Defending Greater Germania 1942 - Includes combined WitW and WitE2 AARs

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Eastern Front
Situation Report Dec 14th 1944 Turn 109
Army Group A

Operation Wintermärchen II

At Stalingrad the German Army raises the Flag in celebration of the its capture of the city.

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As ceremonies take place at Stalingrad on the front line Wilhelm Stemmermann's forces begin assaults on Soviet troops from the 41st and 43rd Armies, despite fielding it latest tanks in battle the Soviet armour is in no position to make any attempts to break out of the encirclement's, isolated out in the open 18th Armee crushes the pockets.

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Eastern Front
Situation Report Dec 14th 1944 Turn 109
Army Group South

Operation Wintermärchen II

On the Caspian front as German forces prepare to destroy the trapped Soviet armour the enemy rushes Infantry reserves south to support the remaining enemy units not caught in our encirclement's, however this operations is all to late as 1st Pz Armee outflanks the Soviet tank units and reaches the Caspian coastline north of the enemies positions creating a new pocket.

6th Armee and 17th Armee now begin the destruction of the cut off enemy troops, fighting is short as enemy resistance collapses, almost 35,000 enemy combatants are captured or killed.

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Western Front
Situation Report Dec 16th 1944 Turn 77
Army Group B / Army Group H

This week sees The Allies throwing caution to the wind and launching massive bombing raids across Western Europe, despite heavy snowfalls enemy raids struck The Low Countries, Luxembourg, France and Western Germany targeting Infrastructure facilities, Military Industry and Air bases, Luftwaffe High Command responded in kind with every available air unit that could put to the skies to counter the enemy attacks.

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In France the enemy struck at Paris with heavy raids,in The Pas De Calais region the RAF and US Bomber Command targeted Ports and Rail Centres, at Normandy enemy bombers launched multiply raids throughout the week from Dieppe to Le Harve, a total of 40 attacks on the area with saturation bombing, with our fighter units stretched to the limit in all sectors and bad weather hampering operations the Luftwaffe was hard pressed to counter all raids.

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Italian Front
Situation Report Dec 16th 1944 Turn 77
Army Group C

The weather in southern Europe eased somewhat giving the enemy a chance to launch air assaults against the Axis front line however enemy air activity was not as heavy as expected by Air Commanders, the enemy attacks ranged from small to medium size with enemy strength no larger than 100 planes, the attacks on ground forces and defensive fortifications caused negligible damage.

While enemy raids on the mainland were not great in numbers Luftwaffe Command decided marshal its forces on conducting intercept operations against enemy bomber forces attacking southern France, there were heavy air battles over the island of Corsica throughout the week.

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On the front line flak units of the 4th Fallschirmjaeger Div in action.

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Italian Front
Situation Report Dec 16th 1944 Turn 77
Army Group C

With the weather easing in southern Italy the Allies attempted to breach the Axis line launching major assaults in three sectors of The Volturno Line.

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On the Coast with the US 2nd Corps leading the attack the enemy assaults General Balck's LXXXX ArmeeKorps hoping to smash through and secure the coastal town, two attack during the week fail to break the line, further inland the Allies launch there biggest attacks against 14th Armee, massing nearly 700 hundred tanks but once again the attack is held up with enemy suffering heavy losses.
The enemies third push in the centre against XIV Pz Korps defending the line south of Isernia gains some ground but cannot force the defenders back and the enemy attack falters.

On the Adriatic line 10th Armee's front remains quiet.

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just wanted to drop a brief note thanking you again for this treasure of an AAR. You have an incredible talent and this is such a treat to periodically login and catch up. Looking forward to future AARs! Have you tried War in the Pacific: Admiral's edition?

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just wanted to drop a brief note thanking you again for this treasure of an AAR. You have an incredible talent and this is such a treat to periodically login and catch up. Looking forward to future AARs! Have you tried War in the Pacific: Admiral's edition?

Thanks for the kind words I got two weeks to go in this AAR which I have been a bit slack in doing this last month, of course its all over on the Eastern Front but there is still the Western and Mediterranean Front ( WITW ) to continue with.

I have looked into War In The Pacific and would be tempted to purchase the game and take a look playing it but at the moment the new WITE2 Patch which the current AAR is not being used has me looking forward to playing a 1941 campaign.

Another AAR sure, I enjoyed doing this one but it might be a little while in the making.

Again thanks for the support

Regards

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Eastern Front
Situation Report Dec 21st 1944 Turn 110
Army Group North / Army Group Centre


Operation Wintermärchen II

On the Northern front the weather continues to hinder any major advances by Axis forces, 4th Armee cuts off a second Tank Corps as it attempts to slip through our lines to rescue the 16th Tank Corps trapped the previous week, while LVI Pz Korps launches two unsuccessful attacks on the enemy elements of 4th Armee and 16th Armee push forward across the Vyakta river towards Mozhga and Agryz where Intelligence have determined are where the 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts Headquarters are situated.

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After the destruction of Soviet forces along the central front Axis forces went over onto the defensive in 9th Armee sector as more Red Army units pushed forward, Erich Brandenberger content to let the enemy attack his troops in heavily fortified positions, while this was taking place 2nd Armee advanced towards Ozinki only 80 miles from Uralsk on the Ural river.

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At 3Pz Armee HQ a special train is being prepared to take the Soviet Leader back to Berlin, news of his capture spreading around the world however die hard resistance by the Red Army continues and as of yet there is still no indication of who is actually in control of the remnants of the Communist regime.

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Eastern Front
Situation Report Dec 21st 1944 Turn 110
Army Group A / Army Group South

Operation Wintermärchen II

On the southern front Stemmermann's 18th Armee redeploys and prepares for more attacks by Soviet forces which have pushed towards Axis lines on the Stalingrad front, several enemy Infantry units making contact with 18th Armee's first defence line but make no real attempt to assault the defences which are 30 miles deep.
At Stalingrad itself Walther Nehring's Armee bunkers down in the frozen city and continues to rest and rebuild.

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On The Caspian front Kleist's forces continue the destruction of enemy with 1st Pz Armee destroying three Armoured Corps from 20th and 41st Army's which had been encircled by Breith's Panzer's in a lightning advance across muddy terrain, with enemy units advancing south to extricate there comrades 1st, 2nd and 9th Tanks Corps are smashed with the only 18th still holding out against 6th Armee and 17th Armee for now.

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Just a heads up normally post the Western front in the AAR with the Eastern Front but been a bit slack lately but I will get round to it hopefully this week before I do what should be the final East Front week.

regards