At the eastern front and in the middle area the fighting still is heavy and a final breakthrough not yet achieved (turn 21, June25th). In the west the defenders are nearly defeated. Therefore the following report will focus on west front as it is possible to describe the situation without giving important information relevant to the running game.
June16th
101st Airborne has taken the last fortification east of the river.
The enemy builds fortifications and sends reinforcements to the Marbourg line using the river as natural defence line. East of the river units of 1st US Inf. Div. prepare to attack. Haevy guns have opened fire on the entrenchments of the German units.
Further south parts of the 101st Airborne had crossed the river and are moving north now to outflank the enemy at Marbourg line. They get support from tank groups of 1st US Army that had crossed the river by pontoons. Due to the difficulty of bringing supply to the other side of the river, the units have to be supplied from the air. Transport planes that had brought paras cross the channel are now permanently dropping supply for the paras and tank groups.
Battleship groups Task Force O and U start gunning Marbourg. Strategic bombers do air raids in order to lower production and supply capacity of the Marbourg facilities.
