Joffre said, "Any error can be corrected, except those in the initial deployment of a campaign."

Deployment of major forces is difficult to alter, especially when the majority of your forces must walk to a new destination. True, you can redeploy by rail, but the rail net is limited, both in capacity and the number of destinations you can reach. In particular, even after conducting a major redeployment by rail, your troops need to march out of the rail station and set up defensive lines or offensive groupings, so any action is delayed at least a turn.

More Setup and Strategy in Hube's Pocket Part 1

Introduction
The German Setup
Soviet Opening: North, South, or Deep?
The Soviet Setup

Part 2