A collection of the Best Great War in the East Posts V3

[governato]

UPDATED VERSION MAY 2013 with new posts.


Dropbox link to PDF file with all posts.


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This is a collection of the most useful posts to play WITE that I have collected from the
Matrix forum for the past year or so. Many are specific to the German or the Red Army player, and range from logistics, the use of reserves, surviving the blizzard to the best
Red Army offensive techniques in 1943 or later. I learned a lot from the collective wisdom
of many different people. Most of these posts (a total of about 100) can be very helpful to beginners, and several will help even the more advanced players to improve their game. I was able to quote the original contributor for many entries as none of these posts are mine. (small editorial comments are marked as FG). Feel free to send me a PM if you find one of your posts and would like to be explicitly quoted. V3: few obsolete posts have been removed.


ENTRIES LIST

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RED ARMY POSTS LIST
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RED ARMY LOGISTICS IN 1941
AP ALLOCATION
COMMAND STRUCTURE 41-42
REINFORCEMENTS
SPECIAL UNITS 1941
SUPPORT UNITS
OVERALL STRATEGY FOR TURN ONE - (Hermann)
LOGISTICS FAQ
LEADERS
SAVING VEHICLES
WHAT SU TO ATTACH
AIR UPGRADES
MANAGING SU ARMAMENTS
FORTS USAGE
1941. BUILDING CORPS (Flaviusx)
1941-1942 TANK UNITS (Klydon)
ATTACK TRICKS (Farfarer)
UNITS ATTACHMENT MORALE BENEFITS (Mike13z50)
MANAGING AIR UNITS - (tullius detritus)
TANK ARMIES - (Flaviusx)
ADVICE FOR 1941 (Klydon)
1942 SHOCK UNITS AND SU UNITS (Bletchley_geek)
ARTILLERY PREP BARRAGES. (Mike13z50)
ATTACKS AND SU USAGE (1942 and later) (Q-Ball)
USE FOR DIFFERENT AIR BASES
USE OF U-2VS (larryfulkerson)
DEFENDING LENINGRAD (UNTESTED) - (gingerbread)
FORT CONSTRUCTION SPEEDUP (Mike13z50)
DECEPTION AND OFFENSIVE USE OF STRATEGIC RESERVES (Tarhunnas)
SOVIET MORALE
STRATEGIC ADVICE (horza 66)
SU ARMAMENT POINTS COST (MIKE13Z50) and SU LINEUP in 1944
AIR UNITS - PARTISAN SUPPLY (Omat+Seminole)
USING STAVKA AS A FRONT. (ComradeP)
LOW PRIORITY EVACUATION FACTORIES - (Klydon)
ATTACKING IN 1941 - (Farfarer)
PARTISANS 41 vs 42 Q-Ball
DEFENSIVE TACTICS 41 (Farfarer)
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ADDED APRIL 2013
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BEST FIGHTER PLANES AND MANUAL UPGRADES (Mehring+Denniss)
BEST ORGANIZATION OF SOVIET ARMIES (fbs+Flaviusx et al.)
DEFENDING LENINGRAD v1.06
AIR FORCE (Flaviusx)
BUILDING COSTS (M60A3TTS)
KV1 FACTORIES - Farfarer
FACTORY EVACUATION PLAN Walloc et al.
MANAGING THE AIR FORCE in 41-43 (Flaviusx and Gingerbread)
AIR BASES 41 (delatbabel)
GETTING FORTS TO LEVEL 4
BAK/LONG RANGE AIR BASES (Flaviusx)
MANAGING APs turtelfang
STAGING BASES FOR FIGHTERS (Flaviusx)
MANAGING ARTILLERY DIVISIONS (Flaviusx, Schmart & randallw)
SAVING TRUCKS IN 41 (Walloc and Gingerbread)
AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION SCHEDULE

