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RE: Donbas question for ComradeP
Yes, might as well copy and paste the full descriptions:
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#43_0717_02: Izyum-Barvenkovo Offensive Operation (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: July 17th 1943 -Size: Campaign -Location: Izyum Area
Intended for play as Axis vs AI or HTH
Designer Notes: This campaign scenario describes the Izyum-Barvenkovo Offensive Operation that runs parallel to the Zitadelle Operation during the month of July, prologue to the liberation of Donbas in August.
Scenario Briefing: During Operation Zitadelle, the Soviet command planned a series of offensives parallel to the German attack on the Kursk salient. In the month of July, there were two Russian offensives that together intended to prevent the movement of troops into the area of operations of Zitadelle and the destruction, or at least the removal of the 1.Panzerarmee defensive positions on the Severnyy Donets River and 6.armee on the Mius River. Soviet preparations were not concealed, the Soviets experts in deception and camouflage techniques, were very concerned that their movements would be detected, the German command and Hitler himself, ordered that the XXIV.Panzerkorps, with the 17.Panzer Division, the 23.Panzer Division and the Wiking SS Division, which remained in the sector of the front of the 1.Panzerarmee so that once the Soviet offensive began, the Germans would have a reserve with which to counter-attack the Russian units, in addition, the Germans had months to fortify the line of the Severnyy Donets. The so-called Izyum-Barvenkovo Offensive operation, together with the one against the 6.armee on the Mius River, was one of the most intense fighting that occurred during the summer of 1943 and although it did not produce the expected operational results, it was a Soviet strategic success, by not allowing the Germans to use the XXIV.Panzerkorps first and the III.Panzerkorps after it was sent to the Mius front.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0717_03: Izyum-Barvenkovo Offensive Operation (NO 23.Pz Div to Mius River)
Date: July 17th 1943 -Size: Campaign -Location: Izyum Area
Intended for play as Soviet vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario explores the possibility that the 23.Panzer Division was not sent as reinforcement to the 6.armee on the Mius River.
Scenario Briefing: During Operation Zitadelle, the Soviet command planned a series of offensives parallel to the German attack on the Kursk salient. In the month of July, there were two Russian offensives that together intended to prevent the movement of troops into the area of operations of Zitadelle and the destruction, or at least the removal of the 1.Panzerarmee defensive positions on the Severnyy Donets River and 6.armee on the Mius River. Soviet preparations were not concealed, the Soviets experts in deception and camouflage techniques, were very concerned that their movements would be detected, the German command and Hitler himself, ordered that the XXIV.Panzerkorps, with the 17.Panzer Division, the 23.Panzer Division and the Wiking SS Division, which remained in the sector of the front of the 1.Panzerarmee so that once the Soviet offensive began, the Germans would have a reserve with which to counter-attack the Russian units, in addition, the Germans had months to fortify the line of the Severnyy Donets. The so-called Izyum-Barvenkovo Offensive operation, together with the one against the 6.armee on the Mius River, was one of the most intense fighting that occurred during the summer of 1943 and although it did not produce the expected operational results, it was a Soviet strategic success, by not allowing the Germans to use the XXIV.Panzerkorps first and the III.Panzerkorps after it was sent to the Mius front.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0717_05: The Izyum Bridgehead (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: July 17th 1943 -Size: Medium -Location: Izyum
Intended for play as Axis vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario is limited to the attack made by the 1st Guards Army and the 8th Guards Army for getting and strengthening the bridgehead in Izyum.
Scenario Briefing: On July 17, 1943, the troops of the Southwest Front of General Malinovsky began an offensive operation near Izyum. According to the plan, both General Kuznetsov's 1st Guards Army and General Chuikov's 8th Guards Army would launch an attack across the Severnyy Donets, with the aim of creating and strengthening a bridgehead on the west bank of the river and then advancing over the rear of part of the 1.Panzerarmee and German 6.armee, the latter on the Mius River. The Germans, aware of the Soviet movements, concentrated the only armoured units in the area, the XXIV.Panzerkorps, behind the units defending the Severnyy Donets. These troops had had months to fortify the river. The XXIV.Panzerkorps counterattacks were one of the most violent operations of the war, with a high rate of casualties on both sides.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0717_06: The Izyum Bridgehead (HTH)
Date: July 17th 1943 -Size: Medium -Location: Izyum
Intended for HTH play
Designer Notes: This scenario is limited to the attack made by the 1st Guards Army and the 8th Guards Army for getting and strengthening the bridgehead in Izyum, this version is specially designed to be played HTH.
Scenario Briefing: On July 17, 1943, the troops of the Southwest Front of General Malinovsky began an offensive operation near Izyum. According to the plan, both General Kuznetsov's 1st Guards Army and General Chuikov's 8th Guards Army would launch an attack across the Severnyy Donets, with the aim of creating and strengthening a bridgehead on the west bank of the river and then advancing over the rear of part of the 1.Panzerarmee and German 6.armee, the latter on the Mius River. The Germans, aware of the Soviet movements, concentrated the only armoured units in the area, the XXIV.Panzerkorps, behind the units defending the Severnyy Donets, these troops had had months to fortify the river. The XXIV.Panzerkorps counterattacks were one of the most violent operations of the war, with a high rate of casualties on both sides.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0717_07: The Izyum Bridgehead (NO 23.Pz.Div to Mius River)
Date: July 17th 1943 -Size: Medium -Location: Izyum
Intended for play as Soviet vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario explores the possibility that the 23.Panzer Division will not be sent to the Mius River to reinforce the 6.Armee.
