BoemsiBoemsie, might want to edit out the word t*rr*r. Paradox seems to get hyper when associated with other words.
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Sorry to hear you're ill. That shouldn't worry you about decisions, probably couln't tell the difference between the real Hitler and the the make believe anyway?
We'll just sit back and, uh, twiddle our thumbs, read a book, or whatever.
+1.
Feeling nearly human. If I could persuade my wife to move my computer into the bedroom and that inability to wash dishes etc did not affect abiulity to play games ....
I will have you know that we have had several days below 25 Centigrade and it has rained TWICE!!! this month already. It is the dead of winter. Any worse than this and we will move to Melbourne.
That is the plan (to have a review after France sees the light). I have actually started one strat bomber (should be in the next update) and am researching rockets.
Oeps, done. Thanks
Good to see that we will not get into trouble.
Oh NO! Don't move to Melbourne, then you will get "Melbourne Weather." Days where it is extremely hot and days when it is extremely cold.
yeah, you should try the continental winter that come from Russia, -20 in december and hot summer +42 in augustus.... That's what I had In romania...
Now Belgium where I live, British weather, 4-10 degrees in winter with lot of rain and humidity, and summer with 25-28 grades and atlantic cold winds...
Now Belgium where I live, British weather, 4-10 degrees in winter with lot of rain and humidity, and summer with 25-28 grades and atlantic cold winds...
You know you aren't doing much for your tourist industry, crying over which coast has the worst weather.
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That's too hot in Finland. I think it's pretty warm outside, there's +11 celcius right now.
Nice to see youre AAR is still up an running even after a new patch came out. Since i didnt have much sparetime the last weeks i really had a lot to read to catch up ( about 30 pages ) and my head is still smoking from all the reading !!
Good to see that the Japs got a "reboot" and actually conquered China :rofl:
Just to bad the Italians never seem to reinforce theire African possesions and keep on loosing everything there. Makes taking Gibraltar as Germany mostly useless even trough it always feels good
Keep up the great work !!!!! I am off to start read youre WiF AAR
Good to see that the Japs got a "reboot" and actually conquered China :rofl:
Just to bad the Italians never seem to reinforce theire African possesions and keep on loosing everything there. Makes taking Gibraltar as Germany mostly useless even trough it always feels good
Keep up the great work !!!!! I am off to start read youre WiF AAR
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A Clerk’s War
A Clerk’s War
22nd November to 24th November 1939
The 22nd saw the end of the lull in fighting. No less than 4 battles started that day, though one of these was also completed.
First off the block was 13.Infanterie (mot) which chased General Revers' 4th Motor Brigade into Xertigny. The only real question here was whether the French would stop long enough to put up any resistance at all. The 4th was on the verge of collapse and General Köstring thought it likely that all he would meet were a few scattered roadblocks: most of the enemy would be using their vehicles to put as great a distance between themselves and our leading units. He was not far wrong, as by 7PM the province was ours for only 37 casualties, mainly from reconnaissance units. French deaths were few, but they lost about 54 men, predominately as prisoners.
Battle of Xertigny
The Battle for St-Dié that started at about the same time, was very different, even thought the defenders were again member of an Allied motorised unit. This time it was the British 68th Motorised Brigade, led by General Bucknall. Bucknall had positioned his men well for a delaying action, and while Feige’s 8.Infanterie had a slight numerical superiority, their lack of motorised transport meant they were not able to fully utilise the benefits of the flat terrain. Still, Feige has the advantage of an artillery regiment (and the Luftwaffe!) and though it will not be easy, he expects to overcome whatever resistance the “Tommies” put up. He has warned the Österreich Army HQ that this will not be a quick victory: he will need to move slowly, using his guns to demolish makeshift “fortresses” as he goes. Bucknall is a skilled commander and will minimise his own losses while exacerbating ours.
Battle of St-Dié
A field gun crew of 8th Artillery Brigade, 8.Infanterie Division, prepares under camouflage. Although the Armée de l’Air is outnumbered, its bombers are still operating and our men are taking no risks.
The third battle of the morning involved General Jodl’s 14.Infanterie (mot) and the British 11th Infantry Brigade and the headquarters troops of the 3rd Corps in the province of Jussey. In reserve, still trying to regain some semblance of organisation, was 1ème Division de Cavellerie, the elite Belgian unit that has caused us so much trouble. Jodl is well known for his dull and unemotional reports, always restricting himself to the facts. So it was it was a little surprising to see that he predicted a quick, clean battle and that he anticipates being on the move again within a day or so.
