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gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (3/30/2018 9:04:35 PM)
In Canada, Quebec fell, but Montreal, Ottowa and Toronto are firmly in Canadian control. HOWEVER, the Canadians have zero reserves. One Canadian advantage is terrain, and the fact that the AXIS apparently has no major ferry capability. If the few river crossings can be held, the enemy is stymied - unless it brings up more troops in towards Toronto. [image]local://upfiles/20372/2D605F06C6464A2C9D62AFE920429A36.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (3/30/2018 9:07:59 PM)
On the Southest Front, three US divisions have routed the invading Mexican force, and are driving on central Mexico. [image]local://upfiles/20372/E6A8FB616E424C38B4762DA7314D200A.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (3/30/2018 9:09:12 PM)
The rebellion in the Yucatan has certainly been a boon to the US, drawing an entire Mexican division to the south. [image]local://upfiles/20372/6278BA4087DA4A76933A03656B28A9B8.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (3/30/2018 9:11:47 PM)
in the news: [image]local://upfiles/20372/62127AA8E20D4378A5E97A3AAB548BA1.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/2/2018 2:30:18 PM)
Turn 25, Oct. 22 [player's note: I think the scenario needs to be revised to make sure AXIS PO objectve vectors don't go through the Delmarva Peninsula. I've had to insert new objectives for several of the AXIS divisions to keep them from getting trapped there.] Montreal, Baltimore, Toronto and Pittsburg still hold, but all are under pressure, and the AXIS is driving on or around them. After a couple of months standoff north of Baltimore, Rommel is pushing through western Maryland and south into Virginia, to flank the defense. Similarly, the enemy is making an attempt to cut off the Canadian forces from their western rail lines. The Canadian government has said that it is do or die, in Quebec/Eastern Ontario, so there will be no withdrawal. [not to mention that there are 10 victory points in Montreal] [image]local://upfiles/20372/BD33BDC29A91447487A0602CBEEB9A09.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/2/2018 2:49:49 PM)
Mexico City is invested, but has fought off two attempts by the 4th Army to enter the city proper. 4th Armored Div has been directed southeast along the coast to Veracruz and Tobasco, in an effort to link up with the Zapatista rebels. The rebels have withstood almost continuous assaults by the 1st Mexican Army, but reports are that the rebels are losing cohesion. High Command in Denver considered attempting a marine landing either in Panama or the Yucatan, but instead was forced to release the 2nd Marine Division to the battle around Jacksonville, in the east, while the 1st Marine Division remains on standby near Los Angeles. [image]local://upfiles/20372/6307FA85CA9646D39697ABD20CE2713A.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/2/2018 2:55:48 PM)
Early November, two more divisions will be ready. [image]local://upfiles/20372/B8FF8C29C252405D8491A18440A4542F.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/4/2018 2:43:57 PM)
Turn 31, Dec 3 In the news (the public has not yet been told that the German 28th Inf broke through the last line of Pittsburg's defense overnight, and that followed just hours later by a coordinated fall-back under intense pressure, of the Baltimore defenders): [image]local://upfiles/20372/A6F108194EEC417A859D42A01E25886D.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/4/2018 2:50:59 PM)
The situation in Canada has been static for two months. When the intense cold hit in late November, the Canadian Highlander Div led an attack out of the Toronto lines, followed by the US 35th and 44th Divisions. They smashed through the German siege forces, but the enemy quickly regrouped and conterattacked, with the North Dakota Natl Guard taking the brunt of the German assault and falling back in some disorder. The fighting continues, with the Allied objective being to entrap and shatter the German 26th Div to the north, where it will be met by the Canadian Guards Div., and to the east, where the rest of the German 26th is backed up against the river. [image]local://upfiles/20372/9C9B3D216C274BA98C5B83744356867D.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/4/2018 3:05:48 PM)
