Turn 30 – 31 August 1942
Weather: cloudy and dry
Overall situation:
The OKW is comfortable with the overall progress made to date while prestige and fuel remain very low. In the East, Leningrad is expected to fall within the next few weeks. Moscow and the center of the front line down to Kiev and the Crimea have been surprisingly stable. However, the Soviets might start another winter offensive and just very recently, von Manstein discovered significant enemy forces threatening Operation Edelweiss in the Caucasus. However, he will need to find a solution together with Paulus while Paulus still doesn’t want to attack Stalingrad on his own… So far Rommel is in control of North Africa. However, OKW expects that the British will try to recapture Tobruk as they still hold Egypt and all of the Middle East. Malta has been seized securing our Southern flank and a new but small army (group) has been formed at Tripoli, just in case the British might land along the coast of North-West Africa. Operation Sea Lion continuous to be delayed due to limited resources but must be kicked off soon. Key mid-term objectives continue to be (in this order): Leningrad, Caucasus and England.
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Ostfront:
Army Group North controls the area between Moscow and Leningrad.
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The center around Orel remains stable despite additional enemy forces appearing in the area.
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Good success, Herr Generalfeldmarschall!