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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 7/20/2015 11:41:45 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Pelton

if its a normal campaign your doing great as by design German army gets weak just hang around and you be in Berlin June 45.


Dave said in another thread that I may get there in 1947. We shall see.

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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 7/20/2015 3:02:13 PM   
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The Germans are within 30 miles of Stalingrad, but strong Red Army forces block their way to the city. Southern Front is deployed along the Don from Boguchar to Stalingrad.

2nd Shock Army has been allocated by STAVKA to operate in the Boguchar-Stalingrad region.

Elements of the Crimea and Transcaucasus Fronts provide additional defenses. Rostov is now in German hands and have reached the Volga east of Stalingrad. Much of the Crimea Front has arrived right on time to extend our lines and will be successfully extricated. Boris Mikhailovitch (Shaposhnikov) may have saved the city for us by this feat.


Germans pushing in the area northwest of Tambov.




Boguchar-Stalingrad



German panzers on the Volga



Ground losses



Unit losses



Air losses


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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 7/21/2015 11:21:24 PM   
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Comrade Stalin has issued General Order 227 which orders no further voluntary retreat and also makes it clear that our troops in the Stalingrad area will defend their positions to the death. This order is read to all troops of the front by way of the political officers at every level.

For whatever reason, the Germans now seem content to remain in the vicinity of Rostov and are not advancing further south. This is a stroke of good fortune as almost all available Red Army units have been pulled from the area. The largest remaining army-sized force is the Coastal Army at Sevastopol.



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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 7/22/2015 6:42:21 PM   
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Two German divisions manage to cross the Don east of Veshenskaya. A concerted counterattack by our troops pushes one of those divisions back 10 miles but remain north of the river. Further west they are across the Don in the area of Svoboda that results in divisions of the Stalingrad Front tactically redeploying from their westernmost fortified positions along the Don.

Farther north, the Germans have launched an attack over the Oka to trap more of our troops. Voronezh Front has adjusted their positions in the area of Tambov as the Germans now have mobile forces over the Tsna River.

Comrade Stalin is reported to be furious by these "tactical re-dispositions" countenanced by Marshal Voroshilov in light of the General Order issued last week, but the army must be preserved in these challenging summer weeks.

Germans over the Oka



Tambov



Stalingrad

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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 7/24/2015 5:33:24 PM   
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Our Southern Front has been renamed Southeastern Front. I have managed to arrange for the transfer of Southwestern Front General Aleksei Antonov here as my Chief of Staff. This will help insure proper planning for operations in the Stalingrad area. The immediate area is not under threat, as the Germans have made their most recent efforts farther to the north.

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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 7/27/2015 9:38:42 PM   
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Konev’s 16th Army fails in an attempt to dislodge 10th Motorized and 13th Tank Divisions under von Mackensen that are dug in near Veshenskaya. The Fascists still make no direct move either against Stalingrad or to break out from their southernmost positions along the Don near Rostov. Instead they focus on pushing eastwards in the areas north of the River Don.


20-26 August 1942 (62nd week of the war)

Boguchar has been given up as the German advance in the north makes a defense of the city no longer possible.


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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 7/27/2015 9:45:01 PM   
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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 7/27/2015 11:06:52 PM   
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2 September, 8pm. Spending a few hours in the southern part of Stalingrad this evening prior to heading for the local aerodrome. I have been recalled to Moscow, and word has it Comrade Stalin is about to reinstate me as Chief of the General Staff. Voroshilov has not delivered what Comrade Stalin had hoped for, and so perhaps change is in the air.


Oka River Line



North of the Don



unit losses



air losses



ground losses


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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 7/27/2015 11:52:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		His ground losses are very low, means his German Army is going to stay potent for quite awhile.

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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 7/28/2015 8:35:25 PM   
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The Soviet Information Bureau reported the loss of an LI-2 transport aircraft early this morning. Aboard the transport was General-Armii Georgy Zhukov. The circumstances surrounding the death of General Zhukov is under investigation.




Well this stinks


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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 7/28/2015 9:42:40 PM   
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ps, you can do just fine without him.

