Retreating from a combined amphibious assault and land attack. Is it possible?

@ABWorsham:

Italy is the soft underbelly of “Fortress Europe.”

But Italy if is for a different thread.

I think the “soft underbelly” reference was attributed to Churchill. The UK really wanted a different approach into Europe than the US. Not just Italy, but also Greece…it may have had to do with Germany pushing them out earlier…don’t know.

In the actual war, I think going after Italy before D-Day may not have actually helped the war effort due to resources like vital transports being used up.

all land units retreat to a single adjacent territory, while the air units remains in the territory.

The only way you did something illegal is if you retreated your air units somewhere, and then moved them to S. Italy.

@calvinhobbesliker:

Yes, I distinctly remember reading this in a thread here (probably the FAQ). In particular, they were talking about the possibility of the defender spoiling an intended strafe by taking the AAA as final casualties instead of initial, so that the attackers can’t retreat when they hit all but one unit.

I have had this done to me by the Russians as Germany. They left 1 AA gun after Germany had fantastically good dice on the first round of a planned attack outside of Eastern Poland. It left my main stack of units in Bryansk without their support, and lead up to Russia suiciding into the main German stack. There weren’t enough Germans left to take Moscow from the RAF sitting on it without heavy plane losses. America had three bombers on moscow, and attacked the Germans after Russia, and all three hit. Germany took Moscow that game, but it lost everything to do it, including that game.

I definitely reread the rulebook and FAQ that night :|

no, russia,  is not at war in europe.  They can only attack if they are at war with germ or italy.

Way to go!!!,also there are people here who can give you a quick answer.
Keep us in mind, and Good wargaming.

Just keep em there or attack something or put it someplace he has to attack. Just use your freebies.

Just Italy vs UK.

Each unit may only be paired with one other unit at the same time.