Allied air support
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 1:14 am
In case you missed it, an Army POW interrogation report from the Normandy campaign was recently released. POW was a staff officer with the 17th PzGD.
It is worth reading just for the history.
Why this is immediately relevant to CC PitF and GTC is the detailed description of the incessant 'Jabo' attacks. These fighter bombers really ate these guys up.
The POW describes attacks coming 15 minutes apart with multiple fighter bombers. Since the CC games can run 45 minutes or more, why are the Allies limited to only one attack per game? This is clearly not what happened, and the air attacks were not trivial.
It is worth reading just for the history.
Why this is immediately relevant to CC PitF and GTC is the detailed description of the incessant 'Jabo' attacks. These fighter bombers really ate these guys up.
The POW describes attacks coming 15 minutes apart with multiple fighter bombers. Since the CC games can run 45 minutes or more, why are the Allies limited to only one attack per game? This is clearly not what happened, and the air attacks were not trivial.