Scenario Briefing: On July 17, 1943, the troops of the Southwest Front of General Malinovsky began an offensive operation near Izyum. According to the plan, both General Kuznetsov's 1st Guards Army and General Chuikov's 8th Guards Army would launch an attack across the Severnyy Donets, with the aim of creating and strengthening a bridgehead on the west bank of the river and then advancing over the rear of part of the 1.Panzerarmee and German 6.armee, the latter on the Mius River. The Germans, aware of the Soviet movements, concentrated the only armoured units in the area, the XXIV.Panzerkorps, behind the units defending the Severnyy Donets. These troops had had months to fortify the river. The XXIV.Panzerkorps counterattacks were one of the most violent operations of the war, with a high rate of casualties on both sides.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0717_09: The 28th Guards Corps (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: July 17th 1943 -Size: Medium -Location: Golina Dolina
Intended for play as Axis vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the operations of the 28th Guards Corps to cross the Severnyy Donets River.
Scenario Briefing: The 28th Guards Corps, commanded by General Savelyevich, was part of the 8th Guards Army. Its primary mission was to traverse the Severnyy Donets, secure a bridgehead that would allow both the 29th Guards Corps and the 1st Mechanized Corps to safely cross the river to follow their advance inland. The 28th Guards Army was a veteran corps with divisions that had fought six months earlier in Stalingrad, their divisional commands were competent and courageous who were immersed in very intense fighting as they crossed the river and captured the various fortified villages in the area such as the 79th Guards Rifle Division in Golina Dolina, and also had to face the attacks of the 17.Panzer Division.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0717_10: The 28th Guards Corps (HTH)
Date: July 17th 1943 -Size: Medium -Location: Golina Dolina
Intended for HTH play
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the operations of the 28th Guards Corps to cross the Severnyy Donets River, this scenario is specially designed for playing HTH.
Scenario Briefing: The 28th Guards Corps, commanded by General Savelyevich, was part of the 8th Guards Army. Its primary mission was to traverse the Severnyy Donets, secure a bridgehead that would allow both the 29th Guards Corps and the 1st Mechanized Corps to safely cross the river to follow their advance inland. The 28th Guards Army was a veteran corps with divisions that had fought six months earlier in Stalingrad, their divisional commands were competent and courageous who were immersed in very intense fighting as they crossed the river and captured the various fortified villages in the area such as the 79th Guards Rifle Division in Golina Dolina, and also had to face the attacks of the 17.Panzer Division.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0717_13: Kamenka (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: July 17th 1943 -Size: Small -Location: Kamenka
Intended for play as Axis vs AI or HTH
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the main attack carried out by the 44th Guards Division in the Izyum bridgehead.
Scenario Briefing: The 1st Guards Army had a bridgehead on the western bank of the Severnyy Donets opposite the city of Izyum, the bridgehead was defended by the 44th Guards Rifle Division. This unit of the 6th Guards Rifle Corps had the mission of crossing the solid German defenses of the 46.Infanterie Division and opening a gap in it to capture the town of Kamenka since further back, and in a second echelon, the 23rd Tank Corps was waiting, which would follow the progress of the 44th Guards Division to head south breaking the German front.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0717_17: Mius Front (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: July 17th 1943 -Size: Campaign -Location: Mius River
Intended for play as Axis vs AI
Designer Notes: This campaign scenario describes the Southern Front's operations on the Mius River, these operations are part of the Izyum-Barvenkovo Offensive Operation.
Scenario Briefing: The Mius Front, the German fortified line along the Mius River, created during the winter of 1941 after the withdrawal of Heeresgruppe Sud from Rostov, was a vital support for the German units in the sector during the following two winters. During the spring of 1943, both the German and Red Army armies were preparing for battle, the planned Operation Zitadelle was unleashed in July 1943 and the Soviets planned a defensive battle to wear down the German armies and then launched several counteroffensives with a view to destroying much of the units of Heeresgruppe Mitte and Sud. One of the planned offensives to prevent the sending of reinforcements to the Kursk salient was the Izyum area and another in the Mius River, in this case against the solid German defensive line that protected this sector. The Mius Front was formidable; for two years the Germans had built up powerful fortifications protected by the west bank of the river and dense minefields, and although the 6.Armee, the large unit manning the line, was a shadow of the one that had advanced impetuously towards the Volga a year earlier, it had sufficient forces to protect the fortifications, including the 16.PanzerGrenadier Division. The Southern Front's plan under Tolbukhin was to employ the 5th Shock Army and the 2nd Guards Army in the centre of the German formation between Dmitriyevka and Kuybyshevo with support from the 28th Army and the 44th Army to the south; in the north a diversionary attack was planned with the 54th Rifle Corps of the 51st Army in the area of Malaya Nikolayevka. The German defence was very tough and the commander of the 6.Armee Hollidt requested reinforcements after bringing up his only armoured unit in the sector, the 23.Panzer Division. After the arrival of the II.SS PanzerKorps at the end of July, without the SS Leibstandarte but with the 3.Panzer Division, the 6.Armee counterattacked and recovered the ground ceded to the Soviets at the cost of significant losses on both sides.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0717_19: Mius Front Extended (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: July 17th 1943 -Size: Campaign -Location: Mius River
Intended for play as Axis vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario is the same as #43_0717_14_Mius_Front but extended until August 31 to accommodate the counterattack of the II.SS PanzerKorps.
Scenario Briefing: The Mius Front, the German fortified line along the Mius River, created during the winter of 1941 after the withdrawal of Heeresgruppe Sud from Rostov, was a vital support for the German units in the sector during the following two winters. During the spring of 1943, both the German and Red Army armies were preparing for battle, the planned Operation Zitadelle was unleashed in July 1943 and the Soviets planned a defensive battle to wear down the German armies and then launched several counteroffensives with a view to destroying much of the units of Heeresgruppe Mitte and Sud. One of the planned offensives to prevent the sending of reinforcements to the Kursk salient was the Izyum area and another in the Mius River, in this case against the solid German defensive line that protected this sector. The Mius Front was formidable; for two years the Germans had built up powerful fortifications protected by the west bank of the river and dense minefields, and although the 6.Armee, the large unit manning the line, was a shadow of the one that had advanced impetuously towards the Volga a year earlier, it had sufficient forces to protect the fortifications, including the 16.PanzerGrenadier Division. The Southern Front's plan under Tolbukhin was to employ the 5th Shock Army and the 2nd Guards Army in the centre of the German formation between Dmitriyevka and Kuybyshevo with support from the 28th Army and the 44th Army to the south; in the north a diversionary attack was planned with the 54th Rifle Corps of the 51st Army in the area of Malaya Nikolayevka. The German defence was very tough and the commander of the 6.Armee Hollidt requested reinforcements after bringing up his only armoured unit in the sector, the 23.Panzer Division. After the arrival of the II.SS PanzerKorps at the end of July, without the SS Leibstandarte but with the 3.Panzer Division, the 6.Armee counterattacked and recovered the ground ceded to the Soviets at the cost of significant losses on both sides.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0717_21: Through the Mius Stellung (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: July 17th 1943 -Size: medium -Location: Mius River
Intended for play as Axis vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the main actions of breaking the German line at Mius.
