Gen. Goofy Does Barbarossa vs DicedT (No Diced T)

[warspite1]

25th November 1941
Turn 39

No pictures this turn. That was pretty disastrous with failure pretty much all along the front. Only success was Zaporozhye - thanks to Siege Artillery - and two attacks northwest of Stalino by 1st Panzergruppe and 17th Army. Otherwise it was all pretty dire and the Soviets show every intention of holding Leningrad, Moscow and Rostov.

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29th November 1941
Turn 40

A really awful turn. There was nothing but defeat in AGN sector, all armies are on the retreat in AGC sector and only in AGS - where limited advance on Rostov has been achieved - is anything positive.....

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3rd December 1941
Turn 41

The rear of AGN is now being swarmed over by Soviet units that have come from seemingly nowhere. Novgorod is about to fall.

AGC continues in full retreat - not a rout yet but.....

AGS still provides a degree of positive news - although I need to read the supply rules; 6th Army remain worse than useless....

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7th December 1941
Turn 42

With the US entering the war I feel it is the right time to quit. I mean, don't get me wrong, if it wasn't for the Americans I would have won....ahem..definitely....[:D]

I just want to say well played to my opponent who defended really well, and gave me no 'foot in the door'. That was great fun, and I appreciate the fast pace DicedT kept up.

Here are three shots coming up that showed that DicedT was about to inflict serious damage on AGC and AGN - and made resignation the only choice.

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7th December 1941
Turn 42
Army Group North

All attacks for the last three turns had failed - the troops and tanks were shot. Presumably Soviet reinforcements were then placed in the hinterland because suddenly Novgorod was captured and I would have had no choice but to fall back anyway. AP's were a serious issue, meaning this wasn't always possible.

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7th December 1941
Turn 42
Army Group Centre

The supply line to Panzergruppe 2 was about to be hammered - there were just too many Soviet units to form a coherent line.

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7th December 1941
Turn 42
Army Group South

The only area of success was in the south. I was close to Rostov but.....

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My mis-handling of 6th Army in the south, 4th Panzegruppe in the north, and Siege Artillery generally was just rubbish - and this was the result:

I wonder if I am still on The Fuhrer's Christmas card list?

[Lucky77777]

Really, really enjoyed reading this AAR. Thank you for taking the time and effort to post this excellent AAR.

[AZKGungHo]

Since I haven't finished a game yet - hope to soon - I'm very curious about what the analysis of the game was?

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ORIGINAL: Lucky7777

Really, really enjoyed reading this AAR. Thank you for taking the time and effort to post this excellent AAR.

warspite1

Thank-you for reading [:)]

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ORIGINAL: AZ Gung Ho

Since I haven't finished a game yet - hope to soon - I'm very curious about what the analysis of the game was?

warspite1

What do you want to know in particular AZ and I will try and answer?