Against All Odds: Germany 1945

By the Spring of 1945, much of Germany has been overrun. On the Eastern Front, the Soviets continue their push on Berlin. On the Western Front, Allies backed by USAAF strategic bombing, continue to pummel German cities and factories. At this point in the war, Germany was purely on the defensive and pinched between two overwhelming forces.

The Soviets began bombing raids on Berlin as early as March in preparation for their ground forces to begin moving into the city. Stalin’s priority was the capture of Berlin and more territory to the West, because he did not believe the Western Allies would hand over captured territory after the war. As time went on and Soviet forces moved closer to Berlin, artillery strikes began to pummel the city.

On the Western Front, bombing raids were being conducted by the 8th Air Force from England. While the Soviet forces were nearly outside of Berlin by March, the Western Allies had a large obstacle in the way halting their ground advance: The River Rhine. The Allies successfully crossed the Rhine in multiple areas around March of 1945, and the strategic bombing campaign continued to strikemajor cities along the Elbe River.

This setup aims to re-create the air war and simultaneous bombing strikes on Germany from both the USAAF in the West, and the Soviets in the East.

Side Split: 52% Allies/48% Axis

Order of Battle:

Base Assignments:

Area of Operations:

Special Rules:

Fighters may not carry air to ground ordinance.

The "MIN X Total" for Fighters means a combined total of X must be taken for those types. For example, you are free to mix and match LAs/Yaks so long as there are 20 Russian fighters taken. The exception being that there is a MAX of 16 P-47s to be used each frame. Therefore, if only 8 P-47s are used, 12 P-51s must still be used to meet the MIN 20 requirement.

USAAF must land at USAAF bases (non-Soviet bases), and vice versa. Fronts are denoted by red lines on strat map.

Soviet forces must attack Eastern Front objectives, USAAF may not attack Eastern Front objectives.

Me 262 and Ta 152 must defend Western Front objectives until T+75.

Bomber Alt Cap is 23K. B-17G has a “hard deck” of 15K on ingress.

Formations are required.

Scoring:

Special Thanks:

Perdweeb and Devil5O5 for assistance with balance and historical accuracy concerns.

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