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First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/10/2007 5:34:54 AM   
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Forwarn45 is the first person I have known or seen win as the allies. Game went until mid 42. Axis never got past Minsk. Russian tanks were advancing everywhere. I surrendered as it was very obvious game was a massive Allied Victory.

Africa was falling apart with 3 carriers sitting off its coast pounding all the units to nothingness. It was close for awhile there but everything arrived just in time to save them.

Once Rommel died with his tanks near Cairo the Italians seem to havd lost faith.

The Allied player placed his tech in Armor and built armour. His armor was unstoppable by the Axis.

He attacked with both France and Britian bringing everything they both had to France making France a difficult and costly battle.

Congradulation to the best played Allied game I have seen so far and the only win anyone has reported todate.

After patch we must try this once more.



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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/10/2007 12:04:15 PM   
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Mid 42??  So what you're saying is that the allies can win easily.....:)

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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/10/2007 12:25:06 PM   
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I am a little confused! Does this effect your opinions on the balance?

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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/10/2007 3:40:16 PM   
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Tounge in cheek and all,

but it looks like we need to up the Axis a bit here now, if the Axis can't make it out of 42 something is wrong

(of course, he did say, he gave up, it could of taken months if not years to get the war to end)

but still :)




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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/10/2007 4:07:37 PM   
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I have 1 win as Allies .. and a few more on the way by the looks of things ..
Axis got mauled .. France held .. I mauled an Arm in Poland ... 2 Inf Corps in Low countries .. and the French counter-attack destroyed 2 Inf corps last turn in the Low countries ..
The 2 German subs fell victim to allied navy .. Air war was a mess for the french ftr .. but ... vive la whatever .. cant afford to repair him anyway ..
Caught a Corps trying to go for Norway .. Norway invasion .. operation below the sea commenced ..
Nay a good day for dolph ...
Maybe the OKW should have a little campfire and get there ducks in order ...
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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/10/2007 7:43:11 PM   
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No it does not change my opinion one victory on the board by the Allies in all this time that seems to me to assure game is incorrect. 

First guy beat me which as Axis in most games is easy.  I hate playing axis.  Second I made two major mistakes.  But I will not dwell on these as excuses.  The player beat me fair and square. His tactics where superior and his play excellant.

Also no I do not consider the Allies can win easily because if they could there would be more then ONE victory since the release by the Allies.

Had I played on game would have ended in early 43 but result would have been the same.

Looks like Irish has a second victory.  Dont know who he won from but congradulations on the victory.  That makes two. 


Now we should maybe count the Axis victories and see if we really have balance.

I have 8 Axis victories. 

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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/10/2007 9:07:38 PM   
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I am not so sure your view is overly correct, just because there are not many reported wins as the Allies, does not mean it can't happen, most games of these types, the players tend to go for the Axis side, they on the attack, they get to pick and chose and force the war from the start

the Allied player on the other hand is in a defend mindset and knows most of the time he is just going to be fighting a delaying action, until later on, and is not so much of a fun thing

plus in most games like this, it is easier to learn how to be agressive, then to learn how to defend and delay

as time goes on, more Human players will be learning and playing as the Allied and getting there fair share of wins

plus again, in these types of games, it is the Axis game to lose, not so much the Allied game to win




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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/10/2007 9:29:49 PM   
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I still have lots of games on the go ...
But my record so far ...
5 Axis victories .. at least 3 games still playing ...
1 Allied victory .. and 2 games still playing ..
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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/10/2007 10:26:50 PM   
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I am not so sure your view is overly correct, just because there are not many reported wins as the Allies, does not mean it can't happen, most games of these types, the players tend to go for the Axis side, they on the attack, they get to pick and chose and force the war from the start

the Allied player on the other hand is in a defend mindset and knows most of the time he is just going to be fighting a delaying action, until later on, and is not so much of a fun thing

plus in most games like this, it is easier to learn how to be agressive, then to learn how to defend and delay

as time goes on, more Human players will be learning and playing as the Allied and getting there fair share of wins

plus again, in these types of games, it is the Axis game to lose, not so much the Allied game to win





You maybe correct but in the thousands of games I have played with dozens of different companies and systems. Not one has had such a poor record as Allies as this game.

Most games require the Axis to learn someway to defeat the Allies. But this one the Allies need to find someway to survive.

I have seen no comparible record in almost 50 years of play. Now in the last 3 months I have purchased SC2 which seems to operate correctly. Making History which is really a joke but game wins and losses seem correct. This one which is heavily Axis biased todate.

