1942 - The year of victory? (SOV AI)

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Turn 72
November 1, 1942

Tula - Voronezh sector

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Turn 72
November 1, 1942

Stalingrad - Caucasus sector

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Turn 72

The enemy has got more men and tanks during the autumn.

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Let's take a look about the forces and losses. Below is statistics on turns 72 and 44.

Total forces numbers have not changed much during the period. Germany forces have increased 450000 men, 7000 guns, 300 panzers and 1000 planes. Soviet Union has 200000 men less, but tank numbers have increased by 1700.

Losses between turns 44 and 72:

Axis losses:

men 636,000
guns 11,200
AFV 3,100
planes 2,000

Soviet losses:

men 3,350,000
guns 52,000
AFV 14,000
planes 9,300

Nine million men lost. I don’t know how long the enemy can sustain this kind of losses. They must run out of reserves soon. I'm sure we will win this war next year.

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Turn 73
November 8, 1942

The temperature falls below zero. All hell breaks loose near Moscow. Massive enemy assault forces our divisions to retreat near Naro-Fominsk.

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Turn 73
November 8, 1942

255th Infantry Division was routed in Vorenezh and the city was lost.

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Turn 73
November 8, 1942

Romanian divisions were badly mauled in the Stavropol area. Survivors run for their lives.

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Turn 73
November 8, 1942

Voronezh was recaptured by XXXXVII Panzer Korps.

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Turn 73
November 8, 1942

1st PzA was advancing towards Grozny.

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Turn 74
November 15, 1942

Romanian forces are routing. They can’t even slow the enemy advance. 8th Romanian division has lost all but 900 men. We have to send reinforcements to this area as soon as possible. We can’t let the enemy cut the main Caucasus railroad.

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Turn 74
November 15, 1942

The enemy was attacking hard against Stalingrad as well. XXXX PzK was sent south as emergency maneuver. They will slow down the enemy advance until more troops arrive. Luftwaffe field divisions arrived Rostov by train.

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Turn 74
November 15, 1942

Heavy pressure on the Moscow sector. Some ground was lost, but the line holds.

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Turn 74
November 15, 1942

We have some positive news as well. Grozny was captured. Another major oilfield is in our hands. The field is burning but we are going to repair it as soon as possible.

Mountan divisions are moving east along the Black Sea coastal road. We are hoping to capture Sukhumi and isolate enemy formations in the mountains.

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Turn 74
November 15, 1942

We are not going to capture Baku oil fields this winter. It was decided to destroy those fields by air raids. Luftflotte 4 sent 122 long range bombers to bomb the Sabunchu oil field. Enemy fighters attacked unescorted bombers. 16 planes were shot down. Our total losses were 46 bombers. Oil production suffered 40% damages.

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Turn 75
November 22, 1942

3rd Mountain Division reach Dombai Ulgen peak in the Caucasus Mountains. The ring around the enemy forces tightens. Luftwaffe field divisions arrive to Stavropol area.

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Turn 75
November 22, 1942

What the hell happened in Voronezh? Two panzer divisions were routed against all odds. Voronezh was lost again.

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Turn 75
November 22, 1942

Our lines are breaking near Stalingrad. We may have to abandon our positions in Stalingrad in the coming weeks.

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Turn 76
November 29, 1942

Another bombing run to Baku oil fields. 67 out of 118 bombers was lost. Bibi-Heybat oil field suffered 28% damages. These unescorted bombing runs become too costly. We can't afford these kind of losses.

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Turn 76
November 29, 1942

We have captured Sukhumi. Luftwaffe is supplying our troops in the mountains.

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Turn 76
November 29, 1942

Allies take Northwest Africa