Campaign 47 an Allied victory

(October 27th - From the Front)
(BE) Campaign 47 started on October the 3rd at 1200 CT. When Allied forces captured Aachen, Victory was declared and Campaign 47 the second victory in a row for the Allies. Campaign 48 starts this wednesday 29th after intermission.

British Paratroopers on their way to Turnhout

Armoured warfare
Axis vs. Allies
October 27th 0,81
October 10th 0,65
October 7th 0,61

Infantry warfare
Axis vs. Allied

October 27th 1,00
October 10th 1,03
October 7th 1,05

Air warfare
Axis vs. Allies
October 27th 1,03
October 10th 1,06
October 7th 1,05

Naval warfare
Axis vs. Allies
October 27th 0,87
October 10th 0,96
October 7th 0,88

Combined warfare
Axis vs. Allies
October 27th 0,96
October 10th 0,95
October 7th 0,93

Fallschirmsjägers last desperate attempt at retaking the Airfield of Aachen

Top Sorties
CALLSIGN PERSONA SORTIES KILLS CAPS K/D RTBS TOM
1. Lt Col Buxo FR Army 1 883 3 004 73 2,66 803 6 635

Top Killer
CALLSIGN PERSONA SORTIES KILLS CAPS K/D RTBS TOM
1. Lt Col Buxo FR Army 1 883 3 004 73 2,66 803 6 635

Top Killer in single sortie
CALLSIGN PERSONA LAST UNIT STREAK ACHIEVED
1. Lt Oj UK Army Matilda 112 kills Oct 05 2306

Top Rifleman
CALLSIGN PERSONA SORTIES CAPS KILLS DEATHS K/D TOM
1. Lt Col Buxo FR Army 795 73 1 074 403 2,67 2 016

Top Trucker
CALLSIGN PERSONA SORTIES RTBS RESCUES MIAS KIAS TOM
1. Sgt Maj Alboria1 DE Army 501 358 28 12 103 4 855

Top Tanker
CALLSIGN PERSONA SORTIES KILLS DEATHS K/D RTBS TOM
1. Maj Sparky78 FR Army 256 324 85 3,81 77 3 425

Top Fighter
CALLSIGN PERSONA SORTIES KILLS DEATHS K/D RTBS TOM
1. Maj Quintisv DE Air Force 146 277 7 39,57 122 4 349

Top Destroyer
CALLSIGN PERSONA SORTIES KILLS DEATHS K/D RTBS TOM
1. Capt Tora1 FR Navy 45 37 8 4,62 41 2 808

Cornered Rat Doc explains how Victory is decided: " Campaigns have NEVER relied on factories being captured. It has always relied on how much of the entire game world (as a percentage) was owned by the victors. That's 92% right now (it has been as much as 94% and as little as 90% while we calculated what was good and bad about the remaining territory left uncaptured at victory) ... whether or not factories get captured depends more on which way you get to the 92% captured that is required for victory.Victory is not declared by any person at CRS, when the required percentage is reached, the World@War Gazeete automatically prints a victory headline based on that percentage, and this is driven by a script attached to the game database."

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Sturzkampfflieger raids british factories

(October 17th - Oberkommando die Luftwaffe)
(OKL) Sturzkampfflieger Tempest7 reported from his raid on the british factories: " 72% damage to british facility 3. 10% to british facility 2 (that wasn't the intended target someone didn't listen). Was great fun tho... gotta work on an organized egress people got caught up in their own dogfights and couldn't rely on the mutual protection from the other 110's and that caused heavy casualties. We did meet with heavy resistance tho so I am very impressed with how the guys on mission handled themselves all the way to target... Good Job guys we should do even better next time."

Picture by Sturzkampfflieger Tempest7

Sturzkampfflieger Timmy41 flew in the formation as well: " I tried to RTB, had an awful spit5 pilot on me, i hit him alot with TG and he still followed me. i had lost a rudder and an engine, in such a way that i had to full rudder the other way to keep me from auguring, and even soo, i was flying at a 10 degree slip and AP wouldnt work. so the spit pilot spent alteast 5 passes on me on my way to the french coast, as i struggled to keep the plane in the air, then finaly when i was over land, my other engine gave out and i toppled into a treeline at a very low speed. i thought i was goign to survive the crash at first, as i was controlling it in such a way that the plane would have very little vertivle velocity and alot of horizontal velocity, hopign that i would simply skid to a stop, but i hit the trees."

