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ORIGINAL: Panama

and air force deputy chief of the Western Front (after the suicide of Major General Aviation II Kopec - Chief of the Air Force of the Western Front), Major General Aviation A. I. Tayursky.

I actually read, that his death wasn't related with defeat of Western Front. He was shot as an effect of "Great Purge: The Sequel" which took place in 41/42 - this time centering on air force commanders. From my game experience Northwest and Western Fronts Air Commanders die more often than Pavlov.

ORIGINAL: Flaviusx
Pavlov, however, is rather overrated in this game. He had a bad situation, it is true, but responded badly to it. (His chief of staff, Boldin, proved far more decisive and effective. This fellow fought his way out of 2 pockets, and was instrumental in saving Tula.)

Well he did something. He created Mounted-Mechanized Group (2 Mech Corps + 1 Cav Corps) for counterattack and give command to Boldin. How he could know, that Boldin is so incompetent, and he will sit and do nothing? It's not that counterattack has failed because there wasn't one. Group sit in place for few days without orders. One of the corps commander didn't even knew that he is now under Boldin, as he received 0 (zero) orders from him. That's for "decisive" Boldin. He was lucky he wasn't shot as Western Front debacle is in large precent his fault.