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Mediterranean Front
Situation Report Nov 27th 1943 Turn 22
Army Group E

The Dodecanese Islands Aegean Sea

More great news for The Axis Powers, after a campaign lasting more than 2 months all Allied forces have surrendered in The Greek islands, The Aegean is back under Axis control , coming just 2 weeks after the fall of Moscow on the Eastern Front this will give German forces on The Italian Front a tremendous boost in morale.

A combination of resolute tactics and determination saw The Allies overwhelmed leaving them with no choice but to surrender.





Axis Forces consolidate there position in Rhodes as Panzer units enter the islands capital.


More reinforcements arrive on the island of Kos.

Western Front
Situation Report Nov 27th 1943 Turn 22
Army Group B

Winter weather has hit Europe with full fury but this has not stopped The Allies, enemy bombers struck multiple targets with Luftwaffe air units stretched to there limits attempting to engage enemy incursions across Western Germany.


At Hamburg and Dortmund two large air battles ensued with both sides suffering heavy losses, Air Force Commanders report with growing concern the high losses in our fighter force as they engage The Allied long range fighter escorts that protect enemy bombers, our forces cannot maintain this kind steady pilot losses, attrition at this level has put an enormous strain on our training program.

Western Front
Situation Report Nov 27th 1943 Turn 22
Army Group B

Western Air Forces continue to cause havoc to our oil and fuel factories as well as U - boat production, while this is having a huge effect on our war effort news from the Eastern Front indicates that the first of the Baku oil producing facilities in The Caucasus region are about to go on line and production should begin in the next week, this should relieve some pressure on our oil and fuel facilities in the West.

Italian Front
Situation Report Nov 27th 1943 Turn 22
Army Group C

Enemy Air activity was quiet this week as the front also suffered from bad weather, still enemy bombers managed to conduct some raids on our troops on the front line however with heavy rain and extremely poor visibility the enemy's bombers missed our troop concentrations along the line.

Italian Front
Situation Report Nov 27th 1943 Turn 22
Army Group C

With events rapidly changing in favour of the Axis Powers these past weeks, the defeat in The Aegean is a bitter blow to the enemy there advance up the Italian mainland coming to a complete halt, due also in part by the winter weather, the enemy seems unable at this time to break The Volturno Line despite there superior numbers on the ground and in the air.
Axis forces able to counter any assaults and are growing stronger by the week with more troops arriving from OKW Command,188.Gebirgs-Division is railed from Austria and now becomes part of LI. Gebirgs-Armeekorps under Gen Feuerstein.

Gen Zeitzler decides to make some operational changes still concerned that the enemy may attempt another seaborne landing, 15th Panzer Division which was refitting on the Adriatic Coast after being severely mauled in the battles at Foggia now comes under direct control of Army Group C as part of a strategic reserve that will be formed, the unit will also move to the town of Lido Di Roma in the coming week.


II / JG 27

While the air activity on both sides was low, JG 27 did make one operational patrol this week and ran into air units from RAF Tactical Air, CAP out on there sweep over Rome ran into enemy recon units, in a brief engagement with the enemy which resulted in no losses to either side, JG 27 was able to counter and eventually force the enemy to abandon its aerial reconnoitre of the Italian capital.

It’s great how you’ve all joined up WITW and WITE2. Wasn’t there a plan to extend WITE2 to all of Europe? It seems a lot of extra work went into WITE2 to prepare for this.

RKhan wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:24 pm It’s great how you’ve all joined up WITW and WITE2. Wasn’t there a plan to extend WITE2 to all of Europe? It seems a lot of extra work went into WITE2 to prepare for this.

Thank you for the feedback, when WITW came out I believe there was plans for 2 to 3 more games in the series

WITW 1939 - 41

1939 - 41 North Africa

And then the Grand campaign of 1939 - 45 encompassing all European theatres, I think these were envisioned at some stage but I don't they will come to pass now but we can still dream.

regards

tm1 wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:19 am

RKhan wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:24 pm It’s great how you’ve all joined up WITW and WITE2. Wasn’t there a plan to extend WITE2 to all of Europe? It seems a lot of extra work went into WITE2 to prepare for this.

