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I had to admit that a sping offensive by GHC Kharkow--> down south was my first thought, too.
you look quite thin there.
The lack of 'valueable' German troops in the south didn't appear like an accident or oversight... but as a gambit. ?

Waht's the state of reconnaissance of mot. Inf. + Pz.-Div? And how much Inf. is hiding somewhere?

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edit: interesting aar, btw

I think it is a strategic trap. I would guess there is something like a panzer group in Germany, and possibly an infantry army.

Yeah, it looks a whole lot like a Von Manstein move, just a year ahead of Stalingrad. I am just not positive on shattering your minors, unless you can guarantee pulling this off as Germany. If he has 4 million Germans around in March, 1943, Bomazz will look like a stinking genius.

I would have to co-operate to make that possible ...

And it is so obvious, I imagine you will hang out to destroy as much rail as possible before pulling into a more defensible position. Uncle Joe would hang out, though!

It would be a giant repeat of the Izium bulge.

Turn 33
Time is running out for the blizzard offensive, and in the south at least, Soviet attacks build up to a furious pitch.

But first, a state secret: one of my opponents weaknesses is a slightly careless approach to peripheral detail. We saw this with the failure to take the Baltic ports during Barbarossa, and there was also a failure to take the Onega coast during the Finnish drive down the eastern isthmus. This allowed the Soviets to slip a brigade behind the Finns, and it has been fighting a guerrilla war against the supply routes. Now in the recent retreat by 7th Army, it was possible to add a division to our long range raiding force.

On the Leningrad relief drive, more painfully slow progress.

In front of Vyshny Volochek, Akimov's 11th Army is now in position to launch an assault on 12th Panzer division.

The Moscow front remains stable.

Tula: we still want to retake this city before March.

Kharkov: the mega encirclement continues.

Further south, the vanguard of Zakharov's Transcaucusus Front are entering the western Ukraine as the fighting builds to a mighty climax.

At Nikolaev, the position of the Axis is becoming critical. I think a pull back is imminent.

Air losses. The VVS has certainly been brave ...

The pocket north of Dnepropetrovsk was wiped out ....

So the game of chicken continues...

Turn 34

Leningrad: two attacks succeed, more fail. But for all those people who wished their U2 factories destroyed by Germans, consider just how deadly these flying sewing machines can be.

After a series of wearing down attacks, Vyshny Volochek is stormed.

Moscow: the front line is almost straight, which is the condition of maximum entropy. We're going to dig in now.