sdennis
Elder Member
So my brother and I wrapped up Hatten yesterday with an American win when it became clear that the Germans were going to be fighting a severe uphill battle to hang on.
We played through the 11th date, with the Americans taking back the graveyard and being setup to push hard to T7 and beyond in the next day.
The Germans had D13, M7, K13, and had just taken J17. They still held T7 but I think that one would have been hard to hang on to and the Americans had enough troops to hold the rest.
Couple of discussion points.
We played through the 11th date, with the Americans taking back the graveyard and being setup to push hard to T7 and beyond in the next day.
The Germans had D13, M7, K13, and had just taken J17. They still held T7 but I think that one would have been hard to hang on to and the Americans had enough troops to hold the rest.
Couple of discussion points.
- The Germans never got Y13 and I think this is key for a German win. By not controlling this area the Americans under mortar WP was able to get back to the graveyard pretty easily.
- American 150 OBA just decimated the Germans this day, allowed the Americans to firmly control the Y13 neighborhood and on the last stonk got lucky and zeroed in on K16 to basically crush the German push there.
- Tank battle, due to some luck the Americans crushed the German armor. Every Stug was dead and only one Panther remained at the end... How important is it for the Germans to husband their armor?