AAR - Crispy131313 vs TAIFUN. FALL WEISS 11.0: The Darkest Hour.

[Taifun]

29 July 1941
In the North Front the Germans plan their assault on Riga. The surrounded city of Wilno is captured and Minsk is held by the remnants of one Army (1 point left)...to be captured next turn.

[Taifun]

In the South Front Uman falls in German hands. Crispy's strategy of destroying one by one the surrounded Armies entrenched in cities is working well and many units are destroyed below 5 supply points, unable to be quickly rebuild. Zhitomir is captured and this opens the way to the important and NM objective city of Kiev... The invaders reach the Dnepr near Cherkasy.
The city of Nikolayev is abandoned by the defending Army that retreats to Kherson in the Black Sea

[Taifun]

12 August 1941
In the North Front our forces hold the invaders outside of Riga and launch a counterattack that pushes back the Germans behind the Dvina.

[Taifun]

12 August 1941
In the South Front the city of Kiev is invested by the Germans. The invaders cross the Dnepr South of Cherkasy. The city of Kirovograd holds furious attacks... but not for long...

[Taifun]

26 August 1941
In the Central Front our forces hold the invaders south of the Dvina river. Only a small bridgehead is created Northwest of Polotsk...

[Taifun]

26 August 1941
In the South Front the city of Kiev is prepared for the German assault. A FSJ para unit jumps near Poltava. The cities of Cherkasy and Kirovograd fall. Near the Black Sea Kherson is under attack...

[Taifun]

9 September 1941
In the North Front the Dvina has been crossed in force and the fortified city of Daugavpils is completely surrounded. Our forces retire North towards Ostrov.
In the Central Front the city of Polotsk is about to be encircled... We find new weapons in the battlefield: Germans troops have upgraded to Infantry Weapons level 2 and panzers to level 2.

[Taifun]

9 September 1941
In the South Front the city of Poltava is easily captured, German units advancing towards the big city of Kharkov. Near the Black Sea Kherson falls... The strategic cities of Zaporizhia y Dnepropetrovsk are about to be encircled in big a pincer movement by fast cavalry units...

[KorutZelva]

Blitzkrieg, napoleonic-style!

[crispy131313]

ORIGINAL: KorutZelva

Blitzkrieg, napoleonic-style!

After the disastrous length and cost of the invasion of France, and absent French plunder I had been forced to create patch work Army Groups for the invasion of USSR. Hence the Charging Calvary!

[Taifun]

23 September 1941
For the first time in this campaign the Luftwaffe appears in force. German bombers hit several times the heroic city of Riga. The soviet Army troops defending the city do their best among the rubble but after many weeks the city of Riga is finally conquered. This bulwark has stopped the German in their advance North magnificently.
The fortified city of Daugavpils is assaulted but their defenders were firmly entrenched and hold their positions..
In the Central Front the city of Polotsk is encircled... but we managed to encircle the spearhead panzer division Southwest of Velikiye Luki. There seems to be no troops advancing towards Smolensk...

[Taifun]

23 September 1941
In the South Front the city of Kiev is finally captured, Soviet moral falls as this is a NM objective and very important rail centre. Belaya Tserkov is still defended by an encircled Red Army unit well entrenched.
Powerful German units are advancing towards the big city of Kharkov. The strategic cities of Zaporizhia y Dnepropetrovsk at the Dnepr crossing are now encircled in big a pincer movement by fast cavalry units... our last reserves (a garrison unit and an infantry division) are our last available units to defend the approaches to Rostov!

[Taifun]

15 October 1941
The Russian mud has arrived! the famous Rasputitsa slows the German invaders...
Finland has joined the Axis and they advance towards our defensive line North of the sacred city of Leningrad. In the North Front the enemy is pushing towards Tallinn but the Baltic States are firmly defended. The first serious reinforcements arrive and they bolster the menaced front lines: an Army goes to defend the southern approaches of Tallinn and a Katiusha rocket launcher and a tank division unit the Leningrad front.
Further South the city of Daugavpils is conquered and the encircled Polotsk is assaulted.

[Taifun]

15 October 1941
In the South Front the city of Belaya Tserkov is about to fall under the Hungarian assault. The surrounded strategic cities of Zaporizhia and Dnepropetrovsk at the Dnepr crossing are under enemy attack and will not hold for long. Panzer units approach Kharkov... The first new T-34 tanks arrive to defend Rostov!!

[Taifun]

North Africa Front.
Libya. Both sides are more or less balanced and unable to make any progress. The front is stabilized around the village of Mersa Matruth. There have been some losses on both sides but not decisive results have been achieved...

Algeria. End of May the German forces approached Algiers the new French Capital. The last remaining ground unit, a French Infantry corps, was all that was left in the whole North Africa...
9 June Churchill decided to activate Operation "MELANOGASTER": a new British Army Group with aerial support under the command of General BROOKE has to be send to Algiers and launch a counterattack on the unsuspecting invaders! The B.E.F Army arrived first and entrenched at the Capital. Conjointly a powerful CV Task Force attacked the Luftwaffe bomber units near Philipeville, severely damaging a Medium Bomber unit and destroying a STUKA TAC bomber wing. By 1 July General BROOKE was counterattacking with a new thank corps, the B.E.F. a fighter wing and a heavy bomber wing. The blow was a complete success and by 15 July a German Mountain Corps and the German Army have been destroyed. The advance continued East during the remainder of August. The Luftwaffe disappeared from the skies [:D]. 26 August an Infantry Corps made the first Amphibious operation of the war, successfully disembarking at Bizerta!! The FSJ para rearguard unit was destroyed, the Germans in full retreat towards Tunis... Not many Axis units are left in Tunisia... How long will they resist??!

[Taifun]

6 November 1941
In the North Front the enemy pushing towards Tallinn is stopped before Parnu and Tartu in the Baltic States. The encircled city of Polotsk is assaulted and conquered by the enemy. Only weak German forces are present before our fortified line Pskov-Ostrov...

[Taifun]

6 November 1941 South Front
In rainy weather the city of Belaya Tserkov is finally conquered under Hungarian assault. The surrounded strategic city of Dnepropetrovsk (and NM objective) at the Dnepr is conquered. Panzer units attack Kharkov... No units are advancing towards Rostov...

[Taifun]

Battle of the Atlantic 6 November 1941
At least 4 German U-Boots have been active in the Atlantic damaging our convoys (marked ? in this MAP). 2 U-Boot Killer teams are activated to hunt this raiders. As we will soon see they are quite successful, sinking at least 2 U-Boots.

[Taifun]

The year 1942 just started! I will take this first turn to resume the war so far...

In the political area Norway joined the Axis in December last turn. USA is at 84% the isolationist being outnumbered in congress. Spain is stabilised at 48% and we are happy about that! Greece is quiet at 23% and Turkey 13%.

[Taifun]

I will compare loses so far with my game against BIPINisBACK (in brackets) that I played as Axis.

Detail loses so far:
The Soviets lost 44 units during 1941 (76 ).
The British and Commonwealth lost 17 (15) including 5 (6) units of the Royal Navy.
Germany lost 17 (2 Iraq garrisons only...)
Italy lost 2 (9)