17 Sep 1940: The front SW of Moscow. The forces are thin on both sides although the Axis have more.
18 Sep 1940: In addition many of our troops are exhausted and therefore quickly stop fighting. The situation south....
....and north of Stalingrad.
22 Sep 1940: Our plans for the advance into the Caucasus.
The Italian intel can wait.
Our advance south of Moscow. Saratov is on the last river barrier west of the Urals.
23 Sep 1940: Army Nord has now advanced more than half the distance to Leningrad.
Turkey is now a lot smaller. I'm concerned about how many Soviet divisions are at their Turkish front.
A summary of the major combatants involved in this conflict....
....and a view of NE Africa and the Middle East.
The German Reich at the end of the summer. General Mud will be arriving soon so I need to get moving.
The plans to capture Leningrad and Estonia.
24 Sep 1940: The offensive from the front north of Moscow.
27 Sep 1940: Mopping up south of Stalingrad. We have reached Astrakhan at the northern tip of the Caspian Sea.
29 Sep 1940: We have reached the oilfields around Grozny north of the Caucasus Mountains.
We've lost a U-Boot but we have many more.
30 Sep 1940: The war balance again. In one week the Russians have lost 90K troops and have moved from 66% to 71% towards capitulation.
The remnants of southern Soviet forces need to be neutralized before we head further east.
04 Oct 1940: The front SE of Moscow....
....and SE of Stalingrad.
06 Oct 1940: In the south only Azerbaijan needs to be occupied.
10 Oct 1940: Now that Baku has fallen we can concentrate more on the northern and central fronts.
We are now at the outskirts of Leningrad.
14 Oct 1940: Four days later Leningrad has been captured. All the main objectives have been achieved. Now we must go city-hunting in order to pick up the Victory Points needed to force the capitulation.
Now 84% towards capitulation and 2 million dead.
We still have a long way to Murmansk and Archangelsk in Russia's far north.
We are now leaving Stalingrad behind us. Next stop is the Urals and beyond,
Our forward divisions are now more than 3,000 km from Berlin. A very long way to walk.
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