D-Day plus 27-During WW2, an American platoon make their way through German occupied France towards Paris, but they find themselves lost in a strange world. And from the looks of it...they aren't the first humans to set forth here either...
Either way, I'm a sucker for anything involving The Good War, so I'll end up reading it anyways.
Only noticed one spelling mistake, grammar was overall good, and the story is easy to follow. The narrator of the story appears to have a personality, despite being third person; Maybe I confused some of AJ's thoughts as narration? Regardless! Keep up the writing GenChaos, I look forward to the world you're creating. '_'7
P.S. Love the setup, the Hedgerow Battles were a time when getting lost was very, very easy, so its believable that our platoon disappears in the sloping maze that is western France.
7354617 To clear up a few things(though it will be spoiling some things, just a heads up) the Germans are supposed to be a small regiment of Wehrmacht troops, mostly consisting of rifle troops. Mechanized Infantry also rode with the convoy, that explains the half-tracks and kubelwagens. Think of it as a (very)small Combined Arms regiment without mobile field guns and artillery, but I don't want to spoil to much since I have plans to go into further detail in future chapters. In regards to the whole, "All Germans of the time period are evil and kill Jews" cliche is just ignorant, and I have plans for them, but there again, I'm not going to spoil too much. However, there might be one or two SS officers that get thrown into the fray. Would explain the Tiger. Although I can't quite remember if the Wehrmacht Panzer Corps where issued Tiger tanks or Panthers. So yeah, I am glad you enjoyed the prologue! And thanks for the great feedback as well, It is very much appreciated!
7355184 I speculate that: If we assume the units in Equestria were taken from the same general area, I've been unable to find any General Infantry units that would have encountered the forces you described in the Cotentin Peninsula. However, if they were taken from a larger area (~50 miles), then the Nazis we're dealing with are likely the remaining elements of the 716th Infantry Division, lead by a few Tiger I's from the II SS Panzer Corps. Both suffered massive loses in Operation Overlord and retreated to Caen, where they would have disappeared from. You say you can't remember which tanks Wehrmacht Panzer were issued, but you mention SS officers in tanks, I can say that, of the units present in the area, only SS Panzer units had Tigers. Wehrmacht Panzer units in the Normandy area received only Panzer II, III, IV and Panther tanks. I don't know all to much about the German unit organization during the Battle of Normandy, so I had to do some reaserch. Why did I do it? I have no fucking clue, but it was fun! Also I didn't have to work this weekend, and I needed to do something to pass the time. If you want to keep things secret, don't correct or deny anything in this post. Who knows maybe I even helped you somehow!
If you can't tell, I'm really excited for this story.
7360441 Heh, thanks for the info, very informative. I did a bit of general research before starting this fic to refresh my memory of the war. So hopefully the basic gist of it will be at least somewhat historically accurate, but, this is a MLP fan fiction after all.
7360633 I DEMAND PERFECT HISTORICAL ACCURACY, DOWN TO THE BOOT SIZE OF EVERY SOLDIER YOU ENLIST IN THIS STORY. I'm joking of course. While speculation and nit-picking the fine details are fun, I simply did it out of curiosity. Whether or not the characters in the world you create are perfect representations of what would be found in our history is irrelevant, its your world to shape. I'm quite sure I'll enjoy it however you write it. Besides, if you didn't plan on using complete, 100% proven, heavily researched facts from the get-go, trying to switch to them now will only make the story harder to write. I know it would take a while as my previous 2 posts were drawn from, and I'm embarrassed to admit it, approximately 10 hours of researching troop movements and battle details.
Is Schindler just straight SS or is he part of the 3rd SS Panzer Division? Both used the Death's Head symbol, but the latter was mostly stationed on the Eastern Front around the time the Allies were retaking France.
American troops, but a German symbol on the tank?
7352061 All will be explained...(Don't want any spoilers now do we? And the entire convoy is German.)
7352403 Awesome! Can't wait!
Cautiously optimistic about this story, while the setting is great, I'm wary of a few things:
Will the German soldiers simply be 'evil', or will they actually be regarded with an attitude of sonder? The 'Every Nazi is a Nazi and therefore inherently evil' cliché is, excuse my repetition, worn out, and therefore a bit hard for me to subscribe to.
