Fall Blau, the huge Axis summer offensive in the Soviet Union, is supposed to being this, but is postponed to next. The smaller Operation Fridericus II does begin though, and what dos Josef Stalin make of that and the intelligence hes received? Meanwhile in North Africa, after the fall of Tobruk, the British 8th Army gets a leadership change, but Erwin Rommel is still on the move eastward into Egypt. Where will the Allies try to hold him? Half the world away, the Allies begin to establish a base at Milne Bay, New Guinea. Its a start, a small one, but a start.

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Soundtracks from the Epidemic Sound:
Dark Beginning - Johan Hynynen
Not Safe Yet - Gunnar Johnsen
Try and Catch Us Now - David Celeste
Watchman - Yi Nantiro
Weapon of Choice - Fabien Tell
Warning Signal - Max Anson
The Proving Grounds - Dragon Tamer
To War! - Jo Wandrini
Little Susie - Hampus Naeselius
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