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Germany - Abwehr Success and Finland - 01 Jul to 18 Jul 1940

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01 Jul 1940: Research has been completed on Improved Medium Airframe .... ....and I select Range Improvements  from Junkers next. Dornier receives the Trait Twin-Tail . I appoint General Albert Kesselring as Chief of Luftwaffe. 03 Jul 1940: The 18. and 20. Panzer-Divisionen attack a Soviet Rifle Division in Kuopio. 05 Jul 1940: I call the remaining 2 Divisionen from Leningrad to Viipuri. My mission is to defend Finland not to capture Leningrad and hold it. 08 Jul 1940: The 169. and 290. Sturm-Divisionen launch a counterattack from Lappeenranta. Further East a Panzer-Division has been repelled. A bigger picture of the challenge. The 18. and 20. Panzer-Divisionen have returned to Savonlinna. 12 Jul 1940: Rheinmetall receives the Trait Mobile Limbers  which affects two items in production. 14 Jul 1940: I launch a 3-Division counterattack which shows initial success. 15 Jul 1940: It failed however. 17 Jul 1940: I remind the Dutch again. 18 Jul 1940: The Abwehr's mission to Capture...

Germany - More From Finland - 19 Jun to 29 Jun 1940

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19 Jun 1940: I can choose another Special Project at the Naval Engineering Facility and I select Cruiser Submarine. Estimated time for the project is 331 days. My Sturm-Division at the frontline is being pushed back. I'm bringing two more divisions from the Leningrad area to help out. I remind the Dutch again. That is what I call over confident. We haven't finished here yet. 21 Jun 1940: The Focus Panzer Troops School  has been completed and we have researched Depth Charge Thrower . My next Focus is All-Terrain Military Motorcycle .... ....and I select the Technology Inclined Belt Armour Scheme  from Germaniawerft next. 22 Jun 1940: I stopped these 2 Sturm-Divisionen attacking and I'm waiting for the 2 new Divisionen. 24 Jun 1940: They are now being attacked but are holding their position. Research has been completed on Improved Small Airframe .... We have no ports in the Far East. I select Survivability Studies  from Focke-Wulf next. Focke-Wulf has gained the Trait High ...

Germany - Finland and Upgrading the Panzertruppe - 29 May to 18 Jun 1940

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29 May 1940: I start upgrading my Panzer-Divisionen. Each Division requires 50 Medium Panzer and 20 Towed Anti-Air. IV. Panzerkorps is first then it requires further training. III. Panzerkorps is next.... ....and the same procedure. Next is II. Panzerkorps..... ....and finally I. Panzerkorps which has 5 Panzerdivisionen. Back to Finland and I order the 290 Sturm-Division forward to support the frontline. 01 Jun 1940: The Soviets continue to attack that point in our defences. They are attacking near Leningrad too. Note the RAF aircraft. 06 Jun 1940: I go on the counteroffensive. 08 Jun 1940: It's looking good. 14 Jun 1940: Henschel receives the Trait Anti-Tank Role . At Home 4 Panzer-Divisionen have been deployed and placed in training. I assign 8 trained Sturm-Divisionen to 4. Armee.... ....and a further 2 to Armee Mitte. 18 Jun 1940: I order the 18. and 20. Panzer-Divisionen to cover our left flank at Savonntina.  The Finns simply don't have enough diisions to cover their enti...