<t> Jim, nice description of using recon forces. I found myself doing this, without really expecting to, during an AAR where I was defending as the Americans.<br/>
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Among my scattered forces were a number of platoons of Stuart tanks and motorized engineers. Trying to think of a use for them ...

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Really enjoyed your AAR...Great stuff...<br/>
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Are you planning on getting the COTA expansion? If so alot of those scenarios would make great AAR's..
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I've played a bit of COTA - but really ...

<r> <I><s>[i]</s>Conclusions.<br/>
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1 - The early delaying actions by Task Force Rose, combined with heavy usage of artillery on his columns, played a key role in causing a knock on effect of delaying the enemy, forcing him to march through the night, resulting in exhaustion by ...

<r> <I><s>[i]</s>Day 3, 6pm, After Action Report<e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
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A decisive victory! Very pleased with this, especially as things looked quite hairy during the 2nd day. The enemy was driven back from Bastogne and has withdrawn to lick his wounds. He has managed to get some of units off ...

<r> <I><s>[i]</s>Day 3 1pm-4pm<e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
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The enemy attack in the south is beginning to peter out. Withering fire has decimated and thrown back most enemy units, although in desperation they continue to fling themselves forward – my line holds solid, and my armoured counterattack ...

<r> <I><s>[i]</s>Day 3 7am-1pm<e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
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At this point in the battle all l can really do is sit back and watch the enemy attack unfold, reacting where I can. In reserve I have 1 parachute battalion and the Shermans from Task Force Booth and Team Cherry, who I was able to rescue ...

<r> <I><s>[i]</s>Day 3 1am-7am<e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
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The heavy clanking of enemy armour starts up in earnest early in the morning of day 3. Weapons are checked and anti-tank guns loaded by the men, shivering in the early dawn. As the first rays of light come up, the men of the 2bd battalion ...

<r> <I><s>[i]</s>Day 2 – 8pm – Midnight<br/>
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The evening and night of day 2/3 is relatively quiet. Small German patrols continue to harass the 1st battalion of the 506th defending Bizory, but not in strength, probably probing their positions for the morning assault. The rest ...

<r> <I><s>[i]</s>Day 2 5pm-8pm<e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
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My forces begin to hunker down for the final evening. Sandbags are in place and weapons have been sighted, ready for the inevitable German onslaught. Blocking positions are marked in green. Enemy infantry probes the southern defences but do ...

<r> <I><s>[i]</s>Day 2 1pm-5pm<e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
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The afternoon sees the successful disengagement of 1st battalion 101 and Team Cherry. Especially important is that Team Cherry have now reached my lines – they and Team Desobry and my only remaining armoured support. Their few Shermans and ...

<r> <I><s>[i]</s>Day 2 8am-1pm<e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
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For most of the morning a fierce battle rages around the village of Magaret, as 1st Battalion 101 and Team Cherry attack the incoming German columns, who are rapidly flooding out of the south.<br/>
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Further east, Task Force Harper is ...

Update - epic conclusion to come at the weekend! Have been somewhat distracted with XCOM recently.

<r> <I><s>[i]</s>Day 8am<e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
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As the morning of the second day dawns, the situation has changed a lot, battle lines are blurred or pretty much non-existent, and the situation looks very confusing. I want to sum up my planning for the day ahead to those following this AAR. This ...

<r> <I><s>[i]</s>Day 2 5am-7am<e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
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The sun has now come up . . . first one, then two, then three, four, five - I lose count - enemy units are popping up like mushrooms as the combat teams report their positions in the early dawn light.<br/>
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As feared a strong enemy ...

<r> I'm not so confident as you! I have a very bad suspicion things are going to get rather hectic at sunrise. There are still 2 more days to go.<br/>
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What is really interesting is how similar my scenario is playing out compared to the actual combat history. I imagine some of you forum goers ...

<r> <I><s>[i]</s>11pm-5am<e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
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Sproadic enemy contact continues to occur all through the night. The chatter of LMGs and the bark of rifle fire echoes around the dark woods as a confused series of running battles is held all along my line. The enemy appears to be attempting to ...

<r> <I><s>[i]</s>9pm-11pm<e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
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As darkness falls the enemy contacts fade from the map, although he is clearly trying to move through the night. Continued contact occurs on multiple fronts, especially from the very south – clearly a substantial force is attempting this route ...

Ok, on a whim I tried to speed past it on medium speed (rather than slow or fast), and it worked. Still happy to hand over a copy of the save for analysis though.

<t> Hi - no, no difference when changing the speed.<br/>
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I've tried starting a new game and running it at high speed - if I do this it gets past the crash point without crashing, - the problem only occurs when I load from my latest save game. I will try and access some earlier save games to ...

<t> Hi guys,<br/>
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I'm having a crash to desktop problem with a current game of Battle of the Bulge. At a specific point in the scenario (1:33am Day 2, to be exact), I get a crash to desktop with the following error code - <br/>
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Problem signature:<br/>
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH<br ...