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STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa - 7/4/2013 9:04:49 PM   
M60A3TTS


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Status: offline 		My other campaign game with Mehring has slowed dramatically because he is dealing with RL issues as we all do from time to time. I'm hoping that one will still continue at a slower pace, but we'll have to see.

Meantime, I'll be taking on this challenge from smokindave34 and this will probably be my last run and AAR with WiTE 1.0

I am of course taking the Soviet side. Server based, Random weather, alt VC. Let the game begin!

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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/14/2013 8:24:45 PM   
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Dave moves his northern forces but doesn't take Riga directly. The rail line is also left intact allowing me to rescue a couple divisions. Not much by itself, but I will take any help.

In the center, standard opening. A defensive screen is established along the Berezina.

To the south, a regular looking Lvov pocket. Another screen line is established.

All in all, a rather standard Axis opening. Nothing that I haven't seen before, except not at least cutting the rail at Riga.

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Center



South


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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/14/2013 8:46:35 PM   
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PG 4 heads for Pskov. Dave's push in the center moves on Vitebsk as our forces settle in behind the Dnepr. The main Soviet defense line on the road to Moscow is formed. Strong tank divisions were transferred to this area to act as reserves. To the south, limited Axis advances.

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Center



Southwest



South


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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/14/2013 8:58:08 PM   
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Mud hits the Soviet center zone. As a result, Dave does little to move the panzers forward, instead taking the time to bring up his infantry divisions.

North



Western Front



Southwestern Front



South


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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/21/2013 5:43:50 PM   
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In the north, the Germans close on Pskov.

In the center he consolidates on the land bridge.

Dave sends his panzers south of Kiev and they arrive at the Dnepr.

Reserve Front is activated. General Pavlov is dismissed from the service and is replaced by General Vatutin.

North



Western Front



South of Kiev



Change of command






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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/21/2013 5:59:19 PM   
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German forces move to encircle the two divisions at Pskov.

Western Front evacuated the banks of the Dnepr as Dave consolidates on the land bridge.

Southeast of Kiev, Dave has a bridgehead over the Dnepr.

Southern Front drops back to defend on the Ingul River line.

Pskov



Land bridge



German bridgehead southeast of Kiev



Southern Front



OOB



Losses



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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/25/2013 11:09:38 PM   
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Little action to note, except for one case. Dave flanked and isolated units in the Odessa region. A mini-Dunkirk was performed as Red Army units slipped out via Black Sea ports.

The defense around Odessa is strengthened.



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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/26/2013 1:49:28 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hi. I am enjoying the AAR, but also enjoying the pretty maps.
So I have a noob-ish question: how do some people seem to have variant maps/text?

Cheers


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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/26/2013 2:27:31 AM   
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Hi. I am enjoying the AAR, but also enjoying the pretty maps.
So I have a noob-ish question: how do some people seem to have variant maps/text?

Cheers




Head on over to the Scenario Design forum. Here's a link to the thread for the map and counters being used for this game:

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3327255

Have fun!

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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/26/2013 6:55:16 PM   
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In the Leningrad area, Dave cut the rail line leading to the city. All key tank and arms production had been previously evacuated.

Northwest Front reported no significant activity.

On the road to Moscow, the enemy moved cautiously. German troops moved closer to Smolensk.

In the south, a few Soviet units were pocketed around Cherkassy. Industrial evacuations were undertaken in the area.

The STAVKA's Coastal Army took up the defenses of the Crimea.

There were two changes in command, Gen. Lt. Vasily Kachalov was replaced as commander of 28th Army by Gen. M. Georgy Zakharov. In the Western Air Command, Gen. M. Ivan Kopets was replaced by Gen. M. Timofei Khryukin.

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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/26/2013 7:03:40 PM   
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Northwest Front



Reserve/Western Front



Southwestern/Southern Front



Change of Command



OOB



Losses




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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/28/2013 4:14:57 AM   
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In the Leningrad area, a thin line remained place keeping the fascists at bay for the moment. The 23rd Army commander of Northern Front was replaced to provide a more energetic defense of the area.

In the Poltava-Dnepropetrovsk area, Dave advanced steadily. Factory evacuations at Kharkov continued.

Leningrad



Poltava-Dnepropetrovsk



23rd Army Commanders


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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/28/2013 4:24:34 AM   
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Nothing of significance was worth reporting on week 9, although Dave was able to sever the land line to Leningrad.

During week 10, Pavlovo fell, that gave the Germans a bridgehead over the Neva. The city of Leningrad remained supplied through the Ladoga port of Osinovets. Futher north, 7th Independent Army actively resisted against Finnish attacks.

In the far south, the Germans and her allies suffered a severe rebuff in an attack on Odessa. The city remained defiant with the fascists on her doorstep.






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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/28/2013 8:40:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		You are doing quite ok, M60. The Germans are close to Leningrad, just at the "right" but wrong time. Do you think you can repeat the big feat and keep LG open and supplied over Ladoga? I guess they will assault heavily across the water to Osinovet's port, but if you managed to get fort levels up to 3 by now there might be a real chance to repeat history. Slim perhaps, but I would like it if this were possible with this game.

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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/28/2013 10:19:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		Leningrad is doomed now for sure.I agree that something should be done to make Leningrad's back door more difficult to break through.Maybe Osinovets and the hex South of it could be made into either swamp or heavy woods terrain.