Battle of Jussey
The final battle of the day started at about the same time as Köstring was claiming victory in Xertigny. The veteran General Bock was up against a tough foe: General Beaumont and the renowned 2nd Marine Brigade blocked his advance into Épinal. The French unit had suffered a little from air attacks in the past few days, but it was still more than capable of holding its ground. 36.Infanterie faced some days of attritional warfare to force Beaumont back, unless significant reinforcements could be found.
Battle of Épinal
This was possible, but I have seen a few documents which mention that the wide spaces in the west of France of swallowing an increasing number of units. Several papers by OKH advisers have advocated that we should concentrate more on the key areas identified as critical to on-going French resistance. Unfortunately, the orders that I have seen sent to the Army commanders already reflect this. It is the implementation that is flawed. Our units are trying to move directly to the objectives, but the French resistance is such that the lead units are continually being deflected of the shortest path, and being forced to fight for provinces of no military or political significance. I suppose that this is the reality of war: wonderful plans on paper tend to get altered when boots on the ground try to put them into practice.
Nevertheless, both General von Kluge (Army of the Ardennes) and General Dennerlein (Österreich Army) have been issued with new orders. Von Kluge has been told to remove Dijon (now many kilometres in the rear) from his list of objectives, and replace it with Toulons. Dennerlein has been told in no uncertain terms that one of his primary targets is Digoin. The intention is to make the two army commanders focus their advances towards these provinces and thus force the French to the negotiation table. I hope it works, but the Allies are proving to be defiant to the last.
At least at one place resistance has ceased: the Channel Islands are now under our control
Reichsmarschall Goering has been hard at work, or maybe the Führer has, of his own volition, turned his mind to our future air requirements. I know which solution I think is the most likely. With Unternehmen Stahlknüppel moving relentlessly forward, the Air Minister has seen his opportunity to expand the Luftwaffe. On the 23rd three bundles of papers were delivered, each relating to a new aircraft manufacturing contract. While I can see the reason for approving the manufacture of new geschwader of Ju 87G dive bombers and He 111 tactical bombers, it was the third contract that really surprised me. The Führer has personally endorsed the incorporation of a Langstrecken -Großbomber division of the Luftwaffe, and this contract authorises the formation of KG 27 “Boelcke” and orders Junkers to start producing a run of one hundred Ju 89 bombers. There must have been a real change of heart at the very top of the Reichluftfahrtministerium, which has always seen the role of the Luftwaffe as a combination of “air artillery” to support the Heer and Jagdwaffe to protect the Reich. This one contract reflects a dramatic switch in priorities, as it will cost an absolute fortune to not only build a force of these planes, but also to develop all the associated technology to bring them to world standards. It could be drain on our economy and research groups for years.
A prototype Dornier 19V – an unsuccessful bidder for Langstrecken-Großbomber contract
Normally with equipment orders I just glance at the front few pages, just to see what is happening, but I read through the whole of the third bundle. Somebody was very thorough in putting together the paperwork, which was probably very wise. Anyone with any knowledge of the power struggles in the Luftwaffe during the early 1930’s would have seen that this contract would go to the very top, and the Führer is addicted to technical details. He likes to read all the appendices, supplements and “technical folders” for new weapons and equipment. It would be a very foolish clerk who decided to leave out anything at all.
The successful applicant: a prototype Ju 89, the V1
A whole sequence of arguments was put up to support this switch, but there were three arguments that seemed to gain the most support (as I could tell by the comments in the margins, often in the easily recognisable handwriting of the Führer or the Reichsmarschall). The first was that we had the industrial capacity to produce such an expensive weapon. Admittedly up to now our economy and manufacturing base was such that we simply could not afford to build an air force able to simultaneously assist the Heer, defend the Reich and attack the enemy’s production centres. But with our increasing industrial base, our improved use of technology and additional sources of raw materials, Minister Schacht has (I sensed reluctantly) agreed that we could afford at least a small force of heavy bombers, though fuel consumption may be a problem if it is increased too much. That was the only chink that Goering needed to push for expansion.
The second argument went to straight to the point: revenge. The RAF had been bombing our cities for months, and while we have inflicted heavy losses on their bombers, it does not alter the fact that our civilian morale has been adversely impacted. It is time for us to show the British that we too can strike at their cities. Not only will we reduce their manufacturing capacity and force them to invest scarce resources in rebuilding infrastructure, installing anti-aircraft and reserving fighters for defence, but we will also reduce their national unity. A “Das stimmt!” in bold letters in the margin showed that this had struck home with at least one reader.
