Grognard1812 (Soviet) vs Pitaman

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End of turn, as this is the beginning of the mud season the Soviet Army retreated the forward Tank Corps to set up a more continuous front line.

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The Axis suffered significant loses this week.

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The German Army numbers only 2.28 million troops while the Soviet Army numbers 7.76 million troops.

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ORIGINAL: CapAndGown

My diagnosis of the German problem here is that they seem to have everything on the front line, trying to create the largest CV possible on the front while leaving nothing in reserve. They also have almost no entrenchments leading to higher casualties for themselves and fewer casualties for the Russians.

The intent seems to be to stop every single attack, or cause the Russians to devote as many troops as possible to each attack. An acknowledgement, however, that the Russians will be able to defeat any German stack they choose to attack would lead to a different deployment. Instead of stacking everyone up front, have just enough up front to force the Russians to devote considerable resources to their attacks, but leave plenty of troops behind the line where they can set up fortifications while acting as a reserve for the front line. Being in reserve mode will slow entrenchment efforts, but would mean the entrenching has at least begun when the front line troops are forced to retreat. They will then be in a position to further increase the entrenchment level while the reserve troops fall back and start the next line behind them.

Agree with your point. But because the Axis Army has all their units in the front line it has limited the Soviet Army's ability to advance more than one or two hexes a turn, keeping the front lines to the east as much as possible before the start of the summer of 1944. My biggest concern is that the Soviet Army will quickly outrun its supply sources during the final offensive towards Berlin starting in the summer of 1944 allowing the German Army more time to build up defenses east of Berlin.

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Turn 148, mud in the South and North Soviet weather zones and Snow in the Central zone.

The three Hungarian Divisions in Kiev surrender this turn.

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End of turn West of Kiev, the 1st Polish Army arrives to assist in the advance to liberate Poland from the Axis.

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Turns 149 and 150 were quiet mud turns.

Turn 151 was mud in the North and South Soviet weather zones and clear in the Central zone.

Start of turn, the Axis army retreats west of Minsk.

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Turn 152, Clear in the North and Central Soviet weather zones, mud in the South weather zone.

The Soviet Army is approaching the city of Vilnius. Another German Infantry Division is surrounded.

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The Soviet Army advance continues west of Minsk.

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Solid and determined Axis defenses west of Rovno, as the German Army attempts to stop the Soviet advance.

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Turn 153, clear weather in the North Soviet weather zone and mud in the south and central Soviet weather zones.

Solid and determined Axis defenses east of Leningrad.

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The Soviet Army continues its advance towards Kaunas

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Turn 154, clear weather in all weather zones.

Start of turn in the Riga sector, the Soviet summer offensive of 1944 begins early.

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The Axis Army retreats to the border of Rumania. Start of turn.

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A German Infantry Division surrenders.

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The Soviet Army slowly advances towards Leningrad, successfully crossing the large river system east of Leningrad.

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The Soviet Army quickly advances towards Riga.

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Koenigsberg is only 160 miles away from the Soviet front lines.

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The Red Army advance towards Lvov continues.

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The Soviet Army arrives at the Border of Rumania.