Farther south, the situation has become much more fluid, with the enemy apparently redirecting their main push away from the Baltimore/Washington axis, towards the Ohio Valley and Pennsylvania. The US front line has been shattered, and with Pittsburg now in enemy hands, a pullback to a better defensive line will be necessary - UNLESS the panzers have extended themselves too far. Nevertheless, the AXIS besiegers north of Baltimore have put on a relentless, week by week blunt-force assault, combined with repeated efforts to flank the position to the west. Up until Dec 2, 6th Army has pushed back every attempt, but has finally been pushed out of Baltimore. [image]local://upfiles/20372/288ECBD32B7944DDA72F0F4AF8EC840D.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/4/2018 3:25:23 PM)
In the South, US forces are on the offensive, with the intent to completely cut off the enemy's supply lines by taking Savannah and Charleston, with Wilmington to follow. It has been a blood fest, with General Guderian apparently leading from the front in central Georgia, around Macon. Each American advance has been met by a counter-assault. However, with the arrival of the fresh US 5th Armored division, 6th Army thinks the end is nigh for the AXIS southern front. The AXIS cause there is not helped by the fact that its northern flank near Macon is held by Vichy French forces - intelligence reports that those units have mixed loyalty and elan. [image]local://upfiles/20372/60DAF6C8D7574D4E9C7F8AF93E9A3E1A.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/4/2018 3:37:36 PM)
In Mexico, the soldiers of the Mexican 1st Army have refused to acknowledge their government's surrender, and are backed up on the coast southeast of Veracruz, with scattered forces in Chiapas. Once they are dealt with, US forces will resupply and refit, in readiness for a push towards Panama. The current position of Brazilian forces is not completely clear. [image]local://upfiles/20372/F44B142685BB4C82A1DCB95262E34073.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/6/2018 2:53:20 PM)
turn 37, Jan 14 With the AXIS fortunes on the East Coast and Mexico taking a decided turn for the worse, Japan has apparently decided to intervene. Perhaps too little too late, and the full extent of its participation is as yet unknown. All that is known is that while the Hornet Carrier Group was in port at San Diego, having lost a good part of its air complement to Mexican land-based air forces, reports came in of a sighting of Japanese carriers 150 miles off the coast of San Francisco. With land-based fighter cover, Hornet launched an attack. The Japanese countered, with heavy losses on both sides. The Japanese lost 2/3 of their fighters and took heavy losses to at least one carrier, but the US lost a carrier. [image]local://upfiles/20372/003738F9C63E4828A7C588EDAC02D5EF.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/6/2018 3:10:39 PM)
To counter a landing by the Japanese, the US is fairly well prepared. Two armored, two infantry, and one marine divisions are either guarding west-coast anchorages or based inland near Denver. Another infantry division in Mexico is being held there pending an assessment of Brazilian strength in Central America. Until the southern lodgment of AXIS forces has been eliminated, there is little that 6th Army in the east can spare for the west. However, it is known that the Japanese have the capability to land forces from deep water anywhere along the coast. [image]local://upfiles/20372/C34153940625405AA403104FCDE9D706.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/7/2018 4:06:24 PM)
[player's note: I've played the next two or three turns several times, including taking control of the AXIS. The Japanese PO track sends the invading forces in at San Francisco. Every unit gets destroyed as it passes the point into the bay, from the fixed battery there. I then tried landing from a deep sea hex onto a beach that is not an anchorage and could not get that to work. So I don't know if it's a difference between earlier versions of TOAW or ... what. I guess my only option is to arbitrarily pull my forces away from the coast and allow a landing, and go from there. Dorky, but the only way to continue? (Maybe High Command thinks that hitting the Japanese after the landing is the best tactic.)] [later: Here's what I did for the Japanese - pulled back from San Francisco. I guess I'll do the same in LA and Seattle, because I have not looked at the rest of the Japanese tracks - it's the only way to keep playing the game and to give the PO a chance. After pulling back, the Japanese landed.] [image]local://upfiles/20372/511DD2C8BDEB4529B9D93DFF2F04D26D.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/7/2018 5:01:44 PM)
