Dundee Pew: GRN| vs BAF| (Poll for next pew)

[Highland Laddie]

Germany didn't use captured and coerced foreigners to control such key territory (particularly because they wouldn't be that trusted).

You are very wrong on this one.

Germans used Ukrainians, Russians, some other minorities (those opressed by USSR). There were even whole divisions completly made from "volounteering nations", like Sweden, former Czechoslovakia (then: Slovakia and occupied Czech), Norway, Croatians, Netherlands (!) or even UK or France (!!). Not to mention Romanian, Hungarian, Polish (!) ones. I've even read about a special division entirely made of such nation as Mongols, Siberians, Russian Chinese (who defected after capture onto German Side). Japanese on the other hand used a lot of minor nations (Han Chinese, Manchu, Koreans, Taiwanese - not current Taiwan Chinese! - Malay and some other) to fill their ranks.

About the capturing stuff: Germany during WW2 widely used the USSR made tanks and weaponry, because it was way more reliable than German ones at some points. During the Vietnam War US made some squads using AK-47, because their "new" guns were very... unlikely to be used in such climate. USA dropped that idea because of very common friendly fire in the jungle (AK-47 makes very distingiushable rattle).

Re-read my post. I didn't say they weren't used, but it's HOW they were used that is important.

From what I've read of history, many of the captured/recirculated soldiers from the Eastern Front were NOT used on the Eastern Front, but were shipped west to the Atlantic Wall to support German units against the impending Allied invasion (which most of them did very poorly....some would even suspect on-purpose). Reasons for this range from 1) Germans were afraid they would support the resistance, or 2) Germans were afraid they would simply be seen as collaborators and shot by the resistance.

Sure...I wouldn't find it terribly hard to imagine there would be some Leeds civilians upset with things (ignoring the fact that a LARGE part of the civilian population was evacuated), but I don't think civilians would just jump at the first opportunity to fight AGAINST their Bretonian brothers alongside the folks who just invaded them, especially while the fight on the planet is STILL GOING. It seems very implausible to me. It also seems implausible to me that a force like the GRN would be so eager to employ them, when they are apparently already strong enough to deal with them without help.

USA dropped that idea because of very common friendly fire in the jungle

Yeah...so your own example there is more of a strike AGAINST your own idea...