How the Axis could have won II. Allied AAR

freeboy · Post by **freeboy** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 5:47 pm

great aar

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 5:47 pm

19th - 30th April 1943

The end in Tripoli is surely about to happen for 5th Army....

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 6:02 pm

11th - 22nd May 1943

The Luftwaffe pull back in the Soviet Union... and that gives the Red Army a chance to pounce.

The Soviets have entered East Prussia! Hitler and co decide that the Wolf's Lair is no longer viable as an HQ and they hotfoot it back to Berlin....

The 3rd Panzerarmee have been completed bypassed and encircled by the first elements of what shall be a new Front; The 1st Polish Front. 7th and 8th Shock Armies, supported by two rifle corps and a light tank corps, take Memel and threaten Tilsit. The latter appears guarded by Luftwaffe units only.

There was a reverse however to the southeast when 1st Tank Army, seeking to link up with 8th Shock (and at the same time encircle Kaunas) ran into the German II Infantry Corps and received a bloody nose.

However, this was a good turn and Konigsberg is now firmly in Soviet sights...

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 2:30 am

11th - 22nd May 1943

..and the hits keep on coming...

Just south of the above post, the Soviets are just 4 hexes from Warsaw. An uprising takes place in the Polish capital, although there is nothing that the Soviets can do to assist.

The really annoying German in Minsk reinforced, so it still hanging around like an incredibly bad smell...

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 2:38 am

11th - 22nd May 1943

In the south the Soviets achieved their encirclement at Uman quicker than expected, bagging another 4 Axis units in the process.

2nd Guards Army and 3rd Shock Army meanwhile bear down on Vinnitsa - another HQ that the Fuhrer will no longer be needing.....

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 2:41 am

11th May - 22nd May 1943

Italian fortunes continue to nose dive. What was is Il Duce said? "I only have to bring a few thousand dead to the table to claim my spoils"....

"Hey Mussolini, you know that New Roman Empire you wanted?"

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 2:45 am

11th May - 22nd May 1943

Reinforcements
None

MPP Expenditure

UK - Purchase an Army
USA - Purchase a Tactical Bomber
USSR - Reinforce and Upgrade

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 2:53 am

2nd - 13th June 1943

So while the Soviets have been busy reclaiming East Ukraine and beginning the task of conquering East Prussia and Poland; the US have been sending convoys over to the UK and capturing Tripoli, what have the Commonwealth forces been doing. Or in modern parlance, "Where day at?"

Well day at.. I mean the Commonwealth have been busy regrouping and then making Crete one giant airfield. The lead elements of an invasion task force are at sea with a view to landing in Greece.

The British have no idea of fighting through the Balkans, the plan is to build a base in Southern Greece from which the heel of Italy can be invaded.

At sea in the North Atlantic the U-Boats make their presence felt.One is found and attacked but dives. The other is too far south for my destroyers to catch.

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 3:41 am

2nd - 13th June 1943

Meanwhile back in lil' ol' Englandsville, the big build up for the second front continues.

A couple of US and Canadian units suffered from rough seas en route to the UK

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 4:14 am

2nd - 13th June 1943

The 1st Vistula Front continue on and invest Konigsberg. More German units are asking to be pocketed too.

Back in Moscow Stalin is at work on important matters...

[Stalin] So Molotov, what shall we re-name Konigsberg when we have taken it?
[Molotov] Well we have Leningrad and Stalingrad... how about Molotovgrad?
[Stalin] Perfect. We shall call it Kalliningrad
[Molotov] Kallingrad. Yes that's nice, that's what I was about to suggest....

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 4:22 am

2nd - 13th June 1943

To the south the Germans make a very strange decision. The corps defending the fortress of Brest-Litovsk decides to abandon the fortress and head for Pinsk.... as you do.

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 2:38 pm

2nd - 13th June 1943

Once again the Germans are caught out by a combination of too few units and an inability to retreat quickly enough. The Soviet lead elements breakout from Uman - the Axis units in their path are not going to hold them for long....

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 2:51 pm

2nd - 13th June 1943

Reinforcement
None

MPP Expenditure

UK - Medium Bomber
USA - Nothing
USSR - Reinforce and Upgrade

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 2:56 pm

2nd - 13th June 1943

Let's take a quick look at the loss returns. I think this will be sufficient to spoil Adolf's day....

Axis loss returns - even more likely to spoil your day than someone weeing in your cornflakes....

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 3:13 pm

24th June - 1st July 1943

Right, things are getting a bit samey here. So, I am not going to post the pictures of this turn. Also the Soviets are not going to move forward next turn (I am also going to consider withdrawing further units).

What I am keen to do is get an Amphibious landing going as I do not really know what to expect. I should have used long range transports for the Greek invasion [8|]

Next turn the British should be in a position to land - fingers crossed!

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 3:52 pm

24th June - 1st July 1943

Reinforcements
None

MPP Expenditure

UK - Nothing (except a few reinforcements and upgrades)
USA - Nothing (except a few reinforcements and upgrades)
USSR - Nothing (except a few reinforcements and upgrades)

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 3:54 pm

24th June - 1st July 1943

I answer no as the last thing the Germans needs is morale penalty!

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 3:55 pm

8th - 15th July 1943

The Commonwealth troops land in Greece. Canadian and British armoured forces have tenuous lodgements south and northeast of the capital, but the main landings at Patras and Kalamata have gone well. Airbases have been established and additional troops are at sea and on their way.

The soft underbelly of Europe....

freeboy · Post by **freeboy** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 4:20 pm

well this looks like a winner ... nothing the expensive leveled up air and armor can do without the bread and butter infantry armies and corps .... I await the conclusion.. Christmass 44? May 44? Para drop on the Berlin from brits in Denmark.. the world holds its breath.. ok I hold my breath.. hehe

warspite1 · Post by **warspite1** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 5:11 pm

ORIGINAL: freeboy

well this looks like a winner ... nothing the expensive leveled up air and armor can do without the bread and butter infantry armies and corps .... I await the conclusion.. Christmass 44? May 44? Para drop on the Berlin from brits in Denmark.. the world holds its breath.. ok I hold my breath.. hehe

warspite1

I genuinely think that the Soviets could end it in early 1944 they way they are going. They are 10 hexes from Berlin!

But I would like to see what the British and Americans can do. So because of [insert whatever reason] the Soviets are halting their drive east.

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