ComradeP
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To me, one of the main problems the Axis face is not necessarily where to strike, but also went to divert forces elsewhere if something goes wrong or if objectives are captured earlier than intended. For example: if you commit more mobile units to taking Leningrad, it easily takes them 5 turns to relocate to the center without functional rail lines, not to mention relocating them to the south. Let's say you captured Leningrad and surroundings around turn 10, that gives you about 2 turns worth of actually using the relocated mobile units in the center before the mud hits. Time is not something the Axis have enough of in 1941, the clock always seems to be ticking at a speed that the Axis can't keep up with. The relocation problem is probably most visible in the north, because Leningrad is basically the only worthwhile target there and both due to the terrain and there simply not being many towns to capture, there isn't much of a reason to keep the mobile units there. South of Smolensk, however, you go from one concentration of population in towns and cities to the next, so even though Leningrad itself has a big population, you can capture a much more substantial chunk of the Soviet population by advancing south of Smolensk. Leningrad is a useful anchor and it releases the Finns, but the Finns are not going to win the war for you, and the Soviets don't necessarily need to recapture Leningrad to win. With Leningrad, Pskov and Novgorod captured and all of the Baltic and Finnish cities in Axis hands, it still only gives them 28 victory points, so provided there are 11 victory points left elsewhere, the Soviets win. It's difficult to do, but not impossible. You don't have the recapture the Baltic states or knock the Finns out of the war for the points. In fact, if you hold on to Leningrad as the Soviets, you can probably completely ignore trying to beat back the Finns and AGN.
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