Normandy '44 AAR

[CountryBoy]

Turn 57. 16:00 11 June 1944.

A few hours later, in the afternoon of the 11th of June. Highlighted units are disrupted units. Poor weather is still restricting visibility to just one hex.

Starting in the Caen sector as usual, and as usual there is little action here, apart from the fight over Troarn to the east of Caen. It's not strategically important however it is an objective hex, which perhaps explains the Allied attacks here.



Moving further west, to around the Bayeux area and there is even less action in this sector. Things have been static here for some time.



Moving further west again, to the area south of Omaha Beach, and this is the sector of greatest concern. The Allies are making a major thrust here, backed by large numbers of tanks. In desperation I have moved much of the Panzer Lehr division further east to try and stop this attack. It's not so much a case of counterattacking, which is impossible due to overwhelming Allied arty, but more just using the tanks to stop disruptions and the inevitable assaults. 

The downside is that the Panzer Lehr is stretched thin, covering a very large area. I have highlighted some of the Panzer Lehr armoured units which have taken up position near the advancing Allied armour.



Moving further west to Cherbourg, and the withdrawal from the peninsula is working out well and I think I should managed to remove most troops in reasonable order. All I need to do is 'collapse' the front line before the Allies outflank mm retreating line, but there are enough static guns in bunkers around Cherbourg to slow them up a bit. Meanwhile the defensive line is taking shape, largely centred on the 17th SS Pzgr. The only issue here is that the other troops are all very poor quality infantry, especially on the 17th SS' left flank.



And a look at the jump map. My defensive line is taking shape, I'm basically aiming for a straight line running west to east, where I can slowly withdraw across the whole front a hex or two every couple turns or two. My main goal is to prevent a collapse of the line in any one place and try and keep it as straight as possible and also as deep as possible. Upcoming reinforcements include the 2nd Panzer Division, arriving on the 12th, so I will have to think about where to deploy them.



Finally, the VP situation. Not much change, with commensurate losses in both Allied and German men.