Ooof, didnt see that coming. Thanks for teh play-through and better luck next time. What where the casualties at the end?

Congratulations on the inevitable triumph of Marxist-Leninism and the Soviet people. Looking forward to the next one - I think you can turn off automatic victory?

To the German player - be aggressive but watch your flanks!

IMO The Germans taking always Leningrad is historically accurate - in real life AGN made a right mess of the Baltics and still cut Leningrad off by land. An extra corps and Leningrad can't hold without as you say risking Moscow. Talking of which, the Battle for Moscow is shaping up nicely. If you ca...

Keep the cavalry going - they are cheap units and the damage they will do to the rail net is worth more to you.

But as said before, this game is over, its just how much you want the German player to suffer now.

Beautifully presented AAR BTW - looking forward to the next one.

I don't like the airwar. I find it clunky, unintuitive and frustrating. But I love War in the East 2. Its not just my favourite strategy game, its in my top ten favourite computer games in any genre, in the last 40 years. The secret is the AI assistance. I disagree with the poster above who says tur...

Congratulations on your win, it has been a pleasure to follow this all the way. Thanks for sharing it with us and the work required.

What M60A3TTS said. If you've got forts and depots, it doesn't look too bad apart from AGC - certainly interesting/educational to play. Panzers in 1941 snow are almost useless, use them as city garrisons and backstops. In the front line even moving around ruins them. Remember the soviets start the w...

I've played scenarios solitaire but not the campaign - it just takes too long. I've been playing board wargame solo for years, I have a knack of switching by brain when I switch sides - can't spring surprises but it helps to role-play each commander.

Reading this and enjoying it very much.

Aha, you are now breaking down the panzer units to seal the pockets - entirely correct, its very rare for the soviets to be able to shift them. Also drop off a few units behind the spearhead, they will hold the corridor and get a little rest. The secret of 1941 is maintaining CPP, so study how to re...

I've been playing since launch day and I never bother with the air war against the AI - I just don't like the system and it evens the match up a bit. You just need to understand how to assign air groups to armies, assign stances and set up naval patrols when besieging a port. The supply system (depo...

Well done, big improvement! Rest the infantry as well when you can, you need to get a leapfrog system going where divs move forward while others rest. Flanks must be covered, a single Soviet cavalry division in the rear forces you to reverse direction and in RtL you just cant do that. Having railway...

Only push out to VK as part of an effort to protect the flank - don't treat it as a VP target. As long as you are not extending the number of hexes you need to cover to keep your flank covered (from the screenshot you seem to be quite open, usually the AI won't punish you but a player will), go east...

Notice how many of Jango's units still have high CV - learning how to conserve/recover CPP is the key to the opening of Barbarossa. There is no need to push east of Staraya Russa, focus on Leningrad. You do need to flip hexes and secure your flanks, so using a security division to clear out the Balt...

I posted this on another Leningrad question: Playing Road to Leningrad against the AI on 100% you should be able to take Leningrad, sometimes with a turn or two to spare. The secret for me was to learn how to conserve and regain CPP. It was very strange to stop for a complete turn and recharge rathe...

Army Detachment Hollidt Indeed this one appears to be missing, altough I guess more of such shortliving makeshift/"inbetweeny" HQs like this one are not included in the current OOB. The XVII got a new staff and was subordinated to it's "old staff", now named "Gruppe Hollidt...

Playing Road to Leningrad against the AI on 100% you should be able to take Leningrad, sometimes with a turn or two to spare. The secret for me was to learn how to conserve and regain CPP. It was very strange to stop for a complete turn and recharge rather than batter through mud, but the improvemen...

Are you playing Campaign or Road to Leningrad? Against human or AI?

Yes, because I couldn't find a way to close it - I now realise that pressing another movement type hotkey would close the window, but as it wasn't a movement phase I never thought to try that. So for anybody reading this, don't try to use Air transport of freight (F9) in the Air phase - its a moveme...

"I'm aware how difficult it would have been for the fictional character Konstantin to send these documents to Fremde Heere Ost" - Not impossible though. If I were him I'd contact (somehow) the Japanese Embassy in Moscow. Then make my peace with my gods. Very interesting idea. I doubt that ...