USSR:
Turns 82-119
Soviet units were all positioned, ready to be very mobile and fluid. They would shift to defend the main German assault which was expected soon. After Turkey was invaded, it was only a short matter of time before USSR was busy defending. The Rail lines were going to be busy.
The Germans made a 3 prong attack. One into the Baltic states towards Leningrad, one in the central part towards Minsk and the one in the south approached Kiev.
The German Armour units were fairly spread out and made no severe threat against the Soviet defences.
Also, German forces decided to fight Corps against Corps which meant I had more units to shift around and flank him or pressure him in other places. This continually forced him to move his units and never gave a good chance to assault in any one place. I needed to hold on as long as I could around my forward forts and defences till my reinforcements of Mech and Armour arrived. My infantry, Mech, Irregular units and of course my reserve units performed well and it became clear that the USSR would stave off the German and axis forces. Both sides took significant losses but the Soviet Union could afford to take heavy losses.
Once Turkey was secure against collapse, the USSR began to build invasion forces in the south of the country and began to cross the major rivers into Rumania and pressure his southern flank. Once this began, his German lines became weaker and I was able to make gains against his major front lines in the South and Central. In the North, German forces made great attempts at a breakthrough but the depth of my lines and continual rotation kept him from doing so. The northern sector was defended by experienced, hardened troops from Finland and Sweden. They performed well and won many battle honours here as well. There never really was any major breakthrough and in total I feel his invasion forces were too weak to be spread in such a manor, 3 prong attack in the USSR plus large amounts of forces in Turkey, Yugoslavia and of course some still in the Scandinavian country of Norway. It was just too much to ask of his generals to cope with so much with so little equipment. The Luftwaffe also came into contact with very experienced Soviet Air Groups. In Finland and Sweden they learned much and then applied it in Turkey and Mother Russia.
Germany made a total gain into Russia of about 300 kms in one front only. All in all, the Soviet forces must be commended for their defence of their nation.