I've been toying with an idea of Winter War mod for CnC Generals. I have almost everything planned up in my mind (and mostly also on paper), and I've drawn concept arts and cursed my lack of modding skills.
Winter War was fought 70 years ago in 1939-1940, as a part of World War II. It started when Finland refused to give land areas from Karelian Isthmus and other parts of Eastern Finland to Soviet Union, who wanted to ensure the security of Leningrad. On November the 30th in 1939, Red Army crossed border of Finland on several places. Finland was standing alone against better equipped army, which overpowered them with about 3 times on men, 200 times on tanks and 38 times on aircraft. Finns were also short on other supplies, such as artillery ammunition. In one day, Soviet artillery shot more grenades than Finns did during the whole war.
Despite to lack of men and firepower, Finland stopped Red Army's advancing. With the "Spirit of the Winter War", they were able to hold their ground for 105 days of fierce battles. Terms such as Molotov cocktail and "sisu" became familiar to all over the world when Finns performed the miracle of Winter War and showed what small but brave country can do when it comes to defending the motherland. When peace came, Finland had to surrender 11% of its land area, including Viipuri, second largest city in the country, but preserved it's independence. USSR had won, but suffered great casualties and humiliation.
I think Winter War mod for Command and Conquer Generals would be great. Finland would have poor ground vehicles and aircraft, but skilled infantry which could be upgraded with snow camouflage suits, which could make ambushing Russian forces easier.
Red Army would have good tanks, artillery units and aircraft, but would instead have poorly-skilled infantry. Poor, but cheap and easy to make.
Here are some nice videos, showing what kind of battling it would be;
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Yup, I think it would be great. Is there anyone else who would like to see such a mod? If there are any interested modelers, coders and texturers out there with interest in World War II -style strategy, please, let me know. I'd like to see at least this one of my dreams to come true. =)
