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All Bears please give a warm welcome to our newest member, and first Russian Bear mr. Carloff!

Welcome dear Bear!

Please make sure you add him to your friends lists and maul some games.

Rawr

Im quite exited about this. Relic this is the stuff you should reveal!
If you had this as "and the campaign map for AA will be reused online in our new War Effort" I would be looking forward to AA. Not having it accidentally released because of a mistake.

It gives a whole other part in playing teamgames besides just chilling with friends.

Guys guys! Relax, let us all focus on what really matters.

Will Barton stay true to his words?

TL

Well yes the Soviets ability to mobilize manpower (for use in army and other sectors) was something the Germans never had, and a big part of winning the war. You aren't the only one who has studied history at an academic level (although I did switch to archaeology after just a couple of terms)

Thanks for clearing up the terminology, I was way off on my reply then.

Anyway I was referring to a more tactical level and the problem when looking at numbers at a purely operational or strategic level. And that the soviets insistence of dividing up attacking divisions into two regimental echelons meant that even if on paper can look like a soviet division of 6 000 fighting men attacking a german division of 4 500 fighting men where numerically superior. (and ofc in a way it is). But on the ground this could be a whole different matter.

I took your terminology "forces in presence" as in units engaged with the enemy at the tactical level and "forces committed" as all units committed to that objective, regardless of whether they where in at the front or part of the second regimental echelon.

Now, as for numerical strenghts: The Axis superiorty during Barbarossa again only holds true only if you look at forces in presence, not at forces committed, which of course is far more meaningful.

Is it really though? Isn't the double echlon system used in the RKKA uptil late 1942 one of the main things that caused them to be inefficient for the simple reason that they never could put the weight behind their attacks? Maybe i just got the terminology mixed up.