September 16, 1944.
Amphibious pool: It has lost a few in rainy weather due to unit movement. That gives a clue. Some major changes are occurring. Amount is 139. Still a consistent small number.
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This turn stretched into many days due to outside commitments so I forgot to record the air war numbers. Oops. I do recall that Germany lost around three hundred and Allies around 700 though.
I also think maybe somebody in WitW administration took a look at the challenge and corrected the BLM (Battle Locator Mode). We have records again.
No hexes were taken in D-Day region despite a couple near victories. Weather and changing of air missions did hamper results. This also made the turn take several days to complete, doing a few hours a day. Hexes attacked are highlighted in yellow.
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Air interdiction is low for Allies over the D-Day area too, due to weather and air mission changes. Many squadrons were deleted to consolidate logistics and make for strong air wings. This by the way, does not cost an administration point.
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Following picture shows Italian front. Two hexes were taken by combat and are circled in red. Six other hexes were attacked and the whole German line is looking to be weakened. There are only a few hex rows to take in Southern Italy. Unfortunately, this still leaves Northern Italy. Another year of hell for the Allies. Ha.
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Final thought: Allies are attacking much right now. One could sit back and protect victory points to ensure a neutral victory, (Draw). However, that gets away from a realistic game and would make the challenge boring.
I am playing the Allied side as I think the Allies would be conducting themselves historically. Of course strategic bombing is a game function that must be maintained or else game play would be manipulated by Allies. So though I am not worrying about victory points, I need to maintain a healthy strategic bombing campaign. The Expanded Allied Air Headquarters scenario is designed around this.
If Metalist and I were playing with normal air function I believe he would be having the Germans kicking the Allies off France. Even now Allies are finding it difficult to move off of D-Day region.
