Defending Greater Germania 1942

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Hi
Just a note for those on here that might be interested I am doing a multi game on the WITE2 forum ( being the current new game ) but will put in notices here for when things are posted.

This is the link

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 2#p5030452

regards

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Hi
Just finished posting couple of turns on the WITE 2 forum

So far so Good for Germany sought of

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 4#p5031634

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Just finished turn 6 North Africa also turn 4 Eastern front for those who have not seen them.

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https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 7#p5041287

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Hi
I don't know how many here are also on WITE 2 but I started a combined AAR on that forum some 3 years ago, well The Axis triumphed on the Eastern Front in Jan 1945 but the fight in the West continues and as such I will continue the fight on this forum now, its taken me some time to get my act together and post a report but its time this is a PVE game so don't get to excited as it could get boring real quick but I want to see this through to the end.

The Strategic Situation


Russia has surrendered , Axis Forces now begin to disarm and demobilise The Red Army, there is basically a stalemate situation on the Western and Mediterranean Fronts.

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Here is the the link of the AAR from the very beginning

https://forums.matrixgames.com/viewtopic.php?t=387828

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Western Front
Situation Report Dec 30th 1944 ( a week before the Soviet Surrender ) Turn 79
Army Group B / Army Group D

OKW Headquarters Paris

News is spreading through Rommel's Command that its just a matter of days before a unconditional surrender in the east, no sign of the Western Allies offering any negotiations though.
Mainland Europe comes under heavy air attack as enemy bombers strike at northwest Germany, France and the Low countries.

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In the Baltic a massive air battle takes place starting from Friesland and ending at Mecklenburg and Pomerania as Luftflotte Reich ( Weise ) battles the US 8th Air force across more than 380 miles of territory, despite General Weise's air units putting up heroic efforts the V - Weapon facilities at Greifwalds, Swinemuende, Neustrelitz and Stettin take heavy damage, both our forces and the enemy took heavy losses throughout the battle.

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Western Front
Situation Report Dec 30th 1944 ( a week before the Soviet Surrender ) Turn 79
Army Group B / Army Group D


Further south The Ruhr was targeted along with Cologne, Brussels, Antwerp and many other industrial centres, German air defences countered with Josef Kammhuber's I Jagd Korps intercepting many enemy raids.

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Paris was attacked several times including the OKW Chief's Headquarters, at Normandy the enemy continued to concentrate attacks on the beach defences as our forces continue to rebuild and strengthen the fortifications along the coastline.
In northwestern France there were only limited attacks on Army Group D positions, the command continues to build up its forces.

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Western Front
Situation Report Dec 30th 1944 Turn 79
Army Group H

Southern France / ligurian Sea

We continue to interdict air operations from Corsica as well as seaborne supply operations that maintain US 7th Army's positions on the French coast, both 1st Armee and 19th Armee have contained the enemy along a 30 mile beachhead, with only two small ports to resupply them ( Cannes and Cogolin ) the enemy remains pinned down on the beaches, however the enemy still maintains superiority in the air over the battlefield for now.

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Italian Front
Situation Report Dec 30th 1944 Turn 79
Army Group C

With Italy now the West's only major front in the war the air operations have for some time been reduced with most of the enemy air units diverted to supporting the beachhead in southern France, still the enemy has conducting medium scale raids on the central sector of the Axis lines against 5th Pz Armee and 10th Armee units in an effort to soften the defences for a Allied breakthrough.

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The Volturno Line sector

Us 5th Army launches a series of attacks, US 18th Airborne Corps ( Ridgway ) with the 101st Airborne leading the assault and supported by Infantry from US 4th Corps and Brit 5th Corps launch a direct attack along the coast road, the attack is blunted by Balck's Panzer troops, Ridgway regroups and attacks only to be halted again with heavy losses.

North of this fighting General Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin's 14th Armee is again the main target of Allied operations as LXXXXVII ArmeeKorps ( Kuebler ) comes under heavy pressure as four Allied Corps assault the line with massed armour, the enemy makes three attempts to dislodge our troops but fails.

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The Adriatic Sea Front
The Biferno line sector

On 10th Armee's front Allied forces struck at two sectors of the line firstly a joint Canadian / Polish armoured assault against LI Mountain ArmeeKorps, swinging around Hans Hube's XIV Pz Korps which was defending the line south of Isernia, the joint attack gained little ground as Allied armour ran into the 90th PzGren Div and the attack was halted without getting across the river, a second attempt also failed.

On the right flank of LI Mountain the second Allied effort also ran into trouble as two enemy Corps moved against LXXIV ArmeeKorps, 6th SA Armoured Div clashed with 16th Panzer while enemy Infantry tried to force a crossing of the river only to be driven back twice with heavy losses.

After another week of Allied efforts to push our forces back from our river defences and push through our line fails.