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Is it possible to download D21 scenario somewhere...or what is latest version? I have one I think from the start of 2009 year...

The latest version comes with the TOAW 3.4 update patch

Another area where I'm pulling back

The overview map shows the areas where I'm carrying out "front line corrections"

31 January 1943
I decided to pull back once more. A powerful Soviet thrust towards Millerovo could severely compromise the southern sector. I'm retreating the Hauptkamplinie behind the Donets.
I'm not gonna use my 1943 shock event to carry out a major offensive operation, but keep my frontline intact to prevent a major collapse.

A powerful Soviet thrust wrecked my line near Vyazma.
With nothing to back up the defenses there I may be forced to pull back once more.

The enemy has been advancing beyond Yukhnov and has a strong hold on Vyazma.. My front is in smithereens.
Elements of the Totenkopf division have been given a one-way train ticket to the front..

I am forced to pull back south of Yukhnov in order to shorten the line and make units available to man the Vyazma-Ugra-Kirov line

Turn 184
I decided to evacuate the Rzhev bulge which lengetnes my front-line too much.
But in the south there's more trouble brewing... Elmer landed a couple of units in the eastern Crimea, and I hardly have any units on garrison duty there[:@]

28 March 1943 - Turn 185
While I was concentrating on evacuating that Rzhev salient, Elmer made the most of his two consecutive turns... A general offensive from the center to the south broke my line in several places and left my front in shatters!
A general pull-back is necessary...

.. and here the situation towards Kursk.
I am pulling back in the south, evacuating the Donetz bend

April 4, 1943 (Turn 187)

THAW! A blessing and a curse ...
While the Soviet offensive will peter out it means that my pull-back and redeployment will be carried out a lot slower

Here's the general situation at the end of my turn 186

And here's an update on the available hardware... I lost a lot of transport assets this past winter...
Note that my replacement rate went up to 105% of the 1941 production figures, thanks to Albert Speer...
This'll help me bolster my units for the coming summer, which I don't doubt will be a gruelling one...

Elmer runs a lot better, eh? Still needs some work, but it's getting there!

Elmer's doing OK... He's been kicking my butt during the 1942/43 winter
Note that this is an older version of D21 which I modified a bit.
The latest one makes use of the additional objective tracks

This is the situation at the beginning of my turn for May 5, 1943
The thaw is over and the Red army got two consecutive turns, which caused ultimate disaster in the center and south... They're close to Kursk and Smolensk... I don't know yet how I'm gonna be able to repair my broken lines... I'll have to pull back even further...

I'm railing in reinforcements to counter the Red Army's assault south of Smolensk

Overview of the situation between Kursk and Kharkov

Overview from Izyum to the Black Sea

Wow, now thats a beating ...

Some questions:
1. What are these red spots in Finland? I dont hope Soviets, or you are doomed [;)]

2. How many HRS have you got left?

3. How much heavy artillery?

4. What are your plans for summer 43'?

In general, I think that you attacked too fierce in 42' and therefore your Wehrmacht was already shattered before winter 42' ...

Silvansky, given the number of times you've played FitE, I thought you were going to capture Moscow and win in this scen [:D]. After all, you ARE quite experienced [&o] as far as these Eastern Front scenarios are concerned.

I'm surprised that you've been driven back. This scenario must be really tough, then.