<t> First Go-229 received on 1st of May '45. Industry damage at 70 - all lost territories. May 5th... 1945. Forget the history - Germany is pierced from the West and almost all Berlin under allied control. Bremen and Hamburg remain German and are being attacked from allied airfields operating North ...

<t> 20th of March '45 there is only one LF Reich. While I had some Western Front units moved deeper in Germany and those hadn't obtained 100% strength the Allied BC launched the largest attack targeting at least 8 locations from Adriatics and Milano to Ruhr and Leipzig<br/>
But I "out flied" them ...

West wall also collapsed spontaneously - message on 18th March 1945. But in the first 2 days the front only moved in Holland few miles.

Why should the BTR concept tried here? I won PBEM BoB many times (best in less than 1 month - I think) based on: destroying airplanes on airfields and in flight/when landing + radars, then just score points knocking all industry and cities...

<t> Gothic Line got broken on 15h of March 45... Collapsed with all front line units and all neighbouring railyards in grey. Modena and Bologna captured in 2 days. I moved all falling airfields' and shall continue with all South of Venice airfields to the North of Italy-Austria. But will the Front ...

<t> Just finished the big day battle of 20 Feb 45... Axis Sorties - 2426, Allied - 1397. Half of Allied planes were downed - 661 losses and only 23 (twenty three) Axis. 413 B-17 downed in 1 day!!! <br/>
R4M is a killer - some salvos of x12 equipped Ta-152C & Me-262 groups bring like 5 destroyed ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>You are playing with a wet dream Luftwaffe and still use a cheat?? <br/>
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We call it balancing not cheat. What kind of dream is the P-80 flying escort ...

<t> It is 20th February 45 one week after the "Eastern Front collapsed". As much as we know the BTR treats historical line of events - here the Red Army advances from Krakov to Vienna in just 4 days. All Wien/Silesia/Moravia/Breslau/Koeningsberg industrial areas are gone in less than a week of ...

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The 190A8/R8 are better in my opinion, not much, but better. I don't build Ta154, too many engines required; any of you can tell how they fight?<br/>
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At some point I realized that it is better to use ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: cohimbra<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Soldmaxim<br/>
skiing/ski touring in your wonderful Alto Adige area...
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...it's not bad [:D]<br/>
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BTR game and climbing/skitouring in areas like Pale di San Martino/Cevedale ...

<t> My win score calculation show that the 43 game must be won either before Gustav line breakthrough (end of May) as you loose industry points with captured factories in Central Italy before the front settles at Gothic line. Same with Normandy - if you haven't won it by end of July 44 - you loose ...

<t> I play against AI - right, otherwise 345 turns would be at least 5 years - I think... Still it was 9 months - actually started this last campaign in January 2014 - between skiing/ski touring in your wonderful Alto Adige area...<br/>
109G5AS is faster, better manoeuvrability and longer range ...

<t> I made an advancement in my 44 long game until 02 February 1945. Almost won it (just 1 point below win score) in July 44 before Normandy breakthrough...<br/>
Now stand with airsuperiorty always at 1, industry 9 points and 18 for terror bombing. 1196 Me 262 in pool, fighter force a mix of 152H/C ...

<t> Has anyone actually won (or lost) the 44 campaign playing the German side? Could not find any reporting in the forum...<br/>
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My latest status: it is the end of September 44 and my Axis sorties are always higher than Allied. Once I shot over 500 allied planes in a day. Allied air ...

My point was that this method (finding units in the Luftflotte roster and transferring them to a well-positioned airfield) allows to avoid waiting 30 days before the unit reappear.

<t> Haven't found any after-action/tips for 44 long. Some observations by turn 200 - end of August '44.<br/>
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It seems that the only win strategy should be aimed at July '44 before the Normandy breakout. I think I was 1 point away from victory in both/20 turns in July with -4 Industry, 3 a/c ...

<t> Adding results here - don't wish to create another thread. 10th of July 44... Normandy Front stands steady. Over 600 Ta-152H and 150 152C, discontinued production of 190D. Me262A shown as 08/44. Continue to reequip all 190A6/8 with 152C and 109G6AS+190D with 152H. Night fighters every turn add ...

<t> Summarizing - this "unhistorical" flow of ground combat events (why the damned city of Caen is lost on the 4th day after D as well as Cherbourgh one day after...) makes me save every turn keep it for 8-10 days. But with little interest to waste extra time replaying those turns I moved all ...

Most likely... but they are there for two weeks - which exceeds Market Garden 8 days - where else should I expect those paratroopers?

<t> Some recent observations by June 22 44 Long Campaign as German side:<br/>
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When D-day land invasion started I've lost rail-flak unit I had in Caen. Those seem to disappear forever. Therefore I increased arming ground troops around Normandy with extra Flak - some have over 150 guns ...