0705_02: North Sector Campaign - "Not One Step Back"_Alt - PzC 07 Kursk '43

North of Kursk, July 5th 1943: Operation Citadel was the old, well-proven German recipe of a pincer operation. Hitler's plan was simple enough, basically to encircle the Soviet forces in the Kursk area by means of a well-coordinated, rapid thrust of two attacking armies from the north and south, then to annihilate the Soviets by concentric attacks. The northern jaw of the pincers was to be the Ninth Army under command of Gen Walter Model. Its task would be to strike in a south easterly direction, from the area south of Orel, to link up on the high ground to the east of Kursk with units from Army Group South. Model had serious objections to the plan, he had evidence of mile after mile of elaborately prepared defenses in the exact path of the proposed offensive. But everyone knew that nothing could withstand a German Blitzkrieg of this magnitude, the Soviets, however, had different ideas, and were prepared in depth for the huge assault. Their orders included the phrase, "Not one step back! Stand to the death!" They were determined to prove the victory at Stalingrad was no flash in the pan. [Size, large] Note: This scenario has some Demolition Units - Goliath's.