this argument is not valid, the 101st at Bastogne will just repulse any nazis who decide to attack  :-D
but yeah I completley agree with Imperious Leader, the germans absolutley need heavy tanks, with the complete air superiority allies had once the weather cleared up, give the germans to make some huge gains early on (just like real life)

actually the reasons the panzer divisions never came was a rather funny story, hitler was the only one who could give the order to move the division and he was asleep. Everyone was scared to wake him up because of his short temper so they never got deployed.

I play the same way, annialation is the way to go. Japan frequently attacks australlia for that reason in our games :wink: .