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AXIS POSTS LIST
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STRATEGIC PRINCIPLES (BigAnorak)
SUPPORT UNITS IN 1941
DISBANDING SP FLAK COMPANIES
MANAGING TROOPS BEFORE BLIZZARD (Pelton)
REFIT UNITS (1941- PELTON?)
TURN ROUTINE
AIR STRATEGY TURN 1 (ketza)
REFITTING MECH UNITS IN WINTER 41 (Pelton)
ODESSA EARLY TURNS (Q-Ball)
MOVING SU UNITS FOR FREE
MANAGING SUPPORT UNITS (offworlder)
AIR DOCTRINE
WINTER 41 (Q-Ball)
BLIZZARD STRATEGIES (Mike13z50)
HQ BUILD UPS II (Attack)
1942 SUMMER OFFENSIVE (Pelton)
OFFENSIVE TARGETS (ComradeP)
IF LOW ON ARM POINTS BUT HIGH ON MANPOWER - (Sillyflower)
BLIZZARD AXIS STRATEGY (Bletchley-Geek)
SETTING TOE TO MAXIMIZE RESOURCES AS A GERMAN (Pelton)
AXIS RAILWAY REPAIR STRATEGY TO FEND OFF PARTISANS (Killzone)
AXIS ROSTOV 1941
WHAT TO DO WHEN ROMANIA SURRENDERS (ComradeP+Baelfin)
MANAGING SU UNITS WHEN GOING ON THE DEFENSE. (Q-Ball)
OKH AND COMMANDERS TO ACTIVATE UNITS IN 'RESERVE MODE' (BigAnorak)
LVOV POCKET (Q-Ball)
MANAGING MANPOWER
LEADERS REPLACEMENTS - (omat)
MANAGING AXIS ALLIES - (Q-Ball)
QUICK ADVICE ON BLIZZARD (Pelton)
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ADDED APRIL 2013
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Turn 1: GE BOMBING SU AIRBASES for v1.06 (LiquidSky,Tazak)
BLIZZARD MANAGING (KENH)
MAXIMIZING RESERVES I (Pelton+ANONYMOUS)
AXIS TURN 1 GUIDES
AIR BASES IN BLIZZARD
MINI BLIZZARD GUIDE (Pelton)
RESERVE ACTIVATION II (Pelton)
42 LEADERS (Pelton Big Anorak)
USING AXIS MINOR ALLIES - sjohnson

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POSTS USEFUL FOR BOTH SIDES
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THE WAR IN THE EAST WIKI
MAPS OF INDUSTRY AND MANPOWER CENTERS
INDUSTRY EVACUATION PLANNING MAP
AIR UNITS
END OF TURN
RECON INFO (comradeP)
REFIT AND ATTRITION CASUALTIES SCREEN (carlkay58)
AIR DOCTRINE - (gingerbread)
THREAD ON SUPPLYING HEADQUARTERS
FORT CONSTRUCTION - (Bletchley_Geek)
RESERVE UNITS - (Pavel)
AIR DOCTRINE (Bletchley_Geek)
AIR INTERDICTION (BletchleyGeek + FlaviusX)
ADVANCED FEATURES TO LEARN/KEEP IN MIND
RECON MISSIONS - (JAMiAM)
BOMBING UNITS TO INCREASE FATIGUE - (Marquo)
USE OF FORTIFIED ZONES (delatabel)
PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY GUIDE (RED LANCER)

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ADDED 4/2013
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TOE OVERVIEW (Morvael)
BEST LEADER FOR STAVKA

[Peltonx]

Very nice hread great job!

[gingerbread]

Hi,

Much as I'd like to be part of this group of esteemed contributors, I have to ask you to pull or at least parenthesise: "DEFENDING LENINGRAD - (gingerbread)".

This is due to that I have not actually tried it out, nor will I while the fort & engineering value rules are as they are as of this writing (1.05.45).

As it is, I think that the effect in delay achieved does not warrant the expenditure in AP, nor other resources.

I also would prefer not to be credited for having observed what others are doing - AFAIK, the laurels should go to Pelton. "MANAGING TROOPS BEFORE BLIZZARD"

[delatbabel]

*Tag* tagging this -- can the mods make this sticky or can we perhaps use it to resurrect the wiki?

[henri51]

Excuse me, but what is the use of having a list of postings if there is no information (they are not clickable) on where they can be found?

(edit) never mind, I had not seen the clickable button. Very nice idea - congratulations, I will go read some (again)...

Henri

[AFV]

I assume by clickable button you mean being able to read the text file? Thats ok but it would be real nice to be able to access the original posts. I have tried searching and I cannot find most of these posts.
Just a little bit more of cut and pasting would really make this thread great.

[governato]

Updated to version 3. All posts available as a PDF. Some entries have clickable links to the original posts.

[Sammy5IsAlive]

The dropbox link seems to have gone down? Was working last week [&:] ?

[Sardaukar]

ORIGINAL: Sammy5IsAlive

The dropbox link seems to have gone down? Was working last week [&:] ?

Dropbox changed all public folders private March 15th, so owner needs to amend the links to file.

[Sammy5IsAlive]

Hi all, governato has very kindly got back to me and sent me the PDF and is happy for me to share it. I don't have a file sharing account and cannot attach PDfs on this board so if anyone does have an account and is happy to host it (or if you would just like a copy sent to you) let me know.

[Searry]

I can host it in my dropbox Sammy.

[Searry]

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/d689qqyrpr4l ... hOkpa?dl=0 Heres the PDF.

[verdugo94]

Here it is https://www.dropbox.com/s/gkolld7ffztjf ... 3.pdf?dl=0

[stolypin]

ORIGINAL: verdugo94

Here it is https://www.dropbox.com/s/gkolld7ffztjf ... 3.pdf?dl=0

Just found this. Thanks for posting.