ehoch
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I am playing JSS on this one - and it is rather tough going as the Allies. The biggest problem is to get used to defending without being able to entrench -- he can pretty much get an overrrun at any time, except in the city and anything in clear terrain is gone quickly (and there is a lot of Steppe out there).
North Africa - I messed bad in the very beginning (lost my supply truck) and I did not realize right away the amount of reinforcements he brought into N-Africa. I did gather all the forces in the area - but I mentioned this in another post - I just don't think the allies have much of a chance there, if the Germans / Italians bring in constant reinforcements. Now trying to hold the Suez Canal line - but I don't think it will hold (may have been able to hold it with better play - right now I only have some 12 units left down there. I brought in some units to land in western North Africa - but they can not land very far east. I also did not realize that the Sea Lion sea lanes were taken out (was afraid of a little England invasion).
Eastern Front : Balance seems to be much better now - although I still have not really made any counterattacks.
Leningrad is fully surrounded -- it's tough to hold a line to the city -- or any line for that matter. Because of the mobility of the Panzers, all JSS has to do is find a weakspot, break through and before you know it, 10 -15 units are surrounded. That is a big problem pretty much all over the map - if you want to hold somewhere, first you can not leave ANY openings - and then it is very difficult to protect anything in clear terrain (check the CRTs - it's just a disaster in the making). So Leningrad is just now to holding the city hexes -- another reason it's difficult to protect a road to Leningrad is the Northern flank, where the Germans are pushing south - it's not a big force, but enough to make you worry about being cut off (which just happened to 5 units in that area).
Moscow: the big pocket going around the city -- I started the defenses as far out as the terrain permitted, and I am now pushed back into the city, but I do seem to have a large force available to hold the city - plus comrade winter has arrived. Not sure what the attack odds are going to be for JSS - but I have to hold....
Between Moscow and Stalingrad: There is not much terrain to make a stand + not enough units - so I pretty much gave up on that area - I think this is costing me some of the much needed reinforcement hexes and also this allows a possible push to surround Moscow, but hopefully I can avoid that.
Stalingrad -- I don't think he can take the city (unless I mess up) -- it's urban hexes and a major river. But it's a small pocket to hold and if I am hoping to attack later - I am would to keep a larger area to start from. Anything south is difficult to hold (wide open terrain) - so we shall see. I am little worried about some of the reinforcement hexes moving to undesirable places - but we will wait and see...
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BII War in Europe - 
) Blitzkrieg has reached the outskirts of Moscow, spires of the Kremlin can be seen but not taken. Leningrad is cutoff but not taken... 
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