Fighterpilot Sniper62, 617. Dambusters reported from The Royal Airforce formation whom pursued the Luftwaffe formation: " That was fun. to bad you guys were able to slip by us and get to tgt :( as soon as i logged in i checked the map and saw two red squared NE of lille area, so i started screeming my head off on ch 55 lol so i made a mission and lifted....only made it to 20k before i started heading East. we didnt lift soon enough to set up a screen so you guys just kinda went around us lol there were 13ppl on my mission and i saw acouple hawks...anyway i got 3 outa 3 110s. heres the video of when we finally found you all....thats about all the action i saw, flew past 2 09s heading east to try and track down the rtbing 110s."

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Drop over Longwy and Virton FB

(October 7th - Combat Stats & Records)
(BEF) 2nd Lieutenant Sport20 reported: " As I sat in my seat on the C47, I couldn?t help but think about home. My mind drifted away from the mission and to my favorite pub back in Surrey. I could nearly taste the delicious cold ale on my lips when my thoughts were snapped back into focus as the jump leader, Shad0w64, had us stand up. We called out our equipment checks and latched our static cables to the wire humming over our heads. The plane shuddered as the door was flung open revealing nothing but darkness, propwash filling the cabin. Our pilot, Bartsass, expertly lined up on our final course, adjusting the throttles to idle to make our approach as silent as possible.

The DZ approached and I stepped towards the door, peering out at the faint lights of Virton in the distance to the south. As the platoon?s sniper, I was first out, to set up an covering position west of the infantry camp at the enemy forward base, which had been established between Virton and Longwy along the allied front. My parachute opened with a reassuring jolt, and I took account of my surroundings. A flak battery opened up below as the rest of the squad exited the aircraft, bright orange tracers drawing a line across the night sky. I was relieved to see each one of them with a good chute.

As I landed in a hedge, I immediately heard the unmistakable staccato chatter of an MG34 firing at close range. Expecting to hear the sound of bullets ripping through my flesh, I quickly realized he was sitting in the open, spraying my mates, never having seen me come down behind him. I took quick aim (he was only 50m away) and fired, the round entered his right flank and bounced around his ribcage. Unfortunately, he was able to get four of my friends before I could get him. As the rest of the team?s charges were placed on the infantry tent, I ran and took position on the opposite side of the ridge to the southwest with a clear 200m shot. I quickly dropped another LMG who had attempted to take cover in a berm. The pink mist from his shattered head lingered in the air for several moments.


At the same time, an Opel troop carrier had left the FB depot and was driving up the hill I was on. As he got closer, I took aim, about 100m away, and fired. The blood from the drivers freshly departed head sprayed the interior of the cab as he slumped over the wheel and the truck slowly drifted to a halt. I turned my attention back to the FB and watched infantry pour out of the tents and try to take defensive positions. Several members of the Covert Ops squad had shown up by truck and were attacking the base from the north, diverting the infantry?s attention as a second C47 roared overhead. I took aim at a MG34 gunner who deployed his weapon in the open in a futile attempt to shoot at the descending paratroopers. The bullet from my rifle tore through his upper back and came out of his neck; his death scream drowned out by the sounds of battle. Blood painted the green grass red, as the barrel of his gun smoked in silence.

I turned my attention on the flak battery which had punched holes in the C47 and was now turning its attention on the attacking infantry. As both the infantry camp and the vehicle depot succumbed to satchel charges, the enemy became desperate. The gunner of the FlaK28 was spraying wildly, only pausing for his partner to keep shells feeding into the receiver. As the barrel swung around away from me, I took aim, and fired. The bullet entered the small of the back of the supporting crewmember, and he dropped like a fresh sack of potatoes. The gunner did not notice his departed comrade for several moments, giving me enough time to adjust my aim, and wait for him to stop. Spotting his dead partner, he paused, the deafening silence encompassing the air around the battlefield. He looked around in paralyzing fear at the sea of dead men, most of which wearing his uniform, that surrounded his position. My heartbeat, steady and rhythmic, beat in my ears. I released my breath slowly, and with definite purpose squeezed my trigger. The sharp crack of my rifle broke the death silence of the area and the round entered the chest of the gunner. I could hear the round pierce his flesh, forcing a final gurgling grunt to escape his mouth. From 325 meters, I could hear it as if he was next to me. His limp body rolled out of his seat and lay still on the ground, helmet slowly rolling away.

