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East Front Scenarios
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Ambush at Widow's PassBy Mike Winkler
Driving South from Byelaya Tserkov with orders to capture the mines at Uman and eliminate any forces found there, elements of 6th Armie's Mountain Division are brought to an abrupt halt by an elite Soviet Regiment, with a cunning leader and dug into well sighted, heavly fortified positions. As the German Commander watches the burning tracks of his lead troop, he puts in a desperate call for armor support, however, none is forth coming so the bloody job falls on the infantry. |
Clash at DakenBy David Zimmer
16-10-44 the Soviet 3rd Belorussian Front broke through weak German units defending the East Prussian border. By the 21st Soviet tank units from the 11th Gds Army were deep inside Prussia. OKH quickly committed the Hermann Goering & 5th Pz. Divisions from the north and the recently formed Fuhrer Grenadier Brigade from the south. On the 21st at a factory north of Daken I.Btl Pzgrdr,FGB moving north from Goldap skirmished with Russian forces (elements of the 12th Gds Rifle Corps) which had crossed the Rominte River at Matzhausen. The Pzgdrs pushed the Soviet units back and took up defensive postions. Later in the day, II.Btl Pzgrdr,FGB moving NE from Herzogsrode made contact with Russian forces north of Preussich-nassen. The Pzgrdrs assumed all-around defense for the night waiting for the arrival of the FGB Pz.Btl. Meanwhile, the Soviet Command, aware of the situation, ordered 2nd Gds Tk Corps back east towards Matzhausen to join the 12th and secure the Grosswaltersdorf bridge. |
Hell in the ForestBy Kevin Peltz
Fighting in the dark Finnish woods during the "Winter War", proved to be more than the Soviets could handle. Stripped of their best leadership by Stalin's purges, their morale sapped by the bitter cold and the close, suffocating silence of the vast Finnish forest, Russian units often suffered at the hands of lightly armed, but swift moving Finnish ski- and cavalry troops. The Finns quickly learned how to seperate the Russian armor from it's infantry support, and would later return to deal with the enemy tanks, often at night. The Soviets would form defensive pockets, called "mottis" by the Finns, in an effort to save themselves, but this served only to isolate them more. |
The Porechye BridgeheadBy Stephen Duncan
This scenario depicts the desperate battle which took place in the last half of July 1941 around the Porechye Bridgehead 65 miles SSW of Leningrad. A strong advanced combat element of the 6th Panzer Division succeeded in capturing intact the two large bridges which span the Luga River at the town of Porechye. They were however far out in front of any help or air cover. The Soviet Army dispatched by rail 2nd and 3rd Proletarian Divisions and Armoured units direct from Leningrad. The bridgehead itself was only 2 miles long and at points only 400 yards wide! The Russians only once threatened the one bridge when an Battalion which consisting of 150 remaining men made it to one of the bridges. They were wiped out by a swift counter-attack and the Russians never again gained the bridges. They dropped up to 2,000 medium shells a day in the bridgehead area and never once hit the bridges. The Soviets were hampered by limited visability and lost over 2,000 men and 76 tanks on one approach road alone! |
The 16th at the BugBy Mike Winkler
As the sun rises on the morning of the 24th, Operation Barbarossa is 2 days old and the 16th Pz Division is poised to strike across the River Bug, just to the west of Pervamais'k. Their objective is to cross the river, sever the rail line to Odessa, eliminate any Russian units and continue to drive north and east to to link with other forces advancing into the Ukrine. During its drive on the Bug the 79th Motor Rifle Regiment crushed the defending Soviet forces, leaving behind some isolated pockets of demoralized units, then during the night forced a river crossing, gaining a toe hold on the east bank, while the engineers worked franticly to build pontoon bridges for the division's armor to continue the advance. On the other side of the river, the Russians have moved heavy armored forces with T-34 and Kv heavy tanks into the area with orders to push the invaders back into river or become heros of the Soviet Union. This is the prelude to the largest tank battle ever, until Kursk. |
Volga InfernoBy Greg Allen
The initial attack (7 days) for the city of Stalingrad. The city was a showpiece of the Soviet Union, and had become an industrial giant, stretching for 25 miles along the Volga River, having a population of 600,000. The very name meant "Stalin's city" - and names can be important. The city had been set abaze and utterly devasted by the Luftwaffe in the days proceeding, was now going to decide the fate of two armies in one of the most vicious battles of the entire War. (Warning: this scenario is massive and pushes the limits of the game system). |