[player's note: The other thing I've done over the last ten turns is: 1) given the PO a +2 advantage; 2) redone the tracks in the east that were crossing the Delvarma Penninsula, where the units were getting trapped due to the geography. I figure the AI/PO was way behing where it should have been because of this penninsular black hole. Since redirecting, the PO has done much better in pushing against Baltimore/Washington, and into the Ohio Valley. To sum up, if anyone wanted to play the scenario against the AXIS PO, there should be a reworking of the map to keep units from going into the penninsula, and to figure out if the Japanese can do landings from deep sea hexes to somewhere not an anchorage, as the scenario notes imply.] [image]local://upfiles/20372/74B19C8385A14529869858719555E456.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/9/2018 2:50:46 PM)
[player's note, again: Seems I was wrong about the Japanese not being able to land anywhere except anchorages, as I found this in the forum: sPzAbt653 Generally, you can land at an anchorage immediately. Generally, you can land at any other hex [terrain allowing] by moving an embarked unit next to it, then next turn you can disembark and move inland. Where you will get supply from, in either case, is up to where friendly supply points are placed. ]

John B. -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/9/2018 5:26:20 PM)
This is a very interesting AAR and scenario. Thanks for posting it! Go USA, beat the Nazis! :)

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/9/2018 9:13:06 PM)
Thanks. I wish I had given the PO a +2 advantage from the start.

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/9/2018 10:40:41 PM)
Turn 38, Jan 21 Even though the southern invasion area has been a disaster for the AXIS, the redirection of its forces in the north, and the +2 advantage starting in the last few turns, has infused renewed momentum in the north. 6th Army misjudged the strength of the AXIS offensive in the Baltimore/Washington area, and allowed the enemy to flank the defense of the nation's erstwhile capitol. Now the Army HQ is nearly surrounded, and command of the whole eastern front is transitioning temporarily to Natl Command, in Denver. The Ohio Valley defense has pretty much completely collapsed, with the loss of Cleveland and Columbus. Only weak local militias stand in the way, in Cincinnatti, and Indianapolis. The 9th Inf east of Toledo has to hold until the 2nd Mtn Inf comes up from Illinois. The US offensive near Buffalo is now in question - it's more a matter of holding now, than advancing. [image]local://upfiles/20372/F161D43026E84268AB9EC50255F38B35.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/9/2018 10:49:16 PM)
The situation in the south: [image]local://upfiles/20372/CAFE6CCAD2674770AFACDBE60147DC7D.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/12/2018 12:37:21 AM)
Turn 41, Feb 11 In the East, General Guderian fought with his troops to the last man, for what may be a dying cause now. However, AXIS forces in the Ohio Valley and around Washington DC may not agree with that assessment. Nor would the Japanese. Overall, the US has six divisions that are either just coming available, or are reorganizing, and will soon be ready, or are already entrained for the front. There is a sense in Denver, that even with a new invasion by the Japanese, the enemy is contained. Famous last words?? [image]local://upfiles/20372/09D974ECA2374D88ADEBFFE3F8534A1F.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/12/2018 12:40:09 AM)
Two Japanese divisions are known to be ashore at San Francisco. They are strong units that have smashed against the initial US attempt to contain them near the coast. [image]local://upfiles/20372/48D1ED1B979E4F598BFA1BE280890393.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/12/2018 12:41:47 AM)
In Central America, the Brazilian force has moved forward to meet 4th Armored Div. [image]local://upfiles/20372/0DCDFBBED0AF4FC6A5CC9A249F3126D9.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/15/2018 2:18:12 PM)
