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[Plain Ian]

Corps assignments for the 20th December.
V Corps loses 30th Div and keeps 2nd/99th/1st/9th.

VII Corps had no units all of the 19th. Because the HQ came on after its units had already arrived, I had assigned its units to V Corps. When the HQ arrived it had no units to command. It now has 30th/7th Armd/3rd Armd and the 84th which is due 06:00 20th.

VIII Corps is left with 28th and 9th Armd and is moving south to rest. CCA 9th Armd will be pulled out from XII Corps to join it. 80th Div which is due 06:00 was assigned to III Corps but is now going to VIII Corps. (III Corps HQ does not appear until 21st)

XVIII Corps adds 101st and 106th to 82nd and takes over from VIII Corps. VIII Corps artillery and engineer units also assigned to XVIII.

XII Corps will get 4th Armd when it arrives (06:00) to support 4th and 10th.

Ideally I would have liked to move VIII Corps HQ to replace V Corps HQ as it has a better range (25 versus 15) and would have allowed me more flexibility in keeping it within 1st Army HQ’s radius at the same time as possibly VII Corps HQ.
This was feasible if I let XVIII take over 28th/7th Armd so I could just move the VIII Corps unit up north. Road north is still open. However I’ll keep things simple just now. III Corps HQ is due 21st so I may juggle things then. (XII Corps HQ also only 15 hex radius)

Maps on next two pages.