So you maybe correct people will eventually figure someway to beat this bias. Since I am a really awful Axis player, in most games, I was simply amazed at my number of victories in this game. But I also became equally amazed at my losses on the Allied side since I am usually very good as a Russian.

They said they tired to make the game balanced and they did in favor of the Axis. Patch should fix it though since the problem is not immense as I have said many times. Small tweaking can balance this game along a correct path. That tweaking I hope amounts to giving some of the units that actually existed to Russia and UK. But I will accept anything that brings the game into a more historical basis.






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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/10/2007 11:02:03 PM   
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In my opionion the area most affected was the US economy - but I can run some figures by you.  I will post some later.

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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/10/2007 11:16:33 PM   
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You could be right they really are way behind but I maintain that Russia is shorted both the veteran units from Siberia and the income.

The veteran Siberian troops are there largest problem though due to the need for some units with combat experience.  These supposed mytical troops were instramental in the defense and push back at Moscow in winter of 41 and Battle of Kiev in 42.  Without these troops the line of winter defense is pretty much as it was in the war green troops ready to fight but without combat experience.

UK seems pretty much okay lacking an air in Africa and an infantry corps but if they just provided them air even if not at full strength it would make a world of difference for Africa.  I would also like to see them recieve one more destroyer.  I really have a problem with the one destroyer concept for the largest navy in the world at the time.  But I also feel they have one too many aircraft carriers.

I also feel Italy should recieve an additional air unit.

With a major increase in USA funding small unit additions I feel this game would not only be accurate historically but a much better game.  Yes that would mean the Allies is a little more powerful then the Axis.  But lets take a glance at history and that was the way it was.  Efficiency levels can be used to balance play and keep it all fun.

I prefer a subjective item like econmony or efficiency to equalize play over a known quantities such as number and kind of units.







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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/10/2007 11:40:39 PM   
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Maybe I will design a more historical scenario for us if you wish.  In fact - I can post my figures and come up with some ideas on that.  I believe the thought was that they should buy some of this stuff but no one ever does is the problem!  I think an extra air force for Russia would be good too.  In any case I have all sorts of stats from my many attempts at making my own PG II grand campaign game (which I still work on).  What % of the US war effort must go to Japan?  I figure it should be about a 1/3 vs. 2/3 split.

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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/10/2007 11:43:55 PM   
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Well I don't see what nthe difference is, Targul. Both affect gameplay in one form or the other.

tbh, I don't care what they do....increase allied forces, decrease Axis...increase allied economy, decrease Axis....just so long as they do not turn this into another "lets repeat history" game.

In fact, on the basis of what you suggest, I can pretty much guarentee I will hold off on installing any patch until
  • I feel the need to have the game rebalanced (I do not as is)
  • I see that the game is just as balanced or hasn't swung in one way or the other
I already posted, I had my ass kicked by the Allied AI...if they strengthen the AI, it's going to spoil my game.

It's fun as is, and that's what it should be. I have no need to delve into the history books and see what units were where...especially when the game is so abtract anyway!


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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/10/2007 11:45:17 PM   
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Yes my lost game as Allies was when my opponent created 2-3 lines of units along the Belgian border with every allied unit he could find, I think.  It was like WW I and combined with some other costly errors it make it impossible for the Axis.  In despair I started to hammer at the Maginot line. 

I think this can be countered, but that seems to be an Allied strategy that works.  Question is, what is the counter and if it is ahistorical where are we falling behind?  For instance, we could make transports more expensive, but does that make D-Day too hard for the Allies?  Currently they cost 4 PP - should they cost 5,6 or even 10 instead?

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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/10/2007 11:52:33 PM   
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I think the trouble is, not for the people playing the game vs the AI, I think it is good fun game this way, but when playing human vs human, it is may be biased too much to the Axis side (trouble with all the units being basicly the same, IT troops are the same as everybody else, if they could balance out the units for each nation, so they reflex on that nations strong and weakpoints, I think it would be balanced much better)

France should have more troops, more Armor, but not when French Armor and Germen Armor have the same stats, Russia should have lot more Airpower (1 unit ? maybe more like 10) but no way should it be as good as the Allied or Germen Air at the start of the game, and it should be in postion, so it can be killed on the opening attack

the IT should have more troops in the desert, but it shouldn't be able to stand toe to toe with the English

fine balance at this scale that is HARD to do


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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/11/2007 12:13:00 AM   
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I think there's some issues at hand in this game. In my current game, it's quite the near run thing, my opponent has improved his Russian tanks to a level beyond my tanks, they do three anti tank damage! I have 5 now 6 labs in Armor, and I'm only at level 1 at the end of 1941!

