43_0717_04: The Izyum Bridgehead - PzC 32 Donbas '43
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| SM: | 4 |
| Turns: | 43 |
| Type: | Stock |
| First Side: | Russia |
| Second Side: | Germany |
Date: July 17th 1943 -Size: Medium -Location: Izyum
Intended for play as Soviet vs AI, Axis vs AI or HTH
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 PzAOK.1 and German AOK.6, the
latter on the Mius River. The Germans, aware of the Soviet movements, concentrated the only
armoured units in the area, the XXIV.Panzerkorps, after 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.
Intended for play as Soviet vs AI, Axis vs AI or HTH
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 PzAOK.1 and German AOK.6, the
latter on the Mius River. The Germans, aware of the Soviet movements, concentrated the only
armoured units in the area, the XXIV.Panzerkorps, after 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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