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The initial Axis invasion of the Soviet Union had ended with their forces being overextended and the Red Army counterattacked them during the winter. The fighting eventually became a stalemate. During the summer of 1942 both sides planned to undertake a major offensive in order to inflict a decisive defeat on their opponent. The question was - who would be able to gain the initiative first.
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Sources:
David Glantz - When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler.
Earl F. Ziemke, Magna E. Bauer III - Moscow To Stalingrad: Decision In The East.
Gregory Liedtke - Enduring the Whirlwind: The German Army and the Russo-German War 1941-1943.
Unit symbols:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WN22bJq3tw6yW-kj0X5PM-fEK-ukgpxh
Order of Battle:
http://www.wwii-photos-maps.com/
http://www.rkka.ru/imaps.htm
http://bdsa.ru/
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/ops/
Map:
Terrain
Europe: Elevation map of Europe - European Environment Agency.
Outside Europe: https://maps-for-free.com/
Infrastructure:
USSR: Europa 1: 2,500,000 Deutsche Heereskarte: Europaische Russland. 1943.
Other: British 1944 1:2000,000 maps of Europe.
Nerves Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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