The third was more long term and related to the top secret ultimate aim: the invasion of the USSR. Even the most optimistic estimates envision a two year campaign in Russia. Our intelligence indicates that they have more than 300 divisions, and that they have started to move towards mobilisation. The officer losses of the Great Purge are being made up, and our industrial spies report that while far behind us, the Red Army will have some respectable weaponry. The sheer size of the country will mean that much of the manufacturing capacity will be far in the rear. We need some means of ensuring that the hundreds of additional divisions that Stalin will call up are given as little new equipment as possible, and that the new tanks and planes produced in the trans-Urals factories never get to the front line to replace the antiquated I-15 fighters and T-26 tanks we currently face.
The Russians have hundreds of these I-15 “Chaikas”, but they present no threat to the Luftwaffe. We need to make sure that the new fighters being currently designed reach the front in limited numbers and the worst we meet in the air is the “Seagull”
Anyway, the decision has been made and by the end of next year the new geschwader should be ready for action. (The contract stipulates 393 days, but there is likely to be some delay in freeing up a Junkers production line – they are all busy churning out dive bombers as fast as they can.)
Both Jodl and Back lodged their victory reports just before the end of the day. As he predicted the day before, Jodl’s trucks were moving freely through Jussey, following the trail of abandoned equipment left by the British and the Belgians as they attempt to escape to fight another day. Losses reflect the lack of serous fighting: 13 German to 49 Allied lost. Bock had a harder fight, but only just, losing 79 men in taking Épinal from the Marines, who lost 112. Obviously the marines had been more shaken by the earlier bombing than we had thought.
General Jodl may regret his promptness in claiming victory though. Just as I was about to leave for home we were notified that his advance had been halted. Lead units of 14.Infanterie (mot) have come under fire from a French unit. Early information is that this is 19ème Division under de Verdillac. Perhaps conscious that his reputation for conservative reporting was on the line, Jodl assured his superior officer, Lt General Cochenhausen, commander of 1st Motorkorps, that this was a very minor incident and that he expected to confirm his division to be mobile again within hours.
Second Battle of Jussey
The next day I immediately saw that fate (in the form of General Köstring) had smiled on General Jodl. The first document on my desk was from the communications officer of 13.Infanterie (mot) informing Lt General Hoth of the 1st Leichte Panzerkorps that while temporarily resting in Xertigny the division had been attacked by a French division which appeared to be already involved in fighting to the rear. It was in fact the lead elements of de Verdillac’s 19ème Division trying to disengage from Jodl. It seems as though the French are just fleeing in disorder, with no idea of the forces around them or any coherent orders being received from their headquarters.
At lunchtime we heard from General Jacob again. No surprise here: he is again going to try to take Sancergues. Once again his foe will be the British General Thorne and his determined 38th Infantry Brigade. Jacob said that his intelligence officer believed that the British have been weakened by the bombing over the past few days, and that 2.Infanterie and 29.Infanterie (mot) are both back to full strength and keen to avenge their previous defeat. But Jacob acknowledges his main enemy is the River Loire. Bridging work continued even after the fighting stopped and Jacob is convinced that this third attack will be successful. He correctly points out that losses in the prior two attacks were minimal, and claims he has learnt a lot about the Allied defences. For his sake I hope he is right: very few careers survive three unsuccessful attacks on the same objective.
Battle of Sancergues
29.Infanterie (mot) begins crossing the Loire
The end of the 24th brought news from both Xertigny and Jussey: 19ème Division has given up the fight on both fronts and both Jodl and Köstring have ordered their trucks forward again, having each lost 32 men. Reliable figures are not available for French losses, but they appear to be about 137, maily stragglers who surrendered without a fight.
French prisoners awaiting transfer from Xertigny: morale is low in the French Army but politically there is no weakening as yet
As I mentioned a few days ago, the Kriegsmarine has decided to provide a regular summary of U-boat activity to replace the normal reports.
