<r> Army Group Center, Operational Briefing before the start of the last week of the Frontier Battle (beginning of 3rd turn):<br/>
- Minsk was encircled and the division defending it was forced into retreat northwards<br/>
- The initial grand pocked north of Brest-Litovsk is being gradually ...

<r> And the operational status in third week of the campaign, as the battle for the Frontier draws to an end... It seems no more quick advances can be secured without extra effort as the Russians began to organize some sort of defense and the logistics of the Axis becomes stretched out.<br/>
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<r> Operational Briefing Army Group Centre:<br/>
- Brest-Litovsk was encircled from the north and from the south, trapping 2 tank divisions and one rifle division inside the small pocket<br/>
- The road to Minsk was cleared of Soviet troops<br/>
- The important railway junction at Baranovichi was ...

<r> The phone was stubbornly ringing... Schlaub hurried inside the building throwing his fine french cigar half way through...<br/>
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- H.H. Oberst Schlaub speaking, Wolfschanze HQ!<br/>
- OKW. General Major Karl Reich! I have centralized all incoming reports from ...

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<r> Army Group South report just came in:<br/>
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<r> Report also came in from Army Group Center:<br/>
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<r> Chief of Staff, GeneralOberst Halder, has just send in the report of von Leeb, it seems Army Group North is on schedule with it's objectives, with green crosses on yellow boxes we have neutralized centers of resistance of major objectives achieved so far:<br/>
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<r> Casualties, Week 1, Army Group North<br/>
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1. No save and load during the current turn. What you do and how you do is what you get! (100% realism, not undo movements etc)<br/>
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<r> Order of Battle, 22.06.1941<br/>
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<r> - Herr Halder, let's face it: the Southern front is the hugest and also has the most ambitious objectives. I need more details about the armored offensive there, what's the plan in detail?<br/>
- Well, here it is:<br/>
1. Elements of the 6th Army will push aside the Soviet defenders in the ...

<r> - Herr Halder, what about Army Group South : have you reconsidered the operational and strategic objectives of this front as well?<br/>
- Mein Fuhrer, for AGS we have decided for a bolder strategic operation, which aims at 4 objectives:<br/>
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<r> - Allow me mein Fuhrer, anxiously added General Von Leeb, to present the operational plan for the capture of Leningrad!<br/>
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A big cunning smile flourished on Hitler's face. He started to like this new approach, being a gambler all his life, this new approached seemed a decent gamble ...

<r> Halder got closer to the map as he explained their operational ideas based on the new intel:<br/>
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- Zoo, mein Fuhrer, we will start with Army Group Center. General von Bock, please...<br/>
- Ja! Danke schoen! I will explain my new operational plan:<br/>
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<r> [right]6th May 1941, Goerlitz Forest, 8 km south of Ketrzyn, Occupied Poland, Wolfschanze, 1:00 PM<br/>
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<r> [right]6th May 1941, Goerlitz Forest, 8 km south of Ketrzyn, Occupied Poland, Wolfschanze, 10:00 AM [/right]<br/>
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- Mein Fuhrer, Mein Fuhrer! <br/>
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<r> [right]6th May 1941, Goerlitz Forest, 8 km south of Ketrzyn, Occupied Poland, Wolfschanze[/right]<br/>
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1St Regiment Guards, The Barracks<br/>
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- TZRRRR! TZRRRR! TZRRR<br/>
- Ah.. What's going on? This d*** phone.. Guten tag und HH!<br/>
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