October 1941

Eastern Front

The XXIV Panzer Corps launches a furious attack against the elements of the 3rd Army that bar its way to Moscow but fails to push much farther from Mtensk. Farther south, the XLVIII Panzer Corps captures Fatezh after a long struggle with the 13th Army.

With the battle for the Crimea underway, Stavka appoints Vice-Adm Levchenko to command all forces in the peninsula. His forces consist of the Coastal and 51st Armies. Batov takes over the 51st Army from Kuznetsov.