Kuniworth

Yes it happened to detachment Raus in june 1941.

Thought I drop a line on progress on the new expansion. I have had the oppurtunity to rewamp the Battle for Russia scenario with this new editor. Difference is huge. It's now possible to have a cap on experience(set in this campaign to a max of 1) and chose how expensive upgrades should be. That make it easier to create long running scenarios like this one. All of the soviet fortified regions of the Molotov- and Stalin-line are now in. Also as you can see there are some new units like cavalry corps and anti-air force(german flakkorps and soviet PVO fronts): Other units I've included are airborne corps, artillery(soviet artillery penetration corps and german railwaygun unit 672) plus the use of the special forces type to reflect german ss korps and Soviet shock armies. They all appear on historical dates. Railway-lines that were so vital for the war in the east is now included, which makes for a much more realistic supply and transport system. A nice touch is the possibility to use the new text edit layer to make small towns visible on the map: You can also chose to upgrade minors(makes Finland a bit stronger): Rain is no fun combined with mud. German advance on Moscow stall in november 1941:

Where was that? Never heard of it, I heard of a KV-1 during barbarossa who held out for a day or two but never that...

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Ottomops trashed you. Now go suck on a shoe.

Does this mean that you will stop your pseudo religious propaganda from now on? </font>

Well it's by far the largest sport in the world and enjoyed over the world. Learn to appreciate it, it's just getting bigger and bigger.

I would recommend Bill's advice to give up on the world map thing and make a great pacific war scenario instead.

Not really. 500,000 if you count wounded and so on. The finnish army earned more of their victories to the gruesome fighting spirit of the soldiers than anything else. I had the big pleasure of meeting Harry Järv a couple of years ago. Järv is finland's most decorated soldier ever and did more than 200 missions behind enemy lines. One of the great ww2 legendary soldiers, like Audie Murphy in USA and Vasily Zaitsev in the Soviet Union.

Stumbling colossus is ok but Colossus Reborn is probably one of the best books I have ever read. Yes it's true that the mech corps formation was unsuitable to the inexperienced Red Army in 1941. However the lack of air cover effectively broke up the counteroffensives the Red Army conducted in 1941. It's vital to remember that although the formations were completly inadequate it was the lack of coordination and support that caused the disasters when Stavka tried to implement it's defense plan.

Yes it's true, Rambo and Yogi have buried the hatchet and are now best pals. We wish them well on their holiday in Spain. [ August 15, 2007, 10:34 PM: Message edited by: Kuniworth ]

Ah there we have it. Yogi defending Rambo, the two antagonists are now like brothers. </font>

Ah there we have it. Yogi defending Rambo, the two antagonists are now like brothers.

Lol always nice to see new people discover David Glantz. Their view on the eastern front change rather quick.

It's easy to target russian Mech Corps(1000 tanks each if fully manned) to be failures. The organisation proved to large to handle and it would take time to develop the tank armies of 1943 onwards(500-700 tanks) But russian tank forces although inflicted serious losses to the wehrmacht in 1941, Brody and Raseinai in june, and more attacks later on showed that the Red Army tried to implement panzer-thrusts but failed for different reasons. Probably the main reason for the disaster in 1941 is something people tend to overlook: Aircover.

I have a new icq(cpu crashed, had to reinstall and forgot the password). New number; 414-749-529

No, USA informed Stalin about the atomic bomb at the potsdam conference in july 1945.

I'm not sure what you are saying. Carter has never contested that Chavez won the election in 2004. Where did you read that? Carter is very hard critizising the opposition for their beahaviour.

Chavez made some disturbing statements, he seem to enjoy to poke USA in the eye(well who does'nt lol) Anyway he was elected completly legit(all international observers confirm this) and has continued his socialization of the oil industry to give back to the poor. Nothing wrong with democracy in Venezuela. On the contrary it's Chavez political opponents who have acted illegal. What is interesting though is to see how Chavez will continue.

Oh, you're soooo deluded on this one, Blashy. Been following it. Chavez seeks end to term limits All Hail El Presidente For Life!!! </font>

Well I think you are both wrong and right, 1. the spread communism theory is not entirly accurate. They wanted to spread the "Soviet-dominance" without care for the poor countries. This was one of the reasons China split with USSR, Mao wanted to actively with military might defend the poor countries of the third world, why as the soviet leadership more focused on good or bad for the soviet state. Much of the split in communist movements come from this, should focus be on soviet vs whatever or poor vs rich countries? In the end China has ended up just like the animal farm. A capitalistic dictatorship, which in the long run wont be able to hold back the people's will for freedom. 2. Very true - communism always need an enemy. Basic problem with communists are that they never realise that socialism can only exist when the people are free to chose that path for themself(eg democracy). That's what make Venezuela so interesting. Hugo Chavez is a man that can be debated a lot, but he has through elections a clear mandate from the people to socialize the oil-industry and spend the money on schools and food for the poor. That's more socialism and the whole of soviet union and China's communism put together. If Chavez will continue this democrativ way or be more of a dictator is up for speculation. Some tendencies are not encouraging. [ August 07, 2007, 05:59 AM: Message edited by: Kuniworth ]

Check out the last pages, the beauty of the story lays there. The animals(the people) were betrayed and in the end - what was the difference from the human oppression in form of the farmer Jones? Same with Stalin, the communist state grudually became a power-hungry state who sacrificed more and more of their ideals in a race for benifit for the elite. In the animal farm the other human farmers gradually accept that the animals(people) can run a farm. That is of some bother in the beginning but eventually what matter is the trade with the farm. No in the end, what become the problem is arguing over trade between the different farms. It boils down to economics, and the book ends with the animals looking on the quarrel between the pigs and humans and can't tell the difference. Very true, communism betrayed itself. But more over, the people who died for freedom from the tsar and dreamt of a better world were also betrayed of the communistic leadership. This is one of the best satirical litterature about modern politics. Read it, it's not that many pages, you can read it in 1-2 hours. For you who wants to read it and dont wanna find out all the characters I can give you some help: Boxer the Horse - Russian people Napoleon - Stalin Snowball - Trotsky Frederick - Hitler The crow - the orthodox church

Read George Orwell's the animal farm. THe best book about Stalin.

Tslack? is that short for Tony slack? You're sayin that Blashy is Tony Cater?

Rambo are you and Stalin's Organ in love?