Service Slang

Found this jewel last week while visiting my favourite The Hague bookstore. It gives an overview of WWII English service slang. Hilarious!

NEW Scenario: First Blood At The Jungle Fortress - 1941

First Blood At The Jungle Fortress
Germany Assault - USSR Defend

Finland, near Salla

0900 hrs 01 July 1941

Turns 35

Scenario Size: Medium

C&C Friendly

MADE FOR ENH 2009

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SCENARIO NOTES:
Take the Russian line of resistance and secure the railroadline to Murmansk. Viel Glueck!

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
Northern Finland, 1941. Near Sallo. The soldiers of Feiges XXXVI Corps, in the Central Corridor, attacked on the afternoon of 1 July, surging forward with the arctic sun at their backs. In the midst of the Midnight Sun season, day and night had lost their meaning; it was bright daylight around the clock, as the sun simply moved around the sky in a huge circle.

The ill-trained SS-Infantry Regiments 6 and 7 of SS-Division NORD experienced a baptism of fire that would have shaken soldiers of even thebest-trained units. In a frontal attack against what came to be known as The Jungle Fortress Of Salla, these unprepaired units hurled themselves against the Red Armys 42d Rifle Corps, consisting of the 104th and the 112d Rifle Divisions, reinforced by about fifty tanks. This and the subsequent frontal attacks not only failed, but caused the combat novices of the SS-Infantry Regimants to panic.

This disaster had numerous causes. Lack of adequate reconnaissance effectively blinded leaders at all levels. Indirect preparatory fires, both from artillery and Stuka divebombers, began a massive conflagration in the thoroughly dried-out forrest through which the assault troops had to advance; maintaining orientation would have been difficult for highly trained leaders, and for the poorly trained leaders of SS-Infantry Regiments 6 and 7, it was hopeless. Further, the thick smoke from the fires obscured Soviet defensive positions, and further blinded leaders already bereft of intelligence from reconaissance.

Not all of their difficulties came from their own faults or inexperience, however. In the fifteen months during which they had occupied the conquered territory, the Soviets had heavily fortified the border region. Fully cognizant of the criticality of the open-water port at Murmansk and the rail line connecting it to the rest of the Soviet Empire, they had turned the sector into a veritable fortress, defended by high-quality troops. The terrain that the Soviets had fortified lent many advantages to such a usage. On the Soviet side of the border, the hills were 250-450 meters higher inrelief than the undulating ground on the Finnish side , affording the defenders exceptional fields of ire and observation of up to five kilometers deep in Finnish territory. Artfully camouflaged tanks, dug in up to their turrets, faced west across these same killing grounds.

Further reading:
Wolf T. Zoepf; Seven Days In January. With The 6th SS-Mountain Division In Operation Nordwind.

DESIGNER NOTES
Have FUN!

NEW Scenario-, Campaign- and Maplist!

Get your March 2009 copy right HERE ! With new scenarios by Fradar and Dutchiexx and a brandnew campaign by Larry browning! Have FUN!

NEW Scenario upcoming...

It will be called "First Blood - Attack On The Jungle Fortress". It's situated in northern Finland in 1941 and shows the first attack of the later SS-Division Nord on the Soviet defenses of the railroad line connecting Murmansk to the rest of the Soviet empire. Stay tuned!

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Tarawa, 76 Hours Of Hell!

NEW Scenario: Bielskis Attack - 1943

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Here's the story:

Bielskis Attack**
USSR Partisan - Germany*
Belorussia, near Lida*
0900 hrs 22 July 1943*
Turns 35*
Scenario Size: Large*
C&C Off**

SCENARIO NOTES:**
Take the village at the left side of the map. Ambush any German patrols you encounter. In the meantime - don't forget to defend your partisan camp. You are responsible for the wellbeing of hundreds of Jewish refugees.**

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:**
In 1942 a small group of Jewish resistance fighters established a community deep in the forests of western Belorussia, offering protection to all Jewish fugitives who could find their way to them. Within two years they numbered more than 1200 - men and women, old and young, the largest armed rescue operation of Jews by Jews in the war.They were led by the charismatic Tuvia Bielski.**

Further reading:*Nechama Tec; Defiance; ISBN 9780195385236**

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NEW SP:WaW Scenario-, Campaign- and Maplist!

Here's the February 2009 list for you with new scenarios by Fradar, Wert and Dutchiexx! Enjoy!
FEBRUARY 2009 LIST

NEW ENHANCED 2009 Scenario

Here it is! ENH Luck Out Of Luck. The first attempt by the German Ninth Army to break the Russian vice arounf the Halbe cauldron.

You have two German Kampfgruppes at your disposal. Kampfgruppe Luck (the upper one on the map) and Kampfgruppe Pipkorn. They both consist of infantry, tanks (most of the big cat variety) and sp artillery.

You start off at the right side of the map. You have to cross a large wooded to reach Baruth. If you can grab the Baruth railroad line and the crossroads, you Kameraden of the Ninth Army have a fighting chance to break through to the Twelfth Army and to the relative safety of the west.

You can download the scen right here! Enjoy!

Halbe Cauldron - Luck Out Of Luck

The first scenario about the Halbe Cauldron is being tested. Won't be long 'til it'll be published. For your interest:

• It's a large one
• You command two German Kampfgruppes
• Big cats galore
• And, oh yes... it's designed with and for Enhanced 2009!

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