Blubel vs TheDoctorKing - To the Ural Mountains or Berlin?

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The first Soviet Guards Division is spotted holding a "vital city".

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Turn 15 Center

For Army Group Center supply is good for the first time in 3 weeks. Alas, Moscow is now defended strongly. With the end of the Summer Campaign approaching fast and next week supposedly being mud, von Bock decides against a direct assault of Moscow. Instead Kaluga is to be secured to get to a better assault position in the winter.

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It does not work quite as well as hoped, as the pocket can not be fully closed.

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Turn 15 South

in the South it is decided to cut Kharkov, which still has much industry present (15 Arm and Su-2), off from the railway. Although the units protecting the southern approaches to Kursk are to be pocketed.

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This also does not work quite as well as planned, but will set the stage for the combat of the next few weeks.

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West of Stalino the pocket holds and the next Soviet defense line seems to be around the three cities.

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The pocket is mostly cleared and the mobile divisions advance as much as possible.

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The door of the Crimea is broken.

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Losses

Soviet losses are high.

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Air losses

German air losses are not sustainable.

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For his good work in the North, Generalleutnant Model got promoted.

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OOB

Lastly the OOB. The Soviets are very weak, but winter is comeing and the Germans are at best the knights of summer.