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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/28/2013 11:20:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		this is a great read, easy to follow and very informative.

as with the others, do you think there is anyway to defend Leningrad, esp if it gets isolated? It seems that either the Germans stall at the Luga and thus never threaten the city or, if they manage the historical overland isolation, it tends to fall with some ease.

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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/28/2013 12:07:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		If the Axis player wants Leningrad bad enough it's hard to prevent it without a major investment in troops. Even then it's iffy for most games. If I can keep the Axis out until turn 13 or thereabouts, it's good enough for me. The loss of the city doesn't do irreparable harm to the war effort. I would prefer to keep Moscow more heavily defended and stabilize the northern fronts in general.

In my suspended game with Mehring, he pocketed 41 division equivalents in the north during his isolation of units defending the Leningrad region. It basically was the whole of the Northern Front and a few divisions of Northwest Front. In this game, Dave stands to collect far fewer and the front lines will remain much closer to Leningrad.

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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/30/2013 1:48:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		I would like an opinion from the audience.

In the previous turn I surrounded 8th Panzer Division and a corps HQ. Dave had the misfortune subsequently of drawing a mud turn.

From what you see here, what are my chances of forcing a surrender of 8th Panzer in a direct attack?


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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/30/2013 2:02:23 AM   
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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/30/2013 5:37:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		Unless they were in poor supply and high fatigue before the mud turn already, I think these 1=11 say enough. Not doable during the mud-turn, or at least I would not really expect a surrender. It screws you just as much as him. He probably has a ton of units ready for relieve actions from around Smolensk, but if not, I'd consider bolstering against the Mot. Div. to the West in hopes of sealing him off another turn. Very dangerous, though.

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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/30/2013 6:30:04 PM   
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Change of command





I think it's more like this...






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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/30/2013 10:05:00 PM   
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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/31/2013 12:16:39 AM   
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Dave continued to work his isolation of Leningrad. The port of Osinovets remained in Soviet hands.



The enemy isolated Smolensk and pushed eastwards.



Fascist elements in the south pushed over the Torets River north of Stalino.



Changes of command took place within Southwestern Front





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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 7/31/2013 10:25:16 PM   
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I would kill that isolated Pz XX.

Reluctantly I would disagree unless you could get modified attack CV of 7 or more. How much would losing cause a problem as that has to be a factor especially if you fancy attacking with less?

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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 8/7/2013 2:22:09 PM   
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The port of Osinovets fell, cutting off supply to Leningrad. The trapped units in the area totaled seven divisions.



On the road to Moscow, the enemy advanced between Smolensk and Vyazma.



Losses to date


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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 8/7/2013 2:36:29 PM   
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Dave began reducing the units around Leningrad.

In the Vyazma sector, a fresh crisis broke out as much of Ivan Konev's Reserve Front was cut off by a series of panzer thrusts. A general evacuation of the area was called for. Although some lead panzer elements were cut off, it appeared only the intervention of General Mud would prevent another encirclement of the Reserve front the following week.



The Germans were made to pay a small price for their advance, from the air no less.



Farther south around Kharkov, Dave managed to create a smaller pocket of units mainly from Southern Front.



OOB



Recruitment of new sapper units has been a priority in the first months of the war.



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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 8/7/2013 2:50:40 PM   
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The city of Leningrad fell as expected.

As if answering the prayers of Mother Russia herself, General Mud intervened to stop the Germans in their tracks east of Velikie Luki. General Konev repositioned Reserve Front into positions that would stabilize the situation.



Farther to the south, the Germans reduced their pocket near Kharkov. Newly arriving Soviet units moved in to reinforce the area.




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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 8/10/2013 4:33:52 AM   
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Dave resumed his advance in the center towards Rzhev, and surrounded three divisions of the Kalinin Front near Toropets.



South of Kursk-Voronezh, 1st PG managed to surround defending units along the Oskol. Counterattacks from the north opened the pocket and isolated several German units.



54th Army saw a change in commanders.



OOB



Ground losses



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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 8/10/2013 5:10:54 AM   
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Dave's summer campaign came to an end. Both sides prepared for the adverse weather that was coming.

Reports from the fronts:

Leningrad Front maintained positions east and west of the Volkhov



Northwest Front held the line along the Lovat, south of Lake Ilmen.



Kalinin Front held Rzhev and positions west of the Volga.



Western Front clung to Vyazma and opposed the Germans advance towards Moscow.



Bryansk Front held Bryansk and blocked a German advance towards Tula.



Southwest Front held Kursk and was expected to draw on STAVKA rifle divisions to replace those trapped in the pocket.



Southern Front held Voronezh and Voroshilovgrad. It also opposed any attempted Axis advance towards Rostov.



Soviet industrial losses during the first 17 weeks were modest and a full recovery expected.



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RE: STAVKA WAR DIARIES III- Farewell to Barbarossa (no ... - 8/10/2013 5:50:10 AM   
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Recruitment of new sapper units has been a priority in the first months of the war.


This is interesting. So far I've always just build RR Repair units until the Blizzard. I end up with approximately 60 of them by blizzard. As far as I know they have a better construction value then construction battalions. Now what's the advantage of having Sappers that early? Counterattacking?

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