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STORM OVER EASTPRUSSIA_02*
TIGERS TO THE RESCUE**
German Def vs. USSR Att*
Memel*
0700, 10 October, 1944*
Turns: 25**
Best played as Germany**
Scenario size: Medium**
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:*
On the morning of 10 October the most heavy Russian attack on Memel started. Artillery of all calibers all but quelched the frontlines and the outskirts of the city.*
Here the Memel Volkssturm, together with the 58th Infantry Division, the 7th Panzerdivision and the PzGD Grossdeutschland defended the city and fought back various vicious enemy attacks although they were themselves already very weakened by the relentless Soviet attacks.*
11 And 12 October saw new and even heavier attacks. Lots of bombs and grenades hit the city and the harbour again. All at once however the city gained assistance from the seaside. The LUETZOW an the PRINZ EUGEN assisted the hardpressed infantry and tank troops with their high caliber guns and gained them some breathing room.*
The defenders of Memel experienced the last German Stuka attacks. Major Rudel hit the Russian tanks hard with his fearless men. The sPzAbt 502 was put into action at several important points on the bridgehead.**
SPOILER:*
Their 13 Tigertanks destroyed 32 enemy tanks and lots of AT-guns.**
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SOURCES:*
Tiger - Die Geschichte einer legendaeren Waffe 1942-1945;*
E. Kleine/V. Kuehn; pp 259-277
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