Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Courtenay

Where did the Japanese CVP over Tarakan come from? Is there still a Japanese carrier afloat somewhere?

Also, why was the notional strength of Hong Kong 2? 1 for base, +1 for city, -1 for out of supply. What am I missing? The adjacent corps was Chinese, not Japanese.

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ORIGINAL: Courtenay

Where did the Japanese CVP over Tarakan come from? Is there still a Japanese carrier afloat somewhere?

Also, why was the notional strength of Hong Kong 2? 1 for base, +1 for city, -1 for out of supply. What am I missing? The adjacent corps was Chinese, not Japanese.

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ORIGINAL: brian brian

I thought that Persian CAV should have been out of supply as it had to trace through a Desert Mountain hex to the nearest Persian city ... ???

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ORIGINAL: brian brian

I also thought von Bock's southern wing of heavy Panzer formations could have saved von Rundstedt, at least temporarily, by trying a Ground Strike on the lead Soviet ARM that crossed the Dnepr, with the rocket-armed Fw190 rolling twice. Then the oos Soviet ARM could have been easily blitzed and the Dniepr front stabilized. Though that would have likely risked that very good Fighter-Bomber with no base to return to that could have made it through the entire turn, perhaps. Instead, von Bock left his armor east of the river, allowing the Soviet swarm to reach them, though von Bock would also have needed to stay farther south to supply the move to the south - where the weather was Fine, and von Rundstedt's supply line could have fueled the attack.

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ORIGINAL: brian brian
Overall though, the summer of 1944 on the Eastern Front is always one of the most fascinating campaigns in the game. Too many Allied players quit too early to ever see it.

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ORIGINAL: brian brian

I have been casually watching for a used copy of Atkinson's "At Last Light" about the US Army's final campaign, Normandy > Elbe, but haven't found one yet. Have read "Day of Battle" twice now, though each time I was disappointed at how the fighting north of Rome was excluded. A forgotten part of the war. It did quite illuminate Harry Rowland's choices on the re-org values of the HQs.

Overall though, "Day of Battle" I think has a lot of application to playing a game of World in Flames. One final piece of the puzzle of breaking the line at Cassino - the breakthrough of the French African MTN corps - is not possible in WiF though, as it doesn't cooperate with CW or USA units, which is too bad. But reading about all of the resources used to make it to Rome, and then considering what that accomplished strategically - is very much worth considering when you build an American Army and deploy it in to Europe, somewhere...