I agree the that the GV battle was a blast, especially for me. But why did the Allies lose the Shermans? More historially accurate would have been the Allies keep the Shermans and the Germans wouldn't be able to re-up after a certain time based on production losses and depletion of manpower. Unless of course the Youth Corp had been called in for this one. Just my two cents. Otherwise I thought it was a great time and I also enjoyed the freedom of movement during the GV battle. Either attack or defend. Very cool.
One other question. Did the Axis pre-empt on Bastogne? I understood that they were supposed to wait till the GV battle started, but that town was flat and defenseless much earlier.