because it combines defensive and offensive maneuvers. What I like most is how this tactic exploits human psychology by creating an illusion for the enemy that they are surrounded, making it perfect for countering an enemy with superior numbers.

Of course! It’s a tactic from ancient times that remains relevant even today because it combines defensive and offensive maneuvers. What I like most is how this tactic exploits human psychology by creating an illusion for the enemy that they are surrounded, making it perfect for countering an enemy with superior numbers, I always like tactic that involved human psychology

Resistance movements have always been pivotal in many conflicts throughout our history. And since this is a world similar to WW2 Earth, I don't think nerfing your resistance movement will make sense.

Rather, resistance movements are really influential in times when there's a hegemon out to invade territories.

1) Spanish guerillas during Napoleonic Wars
2) Yugoslavian partisans during WW2 in the Balkans
3) That current war in the Middle East
4) Boers during the Second Boer War (this one even attracted sympathy outside their territory)

Also, making them xenophobic won't make sense in a way that, hey, they need all the help they can get as they are an inferior force. Even communist partisans allied with US and UK intel agents just to receive supplies back in WW2. Sicilian mafias worked with Allied forces to drive Fascists out of their territories too.

Resistance movements have always been pivotal in many conflicts throughout our history. And since this is a world similar to WW2 Earth, I don't think nerfing your resistance movement will make sense.

Rather, resistance movements are really influential in times when there's a hegemon out to invade territories.

1) Spanish guerillas during Napoleonic Wars
2) Yugoslavian partisans during WW2 in the Balkans
3) That current war in the Middle East
4) Boers during the Second Boer War (this one even attracted sympathy outside their territory)

Also, making them xenophobic won't make sense in a way that, hey, they need all the help they can get as they are an inferior force. Even communist partisans allied with US and UK intel agents just to receive supplies back in WW2. Sicilian mafias worked with Allied forces to drive Fascists out of their territories too.

Hmm, fair enough. Though, I might make them diverge slightly from our world's social values. To be honest, a total war lasting for ten full years is already pushing the boundaries of logic, but I’ve tried to justify that by the existence of magic in this world.

Yes, there is magic, but it’s quite limited. It is mostly focused on medical magic, which means the fatality rates in this war don't follow our world's standards. Because soldiers can be patched up and sent back to the front much faster, the attrition doesn't drain the manpower as quickly as it did in WW2, allowing the conflict to drag on for a decade without a total collapse.

Me appearing in another world, with my modernistic warship, sporting a (experimental) goddamn railgun

(she looks like very much like me, that its awesome haha)




Ref: ZIPANG manga where a modern warship timetraveled to WW2.
@SRB

Zipang! Haha, even though I haven't finished it yet, I watched it last time but it was paused because my laptop broke. And yeah, I forgot

 

[Hans.Edward.Trondheim]

Hmm, fair enough. Though, I might make them diverge slightly from our world's social values. To be honest, a total war lasting for ten full years is already pushing the boundaries of logic, but I’ve tried to justify that by the existence of magic in this world.

The Peloponessian War (Athens vs Sparta) lasted a decade and is considered a "total war." Also, while World War 2 is total war that lasted for seven years (1939-1945), the world's been bleeding before that: Second Sino-Japanese War, Abyssinian War, Winter War...

Someone might point out: but these wars are localized! Well, World War 1 is considered "total war" yet happened mostly in Europe.

Another considered 'total war,' the Thirty Years' War that ravaged renaissance Germany lasted for...well, it's in the name.

So a decade of total war isn't in the realm of impossible.

 

[Rzzy]

The Peloponessian War (Athens vs Sparta) lasted a decade and is considered a "total war." Also, while World War 2 is total war that lasted for seven years (1939-1945), the world's been bleeding before that: Second Sino-Japanese War, Abyssinian War, Winter War...

Someone might point out: but these wars are localized! Well, World War 1 is considered "total war" yet happened mostly in Europe.

Another considered 'total war,' the Thirty Years' War that ravaged renaissance Germany lasted for...well, it's in the name.

So a decade of total war isn't in the realm of impossible.

The Peloponessian War (Athens vs Sparta) lasted a decade and is considered a "total war." Also, while World War 2 is total war that lasted for seven years (1939-1945), the world's been bleeding before that: Second Sino-Japanese War, Abyssinian War, Winter War...

Someone might point out: but these wars are localized! Well, World War 1 is considered "total war" yet happened mostly in Europe.

Another considered 'total war,' the Thirty Years' War that ravaged renaissance Germany lasted for...well, it's in the name.

So a decade of total war isn't in the realm of impossible.

Alright, I see your point. What I mean is total war in a 20th Century context, where the scale of consumption is truly massive and seemingly endless. Yes, Japan had already been at war before, but in the end they still needed oil to sustain their mobilization. “Out of logic” might be an exaggeration, but a modern total war lasting a decade would genuinely have a severe impact on a nation’s industry due to the exhaustion caused by meeting such enormous consumption. For me, the World War I itself lasted four years, yet its impact made the war feel as though it went on more than that.

 

[Assurbanipal_II]

Kittens like prey. A such, A.

 

[CheertheSecond]

depend on what exactly is the strategic goal, we may not even need to attack them. Just bleeding them by damaging their military and eco would be better than occupying any land.

 

[sleepandeatallday]

So confusing... *is dizzy*