Turn 42, Feb 18 Faster than the US can transport troops from the south up to the Ohio Valley region, the AXIS forces are already at the planned disembarkation locations. The 9th Inf at Detroit, and the 2nd Mtn at Indianapolis were sent to the front directly from the trains. The 1st Marines, coming east from Chicago, had their trains stopped in the middle of the countryside, with German troops threatening the way forward. Immediate and relentless pressure appears to be the enemy posture right now, with Montreal, Buffalo, Detroit, Toledo, Indianapolis, Cincinatti, and Washington under the guns. [image]local://upfiles/20372/973AAB549A8C40EA920E85F95C85E6A5.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/15/2018 2:30:45 PM)
4th Army, Western Defense Command, blundered in positioning forces against the Japanese invasion at San Francisco. After the failed attempt to push the enemy back into the sea, the US forces should have been withdrawn to the north and south, letting the mountains safeguard the interior, with light troops. Instead, the Japanese have been allowed to break out all along the coast. 30th Inf Division was pushed out of the Sacremento area after intense fighting, but the Japanese have for once been lax in following up their victory. The 30th has been ordered back into the city, to hold while the 82nd Airborne is trained in from the north. High command is unsure whether there are landings planned either north or south, or both. [image]local://upfiles/20372/037C4C1F68F74E8989FD44D7A12D82E6.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/15/2018 2:46:25 PM)
Denver High Command is outraged that 4th Army has allowed a single battalion of Mexican commandos to hold off the entire Free French Belize Division. That division, relatively fresh, could be used better in the push to Panama. 4th Army has been ordered to leave the Mexican commandos to the mercy of the Zapatistas, and get the French troops moving to port, for possible landings in the isthmus. The AXIS has not committed any naval forces to the Carribean or Gulf, so the greatly weakened Enterprise Group should be able to support the retaking of Panama. Brazil now has two divisions facing the 4th Armored, which is at this point merely holding, awaiting the arrival of the 4th Army. [image]local://upfiles/20372/AD41D6A5120E429E995FCF25B97DB46C.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/19/2018 12:03:55 PM)
Turn 54, May 14 The Eastern Front has been mostly static for the last two months. US forces are dug-in, and all Spring the AXIS forces have relentlessly struck all along the lines with air and artillery bombardments, but have seemed reluctant to assault fixed positions around Washington, near Chicago, and in Canada. US reserves are down to two divisions, and miscellaneous refitted units. Holding the line seems all that can be done, unless those reserves are released to one of the fronts. Fighting along the rail link between Chicago and Ontario has continued back and forth, and the enemy finally broke through at Buffalo. [image]local://upfiles/20372/474CFF5D254244C4ACC90845E845ABAF.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/19/2018 12:10:14 PM)
In the west, heavy fighting south of San Francisco has been a mixed bag, with the US 7th Armored pushing all the way to the coastal highway, almost shutting off any Japanese effort to move south. However, the enemy struck back and was able to destroy the 7th's HQ elements, and forced the US forces back with heavy losses. The attempt to reposition 8th Armored was stymied, with the Japanese pinning the 8th against the foothills to the Sierras. It appears the Japanese have suffered heavy losses too, as they have pulled back along their southern flank. 7th Armored will begin to probe back towards the coast, even while awaiting the reconstitution of its HQ. Without their HQ, the 7th has no recon capability. [image]local://upfiles/20372/CC9616FC090440E4BD0C596CFD8922F3.jpg[/image]

gwgardner -> RE: Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO (4/23/2018 11:20:25 AM)
Turn 57, June 4 The fronts remain relatively static, especially in the east and Mexico. The Japanese are expanding their hold on the central California region, but they really only have two viable options - go south towards LA, or north. Only the southern route seems likely, and could seriously damage the US war effort. High Command in Denver has determined that the AXIS forces in the east are a much bigger threat to the nation, having already occupied the northeast all the way through the Ohio Valley, the industrial heartland. Therefore all available reserves are going to be released from Mexico, and from the Seattle region, to go on a concerted offensive against the enemy in the Ohio Valley. [image]local://upfiles/20372/86110031FC954B009EB3E0FDDDBD0C8E.jpg[/image]

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