Overlord I

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mission list:

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mission list 2:

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Mission Report:
What a day planes going everywhere. AA still taking me to pieces. Mediums got a real pasting and the heaveys lost a few after getting hit by flak

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AC Lost:
Here's the butches bill not bad in the end, Starting to have troble with the FB's skill going down and no new typhoons coming in.

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Camp Score:

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Double Ace:



Don makes it to "Double Ace" and 4 others to Ace

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Top Pilots:

Best performing FG is the 56th with 4 Ace's and 6 more 1 kill away,

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Day 52
Raid Map:
8th Airforce is no longer on Overlord so this is most likly the last day they bomb troops. I am looking at those lovely Oil centers along the coast. If I hit them all in one day before he can bring most of his fighters back out of normandy I may have a chance of winning. OH and power plants.

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Mission List:

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Mission Report:
Good day for me, very few interceptor's and the ones that came up looked like Night Fighters (NF) that tends to tell me that most of his fighters are down in the Normandy / Paris area. Good for a free 8th Airforce!!

The ground troops that I went after have no HAA as my heavy bombers could fly in and bomb from 8000+ and not get a single bomber damaged.

Long range recon went well not a single recon shot down, I wonder if he noticed just how far some of these recons went and what industry they reconned.

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AC Lost:
Only 2 planes shot down today out of 2614 sorties. very good return 40% damage to 4 troops for only 2 planes, I wish it was was this easy every day.

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Camp Score:

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Day 53:
Bugger 8th Airforce back on Overlord targets today missed my window. Recon was good, lack of fighters up in belgium and resonable weather, but not allowed to go that way.

Need to change my plans:

6.2.8 Page 86
The more disruption the Allied player can deliver to ground troops, the easier it will be for Allied troops to cause a breakthrough (a breakthrough occurs when a permanent defensive line has been breached - ie , the Gustav Line, the Gothic Line, the Normandy Front, and the West Wall). The sooner the
Allied breakthrough occurs, the better chance the Allied player has to score points necessary to
win the campaign. But all is not as easy as it seems, for ground troops collect reinforcements
as play goes on (through a line of rail yards), which helps them to maintain their combat
effectiveness and hold their defensive lines.

There are several different ground troop types in Bombing the Reich:
(1) Infantry (divided between regular infantry (a box with a full X), static infantry (an empty box),
and parachute troops (a box with paratroop symbol). There are no real differences between
these infantry types; the difference is reflected in their Combat Values (see below).
(2) Panzergrenadier (a box with an X and an oval armor symbol) These units represent lighter
armored units, half-tracks, etc.
(3) Armor (a box with an oval armor symbol). These represent stronger and more fully armed
units.

More Disruption?

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This damage represents a unit’s disruption level. During play, this disruption is alleviated by reinforcements and resupply, which are piped into the unit through connected supply-line rail yards. Attacking a unit’s supply line (which is reflected by a white line when you select the unit), can delay reinforcements and supply from reaching the targets, but will rarely ever permanently cripple the unit.

100 percent damage certain rail yards! Check all supply lines to choose new rail targets?

6.2.9 Page 88
The goal of the Allied player, through his coordination of the air war, is to try to deliver as much disruption damage to ground units as he can. The more disruption/damage he delivers, the better his invasion forces will fight and the better the breakthrough.

At the end of each turn after an Allied invasion has occurred (a message will appear telling you
when the invasion begins), the game determines the current state of the ground war by rolling
dice. The game makes a separate roll for each Axis unit on the map. The game compares the
combat value of the Axis unit against the roll, and if the Axis player wins, a breakthrough is
delayed by one day. If the Axis player fails the roll, then the breakthrough is accelerated by one
day.

There are four Allied invasion stages:

First Invasion Stage: Right after the Allies come ashore. Axis units start moving toward their
initial defensive line (the Gustav Line in Italy or the Normandy Line in France).

Second Invasion Stage: This is the Allies attempt at breaking through the initial defensive line.

Third Invasion Stage (delaying phase): After the breakthrough of the initial defensive line,
Axis forces withdraw to their secondary defensive line (West Wall in Germany or the Gothic
Line in Northern Italy). During this stage, there are dice roll chances that the Axis troops may
delay the advance.

Fourth Invasion Stage: This is the Allies attempt at breaking through the secondary defensive
line.

Fifth Invasion Stage: This is the period following the Allied breakthrough of the secondary
defensive line. If Allied troops break the West Wall, they advance towards Berlin and (ultimately)
win the scenario. If Allied troops break the Gothic Line, they advance towards Northern Italy.

I should be a few days in front by now?

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compare the points:

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troop strenght:
I had it going the right direction

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Total points:
These don't look good:

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Supply Line Review:



Main supply line into Normandy, there are 18 units using this supply line. 2 more join in Serqueux, 2 others from Averanches and 1 from Tergnier as it moves to the front for a grand total of 23 out of 41. So over half the german forces use this one supply line. I think I found my new target list?

Rouen - Serqueux - Creil - Tergnier - Hirson - Reims - Haine-St.Pierre - Luxembourg - Ehrang - Prum - Mechernich - Euskirchen - Koblenz/Mosel

Closest Supply City to Unit: (A few secondary targets to add to my list)
Amsterdam Haven - Port x2 units
Tilburg - Area
Namur - Area
Courtrai - Area
Hazebrouck - Area x3 units
St.Pol Sur Mer - Area
Amiens - Area
Serqueux - Area x 2 units
Tergnier - Area
Rouen - Area x18 units "Super Target"
Vincennes - Area
Orleans - Area x2 units
Tours - Area
Lemans - Area
Angers - Area
Averanches - Area x2 units
Vannes - Area x2 units

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Raid Map:
Going after his supply line today. 2 day raids + 2 BC raids 1 to a target I have not hit yet. looks like BC will be hitting the far end of the supply line over the next few nights.

FB's are going after the armour group on the coast.

One thing I noticed my guys flew a great raid day yesterday but today some of them have taken massive morale hits with many planes down for repair. Havocs went from 70+ moral to down in the 40's

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Mission List:

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337 FB's at 500 going after the 21st Panzer. This had a good result last time very little disruption but a good return on phisical damage. This may be the way to attack troops, the heavies cause disruption but they don't seem to be able to get the white destroyed messages that the FB's down on the deck do. Even the FB attacking from above 8000 (outside LAA) dont seem to destroy much.