Defending Greater Germania 1942 - Includes combined WitW and WitE2 AARs

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Western Front
Situation Report June 10th 1944 Turn 50
Army Group B

With the ground turning to mud and rain falling Allied forces attempt to breakout of the Normandy area launching several assaults, after retaking Sword beach west of Dieppe and coming under intense pressure Von Schweppenburg's Panzer troops are pulled out of the line to regroup and refit, Walther lucht's ( LXVI ) and Adolf Kuntzen's ( LXXXI ) ArmeeKorps redeploy to quickly man the defences vacated by LVIII Pz Korps.
Attacking from Juno beach elements of US 1st Army supported by Brit XXX Corps hit the two ArmeeKorps both units taking large losses but maintaining control of the key town and airfield of St - Valery, on the left flank of the enemy beachhead a massive battle takes place The Allies launch three huge tank assaults on General Herr's LXXVI Pz Korps and Wilhelm Fahrmbacher's XXV ArmeeKorps, over 1200 tanks ( combined from both sides ) clash with the enemy striking from three directions on Utah, Omaha and Gold sites trying to punch through and force back the 21st and Lehr Panzer Divisions, supported by the 709th Inf Div all attacks fail with heavy enemy losses.
By weeks end the Allies halt all major attacks and both sides regroup.

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Western / Mediterranean Fronts
June 10th 1944
Stats

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Eastern Front
Situation Report June 15th 1944 Turn 83
Army Group North

Operation Fischreiher II
Week 5

On the Northern front Kempf's Armee once again halts after reaching Sharya, both 2nd Baltic and 2nd Belorussian Fronts have little in the way of manpower to resist 8th Armee however the further east Axis forces advance through the Kazan region a wider gap grows on the Arctic Front, the Finnish Army is yet to defeat Soviet forces in the Arkhangelsk Region, LIV Armeekorps is ordered to push north and capture Konosha and threaten Red Army supply lines.

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The advance further south is slowed after the capture of Cheboksary both 16th and 4th Armee's advance on a wide front, enemy opposition is minimal but with supply lines so long in the rear areas as the troops push through the forests of The Volga Uplands, weather is also a factor as it continues to change by the week and The Red Army still continues to resist against the odds.

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Eastern Front
Situation Report June 15th 1944 Turn 83
Army Group Centre

Operation Fischreiher II
Week 5

3rd Pz Armee Infantry push on through one of the many heavily forested areas of the Middle Volga Region then cross the Barysh river unopposed as outnumbered Red Army Units fall back leaving Reinhardt now only 50 miles from Syzran,latest reports indicate that whats left of the 1st Belorussian, 3rd Belorussian and 3rd Baltic Fronts are preparing there defences around the Soviet Governments last seat of power Kuybyshev. While the centre drive continues General Kirchner informs the Field Marshal that LVII Pz Korps is refitted and ready for operations with the unit already en route by rail to Zolotarevka 30 miles east of Penza for combat deployment.
The main force of 2nd Armee which has already reached the Volga continues its fortification preparations around the town of Volsk, Salmuth orders Rolf Wuthmann's XXX ArmeeKorps to extend the defensive line further east to Balakovo.

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LVII Pz Korps preparing for the rail journey to the front


Further south of Saratov Army Group Centre has completed its operations, Saratov itself is defended by LXXII ArmeeKorps ( Grasser ) with 9th Armee defending the rest of the line to Gorny Balykley, Soviet forces withdrawing to Elton, all that remains of 2nd Ukrainian Front are isolated units cut off behind our lines, Ernst Hell's VII ArmeeKorps is now ordered north and assigned to 3rd Pz Armee.

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Eastern Front
Situation Report June 15th 1944 Turn 83
Army Group South / Army Group A



Operation Fischreiher II
Week 5

In The Donets Basin Army Group South and elements of 18th Armee eliminate almost all of The Soviet 13th and 18th Army's all that remains are 6th Tank Corps, 14th Mech Corps and 3rd Guards Artillery Division trapped in an area between The Chir and liska rivers, 4th Rum Army is ordered to redeploy to the Voroshilovgrad area to rest and refit. General Woehler pleased with success of his forces as operations wind up southern Russia.

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Eastern Front
Situation Report June 15th 1944 Turn 83
Army Group A / Army Group South

Operation Fischreiher II
Week 5


At Stalingrad the defenders continue to hold out as both 4th Pz Armee and 18th Armee expand the defensive perimeter securing the Rail network, 6th Armee and 17th Armee now turn there attention to the isolated pockets in the rear, three Tank Corps remain cutoff in the Astrakhan region, FM Kleist calls a halt to Caspian operations now that all objectives have been achieved.

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Western Front
Situation Report June 17th 1944 Turn 51
Army Group B


There is heavy enemy air activity by The Western Allies as there bomber forces strike at a variety of industrial Targets in Germany and Holland, damage varied as our ground and air defences put up spirited resistance, the German Capital was also targeted by long range observation flights.

