Allied Turn
The weather roll is a ‘5’ for mud. The US receives another Arm XX and 3x Inf XX’s. The US replaces an Eng X, and the British replace a Tank X. The US repairs 6 air groups, and the British repair 1. The Allies build up their rail capacity to 12 RE’s on the German rail net, and up to 8 RE’s on the Italian rail net. The US 28th and British 49th Inf XX’s pack up in GB and get shipped to ports in northern France. The Allies are giving up the threat of any amphibious landing.
The 1st attack is against a 13-pt stack just southwest of Lubek by the US 1st and 4th Arm XX, the French 2nd Arm XX, the Polish 1st Arm XX, and the SA 6th Arm XX. The Allies fly in a GS mission of 6 air groups. German AA aborts 1. At 6:1, -2 the Allies roll a ‘2’ for an EX. The Germans reduce an Inf XX and eliminate the rest of their stack. The Allies reduce the US 1st Arm XX and advance a 61-pt c/m stack into the hex.
The 2nd attack is against an 11-pt stack across the lower Elbe River just northwest of the town of Wittenberge by the US 10th and 12th and British 7th Arm XX’s. The Allies fly in a heavily escorted GS mission of 14 air groups. There is no AA. At 4:1, -3 the Allies roll a ‘5’ for an HX. The Germans reduce an Inf XX and eliminate the rest of their stack. The Allies eliminate a US Mech X and a Belgian Mot Inf X, and advance a 40-pt c/m stack across the Elbe.
The 3rd attack is against a 7-pt stack surrounded far behind the front line by the US 4th, 8th, and 9th Inf XX’s. At 7:1, -2 the Allies roll a ‘4’ for a DH. The German stack is eliminated.
The 4th attack is against an isolated 8-pt stack Hannover by the US 1st and British 50th Inf XX’s. At 6:1, -1 the Allies roll a ‘6’ for a DE. The German stack is eliminated, and the Allies advance into this major city.
The 5th attack is against a 13-pt stack behind the Elbe River just northwest of the town of Rathenow by the US 2nd Arm XX. The Allies fly in a heavily escorted GS mission of 16 air groups. The Germans intercept with 8 fighter groups, which all bypass. The Allied escort kills 2 and aborts 2 of the interceptors. The surviving interceptors aborts 1 and cause 3 others to jettison their bombs at the cost of 1 abort to themselves. The Germans then fly in a DAS mission of 4 air groups. The Allies intercept with 4 long-range P-51’s and abort 1 and return 1. German AA aborts 1 and returns 2. Allied AA returns 1. At 3:1, -3 the Allies roll a ‘5’ for an EX. The Germans reduce an Inf XX and eliminate the rest of their stack. The Allies eliminate a British Arm X and a US Art X. The US 2nd Arm XX advances into the hex and is now 4 hexes away from downtown Berlin.
The 6th attack is against an isolated 7-pt stack in Magdeburg by the British Guards and 6th Arm XX’s and the US 82nd and 101st Abn XX’s, which advanced via TC’s. At 9:1, -1 the Allies roll a ‘1’ for a DH. Cut off by ZOC’s the entire stack is eliminated. The British Guards and 6th Arm XX’s advance into this major city.
The 7th attack is against a 13-pt stack isolated in the minor city of Gottingen by the US 104th Inf XX and a host of minor units. The Allies fly in a GS mission of 8 air groups. German AA aborts 2 and returns 1. At 5:1, -2 the Allies roll a ‘3’ for an HX. The entire German stack is eliminated. The Allies eliminate 7 pts of US Siege Art.
The 8th attack is against an isolated PzG XX by the Canadian 4th Arm XX and the US 26th and 85th Inf XX’s. The Allies fly in a GS mission of 14 air groups. German AA returns 1. At 6:1, -3 the Allies roll a ‘3’ for an EX. The PzG XX is eliminated. The Allies reduce the US 26th Inf XX and eliminate an Arm II.
The 9th attack is against an isolated 7-pt stack by the US 3rd and British 11th Arm XX’s. The Allies fly in a GS mission of 6 air groups. There is no AA. At 7:1, -3 the Allies roll a ‘1’ for a DR. Cut off by ZOC’s the Germans eliminate an Inf XX, but a 1-6 Pz II is able to retreat into the hex of a friendly unit.
