A Casual AAR Ketza (Axis) vrs Unknown

[Ketza]

Turn 5 Finland sideshow - trying to Pin a few divisions as well as keep the bottle neck from forming.

[Ketza]

Losses turn 5 end - still reducing the Lvov pocket.

[Ketza]

Turn 6 AGS - Slowly making bridgehead bigger. Unable to do HQ buildups which is slowing things down quite a bit. He has not bolted yet so hopefully a pocket will develop.

A large infantry attack where the 7-14 Soviet armor division is was a hold.

[Ketza]

Finland - The bottleneck ruptures - several divisions are snared in the process.

[Ketza]

AGN - moving forward. He seems to be giving up the easy stuff and has a wall of units closer to the city.

[Ketza]

AGC turn 6 end - Pocket formed as the breakout from the bridgehead turns south.

[Ketza]

Turn 6 end Hungary and the Lvov pocket

[Ketza]

Turn 6 Odessa- This player is certainly playing it different. He has run but only to set up a deeper defensive area. Also he has gone all in at Odessa which leaves me a head scratcher. On the one hand I am glad to see all that Soviet hardware trapped in the rear on the other hand I have to reduce it with more then the Rumanians. I bombed the port in an attempt to not allow Soviet units to rout away.

I count over 200k+ Soviets in this area that will hopefully be bagged.He also left the AP and HI behind.

[IdahoNYer]

Glad to see you're a few turns ahead of my PBEM - I can use the pointers!!

Really scratching my head on the Odessa defense.....I can understand manning the fortifications, but 200k????

[Ketza]

He has also kept the Soviet air force out of the picture completely.

Idaho I am sure there is more you can teach me then I teach you

[Ketza]

7 end Finland - Several Soviet divisions surrender and the bottleneck potential is gone.

[Ketza]

7 end AGC - Pocket is crushed and 7 Soviet divsions march into captivity. He begins a general retreat. I am rather pleased with the progress here as half the Panzers have been stripped away.

[Ketza]

7 end AGS - He is going to have to make a move in the south soon or face a huge pocket. Odessa is an oddity but creates a unique issue which will have to be dealt with.

[Ketza]

7 AGN - Methodical advance north.

[Ketza]

Turn 7 swamp - The swamp is isolated and a few pockets show up.

[Ketza]

Turn 8 AGN - He has a big commitment here but its in the wrong place. I am very confident at this juncture Leningrad will fall.

[Ketza]

Turn 8 AGC - not much to say 2nd Panzer steadily probes forward and gets the occasional small pocket.

[Ketza]

Turn 8 AGS - The river line finally crumbles not due to attacks but because of the potential of a large pocket forming which my opponent has been very good at dodging.

[Ketza]

Turn 8 losses - Meh. Not killing enough Soviets.

[Ketza]

Turn 8 destroyed - somewhat steady digestion of a number of Soviet units each turn but no huge pockets.