<t> You've pushed and shoved and the Germans were forced back - in places. You lost an awful lot of men, but your manpower is up, so you can bear these losses (presumably better than the Hitlerites). Still, you're two weeks into your winter offensive and those Nazi invaders remain perilously close ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: loki100(ok this is me doing my channeling of Stalin in the Stavka map room)<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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I get scared when you start chanelling Stalin. [;)]<br/>
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Okay, bit of a throwaway comment (filled with snark, no less). On the bright side, glad to ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: loki100<br/>
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I've been giving Stalin free access to the special Central Committee vodka stocks so he doesn't notice that all the industry in Moscow has surprisingly been disappearing.<br/>

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<r> Nasty surprise to see Kaluga fall (and the disparity in losses - strongly in <B><s>[b]</s>SigUp<e>[/b]</e></B>'s favor - doesn't make it any more palatable). Yes, I realize I'm late to the party (I only drop in every so often here - even <I><s>[i]</s>reading<e>[/i]</e></I> about this game is ...

<r> Things still look scary to me. Expect me to resurface from my security blanket once the tide turns (or once the Germans march the last Soviet POWs into captivity). <E>;)</E><br/>
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Seriously, you seem to have a daunting task. Reading the comments from others, there seems to be a natural ...

<t> I'm still reading, but there's a limit to the number of ways I can essentially repeat "Yikes! Those Germans are really close to Moscow" and not start sounding like a broken record...<br/>
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If I follow your reasoning, then you withdrew armies from the north (to beef up the defenses of ...

<t> Oh my. The Germans are moving in force. You managed to push them back in two spots near Moscow (three, perhaps? It looks like the first overview map shows the Germans one hex closer to Moscow proper on their northern pincer than on the last overview map), but the amount of force required to ...

<r> Grim stuff. The German penetration towards Tula looks ominous, although equally it might leave their spearheads vulnerable to a counterattack. The scariest thing (to me) is that the Germans seem able to launch offensives from multiple locations, <I><s>[i]</s>and<e>[/i]</e></I> they have reserves ...

<r> Damnation. I could've sworn I had put together my usual combination of poor smirking observations and clueless questions and posted the reply, but I must've forgotten to hit the 'Post' button. Shame, as I was preparing a nice zinger about the partisan cow and her herder before <B><s>[b]</s>jwolf ...

<t> Lord! I just realized it's only August! Leningrad has fallen (well, effectively it's dead, anyway), the Germans are essentially pushing over the white picket fence around Moscow's front lawn... I realize that the fall mud will be here shortly, but boy, this looks grim.<br/>
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Still, your ...

<r> I'm equally enjoying this and quaking in fear at the sheer size of this game. <E>:)</E> With the caveat that I don't know the first thing about how WitE works, two observations: Leningrad is dead in the water (even moreso, it seems, than when you did that Northern Front-only AAR a while back ...