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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/21/2021 11:46:52 AM   
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GRUPPE NORD - MURMANSK FRONT

The Germans and the Finns carry out an advance towards Murmansk -but are blocked by stiff Soviet resistance

Paras & the Brandenburgers are dropped to stop any re-enforcements reaching the Soviet front line.






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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/21/2021 11:59:30 AM   
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Soviet front lines begin to crumble but Axis are short of armour. Talinn still holds out as the Russians are too weak to assault it with any measure of success.
Slows advance towards Leningrad now expected but the defenses there have being strengthened.

The Finns to the very northeast of the map are attempting to cut off the Karelian isthmus.





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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/21/2021 12:06:10 PM   
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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/21/2021 1:19:00 PM   
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Axis advance continues but the Soviets are conducting a decent enough defence. Stalin is throwing in nearly all his reserves to block any advance on Moscow by the Fascists.

However German motorised forces have swung around the Soviet lines from the North and the Russians could be 'pocketed' if they do not fall back.




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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/21/2021 3:04:13 PM   
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28 JULY 1940: The Fortifications guarding Moscow are now completed






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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/21/2021 3:37:37 PM   
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Progress being made but the dash to the bridges at Cherkassy have been thwarted as the Soviets have got there 1st and are digging in rapidly.

The Odessa Defenses are intact despite heavy attacks by Axis Forces on the outer perimeter.






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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/23/2021 11:46:59 AM   
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The attacks on Murmansk have ground to a halt as lack of air power is making the odds too great to take it by Storm + Stalin can shift just enough re-enforcements to the Port to allow it to hang on.




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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/23/2021 11:48:13 AM   
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German & Baltic Forces have taken the city of Narva and are ready to push on to Leningrad as the Russians try and scramble enough forces to stop them reaching the Home of the Revolution.






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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/23/2021 11:54:57 AM   
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Heavy fighting continues on the Central Front as both Hitler and Stalin throw their main forces into the fight for the city of Smolensk





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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/23/2021 11:59:01 AM   
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Army Group South finally links up with the Rumanian and Bulgarian Armies

- Panzers reach the outer defenses of Kiev but are too weak to attack the well defended City.

The defenses of Odessa are formidable and will be cut off and starved out rather than taken by storm.






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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/23/2021 12:28:55 PM   
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Mussolini breaks off Diplomatic relations with Greece and moves forces up to the Albanian-Greek Frontier.

The Italian Navy puts to sea as more troops arrive at Taranto & Brindisi for shipment overseas.




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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/23/2021 7:07:10 PM   
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15 SEPTEMBER 1940

MUSSOLINI DECLARES WAR ON GREECE! ORDERS HIS TROOPS TO CROSS THE BORDER AND MARCH ON ATHENS...

He phones Hitler at his HQ @ 4am and announces that 'the Conquest of Greece has begun..' Hitler wishes him the best of Luck!

Lord Halifax addresses the House of Commons and condemns Italian aggression against 'the cradle of Democracy'

- he offers to send a Military Mission to Greece to assist in its defense.

President Roosevelt wins support from Congress to send aid to Europe.

In France General Charles De Gaulle becomes the new French Premier and is prepared to send an Expeditionary Force to Greece to protect Athens & Salonika.

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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/25/2021 5:51:28 PM   
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GN continues to attack Murmansk without success but the city is now cut off from further reinforcements. However it still has plenty of supplies on hand.

Further south the Brandenburgers and Para units are destroying the road and rail links to the beleaguered city.

The Swedes have been finally being prodded into action on this Front and are attempting an advance on Salla with a German Division on the way to prop them up if necessary.

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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/25/2021 7:16:30 PM   
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German forces are well across the Narva but the pace is slow as the Russians fall back slowly towards Leningrad...

Further south the Baltic armies have broken through from the north & the Germans from the south to 'pocket' the Russians around Velki Luki who are now cut off.

In the remote NE of the map the Finns are inching south around the edges of Lake Ladoga.






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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/25/2021 8:15:51 PM   
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Is the net closing on the Armies of the Central Front guarding the road to Moscow?

German forces have surrounded one small pocket but bigger fish are there to net if the Wehrmacht can only just push a bit further East they might just net a haul of Soviet Armies!

The formidable defenses of Moscow's outer ring of fortifications awaits them though...








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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/25/2021 8:45:00 PM   
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Panzer Army Ukraine under General Rommel comes crashing down from the north

- Objective Cherkassy!

