11. Mai 1941 - 10. Juni 1941
Now the Führer was pleased. It was the greatest victory so far. More troops than the whole french army would be captured very soon. But the soviets had more.
The german armies were still quite fresh and morale was at its peak, the great victory encouraged more young people to join the army while there were still enemies to fight.
To the south there was a smaller pocket which was to be dissolved quickly. After 5 days the last enemy was captured.
The front on day 25 of the offensive:
On day 30 the Führer came up with a new plan to capture the area to Moscow. It would require the sixth army panzertroops to smash through russian lines again and to form a pocket directly southwest of Moscow, which should be captured at a later moment. To the north there would be formed another small pocket by the Lithuanian panzerkorps and the 4th army.
The northern pocket is forming ..
The central offensive in detail.
The Canadians tried get fancy and invaded Danzig. Though small in size, the invasion was a disaster for the german supply lines to russia, it cost the germans weeks in supplies, the russian offensive was delayed considerably. Immediatly the reserves of the eastern front were transported to poland to deal with that outrageous invasion. There would be no beer in Warsaw!
Meanwhile the panzerkorps drive on to moscow...
The japanese in southern china suffer another horrible defeat in Guanxi. The Japanese ambassador in Berlin is laughed at by the Führer.
Now the Führer was pleased. It was the greatest victory so far. More troops than the whole french army would be captured very soon. But the soviets had more.
The german armies were still quite fresh and morale was at its peak, the great victory encouraged more young people to join the army while there were still enemies to fight.
To the south there was a smaller pocket which was to be dissolved quickly. After 5 days the last enemy was captured.
The front on day 25 of the offensive:
On day 30 the Führer came up with a new plan to capture the area to Moscow. It would require the sixth army panzertroops to smash through russian lines again and to form a pocket directly southwest of Moscow, which should be captured at a later moment. To the north there would be formed another small pocket by the Lithuanian panzerkorps and the 4th army.
The northern pocket is forming ..
The central offensive in detail.
The Canadians tried get fancy and invaded Danzig. Though small in size, the invasion was a disaster for the german supply lines to russia, it cost the germans weeks in supplies, the russian offensive was delayed considerably. Immediatly the reserves of the eastern front were transported to poland to deal with that outrageous invasion. There would be no beer in Warsaw!
Meanwhile the panzerkorps drive on to moscow...
The japanese in southern china suffer another horrible defeat in Guanxi. The Japanese ambassador in Berlin is laughed at by the Führer.
