- 21 Feb 2013 16:05
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I'm working on a mod concept for one of the Hearts of Iron games (yeah, I'm a lifeless nerd), and this may be a stupid question to ask since the Germans capturing Antwerp wouldn't really ensure a ceasefire on the Western Front, but I'll go ahead anyway.
If the Germans captured Antwerp and encircled the British armies in the process, for argument's sake even holding Antwerp for a long time, would the Allied position in the Western Front change? Meaning, would they be open for negotiations, and what would the conditions of the ceasefire be? I imagine one of the conditions would automatically involve Germany leaving at least Belgium, but the Americans would have an upper hand anyway and would ask for Germany's retreat from the Low Countries. Germany, in its fucked position, unless Hitler was completely and hopelessly retarded, would have to accept giving up Western Europe. Germany would probably end up under Soviet occupation as a whole, along with Italy and Austria.
What are your thoughts on this?
If the Germans captured Antwerp and encircled the British armies in the process, for argument's sake even holding Antwerp for a long time, would the Allied position in the Western Front change? Meaning, would they be open for negotiations, and what would the conditions of the ceasefire be? I imagine one of the conditions would automatically involve Germany leaving at least Belgium, but the Americans would have an upper hand anyway and would ask for Germany's retreat from the Low Countries. Germany, in its fucked position, unless Hitler was completely and hopelessly retarded, would have to accept giving up Western Europe. Germany would probably end up under Soviet occupation as a whole, along with Italy and Austria.
What are your thoughts on this?