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The battle for control of the skies over Normandy continues as our ground forces come under heavy attack from The US 8th and 9th Air forces hoping to soften our lines for a ground breakthrough, however German air units supported by large numbers of AA units have been inflicting heavy losses on attacking enemy formations, in an effort to reduce our air power over the landing sites enemy bombers begin striking at air bases across France.

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Once again forward ground observers report Allied planes performing supply drops at the enemy landing site.

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Italian Front / Western Front
Situation Report June 17th 1944 Turn 51
Army Group C / Austria

Over the Italian mainland enemy air operations appear to be reducing as there is no longer the blanket observation flights over the central and southern parts of the country although Rome and its surrounding environs were subjected to recon flights,there was some operations in Tuscany but Allied air operations centred around the tactical support the enemy ground assaults on our defence lines.

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US 15th Airforce Bombers struck targets in lower Austria including Vienna, while damage was considerable to Oil and Heavy Industry facilities the enemy also suffered large plane numbers from ground and air defences.

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Italian Front
Situation Report June 17th 1944 Turn 51
Army Group C

More heavy fighting on the coast in the Bay of Naples as the enemy attempts to push 5th Pz Armee back with two armoured assaults, both attacks fail with SS units inflicting large losses forcing Allied troops to pull back to there starting positions.
Twenty miles inland Hube's Panzer troops face an even larger set of attacks, advancing on two fronts, four Allied Corps lead by the US II Corps clash with the HG and 15th Panzer Divisions which halt the first advance, the enemy regroups and two more attacks are launched throughout the week, XIV Pz Korps holds firm.
On the Adriatic side of the peninsula 10th Armee also comes under more pressure with British, Commonwealth and Free French forces attacking on a 30 mile front hoping to force a breakthrough, launching combined Inf / Armour assaults in an effort to find a weak point in our defence line, after a series of attacks which are unable to break our fortified positions Montgomery calls off further attacks.

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Western Front
Situation Report June 17th 1944 Turn 51
Army Group B

The rain continues to fall in both Northwestern and Northeastern France and light mud on the ground impeding both sides operations, despite this the Allies attempt to break our lines by attacking towards St - Valery, Walther lucht's LXVI ArmeeKorps has taken over defence of the town and airfield as the US 1st Army and Brit XXX Corps launch a series of attacks hoping to retake the Port town and expand there beachhead, with armoured support Inf and Paratroop units launch direct assaults but fail to dislodge our forces, LXVI ArmeeKorps takes heavy losses but the Allies take more.

On the Northwestern side of the landing site General Herr's LXXVI Pz Korps comes under heavy attack from three sides, another huge tank battle takes place as The Brit 2nd Army along with elements of four US Corps attempt to push towards the Seine river, outnumbered 3 to 1 in manpower the line holds as Herr's Panzer's blunt the enemy advance and cause large casualties on the enemy.

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Western Front / Mediterranean Front
Situation Report June 17th
Stats report

Both sides suffering large casualties and the Allies losing many AFV's

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Allied air losses continue to climb.

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Eastern Front
Situation Report June 22nd 1944 Turn 84
Army Group North

Operation Fischreiher II
Week 6

The rain continues to pour in the far north as Von Kuechler's Army's foot march through the heavily forested regions of Volgda and Kazan, both 16th Armee and 8th Armee advance on a wide front gaining between 10 to 30 miles for the week, Red Army Units amount to AA and Sapper Regiments hurriedly setting up defence lines to oppose our approaching troops. LIV ArmeeKorps pushing north towards Konosha report the presence of a Soviet Headquarters unit in the town itself possibly the 58th Army, however recon units have not encountered any combat formations so far.

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Further south 4th Armee units have virtually remained static since the capture of Cheboksary apart from XII ArmeeKorps pushing north towards Yoshkar-Ola, Walther Graessner's men now only 10 miles from the city, Soviet armour was spotted 30 miles southeast of Kanash but with no infantry support withdrew.
Overall combat wise the northern front is quiet.

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Eastern Front
Situation Report June 22nd 1944 Turn 84
Army Group Centre

Operation Fischreiher II
Week 6

3rd Pz Armee advance has slowed, Novospasskoe is captured as Kirchner's Panzer's arrive and take up there positions on the front to the friendly gibes from the infantry who continue trudging through the mud and rain towards Syzran,on the right flank Wuthmann's XXX ArmeeKorps is also close to reaching there objective, with no major enemy units opposing the advance the capture of both cities seems all but certain.

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Panzer's of the LVII roll past troops from 83rd Inf Div ( LIX ArmeeKorps )



On 2nd Armee's main front Salmuth consolidates the defensive line along the Volga River, 2nd and 4th Ukrainian Fronts seem to be positioning the remnants of the forces well back.

