Spring 1944 - End of Turn
In the Med, the Allied fleet is ported at Tunis with a small amphibious corps under Dempsey for a potential invasion of Sicily in the Summer. Italian defenses still look formidable, however. Also, Italian morale is still good as they managed to take out Greece all by themselves earlier in the game and are receiving the morale bonus for that.
In France, Bradley and Montgomery captured Paris and Normandy with minimal losses. The Germans are retreating faster than we can advance back to Belgium and Alsace-Lorraine - but, are digging in to make a stand there. In Southern France, the U.S. Third Army under Patton and the British 8th Army under Leese advanced rapidly to seize the mountains and the passes on the border with Italy. However, Kesselring has scratched together a pretty strong army consisting of jagdpanzer units, AT guns, 88s, and lots of AA support. . .breaking into Northern Italy will be tough.
In Southern Russia, Zhuhkov and Rokossovsky have pushed the Germans out of their Don-Donets River line and are advancing in force. What is left of Army Group South has fallen back behind the Dnepr to establish a defensive line under the command of List.
In Northern Russia, the Germans gave it their all to try and take Leningrad - and they almost succeeded. . .but Vasilevsky managed to hang on after losing all of his fortifications and fighting down to a handful of remnants. Now, with new river flotillas in place, Leningrad is back in supply and is in a much more secure position. Vatutin liberated Smolensk and Koniev is massing to drive the Germans out of Novgorod and break the siege of Leningrad for good in the Summer.
While the Allies are advancing on most fronts, the VP conditions continue to be very close for an Axis victory. The Allies need to continue to take VPs back at a good pace or will lose the game.