ORIGINAL: TulliusDetritus
ORIGINAL: Sir.Arnold
I’m sorry that you’re wrong, because even in the Stalingrad to Berlin scenario, everything I’ve said existed. It was the winter of 1943.
There should be a clear divide. Before the "turning point" or november '42 (aka smash the weak allies on the flanks and annihilate a whole German army) and after that moment. Before = [Soviet] catastrophes, catastrophes and more catastrophes. After = start stuffing the Germans. As long as this works I can't see any problem.
I was not wrong when I said you were describing er, Barbarossa.
Best regards
I can only say that many people are too
superstitious about the German army
The failure of the Soviet Union in 41-42 was really more due to the Soviet Union’s strategic command errors
for example
In June 41, the entire Soviet army had serious logistical problems. This has multiple historical facts. At the same time, the entire Western Front defensive positions were arranged incorrectly. This was the main reason for the German army success in June-July 41
The Soviet forces, especially the mechanized forces, were too superstitious in mobile operations, resulting in a large number of mechanized forces losing their combat effectiveness during the maneuvering process (such as the 8th Mechanized corps)
41 Smolensk, the high-level Soviet generals forced the unequipped Soviet infantry division to launch an offensive against the German army (this is obviously a suicide, some generals did not follow the order and played well, such as Lukin and Rokosovsky)
41 In Kiev, Stalin and high-level generals’ miscommands led to the annihilation of nearly 600,000 troops
In the winter of 41, if it were not for the total TOE of the Soviet infantry division at that time, generally only about 50%, and Stalin wrongly launched a full counterattack, the German Army Group Central was destroyed in the winter of 41 (you can read Glantz's book, It has a detailed description)
In the summer of 42, Stalin and high-ranking generals not only misjudged the main direction of the German army, but also wrongly overestimated the offensive capabilities of the Red Army. They launched the Battle of Lezhev, resulting in losses of more than 1 million troops. At the same time, the southern line was defeated by the Germans. Until the German army stopped in the Caucasus and Stalingrad due to supply problems
These problems are the command problems of Stalin and high-level generals. Players can avoid them.
That's why I play this game
I am a person who likes to study more. I have also done a lot of research on the Eastern Front of World War II. Many people mistakenly overestimated the combat capabilities of the German army. The German army achieved a lot of results in 41-42 because the Soviet Union made a lot of mistakes. Many,
not that the Germans were too strong. By 43 Kursk, the Soviet Union corrected their mistakes, and the result was that the Germans lost, completely lost.
