Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 33 -Jan 9th, 45 (Full Version)

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ultradave -> Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 33 -Jan 9th, 45 (6/6/2015 12:37:07 AM)

Ashore in Normandy, Caen and Bayeux under Allied control. Managed to get some reinforcements ashore including some armor to expand the beachhead a bit. Definitely a better invasion this time. I'm including a screen image of the interdiction levels. Live an learn. This time I covered the invasion.



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ultradave -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 2 (6/6/2015 12:38:14 AM)

Interdiction levels over the channel and inland. I did a much better job this time.



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ultradave -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 2 (6/6/2015 12:39:34 AM)

And the situation in Italy: Captured the lida di Roma





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decourcy2 -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 2 (6/6/2015 4:13:46 PM)

Meklore and I are playing may '44 campaign with him as Allies, and I think you got even better interdiction numbers! I tell, you as the Axis player you cannot move through that with a coherent unit.



ultradave -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 2 (6/6/2015 5:11:03 PM)

Just a couple of hexes at the beach where the Axis had the better but reinforcing (hopefully) will be quite tough for them. At least I certainly hope so. I think based on that I'm not touching anything in my AD's for a couple turns at least.



marion61 -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 2 (6/6/2015 7:16:44 PM)

The same turn I landed, I was also using the heavy bombers for strategic bombing. I ignored it in my game with Pelton and it cost me. My numbers are lower cause I am still hitting strategic target's every turn and only one from each of my heavy bomber AD's from the 8th and Bomber Command are dedicated to ground interdiction.








ultradave -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 2 (6/6/2015 9:07:51 PM)

Turn 3 June 13. Interdiction behind the beach is still nice and high and the sea lanes are covered. (did lose a couple ships bringing reinforcements across but not severe losses. St. Lo and Carentan fall to the Allies, although I couldn't advance to Carentan. Hopefully he won't be able to retake it. Broke two gaps in the German line and I was able to move into those gaps. Overall, this feels like a successful invasion so far. We're expanding off the beaches and into the bocage with good air cover.

The situation in Normandy:



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ultradave -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/6/2015 9:09:04 PM)

Interdiction levels Turn 3 Still a tough battle right over the beachhead ports, but behind the beach we rule the skies. (note the interdiction levels are shown prior to ground combat).



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scout1 -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/7/2015 6:20:43 PM)

Ike owns the peninsula ... well most of it and the airpower is damn brutal to units moving on rolling stock .... Had an SS unit drop from 13 to 0 .... guess won't be doing that again ...

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ultradave -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/8/2015 12:43:00 AM)

Allied troops pour ashore, and the Canadians push ahead. Cherbourg will not last much longer as this week's attacks heavily depleted the units defending it. Air interdiction continues to hamper German efforts to reinforce. So far so good. (for me).



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ultradave -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/9/2015 7:56:09 PM)

Cherbourg falls to the Allies as the US 2d Armored Division rolls into the city center. The remaining German forces on the penninsula are hemmed in by the 2 AD, the 82d and 101st Abn divisions and the US 4th ID. No escaping this.

To the south, the Canadians push forward again (they are hidden in the stacks below the British 50th and 43rd Infantry divisions) along with units of the British XXX Corps and the US 3rd Armored advances down the western shore of the penninsula. I can tell from recon, airpower and the steady grind of Allied attacks are taking a toll on the defenders. More reinforcements crossed the channel, this time with transport losses (first turn that's happened).



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ultradave -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/10/2015 12:17:55 AM)

July 4, both army HQ make the channel crossing, along with the delayed XXX Corps HQ and the 1 Cdn Corps HQ. Concentrated on beating on the eastern corner of the beachhead with good success.



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ultradave -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/13/2015 12:14:40 AM)

The US V, VII, and XX Corps shove south across a broad front, with the 82d and 101st Abn following up and exploiting a gap as the infantry corps were spent after the attacks. XiX Corps crossed the whole front to the east side to exploit a gap blown by the Canadian armor and the British I Corps.

Meanwhile behind them the first units of Patton's 3rd Army come ashore, the XV Corps, as the buildup continues. Patton remains in England for the moment but it won't be long. Pretty happy with how the advance is going so far. Tough resistance from the Germans but we are making steady progress all across the front.



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ultradave -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/14/2015 12:18:02 AM)

1st Army breaks open the German lines and captures Granville and keep going. British infantry pushes east and the armor south pushing a bulge into the German lines.



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scout1 -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/14/2015 6:27:10 PM)

The Allies just keep coming .........

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ultradave -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/14/2015 11:05:55 PM)

Yes they do. And this week saw massive attacks all along the front but more so in the west with the US 1st Army reinforced with units from the arriving 3rd Army pushed well south of Avranches. French and Polish armor and the Cdn I Corps also were in the front. To the east, the British pushed steadily eastward and southeast, shoving the German army in front of it.

