LYCOS RETRIEVER 
1944
built 229 days ago
What makes this game different from all other simulations of the 1944-45 campaign is its emphasis on the elite units of both sides. They are the units that are mentioned time and again in the histories, spearheading attacks or saving the day when the rest of the defense is crumbling around them. Thus the key to victory for both players is their deployment and use of their elite formations. Exploring this unique design hypothesis is as entertaining as it is thought provoking.
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By 1944 the demarcation between Australian & USA equipment was starting to blur as the two armies shared the gear that was available without too much regard to the origin of the unit. Many of the photos below were made available by CWO (CW4) Herbert H "Sarge" Booker 2nd.
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On January 27, 1944, the besieged Soviet Union city of Leningrad, where an estimated one million people had died from starvation, disease, and constant shelling, was finally fully freed from encirclement after almost 900 days. This was just one of the small victories that led to the D-Day invasion and the end of World War II.
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"On 6 June 1944, the allied invasion of Normandy, code-named Operation Overlord, began. All three Canadian services played critical roles in this initial breaching of the Atlantic Wall, which gave the allies a foothold in “Fortress Europe” and would lead to Hitler’s defeat. To enable the landing of Canadian forces at Juno beach, the Royal Canadian Navy and the RCAF bombarded the German coastal batteries. The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion parachuted in just after midnight to secure bridges over the rivers Orne amd Dives. After storming Juno, the Canadians’ first objectives were to capture the city of Caen and to secure the road to Bayeux. But they met with ferocious resistance from German Panzer divisions and as night fell on D-day, it became apparent that the Battle for Normandy was only beginning."
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October 21, 1944: Crematorium III, Birkenau; Trunk loads of files, documents and papers concerning the Jews of Birkenau would be burned. The Germans began destroying the evidence of their evil. At the same time thousands of Jews would be sent away from Birkenau. The human evidence was being moved as well. Tens of thousands would die from hunger, cruelty and the raw elements as they marched from the concentration camp towards central Germany. Some would eventually find their way to Dachau and Stutthof.
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By May 1944 the Imperial Headquarters believed that the moment for decisive battle was approaching. The Commander in Chief Combined Fleet, Admiral Soemu Toyoda, announced the general order for Operation A-Go. A-Go envisioned a decisive fleet action around the Palaus and in the Western Carolines. If the U.S. fleet attacked the Marianas, its ships would be pounced on by land-based planes. Then the enemy would be lured into areas where the Mobile Fleet would destroy him. The optimistic authors of the plan expected complete success.
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