Allied Turn

The weather roll of ‘4’ means continuing mud in Zones C and D, clear in zone E, and calm seas. In GB the British break up the 79th Arm XX into the 27th Arm X and the 35th Tank Trng X. Both the US and the British each repair 3 aborted air groups. The Free French 6-8 Inf XX becomes full in Algeria.

The British TF escorts a convoy from Alger with the British 5th and 50th Inf XX’s, and disembark them at Marseille with 4 MP’s left. The TF and 6x NT’s get back to Alger in the last 2 naval steps of the Movement Phase, to hopefully embark 3 c/m RE’s during the Exploitation Phase with Alger’s remaining port capacity. Meanwhile in GB 2x 3-8 Inf X, and 2x 2-8 Inf X’s are loaded onto 4x NT’s as the Allied player realizes he can assemble the orphaned British 44th Inf HQ into an 8-8 Inf XX.

In North Africa the remnants of the British army stream towards Alger, the nearest port of embarkation for safe passage to southern France. During exploitation the 2 components of the British 10th Arm XX, historically disbanded June 1944, and another c/m units are embarked at Alger, move 2 naval steps, and are disembarked at Marseille with 2 MP’s left. This brings the number of Allied Arm XX’s in southern France up to 8, with the British 9th and 11th, Canadian 5th, and Polish 1st Arm XX’s remaining in GB.

In southern France the Allies mass 3 stacks with a combined attack strength of 151 pts against the 10th Pz XX in a stack with a defense strength of 23. The Germans stage in 8x Fw190 in a CAP over the obvious target. The Allies put up a CAP of 16 fighters over the same hex. At the start of the Combat Phase the Allies fly in a GS mission of 14 air groups, which the Allied CAP escorts. The Germans Fw190’s intercept and attempt to bypass the escort. The first wave of escorts kill 1, abort 1, and return 3x Fw190’s. The second wave of escorts abort another Fw190, but 2 get thru. They abort a P-38G and kill an A-30. The German AA aborts 2 and returns 1. With the odds of 7:1, -3 the Allies roll a ‘6’ for a DE. The 10th Pz is reduced to a cadre, and 4 other c/m units get eliminated. The Allies advance a 39-pt stack into this hex just east of Avignon.

US NRP 3 + 1 = 4
US Inf 21.75 + 6 = 27.75
US Arm 19 + 6 = 25
US ARP 25 – 3 = 22
Res Pts 6 + 5 = 11

Br NRP 1 + 2 = 3
Br Inf 24 + 6 = 30
Br Arm 7 + 4 = 11
Can Inf 1 + 1 = 2
Ind Inf 2.5 + .5 = 3
Br ARP 39 – 3 = 36
Res Pts 12 + 5 – 1 = 16

Fr Met .25 + 1 = 1.25
Fr Arm 0
Fr Af 4 + 1 = 5
Fr Col 2 + .5 = 2.5
Fr ARP 2
Res Pts 3 + 1 = 4

Ge 4.5 spec.

Axis Turn

The Germans receive a large Inf X and a Pz II as reinforcements. The Italian receive 2 more Coastal XX’s as they build up to their Jul I 43 total, and an Air Lndg II. The Germans replaced an AA III and an AT II. The Germans replace a Fw190 and repair 2 more. The Italians replace a Ju87B. The Italians start quick construction of forts at Citavecchia and the coastal hex just north of it.

The Italians now defend Sicily with a 3-4-6 Inf XX each at Trapani and Marsala, and Coastal XX’s at every other port on the island. Likewise the ports of Calabria are defended by Coastal XX’s. Napoli is defended by a 9-pt stack with an AA of 10. The coast from 1 hex north of Citavecchia down 1 hex past Roma is well defended, including an Arm XX. Citavecchia is defended with a 9-pt stack with an AA of 10, and Roma is defended by the 184th Para XX and a Para III. Livorno is defended by a 9-pt stack with an AA of 10, and 7-pt stacks on either side. La Spezia is defended by a 7-pt stack with an AA of 7. Genova is defended by a 9-pt stack with an AA of 7. Finally Savona is defended with a 9-pt stack with an AA of 7. The Italian defense line thru the Maritime Alps remains unchanged.

In southern France the Germans patch together stacks of 21 and 17 in the non-mountain hexes on the east side of the Rhone River. Along the west bank of the Rhone they have a stack of 15 in Nimes, and stacks of 17 on either side of Nimes. The Germans squeeze the newly arrived self-supported Inf X into their English Channel defense with minimal shuffling of units.

Ge Inf 11 + 4.5 Spec. + 6 – 1.5 = 20
Ge Arm 0 + 6 – 1.5 = 4.5
Ge ARP 6 – 4 = 2
Res Pts 19 + 9 = 28

It NRP 2 + 1 = 3
It Inf 11.95 + 4.25 = 16.2
It Arm 2 + 2 = 4
It ARP 17 – 2 = 15
Res Pts 0 + 2 – 2 = 0
It RE’s eliminated: 17