Why do the German generals have skill values which are so out of whack compared to other countries and the historical record?



Germany had probably the finest general staff out of all WW2 combatant nations. You weren't promoted to a Feldmarschall or Generaloberst in the Wehrmacht unless you were a very capable general.



Walter Model should be a Skill 5 General with Defensive Doctrine, not an inept Skill 1 leader...



No small countries especially in the undeveloped part of the world should have Skill 5 generals when Germany doesn't have any. There are nonetheless Brazilian and Afghan generals with Skill 5 stats in the game...



Sepp Dietrich shouldn't be a Skill 4 general who is better than most professional Wehrmacht generals since Dietrich had a Waffen-SS background and lacked the qualifications and training to command an army group...



If there was a Skill 1 German general in the game, he should be a rare exception. In the U.S. army, such a rare exception might be Lloyd Fredendall. In the German Heer, Heinrich Himmler would be an appropriate Skill 1 leader as he lacked professional military training but still ended up holding a high-level command in the closing stages of the WW2.