Scenario Briefing: The Southern Front consisted of the 51st Army, the 5th Shock Army, the 2nd Guards Army, the 28th Army and the 44th Army. Tolbukhin, the commander of the Southern Front, decided that the maximum effort would be made in the center of the formation between the towns of Dmitriyevka and Kuybyshevo, and in this sector he concentrated his two most powerful units, the 5th Shock Army under Tsvetaev and the 2nd Guards Army, its armored fist, under Zakharov, in second echelon. The 5th Shock Army was to break through the solid defences of the Mius Front, and the 2nd Guards Army was to push through the gaps left by it with its mechanised and infantry units. A little further south, between the Kuybyshevo and Alekseyevka sectors, the 28th and 44th Army were to cooperate in the general attack advancing to the south-west. The Mius Front was defended in this sector by the XXXIX.armeekorps and XVII.armeekorps, and at Kolpakovka, a few kilometres from the front, Hollidt, the commander of the 6.armee, had the 16.Panzer Grenadier Division in reserve and further back, in the Izyum-Barvenkovo area, he had the 23.Panzer Division under his direct command.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0717_22: Through the Mius Stellung (HTH)
Date: July 17th 1943 -Size: medium -Location: Mius River
Intended for HTH play
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the main actions of breaking the German line at Mius.
Scenario Briefing: The Southern Front consisted of the 51st Army, the 5th Shock Army, the 2nd Guards Army, the 28th Army and the 44th Army. Tolbukhin, the commander of the Southern Front, decided that the maximum effort would be made in the center of the formation between the towns of Dmitriyevka and Kuybyshevo, and in this sector he concentrated his two most powerful units, the 5th Shock Army under Tsvetaev and the 2nd Guards Army, its armored fist, under Zakharov, in second echelon. The 5th Shock Army was to break through the solid defences of the Mius Front, and the 2nd Guards Army was to push through the gaps left by it with its mechanised and infantry units. A little further south, between the Kuybyshevo and Alekseyevka sectors, the 28th and 44th Army were to cooperate in the general attack advancing to the south-west. The Mius Front was defended in this sector by the XXXIX.armeekorps and XVII.armeekorps, and at Kolpakovka, a few kilometres from the front, Hollidt, the commander of the 6.armee, had the 16.Panzer Grenadier Division in reserve and further back, in the Izyum-Barvenkovo area, he had the 23.Panzer Division under his direct command.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0717_24: Dmitriyevka, Breaking the Mius Front (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: July 17th 1943 -Size: Small -Location: Dmitriyevka
Intended for play as Axis vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the main Soviet attack carried out on the Mius Front opposite Dmitriyevka, the central area of the front.
Scenario Briefing: The main effort of the Southern Front on the Mius Front was concentrated in the sector between Dmitriyevka and Kuybyshevo. At Dmitriyevka, Tolbukhin deployed the 31st Guards Rifle Corps, commanded by Utvenko. The mission of this Corps was to attack the Mius Front and penetrate the German defenses with its four rifle divisions. Once this mission was accomplished, the 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps of the 2nd Guards Army was to advance through the gaps opened by the 31st Guards Rifle Corps towards Stepanovka. For this purpose, the Mechanized Corps, commanded by Sviridov, had three mechanized brigades and one armored brigade. Similarly, the 1st Guards Rifle Corps, commanded by Missan, would arrive to support and reinforce the breakthrough operations. This sector was garrisoned by the 306.Infanterie Division of the XVII.armeeKorps, which had excellent and solid fortifications on the Mius Front.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0717_26: Fighting in the South of the Mius Front (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: July 17th 1943 -Size: Small -Location: Kuybyshevo
Intended for play as Axis vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the fighting in the southern sector of the Mius Front between Kuybyshevo and Alekseyevka. On the German side, the 16.PanzerGrenadier Division will NOT be available because Hollidt decided to use it in Dimitriyekva, the centre of the Mius Front. On the Soviet side, the 1st Guards Rifle Corps will also not be available, also used in the same sector of Dimitriyevka.
Scenario Briefing: For the attack of the southern wing of the Southern Front, Tolbukhin had two armies, the 28th and the 44th. The main effort was to be carried out by the 28th Army under Gerasimenko, this army consisted of six Rifle Divisions, four in the first echelon and two in the second echelon, a Tank Brigade and a Tank Regiment. The 28th Army would attack in the sector between Kuybyshevo and Alekseyevka, supported by the 130th Rifle Division of the 44th Army, the objective of the 28th Army was to penetrate the defenses of the Mius Front defended by the 294.Infanterie Division of the XVII.armeekorps and the 336.Infanterie Division of the XXXIX.armeekorps and head southwest with the intention of gaining the German rear and advancing towards Taganrog, although to do so it had to face a solid and well-constructed line of fortifications.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0717_27: Fighting in the South of the Mius Front (4th Guards Mechanized Corps)
Date: July 17th 1943 -Size: Small -Location: Kuybyshevo
Intended for play as Soviet vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the fighting in the southern sector of the Mius Font between Kuybyshevo and Alekseyevka. This scenario explores the possibility that the 4th Guards Mechanized Corps would be available from the start and would be used in this sector of the Mius Front, the Germans would also have the 16.PanzerGrenadier Division in this sector.