Unterseebootsflotte activity summary
Breton Coast: 1 transport (UK): Plymouth – Maldives: von Nordeck
Western Charcot Seamount: 2 transports, 1 Escort (Fr): Algers- Lorient: Wolf
Eastern King’s Trough: 2 transports (UK): Plymouth – St Helena: Fricke
Coast of Galicia: 2 transports (UK): Plymouth – El Iskandariya: Wolf
Channel Approaches: 1 transport (UK): Plymouth – Muqdisho: von Nordeck
Eastern King’s Trough: 1 transport (Fr): Bourdeaux – Abidjan: Fricke
Bombing summary
Luftwaffe
Sarreguines: Udet with 3rd Stukakorps (2 x Ju 87G): 78, 147
Sarreguines: Kitzinger with 3rd Taktischeluftflotte, 3rd Stuakkorps (2 x He 111, 2 x Ju 87G): 225, 289
Xertigny: Löhr with 2nd Stukakorps (2 x Ju 87G): 105
Jussey: Löhr with 2nd Stukakorps, 1st Taktischeluftflotte (2 x Ju 87G, 1 x Bf 109G, 2 x He 111): 134, 248
St-Dié: Kitzinger with 3rd Taktischeluftflotte (2 x He 111): 86, 217, 169
Épinal: Udet with 3rd Stukakorps (2 x Ju 87G): 62
Épinal: Kesselring with 1st and 3rd Stukakorps (4 x Ju 87G): 216
Épinal: Kesselring with 1st Stukakorps (2 x Ju 87G): 154
Jussey: Löhr with 2nd Stukakorps (2 x Ju 87G): 44, 95
Sancergues: Dörstling with 6th and 1st Taktischeluftflotte (2 x Bf 109G, 4 x He 111): 267
Jussey: Kesselring with 1st and 2nd Stukakorps (4 x Ju 87G): 91
Armée de l’Air
Cosne-Cours: Jauneaud with 2 x TAC: 156
France at end of 24th November: the vice is tightening
Eastern Africa: lack of supplies will destroy the Italian forces
A reminder of happier times in Italian East Africa: a publicity photograph published by the Italians after the fall of Ethipia. The reality is that this unit probably now has no fuel or spare parts for its trucks and little ammunition for its guns. In fact, there may be little food for the soldiers and no clean uniforms for the immaculate officers.
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You know you aren't doing much for your tourist industry, crying over which coast has the worst weather.
Enough with the weather: human beings are meant to live in a climate where a shirt in the evening is optional. I dislike winter even here, where it normally has the decency to rain while I am asleep and it never snows (I am pretty sure that it has only reached 0 degrees Centigrade once.
Anyway, I have now infected at least one of my daughters, so my mission as a disease carrier is complete and I can recover, knowing that life's great cycle continues.
Nice to see youre AAR is still up an running even after a new patch came out. Since i didnt have much sparetime the last weeks i really had a lot to read to catch up ( about 30 pages ) and my head is still smoking from all the reading !!
Good to see that the Japs got a "reboot" and actually conquered China :rofl:
Just to bad the Italians never seem to reinforce theire African possesions and keep on loosing everything there. Makes taking Gibraltar as Germany mostly useless even trough it always feels good
Keep up the great work !!!!! I am off to start read youre WiF AAR
Thanks arasis - oneof my friends told me long it took him to catch up and I was quite surpised. I do seem to have written a lot, and it isn't even 1940 yet.
I have to admit my orignal intention was not to have such a long AAR - I just seem to have been carried away.
Apologies to all for the big break but I am now back refreshed. I didn't waste the time - thanks to JGSME (I think that's what it is called) I've been playing with mods with AOD and HOI3.
Yes, very interesting.
Btw, is it only me, but his situation update picture does not come through.
Btw, is it only me, but his situation update picture does not come through.
Yes, very interesting.
Btw, is it only me, but his situation update picture does not come through.
I am usually reluctant to start the heavies, not just for the cost in IC but because it is another branch of aircraft research. But leaderships seems under control at the moment, so I'll see how we go. I don't think we will see a Ju 89 over the UK though: I think the RAF would use them as target drones.
Forster: I am assuming you mean the Frqance map: it loaded OK for me last night, but wouldn't this morning. So I have replaced the link. Works OK for me now.
Just for information: I have played up to end of November, and will stop there until I have caught up with updates. I'll give my "1940 and beyond" plan then, so I will have as little idea as to how things are going to go as you do. Then I will start in December to implement the plan.
Before anyone brings it up: there will not be a 1940 Sea Lion": I have not prepared for it.
