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GUDERIAN'S BLITZKRIEG
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Nov 1
Nov 5
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Setup
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The final SP count... "Can this really be
all!?"
(Magnus commander of the German north flank)
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Generaloberst Heinz Guderian's 2.PzG (soon to be
"upgraded" to PzArmeé) in it's assembly area some 40 miles
northwest of Konotop. Two Panzer Corps, the XXIV and XLVII stand ready to
make their dash to Orel.
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4.PzG under Generaloberst Erich Hoepner, in the
vincinty of Roslavl are to capture Spas-Demyansk and then link to up with
Hoth's 3.PzG at Vyasma. Additionally 4.PzG are expected to cut the
Kaluga-Bryansk railroad at Sukhinichi.
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Generaloberst Hoth's 3.PzG ready to penetrate the
Soviet fronline at Bel'yy and enter the rear area of Konev's West Front north
of the Smolensk-Moscow Highway.
("Der Durchbruch am
2. Oktober, durch Fl.K VIII weider hervorragend unterstützt, glang bei
trockenem Wetter ûberraschend schnell. Der feindliche Widerstand an der
Einbruchsstelle der Panzer war geringer als erwartet." - H. Hoth Panzer
Operationen)
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Army Group Center's left flank east of Star'aya. The
German advance has stalled.
(Historically the SS-Totenkopf Division remained in the Demyansk area
throughout the winter before being withdrawn to France to be rebuilt as a
PanzerGrenadier Division.)
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Let the action begin!
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