Scenario Briefing: For the attack of the southern wing of the Southern Front, Tolbukhin had two armies, the 28th and the 44th. The main effort was to be carried out by the 28th Army under Gerasimenko, this army consisted of six rifle divisions, four in the first echelon and two in the second echelon, a tank brigade and a tank regiment. The 28th Army would attack in the sector between Kuybyshevo and Alekseyevka, supported by the 130th Rifle Division of the 44th Army, the objective of the 28th Army was to penetrate the defenses of the Mius Front defended by the 294.Infanterie Division of the XVII.Armeekorps and the 336.Infanterie Division of the XXXIX.Armeekorps and head southwest with the intention of gaining the German rear and advancing towards Taganrog, although to do so it had to face a solid and well-constructed line of fortifications.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0717_29: The Siege of Alekseyevka (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: July 17th 1943 -Size: Small -Location: Alekseyevka
Intended for play as Axis vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the Soviet attempts to capture the town of Alekseyevka. This sector of the front was of significant complexity for the Soviet side.
Scenario Briefing: The southern wing of the Mius Front in the Southern Front sector consisted of the 28th Army under Gerasimenko and part of the 44th under Khomenko. The main effort in this part of the front was to be carried out between the Kuybyshevo and Alekseyevka sectors by the 28th Army with support from part of the 44th Army. Both armies were to penetrate the German defenses and drive southwest with the goal of reaching the Taganrog region. One of the towns in this sector was Alekseyevka, which was defended by the 336.Infanterie Division under General Kunze. Alekseyevka, protected by important fortifications on the Mius line, was to be taken by the 130th Rifle Division of the 44th Army with support from further north by the 347th Rifle Division of the 28th Army.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0717_31: The 54th Rifle Corps in the North (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: July 17th 1943 -Size: Small -Location: Malaya Nokolayevka
Intended for play as Axis vs AI or HTH
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the attack carried out by the 54th Rifle Corps of the 51st Army north of Dmitriyevka.
Scenario Briefing: The 51st Army, which formed the right wing of the Southern Front on the Mius Front, was tasked with delivering an auxiliary blow towards the Petrovo-Krasnosel'ye sector. To this end, General Kreizer, commander of the 51st Army, planned to deploy the 54th Rifle Corps, which consisted of three rifle divisions supported by a Guards Tank Brigade and an Assault Engineer Brigade. The objective of this attack was to prevent the delivery of reinforcements to the south, more specifically to the sector between Dmitriyevka and Kuybyshevo where the main effort of the offensive was taking place. The 54th Rifle Corps also had the objective of penetrating the German defenses in order to create a bridgehead on the west bank of the Mius.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0730_02: The German Counterattack on the Mius (RUSSIAN PLAYER)
Date: July 30th 1943 -Size: medium -Location: Dmitriyevka-Kuybyshevo sector
Intended for play as Soviet vs AI or HTH
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the German counterattack on the Mius front after the arrival of the II.SS PanzerKorps, it is possible to play this scenario in HTH mode, but it has a notable difficulty for the German player.
Scenario Briefing: The situation in the 6.Armee area was deteriorating so quickly that Heeresgruppe Sud decided to send the II.SS PanzerKorps to the Mius Front area. This Corps, which had just fought in Operation Zitadelle, did not arrive in full force, as Hitler ordered the Leibstandarte SS Division to be sent to Italy to confront the Allied landings. Before leaving for the Italian peninsula, it left its armored cars and tanks to the Totenkopf SS Division and the Das Reich SS Division, thus increasing its armored means. To replace the Leibstandarte SS Division, the 3.Panzer Division was added to the II.SS PanzerKorps. On July 27, 1943, the SS armored corps arrived in the Mius area and began to deploy in its assembly areas. The commander of the 6. Armee, Hollidt, planned a counterattack against the Soviet bridgehead on the west bank of the Mius River, this counterattack would add his existing armored corps, the XXIV. PanzerKorps with the 16.PanzerGrenadier Division and the 23.Panzer Division, with the newly arrived II.SS PanzerKorps in order to drive the Soviets behind the Mius River and recapture the fortified line of the Mius Front, the counterattack was unleashed on 30 July 1943.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0816_02: Donbas Strategic Offensive Operation (GERMAN PLAYER OR HTH)
Date: August 16th 1943 -Size: Campaign -Location: Donbas Region
Intended for play as Axis or HTH
Designer Notes: This scenario covers the entire Donbas Strategic Offensive Operation, from August 16 to September 22, 1943, this scenario has been specially designed for HTH play.
Scenario Briefing: After the completion of the Izyum-Barvenkovo offensive and the Mius Front in July 1943, STAVKA began preparing a new operation in the Donbas region. The plan, very similar to the previous offensive, provided for the Southern Front to again attack in the direction of Kuybyshevo and then join up with the Southwestern Front at Stalino. This operation would cooperate with the general Soviet effort in their summer counteroffensives, as the operation of the Voronezh and Steppe Fronts in the Belgorod-Kharkov area had begun on August 5, 1943. On August 8, 1943, Vasilevsky, the STAVKA representative, presented the plan to Malinovsky, the commander of the Southwestern Front, and Tobulkhin, the commander of the Southern Front, for the new August offensive. It was planned that the Southwestern Front was to deliver its main blow in the center, in the area of Izyum in the direction of Barvenkovo and Pavlograd, its right wing was to force the Severnyy Donetsk south of Chuguev and advance in the direction of Zamost and Taranovka. Further south, the left wing was to cooperate with the 57th Army of the Southern Front to cut off the retreat of the German group defending the Mius, the troops of the Southern Front were to advance towards Dmitriyevka, Russkoye and then the town of Stalino. The main blow was to be delivered just north of Kuybyshevo. Given the weakness of the Tobulkhin part of the Southern Front, operations began about two days later than the previous ones. Units of the Southwestern Front, for this one they would begin on August 16, and for the Southern Front they would begin on August 18. The plan, which was part of a series of large strategic operations, sought not only to liberate the Donbas but, in cooperation with the Voronezh and Steppe Fronts, to destroy the German Army Group South.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0816_04: The Donbas Strategic Offensive Operation, First Phase (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: August 16th 1943 -Size: Campaign -Location: Donbas Region
Intended for play as Axis vs AI or HTH
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the campaign in the Donbas from 16 to 31 August 1943, starting with the breakthrough operations on the Severnyy Donets-Mius front and ending with the capture of Taganrog.
