Invasion Amerika - US player vs PO

[gwgardner]

Things go from bad to worse:

[MikeJ19]

gwgardner,

This is going to be interesting. Thanks for sharing this battle with us.

Good luck and I hope that the Canadians can lend you a hand.

[gwgardner]

Canadians, and maybe the USSR! Need to distract the AXIS.

[MikeJ19]

Good point!

[gwgardner]

Field Marshall Rommel has been identified as one of the invasion commanders, and he's leading from the front with his rather grandeosely named Amerika Korps HQ right on the front line southwest of Boston.

Other enemy forces that have been identified now are the

Italian 1st Army,
German 50th Infantry Division,
German 41st and 40th Panzer Divisions
7th Para Division

[gwgardner]

Turn 3, May 21

Any Canadian diplomatic efforts to demand compensation for the bombardment of Halifax are moot, as the German 40th Panzer unceremoniously crossed the border in a dash towards Montreal.

This a bold move, extending their supply lines along roads. It is unknown yet if they are securing those roads properly against raids.

Canada was already in the process of mobilizing, and two regiments of their 1st Mech Division are poised to defend the city. The rest of he division is scattered across lower Quebec, but are on the way.

Farther south, the commander of the US 1st Division has found it impossible to disengage from the combined Italian and German assault southwest of Boston, and continues to take heavy losses.

The German paratroopers have made only limited attacks on their southern front against the 6th Army. Isolated as the 7th Para Division is, it's questionable how long it can hold alone southwest of Philadelphia.

[gwgardner]

At sea, enemy transports were spotted 150 nautical miles off of Nova Scotia, headed south. B-17s attacked with little reported damage.

[player note: I'm not sure how this air attack on ships could identify that it was the German 2nd Div being transported. It's rather odd that no ships are shown in the battle report. Can someone explain about that?]

[gwgardner]

Intelligence sources in Venezuela report Brazilian occupation forces moving along the highway. Washington has to prepare for a possible advance on Panama.

[gwgardner]

The US Navy in the Gulf put to sea, the Enterprise group heading into the Atlantic to strike an enemy taskforce spotted near New York.

There was some damage reported to a Battleship, but with the loss of half the carrier SBDs and TBDs.

The Enterprise steamed back south.

The 6th Army continued it's attacks on the German 7th Para Division near Philadelphia.

[gwgardner]

May 28th, Week 4

The AXIS appears to be pressuring Mexico to enter the war.

[gwgardner]

The Panama defense forces and the US 4th Army in the West need to hurry readiness.

[gwgardner]

The front widens with the Germans coming onshore and taking Savannah.

The US Navy did not intercept, as it was heading south after it's failed attack near New York. The US carrier air units are in reorg at any rate.

The two German transports off Savannah would seem a likely easy target for the US air force and/or a quick naval raid.

[gwgardner]

In the far north, the Germans did not move against the Canadian forces near Montreal. But it did bring up more units - three regiments of Romanian troops have been identified by patrols.

That long logistics path from Montreal to Boston seems very vulnerable. At the very least, the Maine Natl. Guard can send out probes to see if anyone is guarding it.

Albany is now under threat of attack.

Still no sign of the Luftwaffe. [players note: I'm wondering if I should temporarily play the AXIS and bring forward it's air force - or does the PO/AI know something I don't?]

[gwgardner]

At the center of the invasion, the biggest question right now is what to do about New York. Should it be defended to the last man? Or should an attempt be made to pull out to the west, through the German paratroops?

Those paratroopers have been resilient, holding out notwithstanding no supply source. It's not at all certain the 6th Army could smash through their line southwest of Philly.

[gwgardner]

The entire active theater.

[gwgardner]

Turn 5, June 4th

The Maine Natl Guard probed south into Concord, cutting the highway from Boston to Montreal, but the German and Romanian force near Montreal has not budged. It has not attacked into the city either.

Elsewhere,the abandonment of Long Island positions, to reinforce the norther perimeter around NY City was a major mistake, as the enemy made another landing on Long Island. It continued it's push south from Boston also, pushing the Guard and elements of 6th Army into the city.

The invasion force in Georgia has extended it's area of control along both directions of the coast, and now threatens to cut off Florida.

The overall situation:

[gwgardner]

In the north, Montreal still stands on the defensive, but as the combat planner shows, the enemy force is very strong.

The enemy still holds Boston anchorage, but the Maine Natl Guard is raiding in the area.

[gwgardner]

Center and South, it's a matter of containment right now, not counter-attack. Every attempt to counter-attack has been ultimately futile. New York is falling, 1st Division is gone.

[700851McCall]

ORIGINAL: gwgardner

In the north, Montreal still stands on the defensive, but as the combat planner shows, the enemy force is very strong.

The enemy still holds Boston anchorage, but the Maine Natl Guard is raiding in the area.

Live free or die!

[gwgardner]

Turn 6, June 11th

[player's note: I temporarily took control at the beginning of the AXIS turn to rebase their air units from the staging area. I had read in other scenarios the suggestion that players should do this to help the PO.]

Brazil did invade Panama. The US currently has nothing it can send south to help defend the canal.

Three regular army divisions have come ready this week, and are being marched or shipped east as fast as possible. Containment is the order now. Until we start to build up strength, there is no way we can counter-attack successfully.