fortress europe

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approximatly what types of units and howmany of them would i need to re take an area of french coast from the germans. i have already tried assulting one enemy infantry division with four units of infantry, two mountain units and one churchill tank unit. they all had full strength and full organisation. those are some tough germans.

i cant figure out why im not breaking them. none of my commanders have more units then they should and theyr all very experienced after all those defeats, should i perhaps bring in some air support. i am playing as ireland, and it is costing me huge ammounts of man power to replenish all my units.

please help?

 

[talin]

The best units for assaulting France are Marines. If you do not have Marines use infantry. Since infantry have a large penalty for beach assaults, you should research tech that reduce this penalty. And bring air support in large numbers, and battleships.

In addition, check if the beach you attack is fortified. If you are playing Ireland, let the US and UK do the dying for you.

 

[Pro_Consul]

It prolly wouldn't do you any good to win the invasion battle anyway. As soon as you defeated the coastal province defenders you would quickly find yourself surrounded by 50+ divs of ticked off Germans. Try picking on someone closer to your own size, like Italy perhaps.

 

[unmerged(15561)]

Best guess.... is normal combat 1:3 in your favour. 1:2 if you have around 50% more ORG than them or are assaulting with tanks and using div/tacts.

Assault coastlines is another thing though. Id say 1:5 without marines or 1:3 with Marines. Sometimes you can get away with less, if it is just a single division.

Another tactic I use is to attack at one spot to draw his reserves and then attack at the real site, just like D-Day.

 

[unmerged(36342)]

The best units for assaulting France are Marines. If you do not have Marines use infantry. Since infantry have a large penalty for beach assaults, you should research tech that reduce this penalty. And bring air support in large numbers, and battleships.

In addition, check if the beach you attack is fortified. If you are playing Ireland, let the US and UK do the dying for you.

I think in CORE the penalty for ebach assualt is actually quite low. I think my rievr crossing has -57% penalty, but my shore assult is more like 20% without any significant tech

 

[unmerged(23238)]

I agree with Pro_Consul on the importance of an overall plan. To just get a beachhead and then loose it is extremely costly. You may not see the reserves of the defender of France before the invasion, but they are there and they are angry.
Also, as Talin mentioned, you may consider letting someone else do the dying. Following up other countries successful landing could help. It seems reasonable to test different strategies playing different countries. Still, even so you must plan for a good flow of new men and supplies and also protect this flow.

 

[Sabre Man]

Use air power if possible. It really helps. And look out for enemy bombers attacking your beach head.