Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily today and captured the island within days. The 14 divisions there surrendered with hardly a fight. I am sure it will ahev an effect on Axis morale as teh beach head was defended by 7 divisions and armour and were easily crushed. Massive German reinforcements have entered Italy to help its defense and an attempt to surrender by the Italian forces was stalled at the last minute. Mean while the luftwaffe has been beaten soundly i nnearly evey equal contest. Where to for Allied forces now....so many beaches to invade!!
Gunny...you need help with invasions. You are never going to win an invasion attacking at 1% efficency.
Follow these steps may help a little:
1/Complete air supremacy.
2/As much naval bombardment as possible.
3/Logistics strikes to destroy Infra.
4/All units invading on offensive supplies.
5/Never, ever, ever attack with more then 3 divisions from 1 sea zone.
6/If atatcking the same beach from 2 sea zones you may use 3 divisions invading from each but make sure you have a general in command of each group of 3, you can increase by 3 the number of divisions attacking without penalty for each seperate sea zone adjacent to the defenders.
7/Have reinforcements on ships ready for a second wave should the first one fail.
8/Remember its the Naval bombardment and aircraft which do the damage the troops only have to engage the troops on the beaches for lots of damage to be done.
9/If you have 12 divisions on a transport fleet you should be able to have 4 consecutive battles with 3 divisions. If you send in all 12 at the same time they will fight at 1% efficency.
10/Most importantly of all....you need Marines first or Mountains(2nd) to have any chance of a successful invasion. Normal troops suffer a -75 invasion penalty. Marines only suffer -10 and this can be reduced by good leaders. You marines and mountains can attack with efficency form 50%-130% depending on how much naval bombardment and what damage your planes are doing. Once the attack starts on the beach set your planes to interdiction to reduce org.
As an example I invaded sicily which had 6 infantry(a couple Germans) and an armour divisions defending the beach head. The troops were dug in and it was a hills province. I attacked from 3 zones with my best generals. The Infra on the province was bomber to zero. When the invasion started the planes were set to interdiction. The attack started and my marines were atatcking at around 80-100% efficency, my mountains around 60-80 & a sole infantry division at around 15-20%. The defenders were defending at between 60-80% efficency. With hours the enemy org was reducing rapidly. the only thing holding the defense together was the armour.
As another example Corsica had 10 french divisions on it. I attacked from Sardinia accross the straits(which has the same penalty as invasions). But in this case I could attack from Sardinia with up to 24 divisions if I have a HQ with no stacking penalty. I only attacked with 12 divisions(marines are great for straits) and becasue the province infra was bombed so much my troops orged up 5 times faster. Which means after 2 consecutive battles the battle was one. The first battle was stopped when Axis ships blocked the straits.
So if done correctly any invasion can sucede provided you amass the right forces. Be aware that just like World War 2 the Yanks had to bypass some islands and sometiems they are defended to strong. If the Germans sit 9 armour divisions in a beach you will never take it by invasion. However there will be plenty more beaches defended by less.
Gunny...you need help with invasions. You are never going to win an invasion attacking at 1% efficency.
Follow these steps may help a little:
1/Complete air supremacy.
2/As much naval bombardment as possible.
3/Logistics strikes to destroy Infra.
4/All units invading on offensive supplies.
5/Never, ever, ever attack with more then 3 divisions from 1 sea zone.
6/If atatcking the same beach from 2 sea zones you may use 3 divisions invading from each but make sure you have a general in command of each group of 3, you can increase by 3 the number of divisions attacking without penalty for each seperate sea zone adjacent to the defenders.
7/Have reinforcements on ships ready for a second wave should the first one fail.
8/Remember its the Naval bombardment and aircraft which do the damage the troops only have to engage the troops on the beaches for lots of damage to be done.
9/If you have 12 divisions on a transport fleet you should be able to have 4 consecutive battles with 3 divisions. If you send in all 12 at the same time they will fight at 1% efficency.
10/Most importantly of all....you need Marines first or Mountains(2nd) to have any chance of a successful invasion. Normal troops suffer a -75 invasion penalty. Marines only suffer -10 and this can be reduced by good leaders. You marines and mountains can attack with efficency form 50%-130% depending on how much naval bombardment and what damage your planes are doing. Once the attack starts on the beach set your planes to interdiction to reduce org.
As an example I invaded sicily which had 6 infantry(a couple Germans) and an armour divisions defending the beach head. The troops were dug in and it was a hills province. I attacked from 3 zones with my best generals. The Infra on the province was bomber to zero. When the invasion started the planes were set to interdiction. The attack started and my marines were atatcking at around 80-100% efficency, my mountains around 60-80 & a sole infantry division at around 15-20%. The defenders were defending at between 60-80% efficency. With hours the enemy org was reducing rapidly. the only thing holding the defense together was the armour.
As another example Corsica had 10 french divisions on it. I attacked from Sardinia accross the straits(which has the same penalty as invasions). But in this case I could attack from Sardinia with up to 24 divisions if I have a HQ with no stacking penalty. I only attacked with 12 divisions(marines are great for straits) and becasue the province infra was bombed so much my troops orged up 5 times faster. Which means after 2 consecutive battles the battle was one. The first battle was stopped when Axis ships blocked the straits.
So if done correctly any invasion can sucede provided you amass the right forces. Be aware that just like World War 2 the Yanks had to bypass some islands and sometiems they are defended to strong. If the Germans sit 9 armour divisions in a beach you will never take it by invasion. However there will be plenty more beaches defended by less.
