AAR - Lasting Valor (American)

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Turn 5/American - German Administrative Segment

None of the broken German units rallies

Turn 5/American - US Movement Segment

The HS near the mortars Assault moves to draw fire from the German HS, but suffers no damage.
The C leader stack Assault moves in the trench overlooking the last German-occupied VP hex; the German LMG-armed HS in the VP hex fires but does no harm.
The A** leader stack moves to the hilltop.
The C* leader stack arrives on the level 3 plateau.

Turn 5/American - German Defensive Fire Segment

The German Lt MTR fires at the A** leader stack on the hilltop with no effect

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Turn 5/American - American Advancing Fire

The two stacks on the left fire at the LMG-armed HS with no effect.
The HS fires at the adjacent HS with no effect.

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Turn 5/American - German Administrative Segment

None of the broken German units rallies

Turn 5/American - US Advance Segment

The C* leader joins the C leader stack; the latter backs away 1 hex to rally any possible broken unit.
The two squads and the 60mm MTR advance to the hilltop, joining the A** leader.
The HS enters CC with the German Lt MTR HS.

Turn 5/American - Close Combat Segment

The two HS remain locked in Melee

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Turn 5/German - German Administrative Segment

None of the broken German units rallies

Turn 5/German - German Fire Segment

The LMG-armed squad fires at the C* stack with no effect

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Turn 5/German - US Defensive Fire Segment

Both stacks fire at the LMG-armed HS with no effect

Turn 5/German - Advancing Fire Segment

The German HS near the Lt MTR fires at the A** stack (another AI mistery: why had it not fired in the Fire Segment? Its low FP would not have been halved [&:])

Turn 5/German - German Rout Segment

The German wounded and broken leader routs in Low Crawl mode towards the last VP hex in German control.

Turn 5/German - Close Combat

The two HS remain locked in melee.

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Turn 6/American - German Administrative Segment

None of the broken German units rallies

Turn 6/American - US Fire Segment

The 60mm mortar fires at the LMG-armed HS and breaks it; it retains ROF and fires at the German HS near the mortars with no effect.
The squads and the MMG fire at the same HS, eliminating it and breaking the leader.

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Turn 6/American - US Movement Segment

The units of the C* leader stack move to surround the broken German HS occupying the last VP hex and the broken leader, so as to kill them through Failure to Rout.

The C* leader moves adjacent to the other broken German leader, so as to force it to rout in open terrain (and to be hopefully killed by the A** stack in the next US fire Segment)

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Turn 6/American - US Advancing Fire Segment

The C* leader squad fires at the adjacent broken German leader and wounds it

Turn 6/American - German Rout Segment

The broken German HS occupying the last VP hex and the broken leader are killed through Failure to Rout.
The broken wounded German leader routs in open terrain in Low Crawl mode

Turn 6/American - US Advance Segment

American squads advance into the last VP hex and obtain a Major Victory

Turn 6/American - Close Combat Segment

The American HS kills the German HS in CC

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Nothing happened during the German Turn 6 and the whole Turn 7, except a one-man counterattack by the German D* leader that spent the whole scenario in the stone building and that probably was the sole German surviving unit.
Despite being targeted by all the US squads, on the first attempt, it was only broken and wounded; it rallied and tried again, but the second time it was eliminated by a 22 FP @ -4 DRM attack.

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On a side note, I have a peculiar fondness of the 92nd Infantry Division, as it was the first Allied unit to reach my home town on April 27th, 1945. It eliminated some pockets of hard-core Nazis who refused to surrender and threatened to shell the harbour with coastal guns. The appearance of several M-10s from the 894th TD Bn made them change their minds pretty quickly [:D].

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Outstanding AAR to follow being so graphical with explanations, as always. It took me
all seven turns to win so your play was superior. [:)]

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I have been lucky: neutralising the German HMG on the first turn and not having to deal with it for the whole game has helped me a lot.