Thank you for the feedback, when WITW came out I believe there was plans for 2 to 3 more games in the series

WITW 1939 - 41

1939 - 41 North Africa

And then the Grand campaign of 1939 - 45 encompassing all European theatres, I think these were envisioned at some stage but I don't they will come to pass now but we can still dream.

regards

I wonder if it couldn't all be done with with heavy editing of the config files. There's a time I would have tried it myself, as I did with the Civ series, but I no longer have the energy for it.

Eastern Front
Situation Report Dec 2nd 1943 Turn 55
Army Group North

The Front line in the Far North continues to remain quiet, with little movement by both sides, the weather does little to ease the mundane situation, Gen Kempf ( 8th Armee ) is content to sit out the Winter.



I ArmeeKorps ( Von Both ) the last 18th Armee unit finally reaches the closet rail yards and prepares to depart.


South of 8th Armee the front here is similar Gen Busch ( 16th Armee ) orders a small push Southeast of Ivanovo to gather Intel on the enemy but for the most part his Armee is static.

At AG North HQ orders are issued to redirect X ArmeeKorps to support II ArmeeKorps at Yaroslavl despite the objections from Kempf.

Just a heads up I am doing 4 turns today so it could take a bit to post, I am slow so maybe 30 minutes to post all.

Eastern Front
Situation Report Dec 2nd 1943 Turn 55
Army Group Centre / Army Group North

As 4th Armee begins to advance towards Vladimir and Murom Von Keuchler orders 9th Armee to support the attack, XXIII ArmeeKorps operating from Kluchugino fights its way through heavy Forrest, South of this unit XXXXVI Pz Korps strikes at Petushki while LVI Pz Korps links up with the Northern attack cutting off 4 Soviet Corps.
Both Armee's are only 20 miles from Vladimir and Intel reports indicate that the Leningrad Front HQ is based at the town. 9th Armee makes small gains further south pushing back units of The Soviet 9th Army.


The Soviets counter attack but cant halt the 9th Armee offensive


In the Penza region both 3rd Pz Armee and 2nd Armee pause there drive towards the city as reports come in that both the 1st Belorussian and 1st Ukrainian Fronts are massing reinforcements, several Tank Corps have been spotted heading to the front, Kluge has ordered the pause for the time being to get a clearer picture of the enemies numbers and evaluate a plan of attack.



To complicate the situation in the centre 2nd Armee is covering a 260 mile front alone placing enormous pressure on the troops, in the Voronezh sector the Southern wing of the Armee is defending a 150 mile front and the Red Army has gathered 9 Tank Corps supported by large Inf concentrations which may be preparing for some kind counterattack.

Eastern Front
Situation Report Dec 2nd 1943 Turn 55
Army Group South

On the Southern front both sides engaged in heavy fighting as 2nd Ukrainian Front tried to break our lines to relieve there trapped forces, Axis forces counterattacked and pushed the enemy back, at Belovodsk our troops continue to reduce the pocket.


In the Rostov region 4th Pz Armee came under attack also by 2nd Ukrainian Front, the enemy punched through our Infantry creating a 40 mile opening in the line with Mech and Tank units but there infantry failed to take full advantage of the situation and ours forces were able to drive them back and restore the line.


The Soviet offensive begins

Eastern Front
Situation Report Dec 2nd 1943 Turn 55
Army Group A

Bitter fighting along the front as the Red Army launched major assaults against the line, North of Cerny Rynok Soviet forces broke through our encirclement and in fact manage to isolate elements of 7th Rum inf Div and 3rd Panzer Div but a counterattack enabled us to relieve our cutoff forces, in the centre fierce fighting as again Soviet Guards troops battled to open an escape route for there troops comrades, once again they were beaten back but with every week that passes the enemy fights with grim determination.


Red Army troops breakthrough and cutoff our Panzer's

Western Front
Situation Report Dec 4th 1943 Turn 23
Army Group B

After the previous weeks of euphoria for The Axis this week The Allies proved that the war is far from over, enemy raids across Germany in bad weather caused widespread destruction. Major industrial regions were hit along with about a half dozen other cities, Berlin was attacked twice the enemy targeting military vehicle factories, both sides took heavy plane losses with multiple air battles.

Western Front
Situation Report Dec 4th 1943 Turn 23
Army Group B

Western Air forces again conducted bombings of airbases in France as well the usual recon of ground installations and military units along The Atlantic Wall, Saarbruecken was attacked twice but there was little damage done bad weather preventing the enemy accurately hitting industrial facilities.