I think the Russians should have more men then the Axis for sure, but their technology is rediculous. I dont think they should have anything near that effective against German Tanks.

Up the amount of troops, tone down the research for Russia.

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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/11/2007 12:30:06 AM   
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Well Rob, now I know how much Armor research you have, ha ha. The only point I would beg to differ on is the technology aspect of the tanks. In late 41 the T-34 was playing havoc with the Panzer Mark IIIs and IVs. I await your next turn,

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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/11/2007 12:37:13 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Hard Sarge

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I think the trouble is, not for the people playing the game vs the AI, I think it is good fun game this way, but when playing human vs human, it is may be biased too much to the Axis side (trouble with all the units being basicly the same, IT troops are the same as everybody else, if they could balance out the units for each nation, so they reflex on that nations strong and weakpoints, I think it would be balanced much better)

France should have more troops, more Armor, but not when French Armor and Germen Armor have the same stats, Russia should have lot more Airpower (1 unit ? maybe more like 10) but no way should it be as good as the Allied or Germen Air at the start of the game, and it should be in postion, so it can be killed on the opening attack

the IT should have more troops in the desert, but it shouldn't be able to stand toe to toe with the English

fine balance at this scale that is HARD to do



I pretty much agree here. AI is not that bad other then it is lost south of France. Tweaking the forces would be the best way to keep the balanced and fun for me at least.


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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/11/2007 12:39:17 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Copper

I think there's some issues at hand in this game. In my current game, it's quite the near run thing, my opponent has improved his Russian tanks to a level beyond my tanks, they do three anti tank damage! I have 5 now 6 labs in Armor, and I'm only at level 1 at the end of 1941!

I think the Russians should have more men then the Axis for sure, but their technology is rediculous. I dont think they should have anything near that effective against German Tanks.

Up the amount of troops, tone down the research for Russia.



The T34 tank was far superior to the Axis tanks in 41-42. The Axis was caught by surprise at how the T34 operated. Without these tanks the Soviet Union would not exist today. They were critical to stopping and turning the tide in Russia.

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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/11/2007 1:09:29 AM   
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Well, I have no problem with the developers "balancing" the game for head to head...I don't play that anyway, so they can do what they like there. In fact, if there is iverall evidence that the AI v human is "unbalanced", then they can fix that too...but I've not seen, as yet, any evidence of that...I have only just finished my first game (all you other buggers must not have anything else to do in your lives!! )...so it may well be...all I'm saying is the patch, when it comes, can stay off my PC if they have "rebalanced" the game until I decide it's unbalanced...

Anyway, is the game not "editable"? I thought you could tweak the settings...I know that doesn't satisfy Targuls requirements as it appears the editor may help his situation...but in terms of balancing, can't "we" make battleships cost more and subs cost less etc?


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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/11/2007 1:26:14 AM   
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Without these tanks the Soviet Union would not exist today.


The Soviet Union ceased to exist in August 1991.

But I get what you mean.



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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/11/2007 3:15:52 AM   
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We've done the Siberians to death already - not only were they not used en masse but they were not combat veterans - the standard conscription was for 2 years, and it was more than 2 years since hte R-J war of 1939 - those soldiers released to reserve units sicne them were called up into whatever recruited them locally - ie they were dispersed around the rest of the army.

If an Axis player plans PROPERLY then they should be able to run over most of the USSR - Nazi Gemany failed mainly because they planned only for a 4-6 month war.....they day it went longer than that they were in trouble.

there was also nothing wrong with Soviet AT tech.  They thought everyone else was building tanks as heavily armoured as their own, so had started building 107mm AT guns to counter them!!  Yep - one-hundred-and-seven-millimetre.  The gun was also going to be the main armament of their new heavy tanks being designed in 1941.  Only about 130 or so were built before they realised it was overkill!!

ditto with their 57mm gun in 1941 - it had far more performance than was required in 1941, and being very expensive to make they put it on the back burner, resurecting it in 1943-4 when the big cats arrived.

I had a game vs the AI Axis yesterday - AI set to max bonus and no oil.  the Sov's only made AT tech 1 just before they were over-run, despite having 2-3 factories focusing on it most of the war.  Perm fell the same turn as Rome, and after that the Axis jsut didn't seem to do much except garrison its cities - I was expecting a massed attack by the hordes of veterans of het Eastern Front but they all sat out there, rebuilt, reteched and garrisoned cities - except for the airforces.

