PUBLIC EVENT LOG

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11th September 1944
Battle of Valea Villor


Units Involved:

AXIS:
- 16th Cavalry Regiment, 8th SS Cavalry Division
- Elm. 18th Cavalry Regiment, 8th SS Cavalry Division

ALLIES:
- HQ element, 92th Infantry Regiment, 18th Infantry Division
- I Battalion, 92th Infantry Regiment, 18th Infantry Division


Result: AXIS DECISIVE VICTORY
DEFENDER DISORGANIZED AND RETREATING RAPIDLY

Detailed losses:

AXIS:
333 men
0 Artillery
5 Soft Vehicles
0 APCs
4 AFVs
2 Recon Aircraft
0 Combat Aircraft

ALLIES:
713 men
17 Artillery
33 Soft Vehicles
0 APCs
0 AFVs
2 Recon Aircraft
0 Combat Aircraft

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11th September 1944
Battle south of Copsa Mica


Units Involved:

AXIS:
- 15th Cavalry Regiment, 8th SS Cavalry Division
- 8th Divisional Artillery Regiment, 8th SS Cavalry Division

ALLIES:
- II Battalion, 92th Infantry Regiment, 18th Infantry Division
- Matei Detachment, 4th Romanian Army


Result: AXIS MEDIUM VICTORY
DEFENDER RETREATS IN PROPER ORDER, EXCEPT FOR THE BATTALION THAT WAS DESTROYED AND AMALGAATED BY MATEI DETACHMENT

Detailed losses:

AXIS:
192 men
2 Artillery
6 Soft Vehicles
0 APCs
0 AFVs
3 Recon Aircraft
1 Combat Aircraft

ALLIES:
619 men
6 Artillery
10 Soft Vehicles
7 APCs
4 AFVs
0 Recon Aircraft
3 Combat Aircraft

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11th September 1944

"Germany Calling" reports:
"Glorious Wehrmacht and the SS are launching offensives on all fronts with their allies! A massive push has been executed by the German troops around the small town of Copsa Mica, where over a thousand Romanian troops are repoprted to be dead - or soon to be dead - by the hand of Thor warriors.
Soon, our counter0offensive shall push the Soviets and trecherous Romanians from the Balkan hills and the tide of the war shall be turned!

(...)

In other news: Belgian Army liberates the Belgian town of Zeebrugge, effectively securing most of the Belgian coast. Bolesław Bierut - a politician from the Polish Worker's Party - is elected the president of the Provisional Government in Poland. Kriegsmarine scuttles yet another u-boat: the U-19 in the Black Sea. US Army patrols were sighted near Keppelhausen - a first time since the 1939 an allied soldier stepped into the German land...

[SaSTrooP]

Summary day 1-9

It has been 9 days since joint Hungarian- German attack descended upon Southern Transylvania.
Outnumbered Romanian troops - in fact counting only two weakened infantry divisions with minor armor support - faced onslaught of four enemy divisions. Three Hungarian and one German, as well as supporting elements. This includes one Hungarian armoured division and German elite SS cavalry division.

Losses are extreme. Romanians lost in the field and gave way on nearly a dozen of occasions. Romanian Air Force attempts to support the ground troops, but AA umbrella makes attrition barely bearable.

Yet, the defence is determined. The task of Axis force was to setup around Southern Passes and prevent Soviet forces from deploying properly. Axis stomped over Romanian bodies, but they did not walk fast enough.

Battered Romanian units are joined by the Soviets on 10th September 1944. Infantry divisions of the Red Army are pouring from the mountain passes, ready to storm up north, towards where Hungarians came from in the first place. Further Romanian reinforcements are coming in as well.

The tide might be soon turning against the Axis. What today looks as a disaster for the Allied, tomorrow might let them speak.

As victors, perhaps?
Yet, the campaign must continue...


This summary occurs just before first combat contact between Axis and Soviet troops.

The list only comprises in-game battle casualties, it ignores autoresolved losses as well other losses such as surrenders and remnants within dissolved units.

Losses do not include off-map shot-down aircraft (operational map movements)


GLOBAL DATA:
Battles fought: 14 (incl. 1 split battle)
Battles won by Axis: 10
Battles won by Allies: 2
Battles drawn: 1

GLOBAL CASUALTIES SO FAR:

AXIS:
3184 men
17 Artillery
93 Soft Vehicles
0 APCs
37 AFVs
7 Recon Aircraft
8 Combat Aircraft

ALLIES:
6542 men
81 Artillery
130 Soft Vehicles
7 APCs
7 AFVs
4 Recon Aircraft
8 Combat Aircraft

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12th September 1944
Battle east of Boarta


Units Involved:

AXIS:
- 18th Cavalry Regiment, 8th SS Cavalry Division
- 2nd Divisional Artillery Regiment, 2nd Armoured Division (elements)

ALLIES:
- 18th Infantry Regiment, 18th Infantry Division


Result: AXIS MINOR VICTORY
DEFENDER CONDUCTS WITHDRAWAL TOWARDS THE SOUTH IN PROPER ORDER

Detailed losses:

AXIS:
144 men
0 Artillery
1 Soft Vehicles
0 APCs
1 AFVs
0 Recon Aircraft
0 Combat Aircraft

ALLIES:
412 men
7 Artillery
13 Soft Vehicles
0 APCs
0 AFVs
1 Recon Aircraft
0 Combat Aircraft

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12th September 1944
Battle of Seica Mare

Units Involved:

