Veers
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6/6-9/44 T8 Italy: Fighting continued in Italy as the Allies made several attacks against the front line. The first was directed against the 305th Infantry, which was forced to retreat, allowing the Allies to link up with their cut off SA 6th Armoured Division. The second attack was against the line between Casinno and Anzio. The French and Americans forced the 2nd SS to retreat, but the gap was plugged and the line held. It is only a matter of time now, before they are able to breakthrough to the Anzio beachhead... Pic.I-6: The line in Italy. France: INVASION REPPELED! NO MERE RAID! Thousands of Allied troops have been killed in the last 4 days as they continued to make futile attempts against the defences of the Atlantic Wall. Following Rommel’s advice, all of my reserves were positioned directly in the hands of my tactical commanders. No central reserve was kept. The seven Panzer Divisions were spread equally among the different expected landing sites, save Brittany, which received only one, and was compensated by the presence of elite FJ troops. The Allies decided to attack Brittany, the least defended of the suspected landing sites. They attacked four different beaches; Dinard, 15km west of Dinard, 30km west of Dinard, and St. Brieuc. The first attack fell on the beaches 30km west of Dinard, and the 11th Panzer and 3rd FJ were immediately summoned. They fought bravely, but were both forced to withdraw within days, leaving the 266th Infantry and two heavy Panzer Battalions to heroically fend off the Allies for the remaining day. The second attack fell on the beaches 15km west of Dinard, and the retreating 11th Panzer blundered directly into the fray on the second day, valuably assisting the infantry of the 77th and 343rd divisions, before it again withdrew, east, towards Dinard. The third attack was at the port of Dinard, itself, and the heroic, or hapless, 11th Panzer was again involved in the fighting, standing their ground when the Dinard garrison was forced to retreat. The fourth attack, at St. Brieuc was made by substantially smaller forces, which was the utmost of fortune, as the port was protected by only a single regiment of the 353rd Infantry. The brigade of the reserve 2nd FJ assigned to that sector immediately responded, but was forced back, leaving the 353rd’s regiment to fend for itself. Curiously, no airborne troops accompanied the invasion. Pic.F-1: INVASION REPELLED! During the week the 5th FJ Division was rushed from the beaches around St. Michel to assist in the defence, as well, the Lehr Panzer Division is now in coming into position around St. Brieuc. The 1st SS and 12th SS have also been rushed into the area via train from their beaches. The Luftwaffe was able to get only four bomber wings into the air to assault the landing Allies, but all this produced was many flaming bombers, as Allied air supremacy was complete. Fighting rages on... Theatre Report: Casualties are now over 69,000, with 593 tanks, and 813 aircraft destroyed. Italy is holding, but barely. France has held, but the Allies have a superiority in men that means this will not be their last assault.
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