Scenario Briefing: For the new operation in the Donbas region, STAVKA planned to use two fronts, the Southwestern Front under Malinovsky and the Southern Front under Tobulkhin. The Soviet high command was aware of the difficulty of the operation, since it had to advance in different directions, forcing several important water courses, and the July offensive had not substantially weakened the German units defending the area. The Southwestern Front consisted of four first-echelon armies and two more in the second echelon. The main effort on the part of the Southwestern Front would be in the centre where the 6th and 12th Armies were to advance from Izyum to Barvenkovo-Pavlograd-Orekhov, the 1st Guards Army, the right wing of the Southwestern Front, was to cooperate initially with the 57th Army of the Steppe Front, force the Severnyy Donets south of Chuguev and then advance southwards, the 3rd Guards Army, starting from the Lisichansk area and cooperating with the right wing of the Southern Front, was to force the Severnyy Donets and advance towards Artemovsk-Konstantinovka-Slavyansk. The second echelon, consisting of the 8th Guards Army and the 46th Army, would advance first into the zone of the 6th Army and the 12th Army in the direction of Pavlograd, while the second echelon would be reserved to operate either on the right wing or in the centre of the Southwestern Front as needed. Malinovsky also had two army corps in reserve, the 23rd Tank Corps and the 1st Guards Mechanized Corps, which would be introduced into the area of the 6th and 12th armies. Tobulkhin's Southern Front had to break through the Mius again, the main attack was developed in an area of 25 km in the area of Dmitriyevka and Kuybyshevo and was executed by three armies, the 5th Shock Army, the 2nd Guards Army and the 28th Army, the right flank of the Southern Front consisted of the 51st Army whose main mission was to defend its sector of the front and then cooperate with the left wing of the Southwestern Front, the right wing of the Southern Front, the 44th Army would also remain on the defensive and then cooperate in the liberation of Taganrog.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0816_06: The Offensive of the Southwestern Front (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: August 16th 1943 -Size: Large -Location: Severnyy Donets Area
Intended for play as Axis vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the operations of the Southwestern Front during the first phase of the Donbas offensive operation and its advance towards Barvenkovo, Lozovaya, Slavyansk and Pavlograd.
Scenario Briefing: The Southwestern Front was commanded by General R. Y. Malinovsky and formed part of the right wing during the Donbas strategic offensive operation. The Front consisted of four armies in the first echelon, two armies in the second echelon, together with a tank corps and a mechanized corps of the Guards. The right wing of the Southwestern Front consisted of the 1st Guards Army under the command of V. I. Kuznetsov. This army was tasked with forcing the Severnyy Donets south of Chuguev and advancing south towards Pavlograd, the center of the device was formed by the 6th Army under the command of I. T. Shlyomin and the 12th Army under the command of A. I. Danilov, both armies had to break the German front and advance in the direction of Barvenkovo-Pavlograd-Orekhov, for this they had a bridgehead in the area of Izyum, on the west bank of the Severnyy Donets, once the German front was broken through, Malinovsky had the 23rd Tank Corps and the 1st Guards Mechanized Corps ready to support these two armies in their advance to the south, the left wing of the Front was formed by the 3rd Guards Army under the command of General Khetagurov, this army had the mission of cooperating with the 51st Army of the southern front to free the Lisichansk area and advance along the Artemovsk-Konstantinovka-Slavyansk axis. Both air and artillery support were of great importance in the challenge of breaking through the German defenses, and air support for the Southwestern Front was entrusted to the 17th Air Army.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0816_10: The Attack of the 26th Guards Rifle Corps on Izyum (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: August 16th 1943 -Size: Small -Location: Izyum
Intended for play as Axis vs AI or HTH
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the attack of the 26th Guards Rifle Corps of the 6th Army in the Izyum bridgehead.
Scenario Briefing: The right wing of the 6th Army under Lieutenant General Ivan Shlemin was tasked with crossing the Severnyy Donets and heading towards Barvenkovo. Malinovsky, the commander of the Southwestern Front, had planned that the maximum effort would be made at this point and so he placed the 26th Guards Rifle Corps of the 6th Army with the support of the 115th Tank Brigade at the Izyum bridgehead, from there crossing the Severnyy Donets and heading south towards Kamenka and then turning and heading towards Barvenkovo. The area was defended by the XXXX.PanzerKorps under General Sigfrid Henrici’s command who had two divisions in the area, the 257.Infanterie Division and the 46.Infanterie Division, both divisions having good defensive positions with which to meet the Soviet attack.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0816_11: The Attack of the 26th Guards Rifle Corps on Izyum (23rd Tank Corps)
Date: August 16th 1943 -Size: Small -Location: Izyum
Intended for play as Soviet vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the attack of the 26th Guards Rifle Corps of the 6th Army in the Izyum bridgehead. This scenario explores the possibility that the 26th Guards Rifle Corps had the 23rd Tank Corps at its disposal from the beginning of the offensive in the Donbas.
Scenario Briefing: The right wing of the 6th Army under Lieutenant General Ivan Shlemin was tasked with crossing the Severny Donets and heading towards Barvenkovo. Malinovsky, the commander of the Southwestern Front, had planned that the maximum effort would be made at this point and so he placed the 26th Guards Rifle Corps of the 6th Army with the support of the 115th Tank Brigade at the Izyum bridgehead, from there crossing the Severny Donets and heading south towards Kamenka and then turning and heading towards Barvenkovo. The area was defended by the XXXX.PanzerKorps under General Sigfrid Henrici command who had two divisions in the area, the 257.Infanterie Division and the 46.Infanterie Division, both divisions having good defensive positions with which to meet the Soviet attack.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0816_13: Breakthrough Towards Barvenkovo and Slavyansk, The 6th and 12th Armies in Action (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: August 16th 1943 -Size: Medium -Location: Izyum Bridgehead
Intended for play as Axis vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the operations of the 6th Army and the 12th Army from the Izyum bridgehead and the Severnyy Donets.
