War in the East – Foothills of Caucasus Mountains
Due to continuous partisan activity Moskva Region, the 1 Armija was suffering chronic supply shortages. Battles at Lyubertsy and Stupino continued for almost six weeks. Only on 24 October 1942, the Soviets were pushed out of Lyubertsy. The Soviet attempt to re-take the city failed. After two weeks 1942, the last Soviets were routed from Moskva suburbs and pushed behind the Oka River.
On 29 October 1942, 151,000 Soviets surrendered in Uglic Pocket.
The Soviets reorganised defences east of Jaroslavl and commenced a cautions offensive. An armoured division was sent to relieve besieged Kostroma but the advance failed at Volgorechensk.
The North Caucasus operation caught the Soviets off guard. Lithuanians quickly overwhelmed the Soviets at Beysug on 7 November 1942 and routed them at Shovgenovksy. However, the Soviets attempt to delay Lithuanian breakthrough at Beysug was partially successful. One week was lost fighting off two Soviet counter-attacks from Giaginskaja.
Lithuanian support attacks north and south of Beysug proved to be success too. On 14 November 1942, the Soviet defence at Giaginskaja crumbled. Two days later the Soviets retreated from Tihoreck.
In order to delay Soviet reinforcements and to spread a further havoc between retreating Soviet troops, an offensive was also commenced in the northern Krasnodar Region towards Gulyay Boriskovka.
Gaps were formed between the Soviet defences through which motorised divisions were able to penetrate through. By 21 November 1942, Majkop was captured and a whole Soviet army found itself in the mire.
Satisfied with the success in the North Caucasus, the LKGS sent one more corps and promised another within a month in order to take advantage of the situation. The first corps is already on its way to Novorossijsk.
President Antanas Smetona met Lithuanian troops at Jaroslavl. He prized the commander of the 1 Armija, General Jonas Sutkus for an exceptional planning and capture of more than 250,000 Soviets. The commander of the 4 Pestininku Korpusas, Lt General Mikas Reklaitis, was also noted for the breakthrough at Moskva which lead to the subsequent encirclement of Soviet troops. Both commanders were decorated with the Second Class Order of the Cross of Vytis.
However, at the same time the situation in the North Russia was different. The Soviets pushed Germans deeper to Karelia and further from Vologda. Two corps were removed from Jaroslavl front and transferred to Vologda front in order to stop the Soviet advance and commence a counter-offensive.
The first three maps show air combat and bombardment activity in Europe, South America and Far East.
The Allies are attacking industrial centres in Japan and Germany. They also attacked Argentinean oil fields from Falklands and the North Brazil from Caribbean bases.
The fourth map shows convoy raiding in Europe. Unfortunately the Black Sea is infested by enemy submarines.
