youd want to have your troops laid out in an effective formation for that type of senario

kudos to Dishonored for sending me the link

here's the city your trying to take, its defended by walls, enemy forces in the city itself and 3 smaller forts inside the city

its already been damaged by earlier bombing raids but the enemy has not pulled out yet

- surround the entry points (cut off their ability to obtain resources)
- secure the outside of the base with an effective battle formation
- create a supply line (make sure of a strategy in the case the enemy reinforcements attempts to cut it off)
optional: throwing diseased corpses into the base to introduce disease and to break them down mentally

after some time this should wear down defending troops inside, biologically, mentally, physically, defensively

begin attack
- bomb run the three forts & key defensive positions
- funnel in infantrymen
- throw hand grenades in their defensive positions, use gas on strong enemy positions surrounding the forts

also it depends on the city

in europe city roads were changed after the industrial revolution to adapt to massive troop mobilization when needed beforehand, roads were more narrow

map's above for reference

and for this situation we'll assume its in Europe

ok if the roads are wide enough tanks could be funneled in though that might imply that they might have tanks also

the tanks could be used as cover moving into the city for infantry men then too

Alright, that works with taking the out skirts and defensive walls of the city, now only 3 major problems remain, aka the three small forts inside the city, which for reference, we'll assume they're similar to Germany's Flak Towers

hm

well since air raids wont cut it for that troops would have to infiltrate it after they take out the defensive positions on the ground surrounding it during the assault into the city

draining them of their resources earlier should weaken all of the troops in the city beforehand

actually if you take control of the city first and the forts dont budge and create a stronghold they'll have to quit eventually being sitting ducks being surrounded

also this is all theoretical and tactic-based
all of it depends on the beginning strength of both sides to begin with

For the attackers, we'll just say their equipment and training is the equivalent of the average Soldiers of the time, and the defenders are, the equivalent of say, russian and/or german soldiers

The attackers at this point are around 15-20 km from the nearest supply depot, and the defenders are moderately starved and undermanned but have a good amount of weapons and munitions

also im looking at pics of flak towers and they look like its honeycombed to take fire on the sides but on the map the center looks like its open to a courtyard

i couldnt really get the square right

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so they're just there as a place holder

ok thats a pretty short supply line

itd be pretty hard to cut off the attackers

if it were me i would starve the defenders in city long enough and attack when they are caught off guard, when their defense is most weakest since id assume they would rotate guard and sleep schedules for troops

consistent bombing would demoralize them and keep them up, not knowing when you are about to attack

i swear theres something from this whole thing im missing but i cant remember what it is

those towers would be bad for planes attempting to scout though

is this the veteran chat?

im having trouble logging into my VA health account

now its called ID.me or something

well anyways guess ill just call them tomorrow

Did u try reseting your computer?

Have you un wired your entire computer and re wired it? Is the equivalent ^

Is this ww2 Propaganda

I think so

Yes

Guys, hear me out.

I'm joining the Air Force