Defending Greater Germania 1942 - Includes combined WitW and WitE2 AARs

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North Africa
Situation Report March 30th 1943 Turn 21
Southern Tunisia

Very Quiet on both sides of the front line as ground forces remain in static mode waiting to see what the other has planned.

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Northern Tunisia

Here to strong Axis defences bad weather and lacking enough armoured forces to make any head way seem to have caused The British 1st Army to pause any kind ground operations.

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Eastern Front
Situation Report April 1st 1943 Turn 20
AG North

In the North relative quiet, made some small gains against The Lake Ladoga defenders, destroyed the trapped Tank Corps, but The Soviets have put a solid defence line which will take some time to break.

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Gen kempf's Armee may have better luck as there is not a continuous line of defenders facing him.

16th Armee once again remains static awaiting 9th Armee to begin offensive operations.

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Eastern Front
Situation Report April 1st 1943 Turn 20
AG Centre

On the Moscow front The Soviets launch a new offensive aimed at pushing 3 Pz Armee back, the attacks are contained and the trapped forces are destroyed,with a combination of the weather, heavy Forrest areas and solid fortifications 3 Pz is able to inflict heavy losses on the attacking enemy.
To the North part of 9th Armee launches another small push trapping more enemy Inf units in the process, the Armee edges itself closer to Kalinin.

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Around the Orel / Kursk area both 2nd Pz Armee and 2nd Armee regroup and using the fresh reinforcements hold the Russian attacks and launch a counterattack of there own trapping two enemy Corps.

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Eastern Front
Situation Report April 1st 1943 Turn 20
Army Group A / South

With situation around Kursk Improving for Axis Forces and the fighting withdrawal by 2nd Hungarian Army successfully enabling The Ostheer to form two lines of defence centred around The Oskol and Donets rivers to guard against a push by enemy forces towards Belgorod, which will prevent any attack at the rear of the defenders at Kursk.
Instead Red Army Units push towards Kharkov, as the armoured spearheads push through the gap they soon run into trouble as our forces cutoff the advancing enemy blunting there drive.

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While this is taking place Axis forces maintain a defensive posture along The Don and Manych Rivers, Soviet Forces seemingly reluctant to make any attacks against the fortified positions.

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Eastern Front
Situation Report April 1st 1943 Turn 20
Army Group A

The situation in the Central Caucasus is the reverse as both 1st Pz Armee and 17th Armee launch a major offensive against the enemy trapping 8 Soviet units in a classic pincer movement,The Red Army is taken completely by surprise and with little to no reserves, escape for these units seems unlikely.

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On The Black Sea the situation remains the same and a number of enemy units are cutoff in coastal towns, here to the enemy has little in the way reserves to rescue there trapped comrades

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Eastern Front
Situation Report April 1st 1943 Turn 20
Stats Report: Ground / air losses

Heavy ground losses again this week for both sides, manpower continues to be worrying.

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In the air the Red Air Forces took a beating, there bombers taking big losses.

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Eastern Front
Situation Report April 1st 1943 Turn 20
Stats Report: Supply / Production And OB

The supply situation for both ground and air units is starting to bite hard, trying to get the rail lines repair as fast as I can for the troops at the front.

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Production is still OK and the truck repair numbers are still be 90 thousand which is good, still getting a steady flow Soviet defectors joining the Axis cause another good sign.

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The Soviet OOB is still a daunting site, just have to keep moving forward waiting for the right time to launch attacks and whittle there numbers down.

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Germany
Situation Report April 5th 1943
Operation Spark : Phase Two Commences

The Tresckow Group known as ( Schwarze Kapelle German for Black Orchestra) Begins to infiltrate positions of power and take control of Germany.

Backed by OHL Command, civilians and military officers establish there authority.

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Radio Berlin announces General Ludwig Beck as the New President of Germany

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General Henning von Tresckow architect of the March 13th bomb attack and one of the leading Anti Nazi figures is named Chief of Staff at OKH.



A partial list of the group taking over Germany

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarze_Kapelle

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North Africa
Situation Report April 6th 1943 Turn 22

The race continues along the Libyan Coast with most of the Armee almost reaching the Port of Misurata, unfortunately 5 Axis units lacking fuel and trucks to keep up with the main body will be overrun by the pursuing 8th Army and forced to surrender.
Rommel has ordered PanzerArmee Afrika to move with all haste to the defensive line at the Gulf Of Gabra.

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North Africa
Situation Report April 6th Turn 22
Southern Tunisia

The front line here remains quiet and static with both sides content with avoiding major combat.

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Northern Tunisia

In the North 1st Army launches an Armoured assaults against 5th Pz Armee both attacks are contained with high losses on both sides.

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North Africa
Situation Report April 6th 1943 Turn 22

While its quiet on the ground the Allied Desert Air Force does its best to impede PanzerArmee Afrka's withdrawal from Libya.