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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 7/29/2015 5:52:57 AM   
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ORIGINAL: M60A3TTS

3 September 1942

The Soviet Information Bureau reported the loss of an LI-2 transport aircraft early this morning. Aboard the transport was General-Armii Georgy Zhukov. The circumstances surrounding the death of General Zhukov is under investigation.




Well this stinks




I wonder if this is something in the 1.08.x patches. I'm seeing very few (none?) commanders lost in action, but a steady stream of car crashes and air accidents is reducing my command cadre.

guess in most games Zhukov is immortal as he's in Stavka? If I recall properly the holder of that post can't be killed by in-game random events.

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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 7/29/2015 9:51:04 PM   
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The Oka Line


German advance continues north of the Don



Another disappointing failure by a top general with a 5-1 edge in manpower

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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 8/3/2015 3:54:58 AM   
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Marshal Shaposhnikov is advised by STAVKA that General-Leitenant Vladimir Kurdyumov, Deputy Commander of the Crimea Front is Zhukov’s replacement and is being reassigned to command of Southeastern Front.

8th Air Army commander, General-Leitenant Aviatsii Fyodor Falakeev, was promoted to General-Polkovnik.

10-16 September 1942 (65th week of the war)

General-Leitenant Kurdyumov was no Zhukov, nor did he pretend to be. He relied heavily on his Chief of Staff Antonov for guidance on Front operations. Antonov was already well respected by the STAVKA and it was felt he would be able to keep the new front commander largely out of trouble. Although he was totally unaware, Kurdyumov had already narrowly averted losing his 3rd Shock Army to Stalin's whims. With Zhukov now dead, the Supreme Commander was of a mind to replace Chernyakhovsky with the previous army commander, Danilov. At the same time, he would then have the 3rd Shock re-assigned under STAVKA control. Before making the decision however, Stalin contacted Nikolai Vatutin to hear his opinion. As Chernyakhovsky's senior while commanding 8th Army, Vatutin insisted that his former division commander was capable of commanding any army and that there was no need to transfer 3rd Shock away from Southeastern Front. The conversation lasted over half an hour, the end result that Stalin relented and agreed to leave things alone.

In the Moscow sector, German tank divisions hammer away at Red Army positions, slowly gaining pieces of ground.





Over 62,000 men of the Voronezh Front are surrounded along the River Vorona by elements of four German tank corps.





1st Shock Army commander, General-Maior Leonid V. Bobkin, was promoted to General-Leitenant. Commander of 4th Shock Army, Nikolai Krylov was replaced by General-Maior Pavel Rybalko.



This week, northwest of Vyazma, Fliegerkorps I was subjected to a series of airbase raids by elements of 1st and 2nd Air Armies as well as the Long Range Air Command which met with mixed success. Over 40 enemy aircraft were reported as destroyed on the ground or in the air.




General-Leitenant Konev's 16th Army supported by Chernyakhovsky's 3rd Shock attacked enemy forces in the area of Novo-annenskaya. Similar attacks were conducted by General-Leitenant Bagramyan's 50th Army.






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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 8/4/2015 3:13:50 PM   
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1st Air Army commander, General-Maior Aviatsii Timofei Khryukin, was promoted to General-Leitenant Aviatsii.

37th Army under General-Maior Grechko now defends the city of Penza.



The Southeastern Front holds firmly to the east bank of the River Don. The Germans remain in their fortified positions forty miles from Stalingrad.




German tank formations continue operations in the area west of Moscow.




OOB




Ground losses





Air losses


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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 8/4/2015 5:45:16 PM   
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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 8/8/2015 3:24:06 PM   
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The last week of September and rain expected in the middle of next month.

German armor remains active west of Moscow in an effort to force Western Front back. The defensive strength of their units makes counterattacks by Red Army troops in the area virtually impossible.



Nine rifle divisions are surrounded at Penza.




Southeastern Front is ordered by STAVKA to prepare to hurl forces over the Don and establish a bridgehead on its western bank. They will be supported by other units in the vicinity. During the coming winter this area has been chosen for offensive action.