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A Clerk’s War
A Clerk’s War
It has been noticeable over the past year or so that someone in OKH (or maybe higher?) has a soft spot for special forces. There always seem to be enough Reichsmarks for a new Gebirgsjäger, Sturm-Marine or Fallschirmjäger unit. Not to mention the number of Pioniere regiments that have been formed. The investment has not always appeared worthwhile, and there have been grumblings from some regular units that the standard infantry bears the burden while the special forces get the glory. Maybe there has been some truth in this, but it is likely to change. A new training schedule has been designed that will increase the efficiency of the four specialised combat groups. A directive has gone out to all Korps commanders and above requiring that any new plans must utilise available special forces, and that any such plan is more likely to receive approval. As a sign that this is to be a long term policy (and not one of the dozens of “flavour of the month” decisions) the research group has been given enough funding to develop an even better training program.
The new training regime includes instruction in all weapons, to ensure that we get the best results. For example, Fallschirmjägers are taught to be proficient in the use of the 8cm Granatwerfer, and will now have mortar crews integrated into their formations.
If the war in France drags on too long it will not be the fault of General Höpner. After repelling an attack by the British and then smashing his way through the French to seize Ardentes he has 4th Leichte Panzer Division on the road south again, straight into Guéret. General de Larminat has an armour and an infantry brigade totalling nearly 18,000 men with which to resist Höpner and his armour division, though our information is that the armour unit (67th Brigade) is in no condition to move, let alone fight. As usual, Höpner is supremely confident.
Battle of Guéret
The following day 2nd Panzer Division was alos in action, moving down the east bank of the Loire to hit Bethouart’s 30th Infantry Brigade, still recovering from its defeat at the hands of General Hell’s 6th Gebrigsjägers in Clamency, back on 12th November. Bethouart has replaced few of the men he lost, but that is not his major problem. He has used the rest in Corbigny to regain some control over his units and some organisation has been reintroduced, but his men are still not ready for serious combat, and that is what Dietrich’s panzertruppen have in mind. Every divisional commander knows that speed and force will end the French resistance quicker, and the tank units know the responsibility rests most heavily on them. Dietrich is also confident, and is promising to keep the pressure on the French.
Battle of Corbigny
On both the 24th and 25th nothing other than these two battles was reported (bar the endless bombing reports). On Sunday 27th, however, a few more encouraging notices came in. (I had decided to come into work on the Sunday to catch up on the end of month reports, and because there were rumours that a large military/economic planning document was close to completion and could be delivered within days to the Cabinet for review and approval).
Bucknall’s delaying tactics during the Battle of St-Dié did not end up buying him much time. General Feige was most complimentary concerning the contribution of 8th Artillery Regiment and recommended its commanding Oberst for a medal. Even though the British 68th Infantry (mot) was well dug-in and benefitted from good leadership, the guns broke the will of the infantry and the battle was over far more quickly than expected. Losses were fairly heavy (386 from 8.Infanterie) but the British had 596 casualties. The artillery must have been effective to deliver that sort of punishment on well ordered defenders in a prepared position.
As if the poor General Bethouart did not have enough to worry about with Dietrich’s panzers and Wespe’s hammering at his defences, General Herzog attacked the province of Saulieu, south of Corbigny. If Saulieu falls, Bethouart’s 30th Infantry will have its retreat path cut off. And Saulieu is not likely to resist for long. As well as his own 36.Infanterie (mot) attacking from Clamency, Herzog has the use of General Hell’s Gebirgsjägers moving in from Vitteaux. D’Arras has 18,000 men with which to defend Saulieu (39th Infantry and 52ème Division) but the 39th is not considered to be in good condition.
Battle of Saulieu
At 9AM a message from a clearly ecstatic General Jacob was on the phone (no telegram for news like this). The final Battle of Sancergues was over, and General Thorne and his 38th Infantry Brigade had at last conceded defeat. Both banks of the Loire were in our hands and our two divisions were crossing in force. Jacob could not conceal his delight in reporting that he had lost a mere 194 soldiers in achieving his objective. (No-one had the heart to remind him he had lost 362 men only six days ago). Thorne lost a further 389 men. With the Channel coast firmly in our hands, he cannot expect to replace any of his losses, and the British soldiers are being forced further and further south, away from home.
An hour later and Jacob’s victory was history. Our panzers have beaten the French in Guéret and Corbigny, and are pouring south (4th Leichte) and south-east (2nd Panzer). Höpner lost 171 men, Dietrich just 48. French units are no longer able to put up much of a fight before being forced to retreat (French losses in the battles were just 363 and 167), and these victories mean that the key area of Digoin is able to be approached from two sides.
