[strategofr]

"Yep, I think you make a valid point. Any decent WWII war game should show those results."

I'd like you to expand on that if you care to. While I've read a fair amount of military history, and had an interest and experience with games like Stratego, chess, Risk, and some Milton Bradley, Civil War game (I'm talking about the 1960s), I have never played the sort of game you refer to (maybe tried a hexagonal game one time).

On the face of it, it would seem like a realistic recreation of the situation Kimche describes would not be "game like" because once the Germans attacked Poland they would certainly lose. I suppose, however, they would not attack Poland. But then I can see how they would win either.

[af_vet_1981]

There were many classic WWII games along the lines of Russian Campaign. On the Western Front, were the Germans to have been attacked sooner it would have probably bought France and Britain enough time to hold France. I don't think it is a given that "once the Germans attacked Poland they would lose." It simply shifts the board considerably with the Russians on one front intact and the Germans facing united and early aggressive action on the Western front. The war may have had an early negotiated end at Poland's expense.