Italian Front
Situation Report Dec 4th 1943 Turn 23
Army Group C

Unlike the Western Front the air war in Italy the enemy has been for the most part conducting a tactical campaign, our ground units under continuous constant attack, airbases and rail facilities there main targets, the RAF also trying to interdict our Naval convoys in The Adriatic.
The front line troops coming in for heavy attacks along with an attempt by the Allies to destroy our communication lines, Aquino air base receiving no less than 17 separate raids.
Rome and its surrounding areas came in for heavy attention.




II / JG 27

This week high Command began a series of redeployment of air units, JG 27 being transferred to Grosseto Air Base along with 4 other units, enemy air attacks on Perugia Base causing large scale damage and reducing our air units operational abilities by half.

Italian Front
Situation Report Dec 4th 1943 Turn 23
Army Group C

The ground attacks by The Allies on our defensive positions caught Commanders by surprised, Gen Balck's LXXXX ArmeeKorps troops defending forward in the Volturno salient taking the brunt of assault, 6 Corps ( US II, VI , Brit V, XIII , XXX and Can 1st ) struck along the river bend with 160 000 men with nearly 900 AfV's hitting Balck's men from both flanks as well as a direct assault, the LXXXX adsorbed the first attack but sheer numbers overwhelmed our lines and forced Balck back, losses were heavy on both sides however the Brit 50th Inf Div and 25th Brit Tank Brigade pushed forward taking vital ground. With this success Bradley US II Corps supported by Crerar's Canadians attacked the right flank of LXXXX ArmeeKorps these attacks failed as were halted by by 5th Pz Armee's HG Panzer Div and the 264th Inf.
At Grazzanise The Allies attacked the towns defenders but were beaten back as units from Hube's Pz Korps and the 12th SS Panzer Div counterattacked, the enemy taking heavy losses in men and Tanks, North of the German salient The Brit XXX Corps launches an attack against our line, 10th Panzer Div plus supporting Inf including Fallschimjaeger's contain the attack here inflicting large causalities,the battles across the front were a close run thing in the end and our line held but the Allies showed they can still fight.


The LXXXX defences hold


Bradley finally forces a breakthrough


Bradley tries to repeat his success but is contained by 5th Pz Armee

Italian Front
Situation Report Dec 4th 1943 Turn 23
Army Group C

Battle reports

The Allies try to take the coastal town of Grazzanise the first attack by Brit X Corps is halted.




US II Corps renews the attack but makes no ground and is forced to fall back.


The Allies try to punch through Axis lines and advance towards Isernia but cant breakthrough our heavily fortified positions.

Eastern Front
Situation Report Dec 9th 1943 Turn 56
Army Group North

Gen Kempf's 8th Armee begins the offensive towards Vologda, Kirillov is captured near Lake Kubinskoe while the Soviet 4th Tank Corps is encircled, Red Army troops are few and far between up in the extreme North and our forces are able to make steady ground even with the bad weather.
Recon patrols close to Vologda report that only support and repair units are all that seem to be concentrated in and around the town.


South of 8th Armee the 16th Armee front remains static, Axis forces now only 30 miles from Kostroma face the remnants of The Western Front however orders to advance have not been given, likewise Ivanovo is close 2nd LW Inf Div is also only 30 miles with only a couple of Rifle brigades opposing them, radio intercepts have revealed the enemy is moving Mech and Tanks units to reinforce The Bryansk Front.

The main battle however is at Murom where Leningrad, 1st and 2nd Baltic and the 3rd Ukrainian Fronts are engaged in heavy fighting with 4th and 9th Armee's, the enemy throwing any and all available troops onto the front line.

Eastern Front
Situation Report Dec 9th 1943 Turn 56
Army Group North / Army Group Centre

While there is hard fighting for Murom further South XI ArmeeKorps and and XLIII ArmeeKorps advance with little opposition and capture Kasimov and Kurlovskiy, on the 4th Armee's Southern flank 3rd Pz Armee makes steady ground against 1st Belorussian Front, the enemy simply does not have enough men in the field to oppose our drive towards Saransk.

Around Tambov there were some minor skirmishes but for the most part the Red Army seems to have vanished into the frozen wastelands leaving the front her wide open for 2nd Armee, however the threat on 2nd Armee's troops defending the Voronezh sector continues to be a worry so the advance towards Saratov has been slowed to a crawl until the threat to Voronezh has been dealt with.