I stayed in my position for several more minutes, watching for any hidden enemies waiting to leave their cover. When none showed, I recovered my rifle and casings, and checked my map. Virton was only 2.7 kilometers to the west, and I started a slow jog, stopping only to check my surroundings for any hidden surprises. According to my watch, it was 41 minutes after leaving Montfaucon when I entered our AB to the welcome of some friendly French soldiers. It?s good to be alive "

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Dinkers 5 advice to the new Commanders

(October 6th - From Axis discussions 02-18-2008, 02:18 PM)
(OKA) Under the title 5 good tips for the newer HC guys to know, retired General and living Legend Dinker gave the new High Commanders some advice back in february 2008: " S! hc guys. For those that dont know me im an ol retired hc guy that has been meaning to post some secret tips from my long experience as a squad XO and former division officer witin the 12th Armee to which many i learnt the hard way by trial and error that i felt i should share. Some of these tips might seem silly to some of yous but trust me they really work ive died alot, been pmed dirty words and flat out been pwned in order to discover some of these basic secrets/tips that are effective. First but not least one thing ive noticed especially during allied prime time i see happen alot that i wanted to stress is:"

1. when going for an nme forward base which alot of hc spend there time doing when outnumbered....the standard thing you see is a .axis message " msp open for x fb blah blah".... now this fb is obviously important every axis player (or allied visitor) has just seen the .axis for help. now theres no doubt you will get help on the Foward base but sometimes and often this help turns out to be a complete waste of supply that only entertains the nme deffending the fb that was before luke warm and now smoking hot with mercs a charging/shooting...so tip 1 is never ever ask or get a .axis on a nme forward base that is deffended on an obviously high priorty allied atack use a few guys from the brigade or mission channel and take your time go together and hit it at the same time.

2. whats the most important thing to do when trying to lead a deffence? well many will say guard the spawn or guard the bunker and both of those are pretty good options but ive found out that if your the oic really and truley somtimes losing the spawn cp and letting the atk happen is a good thing what you want is (for the nme to maintain there attack at a level where your entertained but effective if your deffence is to stuburn the nme will more than likley warp to a deffence or another attack somewhere else which if you think about it can even hurt your sides other ongoing attacks food for thought)..bottom line though is that you COMMUNICATE whats happening to the players spawning in and the best way to do this is not from the cp or bunker....really it is from outside of town preferably from a well place hidden deffensive MS where you can give INFO as early and accurately as possible...you will be amaized at just how effective everyone is if you are typing/updating pming the guys you see on your map can be when you do this..i learnt this years ago one day i decided screw the spawn cp im gonna lay in the church high up and watch everthing come in and man o man was everyone getting good kills except me of course lol but it was sure fun seeing the results of good info/warning giving the deffenders plenty of time to set up.

The only exception to this advice is knowing if the attack comming is just a mole attack..this takes a nose and some understanding of whats going on currently in game to predict so if you can grasp the mole attacks and predict them well your best bet on them is in fact to be stubbrun by holding the cps/abs so that they either give up or forced to bring more to entertain you.

3. how best to lead an attack?really the same can be said as i just mentioned on the deffence your best bet is to get somewhere with best view on the town preferably the AB as highly elevated as possible so you can see as much going on....from there if you can try and get at least 2 msps going 1 Should ALWAYS...be set up in the direction that your tanks and atgs are comming in to keep EI off the tanks and friendly atgs and the other should be set up with the priority to belive it or not Kill Atgs and mark nme if you can do this and Communicate whats going on well along with PM players you see that might be in danger you will see alot of good things happen eventually... now never make the mistake of screaming we need this spawn cp or we need that to early and often becuase trust me most players already know this and are trying to cap them so they dont have to walk there lazy virtual butts to town, if the attack is good the spawns will eventually be capped so really unless you want to rally a few smgs to cover it theres no use in screaming that you need it everyone knows this already it will happen in time if all other things as mentioned are going ok....also never be affraid to back off town some back to the fb Area if deffence is good....often switching gears becoming more defensive and letting them come to you is a good thing even at the fb youll be suprised at how many attacks can go from crap to wow they comming to fb and wasting there supply now to we have a renewed attack (as long as theres players killing stuff there having fun fb or town) so if fb is boring you need to pick on town again so thell entertain you not by you going to them in a zerg but picking on them just enough to force them out to you (cat and mouse) perhaps at your fb or into your ambush outside of town...remember move those attacks points dont be emberassed if you have to move them far out that just means you got a good fight is all which is a good thing if everyone is aware