Höpner’s men inspect the wreck of a 67th Infantry Brigade “Char B” in the ruins of Guéret. In the forefront lies the tiny one-man turret that is such a drawback to an otherwise excellent tank.
The last event for the 27th took place far in the west. General Curtze has halted 20.Infanterie (mot) on the northern banks of the Garonne, waiting to be reinforced before forcing a river crossing and attacking the key city of Bordeaux. Curtze is far in advance of our other troops, and is at risk of being cut off by Allied units moving from the north-west and south east. While we are not yet able to deal with the southern threat, General Guderian has two leichte panzer divisions that have reached the Allied positions and he has ordered them to into battle. Guderian’s own 1st Leichte Panzer has the hardest task, attacking from Nantes where the River Loire at its broadest. Geyr von Schweppenburg’s 2nd Leichte Panzer has a much easier approach, striking north-west from St-Hermine. Their objective is the destruction of General Balfour’s 71st Infantry Brigade which has used its trucks to move quickly from Brittany down the Atlantic Coast to Montaigu. Guderian is predicting a quick victory and has promised to secure the northern flank of our push to Bordeaux.
Battle of Montaigu
General Guderian oversees the beginning of the attack on 71st Infantry Brigade. Note his personal Enigma machine: we are still improving this encryption tool and a new research project is under consideration.
Unterseebootsflotte activity summary
Channel Approaches: 1 transport, 1 escort (UK): Plymouth – Tel Aviv-Yafo: von Nordeck
Channel Approaches: 1 transport, 1 escort (UK): Plymouth – Dar-es-Salaam: von Nordeck
Bombing summary
Luftwaffe
Sancergues: Kesselring with 1st Stukakorps (2 x Ju 87G): 55
Sancergues: Udet with 3rd Stukakorps (2 x Ju 87G): 67
Guéret: Grauert with 4th Taktischeluftflotte (2 x He 111): 172, 272
Sancergues: Kesselring with 1st and 3rd Stukakorps, 1st Taktischeluftflotte (4 x Ju 87G, 1 x Bf 109G, 2 x He 111): 127, 27
Sancergues: Kesselring with 1st, 2nd and 3rd Stukakorps, 1st and 6th Taktischeluftflotte (6 x Ju 87G, 2 x Bf 109G, 4 x He 111): NIL
Sancergues: Kesselring with 1st and 2nd Stukakorps, 4th Taktischeluftflotte (4 x Ju 87G, 2 x He 111): 56
Guéret: Dörstling with 6th Taktischeluftflotte (1 x Bf 109G, 2 x He 111): 124, 159, 210, 72
Sancergues: Kesselring with 1st, 2nd and 3rd Stukakorps, 1st and 4th Taktischeluftflotte (6 x Ju 87G, 1 x Bf 109G, 4 x He 111): NIL
Corbigny: Kesselring with 1st Stukakorps (2 x Ju 87G): 72
Sancergues: Grauert with 4th Taktischeluftflotte, 2nd and 3rd Stukakorps (2 x He 111, 4 x Ju 87G): 136
Saulieu: Sperrle with 1st Taktischeluftflotte (1 x Bf 109G, 2 x He 111): 142, 221
Guéret: Udet with 3rd Stukakorps (2 x Ju 87G): 163
Corbigny: Kesselring with 1st Stukakorps, 3rd Taktischeluftflotte (2 x Ju 87G, 2 x He 111): 176, 274
Guéret: Dörstling with 6th Taktischeluftflotte, 3rd Stukakorps (1 x Bf 109G, 2 x He 111, 2 x Ju 87G): 305
Armée de l’Air
Cosne-Cours: Jauneaud with 2 x TAC: 103, 243, 230
La Charité: Jauneaud with 2 x TAC: 36, 132
France at end of 27th November: in a disturbing development the French 1st Marine Brigade has joined the Battle of Lunéville, attacking from the southwest, from Schirmeck. With 16th Slovakian Militia now reduced to a few thousand men, and his own 4th Gebirgsjägers showing signs of stress, General Engelbrecht has been forced to commence a tactical withdrawal from the province.
Benghazi under attack: General Ago and his two infantry regiments can be seen to be suffering losses
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The situation in Lybia is hopeless, the Italians should have engaged less troops in Southeastern France...even if it was a good thing for Berlin.
Still amazing, with that much territory lost and the French haven't surrendered. I can't remember, are you using intelligence to lower French national unity?