dak41_vs_ketza

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Turn3: Soviet losses pass 700,000

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Turn3: Soviets lose 44 units this turn expect alot less next turn as he has retreated out of striking distance.

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Tutn4:AGN: 4th Panzer Group reaches the Narva Line. Finland joins the axis cause! 18th army is breathing hard to catch up with the Panzers.
AGC: Same infantry catcing up. Some fighting around Vitebsk last pockets in Belorussia cleared out.
AGS: Soviets fail back again, but leave a flank open in the south, 1st Panzer attacks!. Will see how he reacts, probably will have to rescue some of these Panzer units next turn.

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Turn4:AGC

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Turn4:AGS

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Turn4: Ground Losses

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Turn4: Units destroyed.Axis eliminating redundant air bases to free up more men. Soviets losses more than I expected, mostly reargurd units though.

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Turn4: Air Losses

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Turn 5:
AGN:Soviets retreat back to the bolt hole above Lake Ladoga. Looks Like some Soviet units are lingering too long at Vyborg, but they will probably bug out next turn. 4th Panzer Group pushs on the front door to Petrograd at Narva, infantry catching up. One SS unit motors over to the Baltic islands to clear them out. Normally I would just send a low level security division, but since things at Narva are bogged down till the Landsers arrive, I think it okay to detach this SS unit to quickly clean out the islands.
AGC: Remaining Soviet hold outs from pockets in Belorussa are marched off to POW camps. 2nd & 3rd Panzer Groups inch forward making offensive preparations whil also waiting for the infantry to catch up. Kind of correlates with the needed "Logistical Pause" forecasted by Barbarossa planners.Will see how things go in the next couple of turns.
AGS: 4th Panzer Groups outflanking move is parried. Some Panzer units had to fight there way back, to avoid capture. His lines look strong, I didn't go for the Lvov pocket on turn1 but still where is he getting all these guys? Rundstedt probably was asking the same question 1941, his AG had only the small Uman pocket before the large Kiev pocket occured in Sept.

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AGC

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AGS1

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AGS2

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AIR LOSSES

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GROUND LOSSES

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DESTROYED UNITS

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Turn6: AGN: Looks like he is isn’t going to defend anything north of the Finnish no move line, which is smart . Narva front still stationary, he has really fortified that approach.

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Turn6:AGC: 2nd Panzer Group gains a bridgehead across the Dniepr below Mogilev.

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Turn6: AGS: Trying to seal off the pocket in the middle, I think he will still be able to link it up next turn. Another turn wasted. Looks like Odessa is an open city.

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Turn7: Finnish front, a few NKVD troops holding up the Finns.

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Turn7: AGN & AGC: Buildup around Narva continues. 2nd Panzer army fighting towards Lake Ilman.