Eastern Front - Belomorsk.
Screw it, I'm sending more reinforcements here to keep the pressure on by adding the entire 2nd Shock Army. The 14th Cav Corps is riding quickly north to see what's up there, while the main Soviet push will be south and southwest. Two divisions will cover the right flank, and the river bridging team arrived to help send over the divisions to the south. I'm very curious to see what Ken does here.
North Africa - El Alamein.
The first wave of paratroopers wasn't the only one coming my way, as Ken sent a few more regiments into the Alexandria area. Fortunately the 1st US Armored Division was right there waiting for them, with the 34th US Infantry Division right behind. The original intent for the US reinforcements was to beat back the offensive along the Alamein line, but this bigger air drop threw that plan into the garbage. The Axis have also broken both my flanks, but did fail to make much progress beyond that.
The Axis paratroopers put up some tough fights behind the line near El Alamein, but eventually were all killed or captured. The drop zones near Alexandria were another story, as the force dropped there was significantly bigger and of a higher quality. It took the full might of the 1st US AD and 34th US ID to get this situation under control, and even then, there is still a sizable contingent of Axis paratroopers and glider troops to the east of the city. I'll have to leave just a small task force behind to clean this up, and hopefully blunt the offensive at El Alamein.
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