Eastern Front - Karelia South.
With all the Fins moving north against Murmansk, there's but a skeleton defense along the Baltic-White Sea canal. This was too tempting, so I launched a small attack across the river and was met with very little resistance. The 14th Cavalry Corps of the Arkhangelsk Group led the assault, followed by supporting divisions from the 26th and 32d armies. At the bare minimum, this should force Ken to redirect forces back to this sector. At the same time, I'm continuing to bolster the defenses at Murmansk, as the recently arrived 62nd Army is ready to depart Onega.
Eastern Front - Rzhev.
Not entirely sure what the end game was supposed to be for this offensive. Most of my forces escaped and are now in a tighter line with reinforcements arriving every week. Meanwhile, the Nazis are mopping up everything I left behind, and did not aggressively pursue my retreating divisions. Ken probably could have made my life very difficult had he kept the pressure on as I ran to the east. I may not even need the 2nd Shock Army, which was hastily transferred from the Leningrad Front. The 39th Army arrive and will be ready for action in a few turns. Near Moscow, the 64/7th Guards Army is ready to disembark the trains. They're better situated than the 39th, but will still need a turn to get up to strength. All of this should provide for sufficient reserves, should Ken renew his offensive in this front.
North Africa - El Alamein.
The 44th British Infantry Division arrived this turn and immediately marched to the front lines. The 9th Australian Division sustained heavy casualties in the last Axis attack, while the supporting 1st and 7th British Armored divisions took a few punches, too. The addition of the 44th gives instant strength to the line at El Alamein. If needed, I'll shuffle the divisions around so that the 4th Indian Division and 10th British Armored Division--both untouched so far in this battle--are moved to relieve the weakened divisions in the south.
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