ENHANCED Passarge River Tank Clash_____
Passarge River Tank Clash**
___Russian Assault - German Defend*
_________Near Passarge River*
_____________East Prussia*
_______0900 hrs 9 February 1945*
_____________Turns 40*
_______Scenario Size: Medium*
_______Best played as USSR*
_____________C&C Off**
Design: Henk "Dutchiexx" Neumann*
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SCENARIO NOTES:**
In February 1945 the Red Army had entered the eastern parts of the German Reich. Near the Passarge River in East Prusiia they encountered heavy resistance. The defenders occupied a heavily wooded area near the Passarge River. The Russians attacked time and again. Until at last they found the solution to this tactical problem. Can you find it too?**
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PLAYER NOTES:**
Push the enemy from the woods at all costs! For the Rodina!**
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:**
WARNING: SPOILER!*From "Krasnaja Svesda", USSR, 27 December 1946:**
"A good example of offensive operations of tanks in wooded terrain is the battle described below. The Germans, surrounded to the west of Koenigsberg, offered strong resistance. Their defensive position consisted of several lines of deep trenches dug in the forest. This forest was defended by two infantry divisions, supportedby artillery, atnks and assault guns. All roads and lanes in the forest were under fire. The forest was full of men armed with Panzerfaueste. All intersections and main roads were mined. Tanks and self-propelled guns were emplaced at intersections and could, therefore, fire in several directions.**
The mission of our tanks and infantry was to clear the forest of the enemy, advancing in a northerly direction, parallel to the Passarge River. With the assistance of artillery, the enemy was pushed off the main line of resistance, and the tanks, advancing through the forest with the infantry, took possession of the road intersection northeast of the swamp.**
The scouts found that the enemy was defending all roads with the main body of his troops. The commander then moved his tanks along narrow lanes and over the swamp. By doing so, the tanks, self-propelled guns and artillery of the enemy were bypassed and left on the road in the rear of the attacker. Fearing encirclement, the Germans withdrew their tanks, leaving on the road only machine guns and men armed with sub-machineguns. Against them we used a part of our tanks and self-propelled guns as well as 82-mm mortars".**
Have FUN!
Königsberg after the British bombardments of august 1944.
Russian infantry 1944 in the Baltic
Pitiful rest of a treck on the Frisches Haff