17th Tank Corps of 3rd Shock Army is renamed 1st Guards Tank Corps.

Air losses





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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 8/8/2015 3:40:00 PM   
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The German attacks in the area west of Moscow continue. Three German tank corps are operating in this area. Red Army forces continue to hold bridgeheads south of the Oka which it is hoped will be useful during winter.




With the Penza pocket liquidated, the enemy now seems to have his eye on the city of Saransk.




Perhaps with the Fascists now focused in the north, it will create opportunities for us in the south. Southeastern Front crosses the River Don in force and takes Sirotinskaya. A lodgment some 20 miles deep is created.

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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 8/9/2015 4:59:13 PM   
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The last week of good weather for a while. Southeastern Front was renamed Stalingrad Front.

German attacks continue south of Penza.





They also attack in the area northwest of Kaluga. Localized Red Army attacks are conducted south of the Oka.





In the Stalingrad area, west of the Don, 3rd Shock Army drove the German 4th Mountain Division back and with the help of an additional tank corps eliminated fortified positions on at least one part of the line. Fresh troops continue to pour into the Don bridgehead.




ground losses


unit losses


air losses

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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 8/12/2015 2:54:59 AM   
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Rain has arrived and the mud along with it. Operations grind largely to a standstill.

59th Army commander, General-Maior Vladimir Kurasov, was promoted to General-Leitenant.

Stalingrad area




OOB




22-28 October 1942 (71st week of the war)

Southwestern Front arrived.

As muddy conditions continue into the second week, more troops are brought over the Don near Stalingrad.

A large number of air regiments are sent to the reserve in order to conserve the truck fleet. Rear Area Services reports that units have 86% of their truck requirements while motor pool needs are at 72% of requirements.

Front line trace




Results of the German summer offensive

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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 8/12/2015 5:51:40 AM   
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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 8/12/2015 10:51:59 AM   
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Third week of mud. While the armies are not in action, there are a few well deserved promotions of three army commanders.

34th Army commander, General-Leitenant Aleksandr Vasilevsky, was promoted to General-Polkovnik
39th Army commander, General-Leitenant Nikolai Vatutin, was promoted to General-Polkovnik
20th Army commander, General-Maior Georgy Zakharov, was promoted to General-Leitenant


5-11 November 1942 (73rd week of the war)

Another week of mud but ground conditions are rapidly changing with falling temperatures. Firm ground will enable more active operations on both sides next week.

50th Army commander, General-Leitenant Ivan Bagramyan, was promoted to General-Polkovnik.

Three new U-2R recon regiments are formed.


The State Industrial Council reported a new problem. Supply shortages have caused some state factories to have a production shortfall. Stalin orders an immediate investigation.

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PRODUCTION

Scenario production usage: German 100%, Axis Allies 100%, Soviet 100%

141000 tons of RESOURCES produced in 144 resource centers

64000 tons of OIL produced in 128 oil centers

44700 tons of FUEL produced in 149 fuel refineries (44700 available)
44700 tons of OIL consumed by FUEL production

89650 tons of SUPPLIES produced in 171 heavy industry centers (89650 available)
89650 tons of RESOURCES consumed by SUPPLY production

107580 ARMAMENTS produced in 347 armaments factories (100% production level, 107580 available)
1620 ARMAMENTS not produced, because of SUPPLY shortages
21516 tons of SUPPLIES consumed by ARMAMENTS production

583 VEHICLES produced in 131 vehicle factories (100% production level, 583 available)
114 VEHICLES not produced, because of SUPPLY shortages
2915 tons of SUPPLIES consumed by VEHICLE production

521 AIRCRAFT produced in 536 aircraft factories (100% production level, 521 available)
12895 tons of SUPPLIES consumed by AIRCRAFT production

579 GROUND ELEMENTS produced in 589 ground element factories (100% production level, 579 available)
7 GROUND ELEMENTS not produced, because of SUPPLY shortages
14772 tons of SUPPLIES consumed by GROUND ELEMENT production

44700 tons of OIL consumed by ALL production
89650 tons of RESOURCES consumed by ALL production
52098 tons of SUPPLIES consumed by ALL production

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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 8/29/2015 3:05:05 AM   
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While the first winter snows were about to fall, the evening operational briefings at the Kremlin showed Stalin’s conviction that the Germans were about to see the tide of war reversed. “The Germans may have learned a thing or two about fighting in the snow last year, but our troops remain masters of the winter campaign” he said. He directed his Chief of the General Staff Voroshilov to hurl the enemy back across a broad front as soon as possible.

