18.10.2010, 10:51
Thanks for all the comments and you're all welcome. This was another interesting lesson in geography for me. Studying battles on 2D black/white map drawings from a book is like elementary compared to seeing it in IL2 view. Here you can see the geography of the land and follow the paths of the armies as they move around hills, mountains and rivers. It gives you a much better perspective from the viewpoint of the guys who were doing the fighting. This map and colors may not be exactly reality but it's sort of what these men saw. It's all fascinating to me and I just love it!
Phil_K, I think adding an historical readme would be a good idea. I could gather some facts from my sources and do that. There are also little tidbits of info that I think are interesting and might be helpful to others. Books are the best sources and are easy to reference. Here are some with good info about the battles in the Caucasus...
BATTLE FOR THE CAUCASUS by Grechko (first-hand Russian account of the battles, in english)
THE CAUCASUS AND THE OIL by Tieke (German account)
BLACK CROSS RED STAR volume 3
New from David M. Glantz:
TO THE GATES OF STALINGRAD
ARMAGEDDON IN STALINGRAD
AFTER STALINGRAD
...cover the entire campaign from Voronezh-Stalingrad-Caucasus to give you the complete picture of the eastern front during that time period. The greatest thing is that Glantz does not just focus on Stalingrad city.
It's a lot of reading but very detailed if you want to really know what happened.
I found a couple corrections that need to be made at Nevinnomyssk so no need to report on that if you find them.
I did not populate Budennovsk because I felt that it was out of the way and almost off the map and I kinda forgot about it. I guess it should be done in the next map version.
Any other errors? comments?
Phil_K, I think adding an historical readme would be a good idea. I could gather some facts from my sources and do that. There are also little tidbits of info that I think are interesting and might be helpful to others. Books are the best sources and are easy to reference. Here are some with good info about the battles in the Caucasus...
BATTLE FOR THE CAUCASUS by Grechko (first-hand Russian account of the battles, in english)
THE CAUCASUS AND THE OIL by Tieke (German account)
BLACK CROSS RED STAR volume 3
New from David M. Glantz:
TO THE GATES OF STALINGRAD
ARMAGEDDON IN STALINGRAD
AFTER STALINGRAD
...cover the entire campaign from Voronezh-Stalingrad-Caucasus to give you the complete picture of the eastern front during that time period. The greatest thing is that Glantz does not just focus on Stalingrad city.
It's a lot of reading but very detailed if you want to really know what happened.
I found a couple corrections that need to be made at Nevinnomyssk so no need to report on that if you find them.
I did not populate Budennovsk because I felt that it was out of the way and almost off the map and I kinda forgot about it. I guess it should be done in the next map version.
Any other errors? comments?