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T161 - Berlin - 10/12/2014 11:57:29 PM

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I capture Rostock and advance to the outskirts of Magdeburg. Berlin is firmly encircled. Weird to reach the western edge of the map.

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T161 - Arad - 10/12/2014 11:59:54 PM

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I cut off Arad and will capture the city next turn. The 2nd Polish Army has been activated and I will use it in this sector.

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T161 - OOB - 10/13/2014 12:00:18 AM

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RE: T161 - OOB - 10/13/2014 2:00:28 AM

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If you capture Magdeburg does that cut off the whole German army from supply?

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RE: T161 - OOB - 10/13/2014 2:37:40 AM

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If you capture Magdeburg does that cut off the whole German army from supply?

Linz is also a permanent supply source.

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RE: T161 - OOB - 10/14/2014 8:20:45 AM

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Oshawoot, it is fitting that the last major soviet move of this campaign leading to the fall of Berlin is a Blitzkrieg-style pincer move... Sweet payback for 1941...
If it wasn't for the map edge, you may be visiting STEF's house outside Paris before General Leclerc gets a chance to ride into the city. The Cossacks would be camping on the Champs de Mars, and Alexander I would be redrawing the map of Europe. Oh wait wrong war-game :)

Good job both of you for making it that far.
And come-on Oshawoot, you have to reach the 10M OOB !! (does one get a prize for achieving that?)

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RE: T161 - OOB - 10/14/2014 11:54:09 AM

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And come-on Oshawoot, you have to reach the 10M OOB !!

NEVER!

The only reason why my numbers are so high is that the front is ridiculously long with STEF still holding the Carpathian mountains.

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RE: T161 - OOB - 10/15/2014 12:32:22 PM

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LOL. You are dangerously close :)
I guess STEF decided not to do the Berlin bunker thing as the soviets run over Germany, but decided to go skiing in the Carpathians instead.
Even in charge of nazi Germany, he remains very french :)

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T162 - Germany - 10/16/2014 11:40:10 PM

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Berlin pocket is reduced. In the process two German leaders get killed due to HQ displacement. Further west Magdeburg is occupied and the divisions north of the city will be cut off from supply. Leipzig and Chemnitz are isolated.

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T162 - Brunn - 10/16/2014 11:40:51 PM

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Heavy resistance at Brunn.

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T162 - Arad - 10/16/2014 11:42:13 PM

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Arad is occupied and the Polish Tank Corps breaks through. But he is bringing lots of reinforcements into this sector.

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T163 - Overview - 10/17/2014 11:39:25 PM

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Only the Heavy Urban hex of Berlin remains. But I still need some VP to end the game. Prague or Budapest.

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T164 - Berlin - 10/17/2014 11:44:55 PM

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The final battle for Berlin. A battle for the record books although the artillery numbers could easily be exceeded. The losses for the Russians just illustrate one of the problems with this game. They are just way too low. Historically the Russians had casualties of 100,000 men if I remember correctly.

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RE: T164 - Berlin - 10/18/2014 1:01:37 AM

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The attack on Berlin was with 18 rifle corps plus artillery divisions and some support units? Hmmm, I wonder if you could get a million men in the attack with offensive reserves. In any case, the Germans were just a bit outnumbered, 700K to 20K.

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T164 - Overview - 10/18/2014 3:54:03 PM

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T164 - OOB - 10/18/2014 3:55:08 PM

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T165 - Prague - 10/19/2014 5:09:17 PM

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Capturing Prague is simply not an option at this point. It's a heavy urban hex protected by a river and well guarded. Instead my tanks push in the direction of Brunn and encircle the entire norther Axis army.

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T165 - Budapest - 10/19/2014 5:11:06 PM

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Likewise with Budapest. I am not going to be able to just march into the city. Instead I opt to bypass the city and cut the rail lines supplying the Carpathian mountains.

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T165 - OOB - 10/19/2014 5:11:45 PM

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T166 - Prague - 10/19/2014 10:51:49 PM

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I wasn't able to capture Prague and need one more turn to finish this campaign. There are just too many troops in an around Prague and my infantry is too far away. I tried hard though.

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T166 - Surrender - 10/19/2014 10:55:28 PM

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The behavior of Axis' units is now very different. They are now surrendering in droves even so they are not isolated.

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T166 - OOB - 10/19/2014 10:56:28 PM

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RE: T166 - OOB - 10/20/2014 5:12:37 PM

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The game just ended. I got a draw.

I will post some final screens later.

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RE: T166 - OOB - 10/20/2014 6:26:12 PM

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Congratulations on both your victory and your great AAR. You've done an excellent job in both. Thanks for all your pics and commentary.

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RE: T166 - OOB - 10/20/2014 6:35:14 PM

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ORIGINAL: Oshawott

The game just ended. I got a draw.

awesome ...

and you didn't quite manage that 10 million man army backed by over 200,000 guns that I was hoping you'd create.

Great experience to follow in both your threads ... one thing you have convinced me off is the advantage of lots of artillery with the Soviets -- if all else fails blow it up seems like a good approach to follow

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RE: T166 - OOB - 10/20/2014 7:00:37 PM

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Thanks for the comments. I had a blast playing this from beginning to end. Thanks to STEF78 for making it happen!

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RE: T166 - OOB - 10/20/2014 7:02:14 PM

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First of all it is nice to see Kirponos survive the war and get promoted to Marshal almost at the end of the campaign. But why is there German upgrade information in the Russian log file? Has anyone else noticed this?