05/01/1942

Winter Defense

Commander, your capture of Moscow turned out to be short-lived. Siberian counterattacks have been able to expel our troops from the capital and the nearby cities, and now Germany is on defense all over the front. The Fuhrer ordered that no more retreats are tolerable. Our weary armies must stay entrenched and keep their positions until possible. Well, you have been recalled so soon in action because your army is absolutely necessary to stop the soviet penetration in the center of our line. If Mozhaisk falls, mein commander, the entire Army Group Center would be in high danger, maybe collapsing till Smolensk!