4. defending an fb...often when an important FB gets hit if the deffence is good your really better off not killing the nme truck...if you can mark it and do .orders for someone to drive a 232 to it and just kill the sappers spawning out of it ...youd be suprised at just how many sappers will be dead to some HC guy who just did a .allied to blow your fb and 232 suprise in minutes youve killed 30 of the 50 towns supply of sappers and your possible attack has just become way easier.

5. .orders really are useful dont be affraid to change them....if your not accomplishing what you want change them to somthing that you or the players helping can realistically do...ww2ol is a unique game and noone likes to die always remember this the one who shifts gears best and predicts the other ones moves/number concentration/posistion best is usually the winner hereS! dinker aka dirk dinkler.

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The Defence of Montmedy

(October 5th -France )
(AHC) Tomba, French Country Chief of Staff, announced: " What an amazing defence. Starting around 7pm Australian time, the Allies faced 4 Axis Brigades against our poor, little and very lonely single brigade. None the less, we engaged in a form of defence not seen by this command for a long time; an overly organised one Right from the AO placement Allied troops were defending our only FB (Orval), and giving the Axis hell from a perimeter around town. Others guarded flags, and all flags were covered within the first ten minutes. This continued for the entire battle. As well, the Axis MSP's were being marked and destroyed, and more Allied players continued to spawn, creating a good number for defence.As the battle progressed, the Allied line of ATG's and sappers in the field continued to wreak havoc against enemy PZ's, and it was a welcome sign for players in town not to see any panzers, bar the occasional 232, until the final stages of the battle. As well as our line outside of town, in each CP we had dedicated guards, who served right until the end. In fact, the communication was fantastic, and only four times did a CP fall in the first three hours. It was the final twenty minutes which saw, after repeated Axis paratrooper attempts, a wave finally work and depots fall. They all fell, very quickly - as expected. While we attempted to fight back and keep hold, the Axis had far greater numbers, and the panzers rolled into town after smashing through our lines, supporting their infantry very well and taking hold of all of the CP's. With three spawnables, there was nothing left for the Allies to hold on with.

Rather than waste supply, the call was made to fallback. Allied players responded positively to this, and rather than running to their doom, they despawned and allowed the fallback to work. It was after this defence that many players spawned straight into another town, to defend and to push back the Axis forces. Montmedy was an impressive case of teamwork. It was a town that statistically stood no chance, yet through communication, organisation and participation, the Allies held it for over 3 hours and 19 minutes against the Axis forces outnumbering them 4:1. I was extremely, and am extremely proud of the way Allied players conducted themselves, responded quickly and held their heads high in this defence, even when we had to fallback. It was a pleasure to OIC the defence as players did anything and everything to keep the town for as long as we could.It is in this light I would like to thank the following depot guards. I apologise if I missed anybody, but as I guarded the "Long CP" for the entire battle, I'm fairly sure I managed to scout out those on the map who were guarding a CP. The following people spent time in a CP guarding - some longer than others - and deserve a big thank you. Well done guys!"

Depot Guards
Ckdex
Greatone
Adv
Seumas13
Pierro
Downu
Jd7
Cwo4evil
Ajems
Spikey
Assour
Bionicg
Mondy
Klodvig
Pas2nom9
Genric
Snake44
Catfive
Cordad
Gagsy
Dirtpig2
Three6ty
Covdad
Salador
Wedgehed
Lucard
Janus
Iiiihhad

However, it also gives me great pleasure to annouce a few awards.

Combat Merit Brigade
Recognition For outstanding work in the field of duty, awarded to:
Snake44 Pierro Assour Bionicg
These players went above and beyond the call of duty. They assisted greatly in the defence of the town, and served the Allies dutifully.

