Allied Turn
The US receive another Arm XX and 2 more Inf XX’s. The US rebuilds its 45th Inf XX and the British rebuild an Art [xx]. The US replaces 1 air group and repairs another. The French repair 1 air group. Now owning 2 connected RMY’s in Germany the Allies spend 12 resource pts to start building rail capacity on the German rail net.
The previous turn the Germans units left behind in the Ardennes prevented 15 Allied XX’s from reaching the German front line. This turn the entire northern half of the Allied army devotes itself to clearing the Axis units left behind along the Rhine from just east of Arnhem to just southeast of Bonn.
The first Allied attack is against a 6-pt stack just east of Nijmegen by the US 17th Abn XX, and the US 35th and 45th Inf XX’s. The Allies fly in a GS mission of 4 air groups. There is no AA. At 6:1, +1 the Allies roll a ‘4’ for a DE. The Germans eliminate their stack. The US 35th and 45th Inf XX’s advance into the hex.
The next attack is against a 9-pt stack just east of Arnhem by the US 1st, Polish 1st, and South African 6th Arm XX’s. At 7:1, +3 the Allies roll a ‘2’ for a DE. Cut off by ZOC’s the entire stack is eliminated. Assorted Allied c/m units advance into the hex.
The third attack is against a 6-pt stack just northeast of Wesel by the British 7th and French 2nd Arm XX’s. At 6:1, +3 the Allies roll a ‘1’ for a DE. Cut off by ZOC’s the entire stack is eliminated. Assorted stack of Allied c/m units advance into the hex.
The fourth attack is against a 6-pt stack in a partial major city hex of the Ruhr by the US 4th and 10th Arm XX’s and the US 2nd and 5th Inf XX’s. At 9:1, +1 the Allies roll a ‘4’ for a DE. Cut off by ZOC’s the entire stack is eliminated. The US 2nd Inf XX advances into the hex.
The fifth attack is against a 6-pt stack in a full major city hex of the Ruhr by the US 101st Abn XX and the British 50th Inf XX. At 5:1 the Allies roll a ‘1’ for an HX. Cut off by ZOC’s the entire stack is eliminated. The Allies eliminate a US Eng X. The US 101st Abn XX and British 50th Inf XX advance across the Rhine into the hex.
The sixth attack is against a 9-pt stack in a full major city hex of the Ruhr by the US 2nd and 3rd Arm XX’s, the British 11th Arm XX, and the Canadian 4th and 5th Arm XX’s. At 9:1, -3 the Allies roll a ‘2’ for a DR. Surrounded the entire stack is eliminated. The Canadian 5th Arm XX advances into the hex.
The seventh attack is against a 9-pt stack in a full major city hex of the Ruhr by the US 8th, 9th, 79th, and 95th Inf XX’s. At 6:1 the Allies roll a ‘5’ for a DE. Cut off by ZOC’s the entire stack is eliminated. The US 8th, 79th, and 95th Inf XX advance across the Rhine into the hex.
The eighth attack is against a 7-pt stack in a partial major city hex of the Ruhr by the US 82nd Abn XX and the US 1st, 4th, 88th, and 104th Inf XX’s. At 6:1, +1 the Allies roll a ‘3’ for a DE. Cut off by ZOC’s the entire stack is eliminated. The US 4th and 88th Inf XX’s advance across the Rhine into the hex.
The ninth attack is against an 11-pt stack of the German main defense line in wooded rough by the US 9th Arm XX and British Guards Arm XX. The Allies fly in a GS mission of 14 air groups, knowing only a maximum of 9 can be used. German AA aborts 3, and 2 other air groups return to base on their own accord. At 7:1, -1 the Allies roll a ‘1’ for an HX. The Germans reduce an Inf XX and eliminate the rest of their stack. The Allies reduce the US 9th Arm XX. The British Guards Arm XX advances into the hex.
The tenth attack is against a 6-pt stack on the east bank of the Rhine by assorted Allied Arm X’s. The Allies fly in a GS mission of 4 bomber groups. There is no AA. At 6:1, +3 the Allies roll a ‘6’ for a DE. Cut off by ZOC’s the entire stack is eliminated. Assorted Allied c/m units advance into the hex.
The eleventh attack is against a 13-pt stack of the German main defense line in a wooded rough hex by the US 6th Arm XX and the British 1st and 6th Arm XX’s. The Allies fly in a GS mission of 12 air groups. German AA returns 1. At 8:1, +1 the Allies roll a ‘3’ for a DE. The Germans reduce an Inf XX and eliminate the rest of their stack. All 3 Allied Arm XX’s advance into the hex.
The twelfth attack is against a 6-pt stack on the east bank of the Rhine by the US 7th Arm XX, the British 1st Abn XX, and the US 26th, 44th, 85th and 102nd Inf XX’s. The Allies fly in a GS mission of 7 air groups. There is no AA. At 7:1, +1 the Allies roll a ‘3’ for a DE. Cut off by ZOC’s the entire stack is eliminated. The US 7th Arm, British 1st Abn, and US 26th Inf XX advance across the Rhine into the hex.
The thirteenth attack is against a 7-pt stack of the German main defense line in the woods behind a loop in the Main River by the French 3rd Arm XX, the US 3rd and 30th Inf XX’s, and the Canadian 2nd Inf XX. The Allies fly in a GS mission of 4 air groups. There is no AA. At 9:1 the Allies roll a ‘2’ for a DE. The entire stack is eliminated. The French 3rd Arm X and US 3rd Inf XX advance into the hex.
