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The Russians needed time to get their forces to bear on the running Germans and not much happened this impulse.

The destroyed units during the past turn. As horrendous as it is for the Germans there are a lot of reinforcements coming for the next turn, including a lot of shattered units returning.

In the moment you do not play a static defence, to hold a continuous line with weak spots of 1 unit only is much worse than a line with holes / intervals that stops with ZOC enemy advance, whereas you have stronger stacks attackable only via 2 hexisdes.

Germans pulled back very poorly in '44 from Russian front and got gradually butchered til they lack the means to perform even a static defence on a new natural line.

Yes, you have good point. I tried to hold too long, the Germans should have retreated earlier to better positions with a shorter front.

In France a double unit line was not enough to hold with the US throwing multiple O-chits in a single turn, 5 O-chits in the July/August turn. Once the Germans units were stuck and surrounded the terrain with many used aircraft became overrun targets.

There is no way Germany can hold out much longer. Even with the winter coming, the Wallies will tear them apart.

By the way: any French units being build now? Or haven't you liberated France? If you scrap a lot of the rubbish, they've got some nice air units available.

Paris only fell during the July/August turn so the conquer and liberation phase has not occurred yet.

July/August 44 production

Germany 38 7Inf, 2Arm, Mech

Japan 30 Mil, Mech, Arm, 2Ftr, NAV, 4CVP, 3Pil, SUBrep

CW 44 O-chit, 2Lnd3, 2CVP, Ftr, 2Inf, Art, 3Pil

USA 86 3O-chit, 2MarDiv, Mot, CVrep, SUBrep, 2Ftr, 2Ftr3, 2Lnd3, 2CVP, 5Pil

Russia 44 Inf, 4Mil, Mech, 2Ftr, 3Lnd3, 3Pil, Art, ArmDiv

Also France liberated, Belgium and Yugoslavia liberated

Reinforcements for Sep/Oct 44

Sep/Oct 44 Allies initiative and fine weather

all land. US Ochit Eisenhower and CW Ochit Alexander

More overruns and attacks on all fronts in Europe.

Shown are the units destroyed this impulse

The West front after the first impulse in S/O 44

And the Russian front after the first impulse in S/O 44

Can the Commonwealth beat the USSR to Warsaw? Inquiring minds want to know.

Sep/Oct 44 Axis impulse 1 ( impulse 2 ) fine everywhere

Germany land, Italy Combined, Japan naval

An Italian BB moves out to sea but is aborted by a CW Nav.

Japan reestablishes supply to truk, a minor battle in Bismarck Sea aborts a US Fighter and 2 Japanese Cruisers.

Germany grounds trikes and disorganizes 1 US and 1 CW armor unit. The Allied Fighters are mostly out or range as yet.

Germany sets up a weak line to hold back the Allies in the West. In Russia the remaining German units now run as fast as they can westwards but a few end up locked in place by the Russian units.

The west front shown.

And the Russian front after /O 44 impulse 2

Sep/Oct 44 Allies impulse 2 ( impulse 3 ) Rain in arctic

CW, Russia land. US supercombined.

some 15 US carrier planes with ground strike factors of 1 each strike Truk from the Marianas and Solomons seas. All 3 defening units were disorganized and Truk is OOS.

Allies move forwards to make more attacks in the Axis.

Sep/Oct 44 Allies impulse 2 continued

The West front after the attacks

Sep/Oct 44 Allies impulse 2 continued

The Russian front after the attacks

Russia lost a Motorized and suffered disorganized units both in the north and the south. A few German units ere only shattered.

Sep/Oct 44 Axis impulse 2 ( impulse 5 ) Rain in Arctic

all land

Japan repositions troops in Japan to forestall invasions.

Germany moves remaining few units for defence as possible. German air did disorganize a CW Armor.

Europe after the Axis moves S/O 44 impulse 5

Sep/Oct 44 Allies impulse 3 ( impulse 7 ) Fine everywhere

all land US O-chit on McArthur

With fine weather returning the Allies move forward rapidly against a crumbling Germany

The west front