Will the armies be period accurate? I'm trying to figure out if this is a rifle company, or a machine gun company, but the tanks (possibly artillery?) are throwing me off. AJ noticed the Iron Cross, but didn't mention any other emblems adorning the vehicles or flags. Perhaps they're a specialized Brandenburger company? Boy howdy, that would suck for the Allies in Equestria.
Either way, I'm a sucker for anything involving The Good War, so I'll end up reading it anyways.
Only noticed one spelling mistake, grammar was overall good, and the story is easy to follow.
The narrator of the story appears to have a personality, despite being third person; Maybe I confused some of AJ's thoughts as narration?
Regardless!
Keep up the writing GenChaos, I look forward to the world you're creating. '_'7
P.S.
Love the setup, the Hedgerow Battles were a time when getting lost was very, very easy, so its believable that our platoon disappears in the sloping maze that is western France.
7354617 To clear up a few things(though it will be spoiling some things, just a heads up) the Germans are supposed to be a small regiment of Wehrmacht troops, mostly consisting of rifle troops. Mechanized Infantry also rode with the convoy, that explains the half-tracks and kubelwagens. Think of it as a (very)small Combined Arms regiment without mobile field guns and artillery, but I don't want to spoil to much since I have plans to go into further detail in future chapters. In regards to the whole, "All Germans of the time period are evil and kill Jews" cliche is just ignorant, and I have plans for them, but there again, I'm not going to spoil too much. However, there might be one or two SS officers that get thrown into the fray. Would explain the Tiger. Although I can't quite remember if the Wehrmacht Panzer Corps where issued Tiger tanks or Panthers. So yeah, I am glad you enjoyed the prologue! And thanks for the great feedback as well, It is very much appreciated!
7355184
I speculate that:
If we assume the units in Equestria were taken from the same general area, I've been unable to find any General Infantry units that would have encountered the forces you described in the Cotentin Peninsula.
However, if they were taken from a larger area (~50 miles), then the Nazis we're dealing with are likely the remaining elements of the 716th Infantry Division, lead by a few Tiger I's from the II SS Panzer Corps. Both suffered massive loses in Operation Overlord and retreated to Caen, where they would have disappeared from.
You say you can't remember which tanks Wehrmacht Panzer were issued, but you mention SS officers in tanks, I can say that, of the units present in the area, only SS Panzer units had Tigers. Wehrmacht Panzer units in the Normandy area received only Panzer II, III, IV and Panther tanks.
I don't know all to much about the German unit organization during the Battle of Normandy, so I had to do some reaserch. Why did I do it? I have no fucking clue, but it was fun!
Also I didn't have to work this weekend, and I needed to do something to pass the time.
If you want to keep things secret, don't correct or deny anything in this post. Who knows maybe I even helped you somehow!
If you can't tell, I'm really excited for this story.
7360441 Heh, thanks for the info, very informative. I did a bit of general research before starting this fic to refresh my memory of the war. So hopefully the basic gist of it will be at least somewhat historically accurate, but, this is a MLP fan fiction after all.
7360633
I DEMAND PERFECT HISTORICAL ACCURACY, DOWN TO THE BOOT SIZE OF EVERY SOLDIER YOU ENLIST IN THIS STORY.
I'm joking of course.
While speculation and nit-picking the fine details are fun, I simply did it out of curiosity. Whether or not the characters in the world you create are perfect representations of what would be found in our history is irrelevant, its your world to shape. I'm quite sure I'll enjoy it however you write it.
Besides, if you didn't plan on using complete, 100% proven, heavily researched facts from the get-go, trying to switch to them now will only make the story harder to write. I know it would take a while as my previous 2 posts were drawn from, and I'm embarrassed to admit it, approximately 10 hours of researching troop movements and battle details.
This is all a drawn out way of agreeing with you.
Nice to see the rewrite of this is up and going. Liking it so far!
Death's Head...
I'm already looking forward to his demise.
On a lighter note, this military history nut offers his services should you have any questions.
Is Schindler just straight SS or is he part of the 3rd SS Panzer Division? Both used the Death's Head symbol, but the latter was mostly stationed on the Eastern Front around the time the Allies were retaking France.
Pretty well written awesome chapter.