The fourteenth attack is against a 9-pt stack surrounded in the partial major city hex of Mannheim by the US 36th, 83rd, and 94th Inf XX’s and the British 1st and 3rd Inf XX’s. At 8:1, +1 the Allies roll a ‘4’ for a DE. Surrounded the entire stack is eliminated. The US 94th Inf XX advances across the Rhine into the hex.
The fifteenth attack is against a 9-pt stack of the German main defense line in the woods just northwest of Stuttgart by the US 91st Inf XX and the British 5th and 43rd Inf XX’s. The Allies fly in a GS mission of 8 air groups. There is no AA. At 9:1, -1 the Allies roll a ‘5’ for a DE. The Germans reduce an Inf XX and eliminate the rest of their stack. The US 91st Inf XX advances into the hex.
The sixteenth attack is against a 3-pt cadre defending the German main defense line in a wooded rough hex by the NZ Mech XX. The Allies fly in a GS mission of 2 bomber groups. There is no AA. At 9:1 the Allies roll a ‘4’ for a DE. The Germans eliminate the cadre. The NZ Mech XX advances into the hex.
The seventeenth attack is against a 9-pt stack in a wooded rough hex by the US 34th, Canadian 3rd, and French 1st Inf XX’s. The Allies fly in a GS mission of 8 air groups. There is no AA. At 8:1, -2 the Allies roll a ‘6’ for a DE. Cut off by ZOC’s the entire stack is eliminated. The US 34th Inf XX advances into the hex.
The eighteenth attack is against a 6-pt stack defending the German main defense line by the US 5th Arm XX. The Allies fly in a GS mission of 3 air groups. There is no AA. At 7:1, +1 the Allies roll a ‘2’ for a DE. Cut off by ZOC’s the entire stack is eliminated. The US 5th Arm XX advances into the hex.
The nineteenth attack is against a 13-pt stack in a wooded rough hex 2 hexes east of Freiburg by the French 1st Arm XX, the US 30th Inf XX, the British 46th and 51st Inf XX’s, and the Canadian 1st Inf XX. The Allies fly in a GS mission of 8 air groups. There is no AA. At 9:1, -1 the Allies roll a ‘5’ for a DE. Cut off by ZOC’s the entire stack is eliminated. The French 1st Arm XX and British 51st Inf XX advance into the hex.
The final attack is against a 7-pt stack isolated in a Westwall hex along the Rhine 2 hexes north of the Swiss border by the British 6th Abn XX and the British 4th, 15th, and 53rd Inf XX’s. The Allies fly in a GS mission of 6 air groups. There is no AA. At 9:1, -3 the Allies roll a ‘3’ for a DH. Cut off by ZOC’s the entire stack is eliminated. The British 6th Abn XX advances into the hex.
Meanwhile in Italy the non-Axis Italian units advance back into their own country followed by French and British XX’s. They occupy the Italian major cities of Torino, Genova, and Milano.
During exploitation the Allies overrun a small stack in the town of Zwolle. They also overrun a large PzG X and 3 ants in the medium city of Bielefeld but can not move any farther. The Allies manage to overrun a cadre as they surround the major cities of Frankfurt and Stuttgart.
Axis Turn
Axis Sep II Turn:
The Germans receive an Inf XX and stop a Pz XX from transferring east. The Germans replace 2x PzG XX’s, 4x Inf XX’s, and 4x AA II’s. Due to the Allied advance into WK XIII the Germans activate WK XVII and WK BM.
The Germans manage to build a continuous line across Germany, although they know the Allies will rip it to pieces. It starts in the Dutch medium city of Groningen. It runs thru a canal intensive hex, then a swamp hex. It runs behind the Ems River for a hex, then behind a canal until the town of Minden. From that point the front line runs along the east bank of the Weser River for 6 hexes, and then along the east bank of the Fulda River for 2 more hexes. South of the river the Germans place their only full strength Pz XX. The front line then runs thru 3 wooded rough hexes, and then the minor city of Bamberg. Here the front line runs along the east bank of the Main River and then along a canal that goes around the west side of Nurnberg down until it connects to the upper Danube. The Germans hold Munchen and Innsbruck, but not as part of a continuous front line.
Left behind are a German Para-Inf XX in Bastogne, a pair of units trapped against the Rhine, and a large 19-pt stack surrounded out in the open. A 13-pt stack holds Frankfurt, with an 11-pt stack in the woods just to its southeast. A 12-pt stack sits in Heibronn, with a 9-pt stack in the woods just to its northeast. A 4-pt stack holds Stuttgart, and 3 more stacks are trapped in the mountains and wooded rough of the Black Forest. Where they can move a hex, the Germans spread out to impede the Allies from advancing to the front. By the end of the turn the continuous front line is 28 hexes long and has an average defense strength of 8.3 pts.
Sep II 44 VP Check
Former Axis Major City Hexes: Tunis, Bordeaux, Lyon, Paris (4), Lille, Bruxelles, Antwerpen, Liege, Koln, Ruhr (9), Mannheim = 66
Former Axis Medium Cities: Tripoli, Grenoble, Toulouse, St. Etienne, Clermont, Tours, Nantes, Brest, Le Havre, Rouen, Reims, Nancy, Gent, Charleroi, Mulhouse, Strasburg, Eindhoven, Aachen, Bonn, Mainz, Ludwigshafen, Munster, Bielefeld, Hagen, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Wurzburg, Karlsruhe = 28
Former Axis Naval Bases: Tripoli, Tunis, Bizerte, Sete, Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Nantes, Brest, Caen, Le Havre, Rouen, Boulogne, Dunkerque, Gent, Antwerpen = 15
Net Ground Losses: 0
Net Air Losses: 0
Net Naval Losses: 0
Previous Total: 84.5 VP’s
New Total: 193.5 VP’s
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