AXIS:
- 15th Cavalry Regiment, 8th SS Cavalry Division
- 8th Divisional Artillery Regiment, 8th SS Cavalry Division
- Remnants of the 306th Infantry Division
- Remnants of the 13th Panzer Division
- 8th SS Bicycle Reconneissance Battalion (elements)
- Hungarian 13th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division (elements)

ALLIES:
- Soviet 27th Guards Separate Armoured Brigade, 27th Army Assets
- Romanian 35th Divisional Artillery Regiment, 18th Infantry Division
- Romanian HQ element, 92nd Infantry Regiment, 18th Infantry DIivision


Result: AXIS MEDIUM VICTORY
BADLY MAULED TANK BRIGADE FINALLY RETREATS FROM THE BATTLE

Detailed losses:

AXIS:
138 men
2 Artillery
1 Soft Vehicles
0 APCs
2 AFVs
0 Recon Aircraft
1 Combat Aircraft

ALLIES:
447 men
9 Artillery
15 Soft Vehicles
16 APCs
23 AFVs
0 Recon Aircraft
0 Combat Aircraft

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13th September 1944
Battle of Rusi

Units Involved:

AXIS:
- 15th Cavalry Regiment, 8th SS Cavalry Division
- Panzerjaeger Abteilung 8, 8th SS Cavalry Division (elements)
- 8th Divisional Artillery Regiment, 8th SS Cavalry Division
- Remnants of the 306th Infantry Division
- Remnants of the 13th Panzer Division

ALLIES:
- Soviet 27th Guards Separate Armoured Brigade, 27th Army Assets (remnants)
- Romanian 18th Infantry Regiment, 18th Infantry Division


Result: AXIS OVERWHELMING VICTORY
ALL ALLIED UNITS DESTROYED OR SURRENDERED

Detailed losses:

AXIS:
245 men
0 Artillery
0 Soft Vehicles
0 APCs
4 AFVs
0 Recon Aircraft
2 Combat Aircraft

ALLIES:
940 men
13 Artillery
8 Soft Vehicles
7 APCs
10 AFVs
0 Recon Aircraft
0 Combat Aircraft

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13th September 1944

"Pravda" reports:
"Another day of heavy fighting in Transylvania. German forces continue to rely on the very remnants of their initiative i nthe theater and launch last-breath attacks. These attacks caused minor problems here and there, however the glorious Red Army shall bring victory in Transylvania anytime soon...

(...)

In other news: Greek and Canadian troops are beginning the assault against the town of Rimini in the Italian Front. The 47th Army of the 2nd Belorussian Fronthas reported securing the Warsaw's suburb of Praga. Meanwhile, the Warsaw Uprising still lasts, albeit with massive destruction of the city. First supply drops executed by the Red Air Force occure in Warsaw in the blazing light of fires. It is the first drop after so far 44 days of lone combat executed by the Home Army in the city. Previously USSR has deliberately barred Allied Air Forces from using Red Army airstrips to refuel before supply drops, hoping that Germans shall topple the uprising in blood. The American destroyer USS Warrington sank off the Bahamas in the Great Atlantic hurricane. The outpost in the Greek town of Meligalas manned by the Security Battalions is reported to be under attack by the communist ELAS partisans... (...)

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14th September 1944
Battle of Mandra

Units Involved:

AXIS:
- Hungarian 25th Assault Gun Battalion, 25th Infantry Division
- Hungarian 3rd Motorized Battalion, 3rd Motorized Regiment, 2nd Armoured Division
- Hungarian 2nd Armoured Battalion, 2nd Armoured Division
- Hungarian 52nd Anti-Aircraft Battalion, 2nd Armoured Division (offmap)
- German SS-Aufklarungs Abteilung, 8th SS Cavalry Division
- German remnant units
- German Elm. 8th Artillery Regiment, 8th SS Cavalry Division

ALLIES:
- 281st Guards Infantry Regiment, 91st Guards Infantry Division
- 341st Anti Tank Regiment, 27th Army Assets


Result: AXIS MINOR VICTORY
SOVIET GUARDS INFANTRY ADVANCE HALTED AFTER MEETING ENGAGEMENT BATTLE AND HAIL OF ARMOURED FIRE

Detailed losses:

AXIS:
178 men
0 Artillery
3 Soft Vehicles
0 APCs
15 AFVs
0 Recon Aircraft
2 Combat Aircraft

ALLIES:
373 men
2 Artillery
11 Soft Vehicles
0 APCs
0 AFVs
0 Recon Aircraft
0 Combat Aircraft

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14th September 1944
Battle of Simnic

Units Involved:

AXIS:
- Hungarian 13th Infantry Regiment, 13th Reserve Infantry Division
- German 16 Kavallerie Regiment, 8th SS Cavalry Division
- German remnant units
- German Elm. 8th Artillery Regiment, 8th SS Cavalry Division
- Elm. Panzerjeager Regiment 8

ALLIES:
- Matei Detachment, Romanian 4th Army Assets
- 278st Guards Infantry Regiment, 91st Guards Infantry Division
- 343rd Anti Tank Regiment, 34th Anti-Tank Artillery Brigade, 27th Army Assets
- 980th and 981st Battalions, 40th Howitzer Regiment, 27th Army Assets


Result: ALLIED VICTORY
AXIS ADVANCE CANCELLED UNDER HAIL OF FIRE AND DETERMINED DEFENCE

Detailed losses:

AXIS:
221 men
2 Artillery
1 Soft Vehicles
0 APCs
2 AFVs
0 Recon Aircraft
0 Combat Aircraft

ALLIES:
60 men
1 Artillery
0 Soft Vehicles
0 APCs
1 AFVs
0 Recon Aircraft
0 Combat Aircraft