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North of Stalingrad Brandenberger's Armee is fortifying there positions and refitting after the battles in the Rostov region, all but two enemy units continue to hold out, but is little hope of rescue, 9th Armee is low on manpower, with many units under strength and in need of rest. The lull in the fighting is much needed for the Ostheer.

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Eastern Front
Situation Report June 22nd 1944 Turn 84
Army Group South

Operation Fischreiher II
Week 6


With all Axis Allied forces withdrawn and redeployed to the rear of the front line, discussion as to whether the German Allies are needed on the Eastern Front for future operations in the interim they will remain as a second line of defence in the Rostov and Voronezh regions.

In and around the the Stalingrad sector Axis forces continue mopping up operations while maintaining pressure on the enemy garrison holding out in the suburbs, with weather turning bad once again and general exhaustion of the troops, commanders are in no rush to assault the defenders yet.

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At OKH Headquarters General Tresckow with part of his staff, satisfaction with the success of Fischreiher II is clearly showing on the Generals face.

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Eastern Front
Situation Report June 22nd 1944 Turn 84
Army Group A

Operation Fischreiher II
Week 6

Kleist's forces have almost finished there mopping up operations in the Astrakhan region all that remains is the Soviet 24th Tank Corps and an Infantry unit, these should be dealt with very shortly with most of the Army Group taking up a strong defensive line along the Volga, recon teams from infantry units deploying forward of the our own armour report columns of Soviet Tanks moving south, however no major Infantry build up has been detected yet and given the massive losses over the last several months confidence is high that this new threat can be dealt with.

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Western Front
Situation Report June 24th 1944 Turn 52
Army Group B

A new week of Allied air activity over occupied Europe sees large bombing raids against targets on the North Sea, also the enemy is concentrating attacks in northwestern Germany and along The Baltic Coast, the German Capital was hit but the numbers of enemy bombers were small compared to previous raids and damage to Berlin was light, also the heavy presence of our fighter units caused large losses to Allied bombers.

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In France and Belgium where the bulk of enemy operations are being conducted once again saw the Allies strike at air bases, command and control centres and directly attacking ground forces along the front line at the invasion site, with most of our fighter units drawn off for interception duties across other parts of Europe German Flak defences were under heavy pressure to cover the troops on the ground.

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Mediterranean Front
Situation Report June 24th 1944 Turn 52
Army Group C / Army Group F

This Week sees enemy air activity increase back to its former levels after the small scale attacks last week, the Allies launching massive Reconnaissance operations across the Italian mainland, bombing raids against Rail facilities and ground interdiction flights against Axis forces defending the front line south of Rome.
Our air units conducting large scale intercept operations in coastal waters between Corsica and the mainland, our AA units stationed with combat units accounted for a large number of enemy bomber losses.

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In The Balkans the enemy once again launched long range bombing strikes at Rumania's Fuel and Oil facilities, damage was quite extensive with air losses on both sides also heavy.

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Italian Front
Situation Report June 24th 1944 Turn 52
Army Group C

The Axis defence of Italy continues as Von Arnim's troops come under heavy attack, German Intelligence reports a new Commander has taken over the US II Corps which attacks our troops defending Grazzanise, SS units contain the enemy push and force them back, further north elements of four Allied Corps launch a frontal assault against Hube's Panzer troops despite the odds the attack is stopped with large losses to the enemy. In the centre its relatively quiet with no major enemy operations.
On The Adriatic side 10th Armee is once again assaulted and a wide front by 8th Army, Commonwealth and US forces which launch repeated attacks against the heavily fortified defenders trying to force a crossing off the river, our armoured counterattacks halt any Allied advance and the enemy falls back.

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Western Front
Situation Report June 24th 1944 Turn 52
Army Group B

Normandy

7th and 15th Armee's continue to hold the Allies at bay at the beachhead so far but the weather has cleared and the massive enemy armour that been brought to the landing site could be the telling factor, seven Panzer Divisions all under strength are holding the Axis line together, Sep Dietrich's I SS Pz Korps is still not up to full strength after its first clashes with the Allied landing forces, the good news Wittmann's 501st Heavy SS Panzer Battalion which arrived the previous week without loss from Allied air attacks as the unit travelled from the south of France is ready for action.
Hoping for a breakthrough before our forces can launch our own counteroffensive Brit 2nd Army supported by US units assault Herr's positions, nine Allied divisions strike out at LXXVI Pz Korps entrenched troops, over 100,000 men attacking on three fronts, while German and Allied armour clash, while this is taking place US 1st Army now under the Command of Bradley launch a series of attacks towards St-Valery in an effort to dislodge LXVI ArmeeKorps, both Allied efforts fail resulting high losses on both sides.

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Western Theatre
Situation Report June 24th 1944 Turn 52
Stats Reports

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