Autumn Fog - Axis

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A look at the overall situation.

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The situation near Hongen.

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The situation North of Elsenborn. If the Americans do not react soon, another large pocket may be created.

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The fighting around Malmedy continues to be fierce. I had pushed 3 Pz Gren into the battle in the morning and they found it so hard, they are reorganizing this afternoon.

I am close to completing a pocket around the American forces South of the Ambleve R. This should be closed this afternoon.

In the SW, the remnants of the 3rd Armd has been very effective attacking my forces South of Hotten.

Another US Division has been spotted moving forward. They are likely to arrive this afternoon or early in the morning. I need to be ready for their arrival.

9 SSPz will withdraw to La Roche from their positions West of the town. 25 Pz Gren will move West towards this area to act as a reserve in case the Americans break through here.

H Goring Div will provide flank protection to the West – entrenching along the rivers.

12 SS Pz div will push to Aywaille. This will complete the encirclement.

9 Pz, 2 SS Pz 15 Pz Gren and the VGDs in the area, will pressure the Americans in front of them. I want to start their destruction.

I also want to use 2 Pz to enlargen the bridgehead at Malmedy. 10 SS is moving North to enter the battle tomorrow.

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The situation along the Southern flank.

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I'm going to try to keep up with this between turns in my game with Gary.

Here is the situation at the moment:

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A look at the situation on Christmas Eve

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Playing two games at once is fun, but it is harder to remember what is going on.

Here is the overview of the current situation:

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That was an interesting 12 hours.

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It has been 48 hours since the last detailed view of this part of the battlefield. I have managed to destroy the majority of a couple of American divisions and have pushed to the outskirts of Aachen.

I have also been able to seize Duren and a bit of a bridgehead here.

The Allied response has been late coming, but it has started to show now. This morning, the Brits started attacking in the North and elements of at least three divisions cans be seen around Maastricht.

Up to now, I have been trying to exploit by pushing down the river and surrounding the Americans against the river.

I think it is time to switch this and head to Aachen. With a push from the South, I may be able to create a really large pocket. I can use the VGDs on the East side of the pokcet and the GR Deuts on the West. If I can get into Aachen, I can defend along the ridge/improved position for a bit.

It will be interesting to see if that Brit group comes East or goes South.

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Here is the situation near Hofen.

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The bridgehead over the Robertville-Malmedy-Trois Ponts river/line has expanded slowly over the last few days. The American have thrown lots of units into the fray, slowing down my advance, but not stopping it.

Meanwhile to the West, good initiative by some divisional commanders allowed me to grab some crossing points over the Meuse River, just before the Allies arrived. The 2nd Armd Div is near Huy and the Brits and elements of the 5th Armd Div are near Liege. The 5th Armd div is very spread out, with some elements near Aachen off to the East.

As is shown in the picture in the top right corner, in one case, a regimental commander was a little too happy to chase a supply dump and has now been cut off North of Liege. I should not have allowed the unit to follow the supply dump. Oh well.

This afternoon, I want to build up my defences along the Meuse River. I do not need to push past it at the moment, but I need to hold it. I do not know where the Brits are going and I’m a little overextended here, so I need to regroup. I will also start moving two SS divisions into the area.

I’m going to picket the American units cut off in the Stoumont area – freeing up some more units to move West.

South of Verviers, I have almost completed the destruction of the American units on the West side of their defence line – I did destroy a Corps HQ unit this morning. I want the units there to start moving towards Verivers, creating a pocket in the SE corner of the map. I will also be pushing towards Eupen.

These moves, should free up some more of my units to head towards Liege.

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The situation in the South

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An overview...

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Here is the latest situation report...

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A great result from South of Bastogne. This came after a supply depot easily turned back one of my Pz regiments.

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Just when I thought I had everything in hand, the Brits arrive...

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Playing two games at once is a challenge. I keep getting the two mixed up in my head...

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A great result for the Americans - maybe my divisional commander needs to be sacked

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This is a very fun scenario! Here is the recent situation