If that falls all Soviet forces to the west [incl. Kiev risk annihilation


Further south both sides are involved in a mixture of set piece assaults and running melees but the Axis forces are slowly getting the upper hand.

The Odessa Front is still stable but the Soviets there risk being cut off.








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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/27/2021 2:34:51 PM   
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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/27/2021 2:38:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		Rome 20 October: Il Duce warns England and France not to interfere in Greek Affairs, says the War is not the fault of Italy but of the Greeks.

The Invasion of Iran commences under Code name 'Operation Countenance'. Allied Forces drawn from France, Britain & the Soviet Union cross Iranian borders and call on their ill equipped Army to lay down their weapons.

Reza Shah Pahlavi calls upon all Iranians to resist the Infidels and asks Hitler for help.








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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/27/2021 7:41:44 PM   
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On Victory Day Il Duce declares a unilateral Ceasefire in Greece declaring that the war aims have been met to deter Greek ambitions on Albania.

The Italians occupy the island of Corfu and Mussolini annexes it to Italy.






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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/28/2021 7:15:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		Forward elements of the Allied Expeditionary Force to Greece are now in place protecting Salonika. General Montgomery is CIC with Allied Fleets at sea.

The Greeks have stabilised their lines and are pressing the Allies to launch an immediate Counter Offensive, however both London & Paris urge caution.




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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/28/2021 7:28:19 AM   
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German advance reaches the limits of operational capacity as exhaustion and increasing Soviet resistance on the Central Front brings offensive operations to a halt. OKH advises Hitler to rest and re-coup & establish a Winter Line and renew the Offensive in the Spring.






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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 2/28/2021 8:37:26 PM   
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Stalin orders an all out Offensive in the Ukraine to divert German attention from the imminent capture of Kiev

After heavy losses the Reds make some progress and on the verge of re taking Uman and thus cutting Axis supply lines.




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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 3/1/2021 3:14:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		17 NOVEMBER 1940: Kiev falls to the Wehrmacht, Rommel's' Panzer Korps with the 7th Panzers in the lead enters the city from the East after heavy fighting.

Order had now been re-established in the City.






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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 3/2/2021 9:04:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		8 DECEMBER 1940: ZHITOMIR POCKET IS NOW CUT OFF - AXIS FORCES WILL PROCEED TO SLOWLY STRANGLE IT THROUGH THE WINTER MONTHS.




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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 3/3/2021 12:39:58 PM   
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Marshal Zhukov has been recalled from semi exile in Vladivostok and put in Command of the Moscow Front, Stalin orders an all out Offensive to drive the Fascists back from the approaches to the Soviet Capital.##




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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 3/7/2021 6:29:36 PM   
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ARTIC FRONT 2 February 1941

The Germans along with their allies the Swedes and the Finns just cannot succeed in taking the port of Murmansk. To add to their woes a Soviet relief force is advancing from the South. Can they maintain the siege or will they be forced to retire and call it a day? Only time will tell....




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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 3/7/2021 6:43:43 PM   
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The offensive towards Leningrad has ground to a halt - the Germans and the Balts have made progress but not at a steady enough pace to break through Soviet lines and make a dash for the city - the home of the Revolution.

To the South the Pskov salient holds out at for a bit longer. OKW will have to decide whether its worth the cost to grind it down or just seal it off as the Russian forces there are too weak to poise a threat to the Baltic States without considerable re- enforcements.




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RE: Europe Aflame Solo Run - 3/8/2021 10:45:59 AM   
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Fighting on the Central Front has pretty well ground to halt, both sides launched limited offensives over the Winter months but neither of the opponents was able to make any significant advances.

The Russian defenses are now so strong there is now really no realistic possibility of the Germans being able to take Moscow.






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Zhitomir pocket is still just about holding out but in an ever reducing perimeter, its only a matter of time till it is fully eliminated & the Axis forces there and be redeployed elsewhere.

To the East the Germans have evacuated their forces from the city of Kursk to avoid encirclement & are withdrawing in reasonably good order to establish a better defensive line.

The Uman - Cherkassy line has stabilised as Rommel's dash south to seize the bridges at Dnepropetrov on the Dneiper River has been thwarted by Stalin committing enough of his precious Reserves to block such a catastrophe occurring.

Around Odessa there is no change as both sides are too entrenched for either to make any meaningful progress.







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General Rokossovsky's relief Army finally links up with the Murmansk garrison thus breaking the siege of the Soviet Union's only warm water port in Europe.




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