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In Tunisia the bombing campaign against The Axis is somewhat subdued as the weather curtails much of the attacks but still the enemy reminds us its still flying.

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North Africa
Situation Report April 6th Turn 22
Stats Report

Axis Losses continue to mount on the ground, in the air we fair better.

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Our Supply situation is improving as the distance to supply our retreating forces shortens.

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While his forces make a steady withdrawal towards The Mareth Line, Rommel outlines his new plans to his staff for The Axis Forces in North Africa.

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Eastern Front
Situation Report April 8th 1943 Turn 21
AG North
Red Army Forces make a number of counterattacks against Axis lines , but only make some minor gains, even at Leningrad the garrison launches a assault against the troops surrounding the city.

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South of 18th Armee 16th, 9th and Armee Detachment Kempf begin the Kalinin offensive, Vynshsy Volochek and Spirovo are captured and 4 enemy units are cutoff, 9th Armee pushes towards Torzhok but a enemy Inf Div stands in the way of its capture.
Axis forces are now just 30 miles from Kalinin, The Soviets have few reserves in the area as most of there forces are concentrated on the Moscow Front.

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Eastern Front
Situation Report April 8th 1943 Turn 21
AG Centre

With 9th Armee working in conjunction with Army Group North on the Kalinin operation, 3rd Pz Armee supported by 4th Armee launch there own offensive against Red Army units in The Tula region, more enemy units are cutoff as The Panzer's push towards Kaluga first, this throws the enemy in a state of panic as apart from a huge Guards Inf Corps plus a regular army unit defending the city most enemy troops are digging in there positions in front of Soviet Capital.

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While the battle unfolds at Moscow and Kaluga heavy fighting continues at Orel and Kursk, here The Soviets have massed a huge concentration of there forces in a effort to break through and recapture these cities.
At Orel 2nd Pz Armee counterattacks pushing back the enemy but at Kursk Guards units push forward forcing back parts of 2nd Armee and cutting the Orel to Kursk rail line.
The Luftwaffe launches several air assaults to try to disrupt enemy lines of communication and slow the enemy advance.

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Luftwaffe pilots receiving orders for there mission in the Kursk operation.

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Eastern Front
Situation Report April 8th 1943 Turn 21
Army Group B / South

Here to in the Kharkov region the enemy continues to try to push forward, Voroshilovgrad is threatened, a important industrial centre, despite the heavy assaults against our lines, the troops hold and 2nd Hungarian Army launches a counterattack and cuts the Soviet spearhead in two places.

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The mud season has finally hit in and around the Rostov area forcing both sides to curtail any offensive operations.

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Eastern Front
Situation Report April 8th 1943 Turn 21
Army Group A

Mud and rain hits The Central Caucasus and our offensive here is stopped as the enemy makes some attempts to break out of the encirclement's but fails, the pockets hold and some enemy units are destroyed.

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Still quiet on The Black Sea Front as both sides focus on defence as neither has the forces to make any real impact against each other in this kind of terrain.

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Eastern Front
Situation Report April 8th 1943 Turn 21
Stats Reports

Despite the change in the weather the enemy takes heavy losses both on the ground and in the air.

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Our supply continues to flow at a steady pace to units at the front.

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Eastern Front
Situation Report April 8th 1943 Turn 21
Stats Report

Our manpower forces on the Eastern Front sits at just over 3 million and our AFV's that are operational sits below 18 hundred which is of concern.

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Production levels in all spheres of industry continue to rise and our truck repair level is still under 90 thousand.

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The mud season is almost upon us which is what I have been hoping for to slow the enemy offensives in the South and give me time to rebuild my Armies.

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North Africa
Situation Report April 13th 1943 Turn 23
Libya

As Axis Forces travel along the coast road heading towards Southern Tunisia and The Mareth Line reports reach Rommel that a number of Inf Units are having trouble keeping up with the main force, Commanders report despite there best efforts these Inf units will be overtaken by 8th Army's fast moving mobile units.
Tough decisions must be made, if the main group of PanzerArmee Afrika turns back to support the stragglers the entire Armee could be surrounded and destroyed.
Rommel decides that they should be used to slow down the advance of Montgomery's forces.

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As the mechanzied units pass Tripoli and are insight of the Tunisian border, this will be the first time since the withdrawal from El Alamein in Nov 1942 that PanzerArmee Africa will fight as a single force.

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North Africa
Situation Report April 13th 1943 Turn 23
Northern Tunisia

While PanzerArmee Afrika links up with its comrades in the South 5th Pz Armee launches a lightning assault and traps 2 Allied Inf units, elements of 10th Panzer Div move to counter a British force heading to the battle to try to relieve the trapped units.

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More Allied reinforcements begin to arrive and begin attacks but the pocket holds.

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