ZA RODINU! (Kamil vs Mike) March 1943!

[Mike29]

T39. 12.03.1942. North.

[Mike29]

T39. 12.03.1942. Voronezh area. Now defense of Voronezh and Don is exellent and German change direction of offense. We left Kursk.

[Mike29]

T40. 19.03.1942 Strategic situation. Although we don't beleive on North direction as German main target we stopped relocation of elite 16th Army to the South.

[Mike29]

T40. Remarkable battle for the bridgehead on the river Sosna near Orel (Battle of Kolpny)

[Mike29]

T41. 26.03.1942. Battle of Kolpny (continues). Kolpny and Livny is ours again (third time) but German tanks were able to hold small bridgehead between them.

[Mike29]

T41. 26.03.1942. North

[Mike29]

T41. 26.03.1942. Center. No attacks here.

[Mike29]

T41. 26.03.1942. South

[hooooper_slith]

I notice from earlier OOB that you have Malinovsky in charge of South Urals MD. Shurely shome mistake?

[Mike29]

Yes this was mistake.

[KamilS]

T47 OOB (German)


Situation at the beginning of first clear turn in May.

[KamilS]

T47 units (German)


Despite heavy involvement in winter fighting strength of mobile units is reasonably high.

[Mike29]

T47. 07.05.1942. North.

We push all over the front, 161th infantry encircled. 16th Army has some relax in Leningrad far from the front.

[Mike29]

T47. 07.05.1942. South. We have big pocket in Donbass and unable to open it.

[Mike29]

T47. Units.

[Mike29]

T47. This turn we had acceptable ratio of losses in the air first time in the campaign.

[Mike29]

T47. Stalin's falcons.

[Mike29]

T49. 21.05.1942. North. 16th Army back in action near Pskov. Positional war here, we push and train our units.

[Mike29]

T49. 21.05.1942. Center. We slow break German forts and creep to Smolensk.

[Mike29]

T49. 21.05.1942. South. Another tragedy as result of my mistakes. Two armies of Southern front arte in pocket. Shock armies make massive counterattacks.