The 10th attack is against a 9-pt stack in Leipzig by the Canadian 5th and French 1st Arm XX’s. The Allies fly in a GS mission of 14 air groups. German AA aborts 4 and returns 5, 64% of the mission force. At 4:1, -3 the Allies roll a ‘4’ for an EX. The entire German stack is eliminated. The Allies eliminate an AA X and 3 Arm II’s. The Canadian 5th and French 3rd Arm XX’s advance into this major city.
The 11th attack is against a 13-pt stack, now U-3, in the major city of Frankfurt by the British 1st Abn XX, the US 3rd, 44th, and 102nd Inf XX’s, and the Canadian 2nd Inf XX. At 9:1, -3 the Allies roll a ‘2’ for a DR. The entire German stack is eliminated. The US 102nd Inf XX advances into this major city.
The 12th attack is against a 12-pt stack isolated in the minor city of Bamberg by the 6th, 7th, and 9th Arm XX’s. At 6:1, -3 the Allies roll a ‘6’ for a DH. Cut off by ZOC’s the entire German stack is eliminated. The US 6th and 9th Arm XX’s advance into the hex.
The 13th attack is against an isolated Inf XX by the US 94th and the British 1st and 43rd Inf XX’s. At 9:1, -2 the Allies roll a ‘5’ for a DE. The Inf XX is eliminated. The US 94th and British 43rd Inf XX’s advance into the hex.
The 14th attack is against an isolated 17-pt stack in Nurnberg by the French 1st Arm XX, the NZ Mech XX, the US 36th, 80th, and 91st Inf XX’s, and the British 5th, 46th, and 51st Inf XX’s. The Allies fly in a GS mission of 20 air groups. German AA aborts 5 and returns 3. At 4:1, -1 the Allies roll a ‘3’ for an HX. The entire German stack is eliminated. The Allies eliminate 3x Eng X’s and an Art III. The US 91st and the British 5th and 46th Inf XX advance into this major city.
The 15th attack is against a 13-pt stack just southeast of the minor city of Regensburg by the US 5th Arm XX. The Allies fly in a GS mission of 10 air groups. There is no AA. At 4:1, -2 the Allies roll a ‘4’ for an HX. The Germans reduce an Inf XX and eliminate the rest of their stack. The Allies eliminate 2 AA X’s and a Mech II. The US 5th Arm XX advances into the hex.
The final attack is against an 8-pt stack, now U-2, trapped in a mountain hex of the Black Forest by the British 53rd and French 9th Inf XX’s. At 7:1, -4 the Allies roll a ‘1’ for a DR. The German stack is eliminated.
This was a disappointing turn for the Allies due to a combination of the German defense and poor weather. The Allies were able to make only 3 attacks against the main defense line, all north of Berlin. Only during exploitation were the Allies able to close up to the German front from Hamburg down to Dresden.
Axis Turn
Due to the Allied advance the Germans activate WK’s VIII and XVIII, leaving 4 RE’s to maintain production in each, and gaining 9x Inf RP’s from those WK’s. The Germans receive 2x Inf XX’s, and stop 2 more from transferring east. The Germans replace 5x PzG XX’s, 17x Inf XX’s, 4x PzG X’s, and 14x AA II’s. The Germans reorganize an 8-6 Inf XX released from the Southeast as part of the North Italy Invasion Alarm. The Germans disband assorted units for 41x Inf RP’s and 5x Arm RP’s.
The northern end of the front starts on the Baltic just east of Lubek and runs south for 5 hex before regaining the Elbe River at the town of Wittenberge. The front run along the east bank of the Elbe until the town of Rathenow where it crosses to the west side and reaches an apex just west of Brandenburg. Here the front runs south again along the east bank of the Elbe for 6 hexes until it crosses over again to defend Dresden. South the Dresden the front runs thru 2 hexes of rough terrain before once again running along the Elbe down to Prag. From Prag the front runs along the east bank of the Moldau until that river runs out just north of Budweis. There are only intermittent stacks thru Austria and the Alps. The units released from the Southeast heavily defend the Ljubljana gap, and occupy Trieste. Left far behind the Allied line is a German 30-pt stack, now U-2, in a wooded rough hex.
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