Marshal Kliment Voroshilov had been in his position for near seven months. Stalin had chosen him to replace Zhukov and drive the Fascists back during summer, but it was the Red Army instead that had been doing most of the retreating. Nevertheless Voroshilov as an old comrade of Stalin since the days of the revolution had a measure of safety that few others could hope for. He displayed a firm hand as Chief of Staff in attempting to carry out Stalin’s orders and was known to be fearless in battle. He had overseen improvements in the mechanization of the Red Army in 1942 despite the reservations of some who thought the ex-cavalryman “old school.” The Red Army was still in the fight and approaching eight million men in service, supported by over one hundred thousand guns, eight thousand tanks and a similar number of aircraft. Voroshilov was also confident that Stalin’s view on the German preparedness for the coming winter was the correct one, believing their opponents would demonstrate only marginal improvement over the previous winter campaign.

While the Chief of the General Staff displayed a great degree of optimism, the views of the STAVKA were quite different. Axis losses to date totaled a little over 1.15 million men. The German army alone still had over 4.2 million men in the field. Her allies added another almost 1.9 million. This gave them a force of 6 million against a Red Army of 7.9 million men. Although outnumbered, the qualitative edge held by the German forces suggested that they were still in a position to stand toe-to-toe with the Soviet troops.

Intelligence about German troop dispositions was also lacking. This was due in no small part to a sufficient supply of reconnaissance aircraft as most resources were being committed to the ground forces.

Logistically, the truck fleet of the Red Army and VVS was at 80% of requirements, with the most severe weather conditions of the year just on the horizon. In 8 of the last 10 weeks, there were fewer vehicles in service than the previous week. While signs of decline were unmistakable, the hope was that the convoys sent by the Americans would be arriving in Vladivostok with a new influx of trucks starting in January.

Stalin issued a special order to the troops on the 10th of October, exhorting the Red Army to deliver the most vigorous of blows to the Fascists and send them scurrying to the west.

But within a week of the coming of the first snowfall, it was clear that the Fascists had other plans.


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Heavy enemy activity included attacks north of Kaluga; a clear effort to begin isolating the city. There were also over a dozen combat actions along a line west of Saransk down to Penza.
From south of Penza, multiple German attacks along the line took place.

A preliminary report of the State Industrial Council determined that the percentage of supply stockpiles was undermining the ability to provide for the Red Army as well as the needs of various state factories. The armaments industry at this time had close to 730,000 tons of stock available. As a result, within days an order was issued, curtailing armaments production by 25% to be effective the following week.

Northern combat activity


Penza to the Don


Stalingrad Sector


Army leaders


Ground losses


Aircraft stockpiles


Tank forces in the field

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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 8/29/2015 6:40:35 AM   
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Status: offline 		that is a major offensive they have made in the Don-Volga region. Do you have any idea what they are after? Looks like Dave didn't really follow up or try for pockets so presume it was to disrupt or grab better defensive lines?

Sounds like you are having supply problems. As I found out the hard way, if you can't get the supply levels up across the front your army won't recover from the 40NM imposed over the summer.

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RE: The Zhukov Memoirs - GC41-45 M60 vs smokindave redux - 8/29/2015 11:44:17 AM   
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Looks like a copy of Pelton vs dave so far.

Nice AAE M60


I think Dave has tried to follow a plan similar to yours, with the exception that he has left the Caucasus alone and an unofficial armistice reigns in the Crimea, with Sevastopol and Kerch under my control. Dave seems satisfied holding his blocking position too, and I see little reason to try to take action in that area.