Much more fun for the WA without the EF box :-) Here is the Normandy area at the conclusion of this turn. Because of the need to find units available to exploit holes and follow on attacks, the divisions are a bit intermingled from their corps assignments. So far it hasn't caused any hardship in the attack, but need to straighten out a bit. It will end up with the British and Canadians in the north, US 1st Army in the middle and 3rd Army to the south, much like history.



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ultradave -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/16/2015 1:29:38 AM)

Aug 1 and the WA expands the front all along the line, pushing in the west to the outskirts of St. Malo and in the east to near Le Havre. Need to start paying more attention to straightening out supply now that the "beachhead" has expanded so much. Just a couple of weeks ago all the HQ were concentrated in a couple hexes with the corps right in front. Now they are outrunning the HQ.



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scout1 -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/16/2015 11:27:08 PM)

As the Crinch says ...... "Boo Hoo" ......



scout1 -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/16/2015 11:46:17 PM)

OK Grinch ..... So I can't spell ;>



ultradave -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/17/2015 12:17:49 PM)

The US 1st Army breaks through to the banks of the Loire, while 3rd Army routs the German defenders of St. Malo and Rennes to the west. British 2d Army and the Canadians continue to push east facing heavier resistance. The American armies are having an easier go to the south and west where the terrain is more wide open. In the screen shot the 1st Army is yellow, the 3rd Army is Gray/Green (I'm colorblind - the darker of the two US armies), British only have one army so that's obvious. Polish and French armored divisions are attached to US Corps in the 1st Army. I've gotten the Corps straightened out in line (mostly). Time to push for the Seine. For a minute this turn it looked like I was going to encircle a number of German units up agains the Loire, but they retreated smartly and managed to keep a defensive line anchored on the Loire.

With the 3rd Armored Division reaching the Loire, I've effectively split the German defense in half, with a number of units now left to defend the Brittany penninsula and the rest to defend Paris/Germany. 3rd Army may get the assignment to reduce the Brittany peninsula while everyone else heads east.


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Harrybanana -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/17/2015 10:01:36 PM)

Dave,

On the one hand you are doing a great job of pushing Scout back all along the Front. On the other hand he is doing a great job of not allowing very many units to be isolated and destroyed. In the long run if you can't destroy more units I think Scout will win; but we will have to wait and see.



ultradave -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/17/2015 11:45:46 PM)

I have been trying to punch gaps but when I do I'm just short of what I need to exploit it really well, and it's giving him just enough space to put a finger in the dyke. His units on the north of the Loire are looking vulnerable. I thought I had created quite a pocket there, but they managed to retreat in good order (more or less).



scout1 -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/18/2015 12:13:23 AM)

Damn Allies .......

And for the record, it isn't my finger in the dyke ..... [:D]



ultradave -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/18/2015 12:57:38 AM)

spell check can be so annoying



Harrybanana -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/18/2015 5:45:42 AM)

You may already be doing this, but if not try putting all of your armor into just a few corps and set the supply priority of those corps to 4 while leaving all others (ie the ones with the infantry) at 2. I think you will find that the extra supply to the armor corps will give you some extra MPs. Of course you also want the leaders of the armored corps to all have high admin ratings.



ultradave -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/18/2015 11:32:04 AM)

Thanks. The armored fist. I think I need something like that to make a real breakthrough.



ultradave -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/20/2015 1:52:18 PM)

Turn 12. The British VIII Corps breaks through to the banks of the Seine south of Rouen. Not quite enough left to make a bridgehead unfortunately. Canadians break the line south of LeMans, and the 3rd Army splits the German defenders in the Brittany peninsula. All in all a good week. It would have been nice to get a couple of armored divisions across the Seine. Victory points right now a +124 for the allies. This could wind up being a close one.


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scout1 -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/21/2015 8:11:56 PM)

bad guys keep coming ......



ultradave -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/22/2015 1:30:30 AM)

They do. And that means you are really not going to like this turn. Turn 13, Aug 23, '44

Allies push one division across the Seine. I was hoping for more but not quite. At least the one that is there is a strong one. To the south, the US XIX Corps, which is mostly armored divisions, the Canadian I Corps, along with some help from the French and Polish armor rolls into Orleans after a major breakthrough routing numerous German units along the way (many of which are noticeable in the bulge SW of Paris). The 3rd Army scattered most of the remaining defense in the Brittany peninsula and now it appears that what is left is reducing the seaports of Brest and St. Nazaire. A few reorganizations done to get divisions more evenly assigned. Airborne units now organized into the 1st Allied Abn Army, consisting of the US 18th Abn Corps, the British 1 Abn Corps and the Polish Abn Brigade. A few units reassigned to different Corps in the 1st Army and 3rd Army to even out the Corps strengths.

With all the RR repair units chugging around we are still way out in front of the supplies. I'm sure Scott would like it if we paused to let everything catch up. But all those routed divisions are way to juicy a target to let go with out trying to achieve an even bigger breakthrough in the south.



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scout1 -> RE: Ultradave(WA) vs scout1(Ger), '44 D-Day Start, Turn 3, June 13 (6/23/2015 11:20:54 PM)

bring it on airborne ...... the Wehrmacht ain't dead yet .......



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