Alpha AAR - A year at the front with Field Marshal Noob

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End of turn 35: Battered and Bruised 11th Army hangs on in the South:

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Fast Forward 2 turns to turn 37 - the last Blizzard turn:

End of Turn 37: AGN

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End of Turn 37: AGC holds Rzhev.

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End of turn 37: Orel Holds, but Kursk is Lost:

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End of turn 37: HELP!

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End of turn 37: The Rumanians held their own in the Crimea with no German "Corset".

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Front line end of February North:

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End of February Front line South:

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In March, the weather turns from Blizzard to snow. The blizzard penalties on the Axis are lifted and they begin to recover combat strength. If you have managed to rotate your forces and rest your panzers, you may find opportunities to punish GAIA as she may have over-attacked and over-extended, leaving some of her troops exposed. First things first - AGS is in danger - there is only one man up to the task: (place holder picture)

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End of turn 38: AGN starts straightening its lines and a rejuvenated Luftwaffe starts bombing airfields after a 12 week break:

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End of Turn 38: More line straightening in AGC's sector.

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End of Turn 38: Sorry for the confusion but there was a bug that mis-named the Panzer armies and changed their colours This was 2nd Panzer Group but has been re-named first Panzer Army. Anyway, it explodes out of Orel:

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Gee whiz, Smiling Albert sure gets around. [;)]

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End of Turn 38: XL panzer korps is far from full strength but is sets its sights on Belgorod:

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End of Turn 38: 1st Panzer Group (re-named 5th Panzer Army by bug) Rips through over-extended tank brigades. von Manstein spots an opportunity and starts gathering his forces:

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End of Turn 39: AGN regains some more ground. The Soviets have a lot of Guards units up here - are they planning a nasty surprise for me?

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End of turn 39: Not everything goes according to plan:

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End of turn 39: A 10 unit pocket south of Orel is pretty handy:

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End of turn 39: A smaller pocket formed near Belgorod:

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End of turn 39: Manstein forms III panzer Korps into his Spearhead.....