His panzer and motor divisions get their pockets when he wants them, but they tend to be smaller than yours. He also doesn't cover large distances, so his CVs tend to remain quite high. That makes breaking pockets more difficult and I prefer not to risk my tank and cav corps unless it's necessary.

Supplies are definitely an issue for me as I've seen the truck inventory drop from the high water mark in late '41 of over 355k. One thing I have done is put some newly formed mech corps in static mode. It only costs 2AP each under the new system that I favor. While they are static, they can still train up while not making the truck situation worse. It's also the reason that in 1943 very few level bombers will be used by the VVS. I'd rather just use tactical bombers that consume far fewer trucks.


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German forces managed to push the Red Army out of Kaluga. The enemy mobile forces present in this area are 39th, 41st, 46th Tank Corps. One additional tank corps may be present. Total 7 tank and 4 motorized divisions. Meanwhile the Red Army strengthens its hold on positions on the south bank of the Oka.

The Germans also continue applying heavy pressure in the Saransk area where 37th Army of the Bryansk Front and STAVKA’s 58th Army is defending. 58th Army is supporting Bryansk Front operations and Front Commander General Leitenant Remezov is ordered at the last moment to take all measures to insure his troops are not surrounded. Enemy forces against Saransk include the 47th, 56 Tank Corps. This is a total 3 tank and 3 motorized divisions.

In the Stalingrad region, the Red Army continues to build up forces west of the Don. Enemy forces in this area include the 3rd and 14th Tank Corps, a total 3 tank and 4 motorized divisions. Marshal Voroshilov in accordance with the demands of Comrade Stalin moves forces into the area around Rostov to send a message to the Fascists by re-establishing a presence in this area, having departed in the previous summer.


Kaluga and the Oka






German attacks near Saransk




Rostov



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Despite the late warnings of the previous week, six rifle divisions and three rifle brigades are surrounded in the Saransk region. As a result, Bryansk Front commander, General-Leitenant Fyodor Remezov, was dismissed. In his defense, Remezov claimed to be simply adhering to Comrade Stalin's not-one-step-back order. General-Leitenant Maksim Antonyuk was named his replacement.

41st Army commander, General-Leitenant Andrei Eremenko, was promoted to General-Polkovnik.

5th Shock Army was activated and commanded by General Maior Dmitry Gusev. It received 3 cavalry corps and two tank corps. It was deployed south of Stalingrad to assist in firming up defenses in the Rostov region.

Saransk



Stalingrad



5th Shock Army deployed



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Status: offline 		17-30 December 1942 (79th & 80th week of the war)

A series of setbacks hit the Red Army as 1942 wound down.

German tank corps moved into in the Rostov area in mid-December. The Transcaucasus Front was clearly threatened by this latest development. Due to river ice, the enemy could not cross over to the eastern bank but falling temperatures would give the fascists freedom of action the following week. 3rd and 39th German tank corps supporting attacks by 4th, 26th and 55th Infantry Corps launched savage assaults over the Don once the river froze over. No Red Army forces are trapped yet, but any capable mobile formations are a considerable distance from Soviet troops in the immediate area of Rostov.

Saratov fell to the Germans, and tank formations reached the outskirts of Arzamas. Troops from the northern fronts, including Vostrukhov's 22nd Army of Northwest Front were brought in to reinforce the area.

In the Stalingrad area, sporadic attacks took place on both sides. Fyodor Tolbukhin replaced Sergei Biryuzov as commander of 63rd Army (STAVKA). Biryuzov performed quite adequately, but STAVKA realized the Stalingrad area needed leaders of exceptional talent and Tolbukhin was among the finest in the Red Army. He had previously been largely idled in command of 31st Army of the Kalinin Front where German attacks had ceased over the past weeks.

With 1942 coming to a close, the supply distribution system is becoming dangerously weak. The truck fleet has fallen to 270,000 trucks out of a requirement of 378,000, or less than 61% of need. The VVS sends regiments to the reserve to conserve trucks.

16th Army commander, General-Leitenant Ivan Konev, was promoted to General-Polkovnik for his outstanding performance in the Stalingrad area.

Arzamas


German attacks south of Penza


Stalingrad


Rostov



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