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War in Russia planning map.
WitE-1 engine driven onto that.
Of course with much inconstancy because of map change.
In a broad sense enjoyable and interesting.
Here Turn 5. Soviet .17 july-41.
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-41 Scenario.
Game situation turn 2. Bialystok pocket.
Historical situation turn 1, turn 2 and turn 5.
Occupation dates. Army groups areas. Airfields. Long. Lat.
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War in the East-2 planning map.
WitE-1 engine driven onto that.
Of course with much inconstancy because of map change.
In a broad sense enjoyable and interesting.
Here Turn 5. Soviet .17 july-41. Front and retreat.
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Vistula (Weichsel) to Berlin scenario.
Fall of Königsberg. Turn 9 10-16 march-45.
In Samland the naval HQ Pillau and Brüsterort to NW fell the turn before.
Otherwise surrounded in many turns.
Attacked as you can see by soviet 12 units.
Historically Königsberg fortress was fallen 9 april.
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Onto my game map.
German primary fighting air groups.
Black, Red, Dark Brown, Reddish Brown and Grey
Time duration (yellow -41 and light blue -42) and localisation .
22-6 until-start 42.
Fronts turn 1-2-5-10-15-20-25.
Thats 22/6, 29/6, 20/7, 24/8, 28/9, 2/11 and 7/12.
Occupation dates.
German occupation red-41 and blue -42.
Soviet occupation late war blue.
Army groups borders.
German airfield signs.
Mostly german map naming.
Primary source Michael Holm.
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Onto WitE-2 game map.
From an OKL-Atlas. ( More correct an OKH-Atlas) Situation AGN 29 aug-41.
Luftflotte 1.
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Updated version of the game map.
Front lines as before.
Coast lines from the generals mod.
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Thanks for posting these Goran, I enjoy looking at them.
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German air war-41.Attacking groups.
Localisation and dates.
Game map and soviet map with roads and rails in scale 1M.
Not accurate in details, especially along coasts.
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Again axis turn 2. 29-june.Script.
Bialystok pocket.
Railway supply situation.
Engaged airfields.
As before type coloured units.
Squares above are ; movement status, combat prep points and formation belonging.
German airfield marks. German map naming from the war.
Historical and game situation to compare.
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Latest version. 41-scenario. Ai-Ai.
Turn 15 28-sept.
Game frontline turn 15 and historical lines turn 10,turn 15 and 20.
Air war history during -41.
Rail situation.
From a simulation point of view.
Germany is clearly in front of history in north and middle areas.
In the south more historical.
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Map.
Sorry, I couldnt upload the map.
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Today I somewhat managed. See post above.
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Hi!
Just to give an impression of the pedagogic value of maps when understanding history
Here; battle of Stalingrad.
It gave me a new insight but of course I cant evaluate if all conclusions are verified.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0zJ0lPq1UU
This sort of animations started with this serie ; eastory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu3p7dxrhl8
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Planning map-Operationskarte
With a font thats perhaps more time correct.
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SW-front scenario.Ai-Ai.
Turn 5. July-20.
First axis attack on Odessa.
7 Rum. Cavalry.
A bit ahead of history.
Historical frontline and occupation dates.
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New version of my game map.
( As before thanks to the generals map mode in some aspects)
Onto it Lat-Long, occupation dates,
german naming from Operationskarte 42-43 (partly) and typical font.
Historical frontlines turn 1-2-5-10-15-20 and 25.
Part of air war -41. Localisation, dates and airfields.
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OOB 22-6-41.
Frontlines turn 2-5-10-15-20 and 25.
Long. Lat.
Occupation dates.
German airfield map marks.
Mostly german naming.
Army group borders.
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Road to Leningrad. Turn 5. 20 july-41.
Ai-Ai. Game and historical situation. German map naming and airfield marks..
6 german units (angriff) attack russian hex with 2 units (slacht hex) NO Porchow.
Small pocket just N of Estonian border. 61 german ID NO Pölwa.
Historical occupation dates. Lat. and Long. Historical frontline 20/7.
To some extent rail situation.
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Re: Planning map and history

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Ai-Ai
Road to Leningrad.
Turn 10. 24 aug. -41.
Game and history.

Added to game map dates of occupation.
Frontlines turn 2-5-10-15.
Lat.Long.
Units and air groups.
Red square german historical air strong holds.
Black square main supply depots. ( Also coming ones in Reval and Luga)
German naming (Operational map) and baltic borders.
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Re: Planning map and history

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Planning map WitE-2.
Added most of the historically important airfields (red)
of type already in the game or other main bases down to operational fields.Fliegerhorst-Einsatzhafen.
Also added a few (green) without real support structures when used by Luftwaffe.
Sources: ww2.dk,Zeng,Prien,Bergström,Mattiello,Luftwaffe Atlas -02-42 and some russian sources.
Historical frontlines turn 1-2-5-10-15-20 and 25.
Also thanks to some vital ideas in Generals mod.
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