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15 Jun 1941: I form Army Group 1 using the 4 Armeen assigned to the boreder with the Soviet Union stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea, I didn't realize that this finished 3 months ago. I've wasred 3 months. I create a 'Go-To' line for the Army Group. The trained Destroyer Wotan is assigned to Ostseeflotte and U-70 is assigned to III. U-Boots Flottille. Next I assign a Jagdgeschwader and a Stukageschwader to earch Armee and Panzerarmee. The border with Italy is wide open. Will Italy adhere to the non-agression pact? 16 Jun 1941: I return the 101. Sturm-Division back to the Armeeschule. I start transferring 3 Sturm-Divisionen from 1. Reserve Army to each Panzerarmee. Here the 1. and 2. Panzerarmeen.... ....then the 3. and 4. Panzerarmeen. I only have 2 Divisionen for the 4. Panzerarmee so I include a Gebirgs-Division..  Next I need to move the Luftwaffe nearer to the Soviet Union.

14 Jun 1941: The Finnish Army is making impressive advances into Soviet territory. The 101. Sturm-Division has been deployed and I place it in training. The trained Panzer-Lehr-Division and 936. Infanterie-Division (mot.) are assigned to 1. Panzerarmee. Ten Infanterie-Divisionen are assigned to 1. Reserve Armee....  ....while the Fallschirm-Pz-Div. 'Hermann-Göring' and 935. Infanterie-Division (mot.) are assigned to  2. Panzerarmee. The 27. Panzer-Division is assigned to 3. Panzerarmee.... ...and the 26. Panzer-Division is assigned to 4. Panzerarmee. I create Jagdgeschwader 5 at Brandenburg and order Pilot Exercises. My Construction queue. I reduce the Rubber being imported from the United Kingdom.... ....and my Fuel Stocks are looking good. I remind the Dutch again.... ....and select Paramilitary Training in Slovakia . I split the III. U-Boots Flottille into two halves.... ....and create the V. U-Boots Flottille. I take a break here. Even Hungary is stronger than France now a...