Combat Merit Hero Recognition
This player served for long periods of time guarding depots, and without him the defence efforts would not have been nearly as successful as they were. He is awarded the highest level of Combat Merit Recognition; the Combat Merit Hero Recognition.
Congratulations sir! Ckdex, well done mate, and congratulations! Again, well done to all players, and I'll see you defending the next town - or taking it

Axis Denied Commander Cross

It is a distinct pleasure to be able to even think about giving this award to a player. This award is a very new, very high award for those who meet this criteria:Awarded to both AHC Officers and Pbase for doing the day in day out guarding duty in CP, FB or a Bunker preventing the Axis from gaining a stronghold. Awarded by Country level CinC or CoS and CinC or CinC Staff .In this defence there was a player who was present from the near beginning. His communications and efforts guarding one CP stopped the Axis from taking it for the entire battle. His positive attitude and dedication is constantly noticed - by this commander especially - and he is a credit to his squad, the 22nd Mech, and the Allied side. For his efforts tonight, and his efforts at all times, join me in congratulating Spikey for the "Axis Denied Commander Cross," a very high Allied Award.Well deserved Spikey!

Meritorious Unit Commendation

I'd like to award this to the 22nd Mech, whose members served throughout the defence in a sterling fashion, co-operating fully with the AHC and the Command. Congratulations to the 22nd Mech, brilliant work! Just as a sidenote; this defence deserved all of these awards. It was one I have not seen for a long time, and the entire night of defending justified these awards. The players and squads awarded served in Montmedy, but this was and is only the tip of the iceberg to what they do for the Allied side.

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Campaign 46 statistics

(October 3rd - From the Front)
(FTF) With Düsseldorf and Monchen-Gladbach under Allied control, Campaign 46 is now declared an Allied Victory! The campaign started september 25th at 1252 CT and ended october 3rd.

Luftwaffe deployed the Ju52, Bf110c, Stuka and Heinkel against the Royal Airforce C-47, Hurricanes, Spitfires, Havocs, Blenheimers and the French Airforce JU52, Hawk75, D520, Blenheimer and DB7. Luftwaffe shot down 6 231 enemy aircrafts and lost 6 467. 13 067 Bf110c took off, 36 % returned to base, 9% rescued, 4% missing in action and 51% killed in action, jagdfliegers spent a total of 152 040 minutes in the air against the Allies 222 168 minutes. The Allies won the kill versus death war with 0.06% but had an advantage with 70 000 more minutes of Aircrafts in the air.

Das Heer deployed 15 041 panzers who spent 145 622 minutes on mission against the Allies 14 989 tanks and 217 223 minutes on mission. 102 364 soldaten was sent off to war and they spent 526 146 minutes on the battlefield against the Allies 517 714 minutes and 94 225 deployed. To conclude the ground war the Allies had more tanks on the battlefield and the Axis more infantry.

Kriegsmarine deployed 949 Fairmiles with a total of 9 526 minutes on the sea against the Allies 1 025 deployed and 9 338 minutes. Kriegsmarine managed to send 52 destroyers to war against 72, Kriegsmarine sunk 11 and lost 10 at sea.

#1 BY SORTIES Lt Osmosis DE Army 920 sorties.
#1 BY KILLS Lt Col Buxo FR Army 504 kills.
#1 BY CAPTURES Lt Raptor89 FR Army 66 captures.
#1 BY RIFLEMEN Maj Marcusa FR Army 102 sorties 26 captures, 157 kills, 21 deaths, 7,48 k/d, 395 minutes on mission.
#1 BY SUB-MACHINE GUNNERS Lt Col Sexiboy FR Army 141 sorties, 48 captures, 176 kills, 79 deaths, 2,23 k/d, 597.
#1 BY TRUCKERS Lt Col Kallossa DE Army 182 sorties, 106 rtb, 13 rescues, 10 mia, 53 kia, 399 tom.
#1 BY FIGHTERS Maj Quintisv DE Air Force 58 sorties, 136 kills, 5 deaths, 27,20 k/d, 47 rtb, 2 068 tom.
#1 BY PATROL BOATS Lt Col Mattuo DE Navy 68 sorties, 49 kills, 10 deaths, 4,90 k/d, 61 rtb, 964 tom.