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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/11/2007 3:16:40 AM   
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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/11/2007 4:26:22 AM   
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We've done the Siberians to death already - not only were they not used en masse but they were not combat veterans - the standard conscription was for 2 years, and it was more than 2 years since hte R-J war of 1939 - those soldiers released to reserve units sicne them were called up into whatever recruited them locally - ie they were dispersed around the rest of the army.


SMK-at-work:

You seem to persist with these statements, and yet you have not provided a single quote and page number from a book by a recognized historian on the subject.

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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/11/2007 5:08:11 AM   
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Oh dear .. battle is joined ..
When I say something like that I usually ask if its my outloud voice ...
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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/11/2007 5:32:50 AM   
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We've done the Siberians to death already - not only were they not used en masse but they were not combat veterans - the standard conscription was for 2 years, and it was more than 2 years since hte R-J war of 1939 - those soldiers released to reserve units sicne them were called up into whatever recruited them locally - ie they were dispersed around the rest of the army.


SMK-at-work:

You seem to persist with these statements, and yet you have not provided a single quote and page number from a book by a recognized historian on the subject.



1/ there's nothing "seem to persist" about it - I DO persist in making these statements.

2/ As I said in another thread - I shall await the return of my tomes on the subject, and let yo have it :)

Edit: To help assuage your thirst for knowledge, I have found one on-line titbit - it is only an aside unfortunately, and does not give quantities, etc, however it follows the general thrust that I and others have followed - that he Siberians, while present, were not the be-all and end-all of the attacking forces:

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.....the Russian forces that assembled for the December attacks were a mixture of fresh Siberian divisions, burned-out veteran units, and hastily raised militia.


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Except for some Siberian units, the newly deployed formations were generally understrength, poorly trained, and lacking in equipment.


From

Standing Fast: German Defensive Doctrine on the Russian Front During World War II
Prewar to March 1943

by Major Timothy A. Wray, from the US Army Command and General Staff College online library http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/wray/wray.asp

This was written in 1986, so the kernel of the truth was known a long time ago, but the details are just now emerging.


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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/11/2007 6:41:59 AM   
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We've done the Siberians to death already - not only were they not used en masse but they were not combat veterans - the standard conscription was for 2 years, and it was more than 2 years since hte R-J war of 1939 - those soldiers released to reserve units sicne them were called up into whatever recruited them locally - ie they were dispersed around the rest of the army.


SMK-at-work:

You seem to persist with these statements, and yet you have not provided a single quote and page number from a book by a recognized historian on the subject.



1/ there's nothing "seem to persist" about it - I DO persist in making these statements.

2/ As I said in another thread - I shall await the return of my tomes on the subject, and let yo have it :)



Hi :)

On a wargame forum you should always be prepared to provide sources when announcing NEW historical information.

Let me help you out a bit.

No historian I have read has ever used the term "Siberian Hordes". This is your term. There was never a mass of Siberians. Most authorities I have read indicate that between 15 to 20 divisions from the east were sent to the west between Oct/41 and Jan/42.

There were about 100 Soviet divisions in total being used in the counter attack around Moscow in Dec 1941. Of these, 80 divisions were worn out and were drawn in from other fronts. They were grouped on the German flanks. This was the "ANVIL".

The almost 20 Siberian divisions, on the other hand, were rested, were almost fully equipped and at full strength, and were located north of Moscow, and were to be used at the last minute as the "HAMMER BLOW" striking the "ANVIL".

You mentioned previously about the Siberian "Myth". Yet, Siberian divisions were sent west. All established authorities recognize this.

You also stated that these Siberian divisions were inexperienced and had been disbanded. Yet historians state otherwise.

Alan Clark, in his book "Barbarossa" states on page 171, "Yet by itself the impact of the winter would not be enough for an exhausted and outnumbered Red Army to turn the tables on its adversary; the chosen instrument for this task was the agglomeration of hard, long-service divisions from the Siberian Command. In order that the impact of the Siberian troops take maximum effect, it was vital that they be held back until the last moment...."

For those who have Clark's book, he provides a map on page 173 indicating where all these divisions were located.

Clark, an historian, mentions that the Siberian divisions had been in LONG service, and were experienced. Why would he say that? In 1939, the Soviets fought a battle with Japan, in which Japan suffered 50,000 casualties.

