Slitherine

Hmmm did not see the BT 7s but there was a T 28. The PZIIIJ has a 0% chance in frontal shot. I may have hung in the vil but ultimately you would have used your t26s as fodder and closed for kill with T34

Match between Skyrider and myself has completed. Soviet victory. He would have to tell you what he has left for forces with that particular division, to my knowledge it was a Pz II and a recon unit.

skyrider wrote:Hmmm did not see the BT 7s but there was a T 28. The PZIIIJ has a 0% chance in frontal shot. I may have hung in the vil but ultimately you would have used your t26s as fodder and closed for kill with T34

Sorry you're correct, 2 T28s.

not trying to be horses rear end just didn't see them wondered where you had them lying in wait!

MacD2013 wrote:Match between Skyrider and myself has completed. Soviet victory. He would have to tell you what he has left for forces with that particular division, to my knowledge it was a Pz II and a recon unit.

Thanks, map updated.

So the Soviets can win...interesting.

No worries about the forces count, we aren't tracking that this campaign (something to consider moving forward though).

Since the Red Devils defeated me ( due to spies undermining my brilliant thinking) am I eliminated?

skyrider wrote:Since the Red Devils defeated me ( due to spies undermining my brilliant thinking) am I eliminated?

No, you're still in play.

So is the next engagement in the north a defensive action by the Wehrmacht?

MacD2013 wrote:So is the next engagement in the north a defensive action by the Wehrmacht?

Correct.

skyrider wrote:not trying to be horses rear end just didn't see them wondered where you had them lying in wait!

No you were correct, I had no BTs, they were T28s. The T34s were really the saving grace in this round...really makes you wonder on the German historical accounts, they talk about literally "spitting" at Soviet tanks and laughing about it, then running into the T34s was a complete shock. Like playing a sport, running over a team, then come tournament time they have a couple new guys you've never seen that are just studs, no time to game plan and they just run you over.

and that they did..maybe if I had more infantry ! But it would have taken a less skilled opponent for me to earn a win.

As an interesting historical perspective I'm currently reading...

KIEV 1941
Hitler's Battle for Supremacy in the East - David Stahel

from that book...

"In June 1941, during only the first nine days…some 25,000 German fatalities were sustained and in the following month no fewer than 63,000 German soldiers fell (with tens of thousands more wounded), making July the deadliest month of the war until the battle of Stalingrad".

"It has been estimated that more than a quarter of all Soviet troops killed in WWII died in 1941".

Turn one is now animated!

Check out the progress from the start of the campaign to the start of Turn 2

Turn 1 - June 22 - July 13 (animated gif)

cool!

COOL!!!

Wow!

Nice to meet you, guys. Brummbar44 has invited me to join your campaign - thanks, Brummbar44 - I'm honored:
Gen Lobo reporting for duty!
I'd like to play on the Soviet side.

Welcome Lobo!

JagBRLobo wrote:Nice to meet you, guys. Brummbar44 has invited me to join your campaign - thanks, Brummbar44 - I'm honored:
Gen Lobo reporting for duty!
I'd like to play on the Soviet side.

Welcome aboard!

I encourage everyone to recruit good players, it will make for a solid league.

Are we still adding players? There was a guy I played weekly battles against that was a good player. Fell out of touch with him unfortunately. Could shoot him a message.