SOE01 - Fateful Junction

STORM OVER EASTPRUSSIA_01*
FATEFUL JUNCTION**

German vs. USSR*
Meeting Engagement*
Korallischken, near Memel*
1200, 10 October, 1944*
Turns: 10**
Best played as Germany**

Scenario size: Small**
SPWAW-version: 8.403**
ENHANCED FR**

Historical Background:*
The last units of Heeresgruppe Nord were still pulling back as the Red Army attacked the 3rd Panzerarmee with three armies in  the morning of 5 October 1944 west of Schaulen.*
Strong tankunits and 29 infantrydivisions broke through the German front and created a gap of over 90 kilometres. On 10 October the Red Army reached the Baltic Sea at Polangen and at Proekuls, effectively surrounding the city of Memel and Armygroup North.**

SCENARIONOTES:*
After the Russians surrounded the city of Memel, Hitler declared the city a fortress city. In these circumstances the first Tiger tanks of the first company sPzAbt 502 arrived in the city.*
The company commander, Lt Bernd Nienstedt directly went to the commandpost to receive his orders. He was greeted by General Gollnick. His orders were to drive east of the city to hold off the Russian tank attack.*
Nienstedt drove his Tigers 1 km  southeast of Korallischken over the junction and started shooting on the Russian tanks, assisted by a 88Flak.**

DESIGNER NOTES*
As the German Kommandant, you have to hold the line at Korallischken. There are four Tiger Tanks on the road coming from Memel on the left side of the map. Make sure they reach the front-line asap to stem the Russian onslaught!**

SPOILER:*
In reality, between the Tiger company and the Flak about 10 Russian tanks were shot to pieces.**

SOURCES:*
Tiger - Die Geschichte einer legendaeren Waffe 1942-1945;E. Kleine/V. Kuehn; pp 259-277*
Panzer Grenadier Division Grossdeutschland - A Pictorial History with Text & Maps - Specials series; Horst Scheibert; Squadron/Signal Publications (1993*
SS-Wiking: The History of the Fifth SS Division 1941-45; Rupert Butler; Spellmount Publishers Ltd*
Panzer Aces: German Tank Commanders in World War II; Stackpole Military History Series;Franz Kurowski*
Ostpreussen im Fegefeuer oder, Die letzten Tage am Frischen Haff;Emmerich Vondran*
In langer Reihe über das Haff;Patricia Clough*
So fiel Koenigsberg; Otto Lasch*

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