GrumpyMel
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August 29, 1941 A major for the Axis as fighting intensifies all across Europe. Casualties are starting to increase but good progress continues to be made in many areas, and Allied casualties continue to outstrip ours. First to France, where the Dieppe style raid, if that indeed is what it is, starts to yield Dieppe style results France: During his turn, the West took out my sole U-boat with carrier air, although it more then payed for it's own loss doing significant supply disruption to the beachead as well as taking down an enemy plane that was sea transfered in to Bordeaux. The enemy captured Bordeaux quite easly with a naval bombardment followed up by a ground assault against the few defenders left. However, this left the port significantly damaged. I don't know what sort of reinforcments were brought in, although I did see one air group overfly France to land in the captured city. During his turn the West also staged some bombing raids in northwest France, knocking out one bridge and doing some minor damage to garrisons at the cost of 1 enemy aircraft. Although, I'm still convinced this action is more a disruptive style raid to draw pressure off Russia rather then a full scale invasion, I must still respond to it. Fortunately, I don't think the West realized the strength of forces I left in France...particulary air assets. I used this to my full advantage this turn. Spotting a UK probing along the coast North of Bordeaux, I sent a recon plane out to determine the strength of the enemy air defences stationed at Bordeaux. I was able to determine that the West had only 5 (US) fighter III's flying cap...and that the British unit was a large infantry formation, heavy with mortars. A perfect situation, I sent the full strength of my Luftwaffe fighter force in the West to strafe the unit, and draw the Americans into a dogfight. I was more interested in the enemy air cover then the infantry but the air battle ended with good results on both, as you can see pictured below:
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