Realising that sitting back on the defensive was just asking the Soviets to slowly grind me down, I've taken a high-risk strategy of going on an extensive offensive on all fronts now that we are in May 1943 and the weather has improved.
In the north, my forces have finally battered their way in to Narva and a parachute drop has temporarily isolated the Soviet forces in front of Leningrad. My hope is that, with low supply, the Soviets will have to withdraw and allow my artillery to get into range of Leningrad and enable it to be taken.
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In front of Moscow, my forces have advanced in to range of the city, though getting the artillery in to range of central Moscow will leave it exposed to a counter attack - I'm gambling that any counter-attack will be limited.
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In the south, the Soviet offensives near Stalingrad and along the northern flank of my advance in to Stalingrad limits any offensive on my part to finally storming the Soviet fortress of Sevastopol which has been ground down by besieging Italian forces that have recently been reinforced by artillery. This front is particularly concerning as the army at Stalingrad is very much at risk on encirclement - my hope if the offensives in the north and centre will draw forces away from here.
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Finally, in Tunisia Italian forces including the Littorio tank division, backed up by German artillery, destroyed a US infantry corp in front of Bizerte, and German infantry and heavy tanks smashed the American force holding Tebessa. My hope is that this front can be liquidated quickly and the forces returned to the Eastern Front against the USSR.
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