Scenario Briefing: The zone of maximum effort in the August offensive by the Southwestern Front was in the centre of the offensive formation prepared by Malinovsky. In this position were the 6th Army under Shlemin and the 12th Army under Danilov, which were deployed along the Severnyy Donets River and with a bridgehead near the town of Izyum. Malinovsky's plan was as follows: the 6th Army was to cross the Severnyy Donets and from the Izyum bridgehead advance towards Kamenka and then turn towards Barvenkovo. In the case of the 12th Army, which also had bridgeheads on the western bank of the Severnyy Donets, it was to force the German defensive positions and head south towards Slavyansk. The area was defended by the XXXX.PanzerKorps, this German armored corps had a panzer division in reserve, the 23.Panzer Division and another in the front line due to the lack of units to defend the excellent defensive positions in the area of PanzerKorps under the command of Sigfrid Henrici.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0816_14: Breakthrough Towards Barvenkovo and Slavyansk, The 6th and 12th Armies in Action (HTH)
Date: August 16th 1943 -Size: Medium -Location: Izyum Bridgehead
Intended for HTH play
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the operations of the 6th Army and the 12th Army from the Izyum bridgehead and the Severnyy Donets, this version is specially designed to be played HTH.
Scenario Briefing: The zone of maximum effort in the August offensive by the Southwestern Front was in the centre of the offensive formation prepared by Malinovsky. In this position were the 6th Army under Shlemin and the 12th Army under Danilov, which were deployed along the Severnyy Donets River and with a bridgehead near the town of Izyum. Malinovsky's plan was as follows: the 6th Army was to cross the Severnyy Donets and from the Izyum bridgehead advance towards Kamenka and then turn towards Barvenkovo. In the case of the 12th Army, which also had bridgeheads on the western bank of the Severnyy Donets, it was to force the German defensive positions and head south towards Slavyansk. The area was defended by the XXXX.PanzerKorps, this German armored corps had a panzer division in reserve, the 23.Panzer Division and another in the front line due to the lack of units to defend the excellent defensive positions in the area of PanzerKorps under the command of Sigfrid Henrici.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0816_15: Breakthrough Towards Barvenkovo and Slavyansk, The 6th and 12th Armies in Action (Early 23rd Tank Corps and 1st Guards Mechanized Corps)
Date: August 16th 1943 -Size: Medium -Location: Izyum Bridgehead
Intended for play as Soviet vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the operations of the 6th Army and the 12th Army from the Izyum bridgehead and the Severnyy Donets. This scenario includes the possibility that the 23rd Tank Corps and the 1st Mechanized Corps would be available to support the 6th Army and the 12th Army on 17 May and not on 22 May.
Scenario Briefing: The zone of maximum effort in the August offensive by the Southwestern Front was in the centre of the offensive formation prepared by Malinovsky. In this position were the 6th Army under Shlemin and the 12th Army under Danilov, which were deployed along the Severnyy Donets River and with a bridgehead near the town of Izyum. Malinovsky's plan was as follows: the 6th Army was to cross the Severnyy Donets and from the Izyum bridgehead advance towards Kamenka and then turn towards Barvenkovo. In the case of the 12th Army, which also had bridgeheads on the western bank of the Severnyy Donets, it was to force the German defensive positions and head south towards Slavyansk. The area was defended by the XXXX.PanzerKorps, this German armored corps had a panzer division in reserve, the 23.Panzer Division and another in the front line due to the lack of units to defend the excellent defensive positions in the area of PanzerKorps under the command of Sigfrid Henrici.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0818_02: The Southern Front Offensive, The Southern Front Offensive, Battles on the Mius Front and Taganrog (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: August 18th 1943 -Size: Campaign -Location: Mius River
Intended for play as Axis vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the operations of the Southern Front during the first phase of the Donbas strategic offensive operation, these operations extend from the breakthrough operations to the conquest of Taganrog.
Scenario Briefing: The attacks of the Southwestern and Southern Fronts on the flanks of the German grouping in the Donbas of Heeresgruppe Süd were carried out at different times, the troops of the Southern Front were to go on the offensive two days after the forces of the Southwestern Front went on the offensive, the armies of the Southern Front were supposed to break through the Mius Front, defeat the units of the 6.armee defending it and reach the center of the Donbas region, where they planned to act together with the forces of the Southwestern Front. The main attack took place in the 25 km long zone between Dmitriyevka and Kuybyshev and was carried out by the forces of three armies: the 5th Shock Army under the command of Vyacheslav Tsvetaev, the 2nd Guards Army of Georgiy Zakharov and the 28th Army of Vasily Gerasimenko. On the flanks of the breakthrough zone, they were defended by the 51st Army of Jacob Kreyzer and the 44th Army of Vasily Khomenko. These two armies were tasked with containing the German forces with their defensive actions against their sectors of the front. At the forefront of the development of the Southern Front's success were the 4th Guards Mechanized Corps, the 4th Guards Cavalry Corps and three rifle divisions, the main objectives of the operation were the cities of Taganrog and Stalino.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0818_03: The Southern Front Offensive, The Southern Front Offensive, Battles on the Mius Front and Taganrog (With 16.PanzerGrenadier Division)
Date: August 18th 1943 -Size: Campaign -Location: Mius River
Intended for play as Soviet vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the operations of the Southern Front during the first phase of the Donbas Strategic Offensive, encompassing the initial advance and breakthrough operations up to the capture of Taganrog. The 16.PanzerGrenadier Division was deployed at the start of the Donbas strategic offensive operation as reinforcement against the advance of the Southwestern Front, this scenario explores the possibility of its remaining in the 6.armee area as reinforcement.
