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Reinforcements for July/August 44

July/August 44 Axis initiative impulse 1 fine weather

Germany land, Italy and Japan naval

Japan SUBs fail to sink any US convoys, 2 SUBs aborted. Ships also sent to defend the convoy and supply lines.

German Ground strikes in France disorganizes a few Allied units, 1 German bomber and one CW Fighter lost.

Germany tries to at least temporarily hold the line in Russia and reinforces the troops in France and screens the Allied forces in Hungary.

And the European situation after the first impulse of July/August 44

July/August 44 Allies impulse 1 ( impulse 2 ) Fine weather

US supercombined, CW and Russia land

US ground strikes Truk with land and Carrier planes in large numbers. Truk had already been placed OOS by US SUB action.

Only two attacks in France and two in Hungary/Yugoslavia border regions leaves Belgrade under siege.

A single attack in Russia knocks out a hole in the German lines which otherwise are holding for now.

A number of aircraft flew for strikes and interceptions with only minor loases for both sides.

July/August 44 Axis impulse 2 ( impulse 3 ) Fine except storm in N Monsoon

Germany land, Italy and Japan combined.

Just defensive moves, Germany adjust their lines in the Russian south.

One German bomber and one US Fighter lost in ground strike activities, two US armor in the front in France disorganized.

July/August 44 Allies impulse 2 ( impulse 4 ) Fine except storm in N Monsoon

All land

Several aircraft from both sides shot down during ground strikes and support missions.

Russia breaks the German defense lines in 2 places, Russ HQ used to reorganize troops.

CW takes Belgrade and breaks the Seine river in the north of France.

US arrives at the German border in Italy after knocking out a remaining Italian HQ.

US HQ reorganizes units disorganized by earlier German attacks in France.

The Russian front after the Allied second impulse

July/August 44 Axis impulse 3 ( impulse 5 ) Fine and rain in N Monsoon

Italy and Japan combined. Germany land Ochit on Model in France

Japan sends out convoy with escort to resupply Truk but the convoy was sunk by US SUBs

Germany again retreasts in Russia although now desperately and no longer able to hold a solid line.

German Ochit attack in France fails, a German Mot lost but all the attackers reorganized by Model.

July/August 44 Allies impulse 3 ( impulse 6 ) Fine except N Monsoon rain.

All land. US Ochit on Eisenhower

More ground strikes with a few planes lost on both sides.

CW crosses the northern Seine river and US attacks just eat of Paris leaving the city almost surrounded.

Other US attack sends a spearhead east to the German border in France.

Russia knocks holes in the German lines again now leaving the German lines hopelessly inadequate and the Germans will have to run as fast as they can to save at least some troops.

The European front

July/August 44 the Russian front after the Allied impulse

July/August 44 Axis impulse 4 ( impulse 7 ) Fine except rain in N Monsoon.

Germany land, It and Japan combined.

Japan again tries to resupply Truk but the convoy is a gain sunk by US SUB.

Germany patches the western front but thinly.

In Russia the German run best they can to get away from the Russians. It is a catastrophic situation now.

July/August 44 Allies impulse 4 ( impulse 8 ) Fine except rain N monsoon

All land

Russia closes with the running Germans and knocks out more German units

CW and US continue attacking in France and north of Hungary.

US has reached the Belgian bored and the German border in a couple of places.

Turn did not end.

The west front

And the Russian front at late in July/August 44

July/August 44 Axis impulse 5 ( impulse 9 ) Fine except rain in N Monsoon

Germany land, Italy and Japan combined

Japan again sends out a convoy to the Bismarck Sea to supply Truk, this time it is only aborted but Truk is still OOS.

Germany with draws from France into Belgium with a few troops left if France.

In the East German remnants make in across the Dnieper for somewhat safer positions for a while.

Turn still did not end.

July/August 44 Allies impulse 5 ( impulse 10 ) Fine except rain in N Monsoon

All land, USA Ochit on Bradley

Many attacks in both France and Russia

A few unit losses on both sides with several German units just shattered and coming back next turn. Several aircraft overrun and lost

Russia took Smolensk and Dnepropetrovsk back and continue to chase the running Germans.

All of France is now in Allied hands efter a turn with 5 Us Ochits used up.

Turn did not end.

July/August 44 Allied impulse 5 the front in France and Hungary

Only a few German units remain in Belgium and Germany.

Wow, Germany is crumpling like a wet paper towel.

YEs, quite similar to the other global war game from last year.

There are horrendous destroyed units this turn although almost as many units coming in as reinforcements for the Sep/Oct turn.

I am wondering how different it would be if not solitaire.

July/August 44 Axis impulse 6 ( impulse 11 )

all pass EO roll 8 Turn does not end.

July/August 44 Allies impulse 6 ( impulse 12 ) Fine except rain in N Monsoon.

All land.

With the crumbling German lines in France/Belgium and the hexes with only used aircraft in them in Germany and Belgium the US and CW make an effort to overrun as many as they can and will enter Germany itself this impulse

The new positions in The west