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Well, you can have low "combat letter" but units be hard to push back, for example in Napoleonic series you have rusian troops with the special atribute "fanatic" that made them less broken friendly and increase their ability to hold terrain even after suffer a punishment that routed "better" troops

I prefer to sow "fanatic" troops defending their homeland buff other units stats (if is not possible they have a special bonus like the one i commented in napoleonic series or a feature to cover their special situation), for example increasing the defensive value in trained troops, if you compare the relation firepower-defensive value in FWW and PzC series you can notice that killing by direct attacks is slower in PzC.

But we need have in consideration the time ago added "Fanatical nation" rule

"In certain games, one or more nations may be specified as being Fanatical. Units of Fanatical nations have two exceptions to the Assault rules. First, Fanatical units do not surrender when assaulted and thus do not suffer the additional losses units that could not retreat normally suffer. Second, Fanatical units do not retreat from Bunker and Pillbox hexes and when they lose as a result of being assaulted, remain in the hex with no additional losses."

This rule is going to made a pain in the ass try finish fast with a pocket of enemy units because you cant use the first lesson you learn in PzC to mantein an offensive working... "isolate, disrupt, assault" if you remove assault you are reduced to a "kill by fire" situation that made you burn a lot of time and enemy can perform a "last stand" defense for every hex with a decent option as defensive position.

For late war west title... we have Rhine crossing (Operation Plunder and other scens to cover the fight before and after cross the Rhine) or Lorraine campaign, Italy is interesting to... but only them know what is going to be and well, i am happy now if we learn more about Japan45/46