Author Topic: Operation Anvil: August 1944 (Read 571 times)

Mister Fork · « **on:** July 30, 2004, 06:51:00 PM »

Operation Anvil
As Mountbatton pushes into Holland with Operation Market Garden, Eisenhower continues the Allied offensive with his Generals into France. ANVIL would consist of the U.S. VI Corps under Maj. Gen. Lucian Truscott with the U.S. 3d, 36th, and 45th Infantry Divisions, commanded respectively by Maj. Gens. John W. "Iron Mike" O'Daniel, John E. Dahlquist, and William W. Eagles.

Other elements of the ANVIL order of battle included an ad hoc airborne division, the Anglo-American 1st Airborne Task Force, under Maj. Gen. Robert T. Frederick; the Canadian-American 1st Special Service Force, an experienced regiment-size commando force; and various French special assault detachments. Together with supporting warships and the entire amphibious assault fleet, were under the control of Vice Adm. Henry K. Hewitt, U.S. Navy, the veteran commander of the Western Naval Task Force.

But since the American infantry divisions, with their attached tank and tank-destroyer battalions and organic vehicles, were highly mobile— each was roughly the equivalent of a full-strength German panzer grenadier division.

Germany has it's work cut out for itself but strong defensive line with strong Armoured support has the Allies on it's back pushing the Germans east.

Luftwaffe air reconnaissance had chronicled the Allied naval buildup for General Friedrich Wiese, commanding the defending Nineteenth Army in southern France. But neither he nor his superior, General Johannes Blaskowitz, heading Army Group G. could determine the precise landing area, nor had they the forces to defend the entire coastline adequately.

Blaskowitz also had to maintain strong forces in western France, to defend the Atlantic coast, and since the Normandy invasion in early June, he had seen many of his best reserve units transferred north. Finally, German naval and air power in southern France was extremely weak, and steadily increasing guerrilla attacks by the French Resistance continued to hamper German lines of communication.

Refs:
- http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochure...nce/sfrance.htm
- CMH Pub 72-31

Allied
A-20G
Mosquito Mk VI (RCAF)
B-17G (England only)
B-26B (England only)
Lancaster (RCAF)
C-47A
P-38L
P-47D-11
P-47D-25
P-51B
P-51D

Navy
F4U-1D
SBD-5
TBM-3
PT Boats
LVT's

Vehicles
Panzer
M Series
Ostie

Axis
Ju 88A-4
Ju-52 (C-47)
Bf 109F-4
Bf 109G-2
Bf 109G-6
Bf 109G-10
Bf 110G-2
Fw 190A-5
Fw 190A-8
Fw 190F-8
Fw 190D-9
Me 262 *(limited rear fields & perked @ 75)
Tiger (France only & perked @ 25)
Panzer
M Series
Ostie

B17Skull12 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 30, 2004, 06:59:33 PM »

w00t 262 time for JG7.

CurtissP-6EHawk · « **Reply #2 on:** July 30, 2004, 07:19:57 PM »

SWEET!!!!

Telstar · « **Reply #3 on:** July 30, 2004, 09:13:21 PM »

Woah, Spooky!!!

Just watched a documentary on the history channel about the Thunderbolt from the 362nd FG pushing east into Germany near the end of the war, featured gun cam footage of straffing runs on enemy fields and interviews etc

Arlo · « **Reply #4 on:** July 31, 2004, 04:06:42 PM »

Drug my feet ....

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Krusty · « **Reply #5 on:** July 31, 2004, 06:35:26 PM »

The only problem I have with this setup is the fact that there's no limitation on what you can fly. Basically you get every freaking LW and every freaking US plane

What's the point? Come on, restrict it a little!

CurtissP-6EHawk · « **Reply #6 on:** August 01, 2004, 10:37:25 AM »

This is a nice set up. I hope to see it more often. Could you do my one little tiny favor though?

One flight of Ju-88s dive bombing the fleet sink the CV with one pass.
Whats the damage required to sink the cv? Could ya up it some?

Arlo · « **Reply #7 on:** August 01, 2004, 11:00:52 AM »

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Originally posted by CurtissP-6EHawk
This is a nice set up. I hope to see it more often. Could you do my one little tiny favor though?

One flight of Ju-88s dive bombing the fleet sink the CV with one pass.
Whats the damage required to sink the cv? Could ya up it some?

Maybe they could have but the incident you're refering to was shortly preceeded by my 110 rocketing and strafing the crap outa the CV (10 mounts and hull damage). I missed the radar however and the CV wasn't aflame which may account for your thinking it was full up.

CurtissP-6EHawk · « **Reply #8 on:** August 01, 2004, 02:17:40 PM »

Ty Arlo, thanks for the info.

B17Skull12 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 01, 2004, 02:39:57 PM »

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Originally posted by CurtissP-6EHawk
One flight of Ju-88s dive bombing the fleet sink the CV with one pass.
Whats the damage required to sink the cv? Could ya up it some?

Ju88's and He111 (would be nice if HT gave us a Fw200) were used to sink allies merchant shipping and did it very effectly. You tring to take away a part of realism?

CurtissP-6EHawk · « **Reply #10 on:** August 01, 2004, 07:19:28 PM »

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Originally posted by B17Skull12
Ju88's and He111 (would be nice if HT gave us a Fw200) were used to sink allies merchant shipping and did it very effectly. You tring to take away a part of realism?

Carefull Skull. These are not merchant ships. They are full blown, hard core, heavily armed sea vessels.

Krusty · « **Reply #11 on:** August 02, 2004, 05:17:33 PM »

Hey, know what? They have CONVOYS on land, why not CONVOYS on sea? Just a few small merchant ships going back and forth between key ports? Would be nice to patrol for lightly armored craft like that. No puffy ack. Maybe a few .50's or something.

I think a map called Stalingrad in AH1 had something like this.

CurtissP-6EHawk · « **Reply #12 on:** August 02, 2004, 05:27:06 PM »

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Originally posted by Krusty
Hey, know what? They have CONVOYS on land, why not CONVOYS on sea? Just a few small merchant ships going back and forth between key ports? Would be nice to patrol for lightly armored craft like that. No puffy ack. Maybe a few .50's or something.

I think a map called Stalingrad in AH1 had something like this.

Yeap, some AHI maps had River Tugs.

Krusty · « **Reply #13 on:** August 02, 2004, 05:34:05 PM »

Wouldn't it be nice to be trolling around in a Ju87 and use it for anti-shipping, or a 110G with bombs? Etc?

For fighters it wouldn't be so helpful, but for bombers it would be fun.

CurtissP-6EHawk · « **Reply #14 on:** August 02, 2004, 05:44:54 PM »

The CT use to have Strat targets. If you bombed a city, you hindered base rebuild times. If you bombed ammo factory, you hindered ammo resupply for all bases. Troops camps, etc etc ect.