Scenario Briefing: The attacks of the Southwestern and Southern Fronts on the flanks of the German grouping in the Donbas of Heeresgruppe Süd were carried out at different times, the troops of the Southern Front were to go on the offensive two days after the forces of the Southwestern Front went on the offensive, the armies of the Southern Front were supposed to break through the Mius Front, defeat the units of the 6.armee defending it and reach the center of the Donbas region, where they planned to act together with the forces of the Southwestern Front. The main attack took place in the 25 km long zone between Dmitriyevka and Kuybyshev and was carried out by the forces of three armies: the 5th Shock Army under the command of Vyacheslav Tsvetaev, the 2nd Guards Army of Georgiy Zakharov and the 28th Army of Vasily Gerasimenko. On the flanks of the breakthrough zone, they were defended by the 51st Army of Jacob Kreyzer and the 44th Army of Vasily Khomenko. These two armies were tasked with containing the German forces with their defensive actions against their sectors of the front. At the forefront of the development of the Southern Front's success were the 4th Guards Mechanized Corps, the 4th Guards Cavalry Corps and three rifle divisions, the main objectives of the operation were the cities of Taganrog and Stalino.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0818_05: The Mius Front, 2nd opportunity in August (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: August 18th 1943 -Size: Medium -Location: Mius Front
Intended for play as Axis vs AI or HTH
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the operations of the center of the Southern Front offensive formation formed by the 5th Shock Army, 2nd Guards Army and 28th Army during the offensive of August 18th.
Scenario Briefing: For the offensive operations of the Southern Front, its commander, General Tolbukhin, had three armies in the place where the maximum offensive effort would be made, which would be the center of the front between Dmitriyevka and Kuybyshevo. The 5th Shock Army under Tsvetaev's command launched an offensive on its left flank in the front zone between Dmitriyevka-Kuybyshevskoye (5 km north of Kuybyshevo). The attack was made on a 10 km section in the direction of Kuteynikovo. On the fifth day of the offensive, the army's troops were to break through to a depth of 55-60 km. On the Kuteynikovo line, the 5th Shock Army planned to involve the 4th Guards Mechanized Corps in battle with the task of advancing to Kolpakovka and Donetsk-Amvrosiyevka. The 2nd Guards Army, under Zakharov's command, was advancing in a 9 km wide strip south of Kuybyshevo, by the end of the fifth day of the offensive, the Guards were to reach the line of the Kal'mius River, creating a threat to the flank of the German center group in the Donbas. The 28th Army, commanded by Gerasimenko, was positioned on the left flank of the Southern Front's strike group. Gerasimenko's army was to break through the enemy front on a 2.5 km sector and advance in the direction of Anastasiyevka and Fedorovka. At the second stage of the operation, the 28th Army was to reach the coast of the Sea of Azov and, in cooperation with units of the 44th Army, destroy the German grouping defending Taganrog. Also, in cooperation with the 28th Army, it was planned to use the 4th Guards Cavalry Corps, which was to develop an offensive in a south-westerly direction and cooperate in the liberation of Taganrog.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0818_06: The Mius Front, 2nd opportunity in August (With 16.PanzerGrenadier Division)
Date: August 18th 1943 -Size: Medium -Location: Mius Front
Intended for play as Soviet vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the operations of the center of the Southern Front offensive formation formed by the 5th Shock Army, 2nd Guards Army and 28th Army during the offensive of August 18th. The 16.PanzerGrenadier Division was withdrawn from the Mius Front and sent to the 1.Panzerarmee area, this scenario explores the possibility of it staying in the 6.Armee area and helping to defend the Mius Front, offering General Hollidt a valuable unit to counterattack as he did in July.
Scenario Briefing: For the offensive operations of the Southern Front, its commander, General Tolbukhin, had three armies in the place where the maximum offensive effort would be made, which would be the center of the front between Dmitriyevka and Kuybyshevo. The 5th Shock Army under Tsvetaev's command launched an offensive on its left flank in the front zone between Dmitriyevka-Kuybyshevskoye (5 km north of Kuybyshevo). The attack was made on a 10 km section in the direction of Kuteynikovo. On the fifth day of the offensive, the army's troops were to break through to a depth of 55-60 km. On the Kuteynikovo line, the 5th Shock Army planned to involve the 4th Guards Mechanized Corps in battle with the task of advancing to Kolpakovka and Donetsk-Amvrosiyevka. The 2nd Guards Army, under Zakharov's command, was advancing in a 9 km wide strip south of Kuybyshevo, by the end of the fifth day of the offensive, the Guards were to reach the line of the Kal'mius River, creating a threat to the flank of the German center group in the Donbas. The 28th Army, commanded by Gerasimenko, was positioned on the left flank of the Southern Front's strike group. Gerasimenko's army was to break through the enemy front on a 2.5 km sector and advance in the direction of Anastasiyevka and Fedorovka. At the second stage of the operation, the 28th Army was to reach the coast of the Sea of Azov and, in cooperation with units of the 44th Army, destroy the German grouping defending Taganrog. Also, in cooperation with the 28th Army, it was planned to use the 4th Guards Cavalry Corps, which was to develop an offensive in a south-westerly direction and cooperate in the liberation of Taganrog.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0818_08: Kuybyshevo (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: August 18th 1943 -Size: Small -Location: Kuybyshevo
Intended for play as Axis vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the operations of the 5th Shock Army, the operations of the 55th Rifle Corps are not represented, this Corps formed the right wing of the 5th Shock Army and maintained a defensive attitude during the early stages of the Donbas Strategic Offensive Operation.
