Expanded Allied Air HQ

[kentkroeckel]

December 2, 1944.

I have one more hex I will show results to. Brest Peninsula. Second attack took it but there is no BLM of it.

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In total, one hex was taken on D-Day. Four hexes on Brest Peninsula.

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Allies amassing more units on southern French invasion site.

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BLM did not work for Italy. In total four hexes were taken in Italy.

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[kentkroeckel]

December 9, 1944.

Victory points: For turn -25 and game total is -261.

Europe air: Cold.
Ground: Light snow.
Snow level is 2-4 and water level is 1-4.

Northern Italy. Air is heavy rain.
Ground is heavy mud.
Water level is 5-9. There will not be many attacks in these conditions.

I purged logs for this turn and air did not load correctly. Went to metrics and it displayed 106 losses for German while Allies lost 76. No idea what type.

Metalist sent Germany's one attack to me by E-mail and that is the one that recorded for Allies. But thank you metalist becasue the system is getting to be a hit and miss with records.

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I highlighted a few items in this German attack. To start with, Germany is attacking. Next, there are at least five armored Axis divisions involved, most SS. Over nine hundred armored vehicles for Axis while Allies had over a thousand. 114 were lost by German while Allies lost 360.

D-Day area only had one hex change; Germany withdrew from it due to exposure. It is circled in green.

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Italy is the next picture and not much to show. No change and weather will limit Allies on this turn.

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Final picture for German phase is ground losses. Allies lost near eight thousand while Germany lost near two thousand two hundred.

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[kentkroeckel]

December 9, 1944.

Germany lost 348 aircraft from air phases while Allies lost 797. This is an advantage of 449 for Luftwaffe. There were near a hundred more losses for Germany during ground combat.
Below is chart for Allied air phase.

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Next chart shows ground losses for both sides during Allied combat.

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Next picture shows a hex won on Brest Peninsula.

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Final picture shows the hexes won by Allies. there are six for Brest. The port of Malo has now been isolated. At least for a turn.

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[kentkroeckel]

December 9, 1944.

A port was taken on D-Day site. Granville. It took three attacks to get it. Below is this.
Attack one:

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Attack two:

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Attack three:

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Two hexes were taken by Allies and are in red.

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In Northern Italy there was only a hex taken so not worth a separate response.

[bairdlander2]

Show where the SU is, I do not recall but will they stop at Berlin?

[kentkroeckel]

Star date, supplemental. Star Trek humor there.

Great question Mr. Bairdlander2. This is a bit of a letdown when it comes to WitW. Final Russian advance line is not historical. In fact, only one of the three hexes of Berlin is shown as captured. And, the line is several hexes east of the Elbe River, which was the agreed to meeting line for both sides fighting Germany. Playing a historical game, Russia should be up to this point on turn 94 but is not near. I have found this point irritating because much of Germany is free from soviet occupation when in reality, this should not be the case.

A better representation would be for the Allies unable to cross the Elbe river. This is how Hungry, Yugoslavia, and Greece are dealt with. No Allied movement. But I am sure many players would not like it if Allies cannot take Berlin.

In WitW Yugoslavia and Greece are never taken by the Soviets yet Allies cannot enter them either. Yet historically, parts of Yugoslavia were occupied by Russia. Greece was not but that is because Germany pulled out and made a new line at the top (North) of Yugoslavia. This let partisans take control of these two nations in early 1945. As such, they should be converted to Soviet control, for game purposes. Definitely, not left under German control.

Example: I have German air units conducting air missions near the Greek border right now.

WitW did a good job with Austria on its final battle line. It shows the Soviets capturing Vienna in April of 1945. If I remember correct, the line might even go a couple hexes west of that, which is close enough to historical to not cause much of a fuss.

On the first week of 1945 I will do an update of front line for Russia Mr. Bairdlander2.

[bairdlander2]

My opinion one of the main reasons for D Day was to prevent the SU from taking all of Germany.

[kentkroeckel]

December 16, 1944.

Germany did one attack and below is the results. It happened on Brest Peninsula and was an expensive victory for Axis. But this is often the case, every hex being costly for Allied victories too.

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Despite weather, Germany was active with the air phase. 151 losses for Luftwaffe while Allies lost 49. Below is chart for this.

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Weather is snow over Europe in the Sky. Snow is on the ground. Water level is 3-5 while snow level is 4-7.

Heavy rain in Northern Italy. Ground is heavy mud. Water level is 7-9 while snow level is 1-2.

Germany pulled back on Brest Peninsula, making it possible for this and D-Day to soon link up. Below is picture of area withdrawn by German forces.

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Victory point for turn were -21 and game total is -282. Should reach -300 at end of year; minor victory for Germany.

[kentkroeckel]

December 16, 1944.

Total air losses for air phases were 227 for Axis while Allies lost 258.

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Allies took two hexes in Italy despite the weather. Following is one of them. It was taken in one attack.

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Next hex took two attacks. Below is first attack.

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Below shows final attack. The three German units routed.

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[kentkroeckel]

December 16, 1944.

Allies took a port and forced a surrender on Brest Peninsula.

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Following is picture of Peninsula. Not all hexes that Germany withdrew from have been occupied.

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Next picture is of D-Day.

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Final picture is of southern invasion point of France.

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[kentkroeckel]

December 23, 1944.

Germany did no attacks this turn.

Victory points: Turn -26. Game total is 308. This makes the challenge a minor victory for Germany at this point.
(-300 through -999)

Troop transport pool: 144.

Air is cold in Europe and rainy in Italy.
Ground is frozen in Europe and heavy mud in Italy.
Snow and water levels are high everywhere.

German air phase: 102 for Axis while Allies lost 18.
Allied air phase: 449 for Axis while Allies lost 1,108.
Ground operations: 56 for Axis while Allies lost 20.
Totals: 607 Axis. 1,146 Allies.

Luftwaffe advantage of 539. Allies flew low altitude air missions this turn on both strategic and tactical bombing missions with level bombers. Intensity was also increased.

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Brest Peninsula: Another port was taken and the remaining empty hexes were occupied. BLM is not showing anything this turn but port is circled.

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The other two landing sites in France had no change.

In Northern Italy two hexes were won but only one was occupied.

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There is an invasion next to Spain.

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On first week of 1945 I will update the air pools for both sides. Metalist was kind to send me some of his this last turn.