STALINGRAD

No. of Turns:  31
     - There is plenty of time to move with the western
Battlegroup to Stalingrad and defeat it.  The low number of
objectives and the rather easy terrain make this high turn count
an advantage for the Axis.

No. of Objectives:  8
     -   Germans already hold two objectives and Stalingrad
counts for three.  All objectives are on a natural invasion route
culminating at Stalingrad.  The first three objectives will
require separate invasion forces.  Each one can be defended with
good deployment by the Soviet player.  Unfortunately for the
Allies time is on the side of the Germans.  They can take their
time to take the outer objectives then turn and crush Stalingrad. 
So the advantage there goes to the Axis.

Prestige:  Axis = 606    Allies = 2450
     - To compensate for the lack of depth and complexity of the
Stalingrad seige, it is obvious that they attempted to make up
for it by giving the Soviet player a massive prestige advantage.
With this prestige, the Soviets can purchase huge quantities of
low end units or a large amount of highend tanks and AA guns. 
The Axis prestige will probably go to repairing damaged units and
purchasing those Tiger tanks on turn 9.

New Unit Exp:   Axis = 2 Stars    Allies = 1 Star

Air Superiority - The Germans still maintain complete air
dominance over Soviet planes.  But the German player does not
have the prestige immediately to go around buying new planes. 
The German player could purchase more as other areas of the map
become exposed.  Clever deployment of Soviet aircraft can trap
planes and expose them to ground AA fire and shoot down the
undefended Stuka.  But the Allied player must be prepared to lose
the airwar.

Ground Superiority - Until the Tiger tanks come on line the
German armor will have rough going against comparable Svoiet
tanks.  Airpower will give the Germans the offensive advantage
but the PzIIIs and the PzIVf2 don't have the hitting power the
Tigers do.   The Soviets are running with the KV-1/42s and the T-
34s.  While they do not have good offensive numbers their
defensive numbers are outstanding and can prove to be difficult
against any advancement.

General Information - Expect the weather to turn bad in Russia
near the end of the scenario.  The terrain is pretty good and the
Axis player has the choice of striking south into the Caucusus
with airborne troops at the vast number of undefended cities. 
The Don and the Volga are the only real siginificant natural
defenses.  But these are good ones in hitting weak tanks trying
to cross with cheap anti-tank guns.


Final Evaluation
               Prestige            Experience
Axis              0                     0
Allies            0                     0

While the Axis has better equipment the Soviet player totally
outclasses the Germans in prestige.  They can afford many good
tanks and just stuff the German advancement very quickly before
the Tigers come online.  If the Soviet player can use up all the
prestige at the beginning of the game in bold gameplay, then the
German player will not have enough to swamp you with Tigers and
push in through Stalingrad.  In this scenario the game is won in
the first ten turns rather than the last ten.