The geography made it difficult for both sides to gain an advantage.
The hill top became a reverse slope defense. No one could really hold it and repel the opposite force without taking a major pounding. Rather holding it meant hugging the reverse slope.
The town is a tough fight. The Allies have flamethrowers. Most of the cover is here. The Germans have to get to it quickly in order to get their foot in the door. Otherwise, they will lose the battle all together.
Controlling the flanks is important as well. Because of the geography, it is inevitable that probings of the flanks will occur.
Overall, I think the Allies have a slight advantage. They have better armor, more units, and more transports. The Allied armor can sustain small arms fire whereas the German elephants and truck-mounted 88s have weak protection and cannot expose themselves except at a distance or with the use of cover. The Germans have to look for the best angles to cover the field of battle without risking their destruction. In my game, I lost an elephant early while contesting the hill and then I had another lose the ability to use its main gun making it worthless for much of the scenario. In my other elephants, a couple of the crew received wounds.
Despite their starting location, the Allied mobility gives them the ability to rush and seize their objectives (which my opponent wisely did). The Germans have only two trucks and have to rush their objective as well. In the game I played, blood was drawn early and it became apparent that one would take heavy losses if they exposed their units to the enemy in order to hold an objective. If you do, your units will become broken. I think this hurt my opponent as well.
A problem for the Germans is that they cannot get the numbers they need to each location in order to repel the Allies and win. From a German perspective, this fact combined with the geography and the slightly better Allied armor makes it harder for the Germans to clear the Allies from enough victory locations in order to get an outright victory.
It is an interesting scenario. And maybe if a player launches a large attack in one of the contested areas they might be able to turn their opponent. Then again, they might get slaughtered suggesting that some caution is necessary.
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The hill top became a reverse slope defense. No one could really hold it and repel the opposite force without taking a major pounding. Rather holding it meant hugging the reverse slope.
The town is a tough fight. The Allies have flamethrowers. Most of the cover is here. The Germans have to get to it quickly in order to get their foot in the door. Otherwise, they will lose the battle all together.
Controlling the flanks is important as well. Because of the geography, it is inevitable that probings of the flanks will occur.
Overall, I think the Allies have a slight advantage. They have better armor, more units, and more transports. The Allied armor can sustain small arms fire whereas the German elephants and truck-mounted 88s have weak protection and cannot expose themselves except at a distance or with the use of cover. The Germans have to look for the best angles to cover the field of battle without risking their destruction. In my game, I lost an elephant early while contesting the hill and then I had another lose the ability to use its main gun making it worthless for much of the scenario. In my other elephants, a couple of the crew received wounds.
Despite their starting location, the Allied mobility gives them the ability to rush and seize their objectives (which my opponent wisely did). The Germans have only two trucks and have to rush their objective as well. In the game I played, blood was drawn early and it became apparent that one would take heavy losses if they exposed their units to the enemy in order to hold an objective. If you do, your units will become broken. I think this hurt my opponent as well.
A problem for the Germans is that they cannot get the numbers they need to each location in order to repel the Allies and win. From a German perspective, this fact combined with the geography and the slightly better Allied armor makes it harder for the Germans to clear the Allies from enough victory locations in order to get an outright victory.
It is an interesting scenario. And maybe if a player launches a large attack in one of the contested areas they might be able to turn their opponent. Then again, they might get slaughtered suggesting that some caution is necessary.