Moscow '41

release july month aheadmoscow chapter barbarossa trilogy leningrad kiev moscow lightmedium wargame cover german army group centre offensive aim seize moscow having successfully defeat soviet army great encirclement battle frontier establish bridgehead dnieperalthough base historical event player modify course operation german try achieve decisive victory winter come soviet play fighting withdrawal ready strike decisive blow invadersthe game recommend player excellent solitaire suitabilityhistorical introductionquotat beginning campaign push door dark unseen room know hide insidequot adolf hitler june december hitler decision invade russia set date middle good reason confident russia collapse uncompromising assault outbreak hostility german wehrmacht accomplish stunning unparalleled series victory poland fall month denmark day france till regard strong power europe capitulate week holland day belgium norway yugoslavia greece take week german military peak word blitzkrieg enter languagerussia hand take month bring finland heel despite overwhelming strength number russian army recover stalin purge general ldquoremovedrdquo include field marshal army commander hitler ldquobefore month pass shall witness collapse russia like see history kick door rotten russian edifice come tumble downrdquoon nd june operation barbarossa invasion russia begin million axis troop army group attack stretch baltic black sea army group north field marshal von leeb task take leningrad army group south field marshal von rundstedt capture kiev seize caucasus field marshal von bocks army group centre concern moscow objective timoshenko undertake task defend capitalinitially operation succeed hitler wildest dream day russian air force destroy ground vast inroad front accompany large scale surrender encircled russian troop army group centre army consist total division armoured back second air fleet reach outskirt smolensk th july twothird way moscow stop von bock blow kremlin week stand wayfour thing cause problem von bock firstly supply line stretch reach breaking point secondly russian resistance stiffen thirdly infantry division have difficulty keep panzer finally new russian ally enter field general winteradditional concern come november threequarter million experience siberian veteran free garrison soviet far east thank stalin spy tokyo reveal japanese intention attack america russiaas german commander push moscow late russian commander reevoke patriotic war stop invader cost