D Day to the Ruhr 1944-1945 Allies v PO

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D+7 US 1st Army

US V Corps is attacking north from St Mere Eglise but faces stiff opposition from the FJ Divisions,The US 2nd Armd
supported by infantry are starting to wheel north to drive up the peninsular US 3rd Armd is also getting to the front
lines.

US VII Corps is still advancing towards St Lo but opposition is fierce

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D+7 BR 2nd Army

BR I Corps have held Caen despite heavy atacks from 21st Pzr,12SS Pzr and supporting infantry.

BR VIII and XXX Corps are holding the line and resting although there was an attempt to force a way south towards
Villars Bocage Pzr Lehr and units of LSSAH counter attacked and drove me back

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D+8 June 13th

So in one week of operations(7 turns)ive managed to capture Caen in the east and cut off the Cherbourg peninsular in
the west and drive 35kms from the beaches.German units have suffered heavily including 716th Division destroyed,352nd Division destroyed 30th Shnelle bde destroyed,21st Pzr heavily damaged along with the 2nd and 3rd FJ Divisions.
The time has come to reorganise rest and get into position to conduct the next offensive's these are for US 1st Army the capture of Cherbourg as a priority this falls to US V Corps (4th Div,2nd Div,9th Div plus 3rd Armd).
US XIX Corps (30th Div,82nd AB plus 2nd Armd) will capture St Lo d'Orville and hold the line on the peninsular US 79th Division will arrive as reinforcemnts in the next few days.
US VII Corps (1st Div,29th Div,90th Div and 101st AB) will capture St Lo supported by the FR 2nd Div Blindee
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D+8 June 13th

BR 2nd Army's objectives are to hold Caen and the Orne river flank, the Germans have heavily reinforced this front including 84th Div,711th Division,21st Pzr, 12th SS Pzr plus remnants of other units this will be the task of BR 1 Corps (6th AB,3rd Div,51st Highland Div).
BR VIII Corps (Can 3rd Div,49th Div,15th Scottish Div} holds the line west of Caen and will drive on and capture Villars Bocage supported by Can2nd Armd Bde and the BR4th Armd Bde.
BR XXX Corps (7th Armd,11th Armd,50th Northumbrian Div) will support the capture of Villars bocage flanking from the west while maintaing a front with US VII Corps
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D+9 June 14th

US V Corps assisied by XIX Corps have almost broken through the German defences and will be heading towards Cherbourg
in the next few turns, On the right flank near Utah beach the US Infantry of 4th and 9th divisions are just about
holding St Mere Eglise against ferocious attacks by 2nd and 3rd FJ divisions.

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D+10 June 15th

Units of the 5th Pzr Army and 7th Army have heavily attacked Caen and forced the 8th and 9th Infantry brigades of
BR 3rd Div to withdraw the 27th Armd bde counter attacks and holds Caen for now, this battle could swing either way over the comming days.

St Lo has fallen into the hands of 17th SS Pzr Gr Div as the us 29th Div is forced to fall back in disorder,The US 83rd Div has arrived to steady the front.

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D+11 June 16th

US V Corps have assaulted and forced the Germans back from ST Mere Eglise while on the easten side US units from XIX Corps including the 2nd and 3rd Armd Divisions have attacked and trapped elements of the LSSAH and 91st LW and will now drive for the prize of Cherbourg

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D+13 June 18th

US V Corps supported by XIX Corps have managed to force a breakthrough north of St Mere Eglise trapping several German units who have stubbornly held there ground, A flanking operation by the US 3rd Armd helped to close the pocket and seal the fate of the enemy including elements of the 91st LW Div/243rd Div and units of the 2nd and 3rd FJ Divisions.
US Forces are now rushing North to capture Cherbourg but it may take a few days for the Infantry to get there and prepare for an assault.


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D+13 June 18th

BR I Corps has been fighting hard but the 6th Airborne has had to fall back after repeated attacks by 12th SS and LSSAH, The paras have been reinforced by 158 Bde of 53rd Welsh Division who will try to retake the Orne bridge.
The 15th Scottish Division have moved into Caen to prop up the defences of the exhausted 3rd Division.
The US 35th Infantry Division of VII Corps has managed to retake St Lo however 17SS Pzr Gr remains very powerfull.

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D+14 June 19th

US XIX Corps units are moving to try to assault Cherbourg from 3 sides but some outlaying forts need to be destroyed first, At the moment due to the weather in the channel there is very little airpower available and both mulbery harbours are out of use so supply is worse than ever, As you can see in the pic XIX Corps and V Corps are in pretty poor shape with lots of Units in the red but i feel i need to push on and capture Chebourg

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D+14 June 19th

BR 2nd Army are conducting recon missions and digging in to rest and recouperate while further west US 1st Army are doing the same both Armies need to get some health back ready to fight it out with the growing German forces arriving in Normandy.

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D+18 June 22nd

US XIX Corps has assaulted the outlaying forts and destroyed them enabling the assault of Cherbourg itself,The German regiment from the 3rd FJ division was forced to retreat leaving the coast gun unit easy prey for the US Armour and infantry, The US CCA 3rd Armd has captured Cherbourg but is not dug in. On the coast to the east US V Corps units have trapped elements of a few German units but i think it will take time to grind them down.

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It looks like you're not getting much supply to your units up north. Are you
planning on driving them while they are still red?
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ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

It looks like you're not getting much supply to your units up north. Are you
planning on driving them while they are still red?
Hi Larry there is very little supply anywhere in normandy capturing Cherbourg is a must the supply level near cherbourg is 3
So even when I rest units for 2 or 3 turns they don't really gain any benefit, I guess this is how the scenario is designed to slow the Allied player down so I've had to push hard to seal off the cotentin peninsular as the Germans were reinforcing Cherbourg then turn North to capture Cherbourg as it is a supply source and will give the allies transport replacements to boost mobility as no allied units have any transport and are beging to shift to having a movement allowance of 1 that includes armoured units as it stands ive got maybe 8 brigades at 1mp not good
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I guess this is how the scenario is designed to slow the Allied player down
You could look at it that way, but that is not the design intention. There is a relationship between Supply Level > Ports Captured > Divisions brought into the beachhead. The player has control over the balance of this relationship. So if you bring in too many divisions compared to how many ports you own, then your supply level will be too low to support reasonable operations.

The way that the Allies are slowed down thru design is seen below. This is a Scenario Rule so it is self imposed. This rule works quite well when dealing with the WAllies, who operated differently from Germany and Russia regarding supply levels and operations.

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