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End of Turn 8

I am worried about what will happen in front of Omaha with an open bridge I "gifted" to the Americans I am also worried about the bridge to the NE of Carentain with only the DEMO 0-3-0 unit there to defend at the start of the attack phase. I am hoping beyond hope that one of my units get there in time to save the day, but we will see. I feel comfortable with the 709th and 243rd Inf Div positions towards Cherbourg. The British sector I am fine with the slow pace the British and Canadians are advancing. But I wait for the unexpected there sooner or later.

Turn 9 (Execution Phase (this is execution of phase 8 planning by both the German and Allies)

Execution Phase

Caen Area



The Green box units got shelled and seems like they didn't want to move at all. Well not "seems", they did not at all.

The Pink box another unit that didn't move. Looks like I might have forgotten to give an order to move

The Yellow box units got shelled, Starts with 10 MP's (1st snapshot below) and lost 2 MP's because of the shelling (2nd snapshot below).









Then had to move into a ZOC. ZOC cost movement point cost equal the stacking point (top right corner of counter) of an enemy unit added together plus terrain cost. But always able to move one hex. So by those British units moving there kept my AA unit from going where I wanted it to go because of the extra cost of ZOC moving(not to mention unit quality has an affect on ZOC cost. Better the quality of the unit the cheaper it is to move through with low cost units paying more).

Turn 9 (Execution Phase (this is execution of phase 8 planning by both the German and Allies)

Execution Phase

Omaha Area

Americans still cleaning up the beach area of Omaha.

British are still in front of Bayeaux

American come streaming across the open bridge I gifted to them in the green box area

American attack Insigny and defenders held in red box

In the yellow box area I have a token force of ad hoc units thrown together to try and stop any advance forward. (Flak units are your bread and butter for the Germans. Can move fast, great defense value, great AA strength , and has "Shock" value. On top of that you give them attack supply and they are lethal (attack supply doubles combat str)

Turn 9 (Execution Phase (this is execution of phase 8 planning by both the German and Allies)

Execution Phase

Carentan Area

I zoomed in on this area of the map for the battle across the bridge marked in a yellow box the bridge. Please realize that attacking across a bridge the attackers attack at only 25% of their Strength (1/4 str). Attackers also get "no" shock(armor effects of column shifts on crt) BUT the defenders do get shock!

The plan moves put in last turn was to bring the Flak Company and Infantry Battalion from LXXXIV.AK Corps (light blue box) to the the rescue of the DEMO unit of 91 Inf Div. Also the 77 Inf Divisions Battalion (Green box) of 88's (the 13-7-9 unit) and the battalion of Anti Tank guns will also rush to the bridge. I gave the 77 Inf Division Combat supply for the turn, thus the (13) on the 13-7-9 counter which normally would be a 6 or 7 attack (doubling the attack value if you will).

Turn 9 (Execution Phase (this is execution of phase 8 planning by both the German and Allies)

Execution Phase

Carentan Area

The Germans strike FIRST during the execution phase with my bombardment of the marshalling attack force. I hoped to cause some readness loss, mp loss, and/or casualties. In this battle only men were lost and I suffer a 10% readiness penalty for my attacks. The FOW was -4 severly hampering the effects of the bombardment along with only a single point bombarding. But hey, I will take the 26 losses to the Americans inflicted

Turn 9 (Execution Phase (this is execution of phase 8 planning by both the German and Allies)

Execution Phase

Carentan Area

Then comes the attack by the American's across the bridge. The DEMO company held inflicting 52 losses to the Americans to a loss of 7 Germans. The hearts are readiness losses and affects the unit performance (would need to rest to recover readiness)

Turn 9 (Execution Phase (this is execution of phase 8 planning by both the German and Allies)

Execution Phase

Carentan Area

Digging into the combat detail can see the Americans and the Germans played cards (representing assets instead of cluttering up the map with a bazzilion extra counters) which nullified each other on column shifts. The attacking armor had "no" shock (greyed out lightning bolt above the armor) but the defenders were Shock 0 (no column shifts on the CRT). Both sides had artillery with Americans as Offensive artillery (33 points worth ) and Germans defensive artillery (a whopping 4 ) that was set in the planning phase from last turn.

BTW the 90th INF Div of the Americans are "Conscript" quality



Here is the CRT for this battle that was set at High Intensity (please note the yellow box area for additional or less losses based on quality)

Turn 9 (Execution Phase (this is execution of phase 8 planning by both the German and Allies)

Execution Phase

Carentan Area


My 88's from LXXXIV.ak arrive before the American attack (hasty attack I would call it) and we have a moving battle (hasty) instead of a deliberate battle like the first American Attack.



You will notice the 88's have a shock value of 2. The two cards are still in play for this battle too.



And explanation of Shock

Turn 9 (Execution Phase (this is execution of phase 8 planning by both the German and Allies)

Execution Phase

Carentan Area

Finally the rest of the 77th Inf Div units get to the hex and the American attack with a Lone Engineer Battalion.


Detail battle results for the last attack

Turn 9 (Execution Phase (this is execution of phase 8 planning by both the German and Allies)

Execution Phase

Utah Area

Two attacks by Americans marked with yellow arrow and bombardment. I also bombard but just causes a flesh wound.