Scenario Briefing: The left flank of the 5th Shock Army launched an offensive along a 10 km front between Dmitriyevka- Kuybyshevskoye sector (5 km north of Kuybyshevo). It was hoped that by the fifth day of the offensive the 5th Shock Army would have broken through a depth of 55-60 km to the Kuteynikovo line. The first echelon, consisting of four rifle divisions with support from the 7th and 60th Guards Tank Regiments, was to be followed by two divisions of the 31st Rifle Corps and the 3rd Guards Rifle Corps. The 4th Guards Mechanized Corps stood by to exploit any breakthroughs. This sector of the Mius Front was defended by elements of the 294.Infanterie Division of the XVII.armeekoprs and the 336.Infanterie Division of the XIX.armeekoprs, so this area was the responsibility of two different German army corps. However, both divisions were based in excellent defensive positions built and tested in previous attacks, where both divisions also suffered significant losses, especially in the Soviet offensive of July.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0818_10: Déjà vu on the Mius Front, The Offensive of the 2nd Guards Army and the 28th Army (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: August 18th 1943 -Size: Small -Location: Bol'shaya Kirsanovka
Intended for play as Axis vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the operations of the 2nd Guards Army and the 28th Army on the Mius Front during the August offensive.
Scenario Briefing: Tolbukhin, the commander of the Southern Front, carefully prepared offensive plans for the 2nd Guards Army and the 28th Army, two of his armies poised to penetrate the German defenses on the Mius Front. Both armies, deployed with the 5th Shock Army in the center of the Southern Front formation, were to break through the German lines and advance into the German rear, albeit in two different directions. The 2nd Guards Army, under Zakharov's command, was advancing in a 9 km wide strip south of Kuybyshevo, and by the end of the fifth day of the offensive, the 2nd Guards Army was to reach the line of the Kal'mius River, thus threatening the flank of the German units defending the center of the defensive system protecting the Donbas. The 2nd Guards Army included 6 Rifle divisions together with the 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps, this army had 261 tanks and about 800 guns and mortars, the disposition of the 2nd Guards Army was as follows, on the right flank advancing the 1st Guards Rifle Corps, in the first echelon the 24th Guards Rifle Division and in the second the 33rd and 86th Guards Rifle Divisions, on the left flank was the 13th Guards Rifle Corps, with the 13th and 49th Guards Rifle Divisions in the first line and the 87th in the second. The 28th Army, commanded by Gerasimenko, was positioned on the left flank of the Southern Front's strike group, Gerasimenko's army was to break through the enemy front on a 2.5 km sector and advance in the direction of Anastasiyevka and Fedorovka. At the second stage of the operation, the 28th Army was to reach the coast of the Sea of Azov and, in cooperation with units of the 44th Army, destroy the enemy's Taganrog grouping. The 28th Army was equipped with 5 Rifle divisions, a tank brigade, anti-tank artillery and guards mortar regiments, the army had more than 400 guns and mortars. It was also planned to use the 4th Guards Cavalry Corps in cooperation with the 28th Army, which was to develop an offensive in the southwestern direction and participate in the elimination of the enemy's Taganrog grouping. The combat formation of the 28th Army consisted of three echelons, the first consisted of the 248th Rifle Division, reinforced by a tank company and a mortar regiment, the second consisted of the 118th and 347th Rifle Divisions (of the 37th Rifle Corps), and the third consisted of the 127th and 271st Rifle Divisions, the army reserve consisted of the 33rd Guards Tank Brigade.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0822_02: Road to Golovka, The End of the Beginning (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: August 22nd 1943 -Size: Medium -Location: Gorlovka
Intended for play as Axis vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the complementary operations of the 3rd Guards Army and the 51st Army in support of the Donbas Strategic Offensive Operation. Note to players, this is a very complex scenario from the Soviet point of view.
Scenario Briefing: On the left wing of the Southwestern Front, the 3rd Guards Army attacked. Its starting point was the Lisichansk district, where it had a bridgehead at Rubezhnoye. This army under Khetagurov's command was to, in cooperation with the forces of the right wing of the Southern Front, break through the enemy's defenses and advance along the Artemovsk-Konstantinovka-Slavyansk line. For this mission, the 3rd Guards Army had the 34th Guards Rifle Corps with three rifle divisions, supported by two tank regiments and a mechanized brigade, as well as the 32nd Rifle Corps with three rifle divisions. The first corps was to move south from its positions at Rubezhnoye while the second was to cross the Severnyy Donets. The force that was to cooperate with the 3rd Guards Army was the 51st Army of the Southern Front. This army, commanded by Kreizer, had a defensive role at the beginning of the operation in the Donbas, but from the 22nd, it went on the offensive together with the 3rd Guards Army. For this mission it had two rifle corps, the 54th and the 63rd. The first had a rifle division and a fortified area, the second had two rifle divisions and a fortified area. In addition, the 63rd Rifle Corps was supported by a tank brigade of the Guards. The mission of both armies was to penetrate the German defenses and converge on the city of Gorlovka and destroy the German forces defending this sector of the front.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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#43_0822_04: Breaking through Rubezhnoye (GERMAN PLAYER)
Date: August 22nd 1943 -Size: Small -Location: Rubezhnoye
Intended for play as German vs AI
Designer Notes: This scenario describes the operations of the 34th Guards Rifle Corps in its breakthrough mission from the Rubezhnoye bridgehead.
Scenario Briefing: The 34th Guards Rifle Corps under Makovchuk had held a bridgehead on the southern bank of the Severnyy Donets since the July operations. This bridgehead was located at Rubezhnoye and was supported by the 78th Rifle Division. This Division under Lebedenko was to penetrate the German defences again, as in the July offensive, and to assist in the capture of the towns of Proletarsk, Lisichansk and Verkheneye. For this mission the 78th Rifle Division was supported by the 5th Guards Mechanized Brigade and two tank Regiments, the 52nd and 243rd. After maintaining a strictly defensive role during the beginning of the offensive operation in the Donbas, the 34th Guards Rifle Corps began its advance on August 22 with an attack on the German defensive line, which was manned by the 62.Infanterie Division of the XXX.armeekorps, a veteran unit that had already performed brilliantly during the month of July.
Recommended Rules: (Default)
Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon.
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