Update from the Eastern Front
As predicted by some, Operation Encircle Stalingrad was a go for the Spring of 43. In addition, 2 paratrooper units were sent to capture Grozny in order to accelerate the push towards Baku. The group attacking to the north of Stalingrad was met with fierce resistance and of the 5 panzergrenadiers and 1 panzer units sent across the Volga only the panzer unit survived. If the Russians had scored one more hit, the encirclement would have failed...
To my surprise, the encircled Soviets attacked to the north and withdrew after a round further north, abandoning Stalingrad altogether. The large force in Moscow stayed in place. These moves emboldened army group center and south to drive on into Stalingrad and Baku in the Summer of 43. Then in the Fall of 43, army group north charged into Novogorod which the Germans and Russians had been trading back and forth for many turns. These conquests have pushed the German war economy to 109 PP!
