Decline & Fall AAR v2

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Strategic Bombing

Essen

The joint RAF Bomber Command and 8th Air Force raid on Essen is fruitful, though not as dramatic as the raid on Hamburg.

Although it will take a few weeks, local administrators report that the Ruhr regional resources will be sufficient to reinstate production.

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Ground Strikes

Eastern Front

Red Army artillery formations unleash a furious bombardment on German positions in Eastern Poland and in the Carpathians.

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Ground Strikes

Eastern Poland

The bombardment in Eastern Poland is a bust. Red Army gunnery teams have yet to match their Heer counterparts in performance.

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Rumania

The artillery bombardment in the Carpathians turns out more or less as expected. Dug-in German troops are able to avoid serious casualties, but the Rumanian Alpine corps is severely disrupted.

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Ground Strikes

Italy

The USAAF, RAF, and carrier air wings from the USS Franklin, USS Ranger, and HMS Victorious fly to bombard various German positions in Italy.

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Ground Strikes

Italy

With limited fighter assets in this theatre, the Luftwaffe flies to protect Kesselring's HQ.

Allied aircraft scramble in response, leaving the German planes badly outmatched.

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Ground Strikes

Italy

The Luftwaffe squadrons get the drop on the USS Franklin's carrier air group, but are surprised and obliterated by USAAF P-51s.

RAF bombers continue to their targets, unimpeded.

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Ground Strikes

Italy

USAAF bombers attacking Axis armoured formations near Trieste find their marks.

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Ground Strikes

Italy

The RAF fails to disrupt German artillery formations based near Florence, but it does disorganise the German command-and-control apparatus of Kesselring's HQ.

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Ground Strikes

Italy

RAF and USN squadrons are less effective attempting to pin down well-prepared Alpine troops along the coast.

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Ground Strikes

Makassar

Carrier wings from the USN take flight in an attempt to disrupt and disorganise the Japanese garrison of Makassar, a port astride the South China Sea.

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Ground Strikes

Makassar

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the strike does not succeed, as aircraft designed to launch torpedoes at ships aren't terribly effective at bombing infantry.

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Ground Strikes

France

Allied bombers darken the skies over the German line along the Seine.

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France

The Luftwaffe engages the Allies in force over Paris in an attempt to defend the HQ that will surely be required to reorganise the front.

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France

The Allies win a decisive victory in the air, suffering no losses and destroying the German fighter unit.

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Ground Strikes

France

The ground strike in Rouen is close to average, though slightly disappointing for the Allies.

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Ground Strikes

France

The strike on the fortified sector of the Seine line between Rouen and Paris is an unqualified success.

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Ground Strikes

France

The strike on the German formations in and around Paris is a complete failure. That Rundstedt's HQ remains organised is a particular annoyance for Allied high commands, as it could undo all the work the Allied air forces have put in this impulse.

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Ground Strikes

France

The final ground strike along the Seine river line is also a complete success.

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Land Movement

China

Nationalist Chinese forces continue investing Japanese-held cities.