Between that time and late 1941 Hitler took great pains to get Japan to attack NORTH into Siberia. Stalin simply could not disband these Siberian troops in the east. The Japanese threat was always there.

It was not until late 1941 when Stalin's spy Richard Sorge indicated that the Japanese had decided to attack SOUTH, that Stalin released about 20 of these Siberian divisions to move west around Moscow.

In sum, about 20 experienced, mostly full-strength Siberian divisions were sent west AFTER it was realized that Japan would not attack Siberia. They proved to be instrumental in the counterattack around Moscow.

The other 80 Soviet divisions were mostly exhausted, and worn out from months of bitter fighting. They were to be used against the German forces until the last minute when the fresh Siberian troops would be released.





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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/11/2007 6:50:47 AM   
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We've done the Siberians to death already - not only were they not used en masse but they were not combat veterans - the standard conscription was for 2 years, and it was more than 2 years since hte R-J war of 1939 - those soldiers released to reserve units sicne them were called up into whatever recruited them locally - ie they were dispersed around the rest of the army.


SMK-at-work:

You seem to persist with these statements, and yet you have not provided a single quote and page number from a book by a recognized historian on the subject.



1/ there's nothing "seem to persist" about it - I DO persist in making these statements.

2/ As I said in another thread - I shall await the return of my tomes on the subject, and let yo have it :)

Edit: To help assuage your thirst for knowledge, I have found one on-line titbit - it is only an aside unfortunately, and does not give quantities, etc, however it follows the general thrust that I and others have followed - that he Siberians, while present, were not the be-all and end-all of the attacking forces:

quote:


.....the Russian forces that assembled for the December attacks were a mixture of fresh Siberian divisions, burned-out veteran units, and hastily raised militia.


and
quote:

Except for some Siberian units, the newly deployed formations were generally understrength, poorly trained, and lacking in equipment.


From

Standing Fast: German Defensive Doctrine on the Russian Front During World War II
Prewar to March 1943

by Major Timothy A. Wray, from the US Army Command and General Staff College online library http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/wray/wray.asp

This was written in 1986, so the kernel of the truth was known a long time ago, but the details are just now emerging.



I think you may have misunderstood what the author was writing here.

Your source states there were FRESH Siberian forces. Then he states that there were also many burned out Soviet troops.

These are two separate forces.

All sources AGREE with this (see my post above).

Historians have known for years that FRESH Siberian troops were used in conjunction with the worn out and tired Soviet troops that had been pulled in from other fronts.

These worn out troops WERE NOT SIBERIANS. They were Soviet troops that had been pulled in from other fronts, and they were placed on the FLANKS of the German forces around Moscow.

The FRESH SIBERIAN FORCES, on the other hand, were to be used AFTER these Soviet flank forces had worn down the Germans.

Again, see my post above for the full details.

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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/11/2007 7:04:52 AM   
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The siberian myth I object to, and which was noted in "that other thread" is that he Winter counter offensives by the Soviet union were all carried out by Siberian units, veterans who had been secretly assembled en-masse and were used in a single crushing blow.

That is the essence of hte position I object to.

Yes Siberian units were shipped from the far east - but 40 divisions were kept there, twice as many as were sent. 

No they were not veterans - their conscripts had not seen any action because the nomohon "incident" had occured befoer they weer called up - it's simple math - look up the dates!

No they were not especially equipped with winter clothing - the Russians had made great advances in winter equipment across their entire army, and many regular units had winter clothing. 

No they were not specially trained for winter warfare - again the soviet army had ben trying to correct the obvious problems from the Winter war for the previous 18 months across all units, including winter operational training.

Of those 20 or so divisions, at least some were committed to battle long before the winter offensives.

I'm interested in where you get those specific deployments from - I have not read that anywhere - do you have a reference?

all of these dilute the myth that the Siberians were a sudden surprise.  When I have the rest of the numbers I shall give them to you.

Oh and for an overview of how we got to teh poor understanding we have of hte Soviet war effort I can thoroughly recommend Glantz's article at http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/documents/e-front.htm



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RE: First Reported Allied Victoy - 7/11/2007 7:06:53 AM   
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I got some books .. they got writing in them .. Irish can read u kno ..
I smat .. I play game .. Befer I evn git book .. why can't I just find a big un and smack my opponent with it ..
Save I Oil .. for the tankies .. U kno the pointy units ..
Gonna be a donnybrook .. some think that means river defences ,, I say nay ,,
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