Axis turns 47 and 48, March 29th, 1942 Mercifully, the severe winter has come to an end. I have survived Plaid's winter offensive. I took losses and had a serious worry of a breakthrough, but the line held. I am ready to regain the offensive, albeit against a much stronger USSR. Plaid has withdrawn...

Axis Turn 46, February 17th, 1942 Plaid destroyed General Guderian's Panzer Korps. A grievous loss to me. My counterattack destroys one of his Tank Corps and Damages another. I have made it though winter, and although I had to give ground, I am more or less intact and ready to assume a Spring offen...

Axis Turn 45, January 29th, 1942 I think I have stabilized the line in the South, but at a terrible cost! http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h379/gmothes/32-2.png The Center/North is quiet, thankfully, since I had to move a lot of those units to the South. http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h379/...

Axis Turn 44, January 8th, 1942 Plaid is attacking in force in the south. I have been unable to stop him. I have ordered a general retreat to the Dneiper, but the weather slows down my movement. Hurry up spring. I have moved more Armor under Guderian near Gomel to address the Northern end of the br...

Axis Turn 42-43, November 29th through December 19th, 1940 Plaid has taken Kharkov, even after I reinforced it with a Panzer Grenadier. I am very worried about my line collapsing between Kursk and Kharkov. http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h379/gmothes/30-1.png My attempts to plug the hole are no...

Axis turn 41, November 9th 1941 Kharkov still holds. Germans retreat in Africa, after Plaid destroys an Italian Mech Corps.... The North http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h379/gmothes/28-1.png The Center http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h379/gmothes/28-2.png The South http://i1106.photobucket....

I have fallen really behind in my writing, so I will do quick updates to catch up. Axis Turn 40, October 20th, 1941 Bad weather strikes..... I have run into Plaids lines all along the Russian Front. For now, I have been able to hold Kharkov despite his repeated attempts to take it back. In Africa, a...

Axis Turn 39, September 30th, 1941 In this turn, Plaid evacuates Konev's HQ and reinforces Kharkov. An Italian counterattack with heavy air support takes the city. I have run into Plaid's defensive line along the whole frontat last. It looks rather formidable. Uboats successfully sink the Murmansk ...

Axis Turn 38, September 10th, 1941 Plaid continues to give ground as the German advance continues. North: I would like to isolate and possible capture Leningrad. I will have to break through strong resistance to do so. http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h379/gmothes/25-1.png Center: I have decided...

@ schno005, true enough. I was strongly advised not to waste high quality German troops there. I would like those Corps in Russia right now....Living and learning

Axis Turn 37, August 21, 1941 Keeping the advance going. Plaid is waiting I'm quite sure. He has sealed off the Crimea. I think I would ignore that at my own risk. I have a feeling he would reinforce it and launch a counter attack in the rear from there. Its a diversion, but I think I must go for i...

Axis turn 36, August 1st, 1940 Plaid continues to give ground. I have paused at the Dneiper in the Center but keep pushing in the North and South. The North, Tallinin falls. http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h379/gmothes/23-2.png Center http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h379/gmothes/23-3.png So...

Axis Turn 35, July 12th 1941 Uboats hit the Murmansk convoy. http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h379/gmothes/22-1.png I know Plaid is giving me free ground and has a nasty surprise waiting for me. But, I drive on anyway.... The North http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h379/gmothes/22-2.png Center...

Axis Turn 34, June 22nd 1941 All quiet in North Africa as the Italian Fleet limps away. http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h379/gmothes/21-1.png The Soviets fall back and give me ground. I take free ground, knowing that Plaid has something nasty up his sleeve waiting for me. I have slowed down at ...

Had to take a few turns off from writing, since I have been very busy. I'll try to stay on track now. Axis turn 33, June 2nd, 1941 Italian and British fleets have been sparing off of Egypt for a couple of turns. I sank a British BB, and damaged a carrier, but the Italians are vulnerable. Italian tro...

Axis Turn 26-27, February 2nd, 1941 Turn 26, all quiet. Keep building the Wehrmacht. Turn 27, The weather breaks and the Germans invade Yugoslavia. Unfortunately, they hold out. http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h379/gmothes/18-2.png Preparation for Barbarossa continues http://i1106.photobucket.c...

Axis turns 24-25, December 24th, 1940 Romania has joined and I am prepared to attack Yugoslavia. I have gotten some very good advice, from what I believe to be very skilled and experienced players, but I think I need to proceed with a plan and just take my lumps from Plaid and use it to learn. I ha...

Axis Turns 21-23 All's quiet in the war, with the exception of U-Boats. I am preparing to attack Yugoslavia to bring Romania into the war early, and rebuild German confidence after the disastrous Sealion. The weather isn't great, but I want to start earning that extra oil. I am building land forces...

Axis Turn 20, September 15th 1940 Sealion has been crushed by Plaid. A solid mobile defense coupled with poor planning and execution on my part doomed the operation. Thousands of Germans will spend the rest of the war in British POW camps. Transports in the channel return to ports in France to begi...

I did swallow my pride and pulled back those transports, as will be seen in my next posting. Norway was a good idea, but I didn't think about that. I had done another turn before I read your post. I am moving on now. Getting ready for Russia. Thank you all for your feedback.