The Final Hurrah - The Matrix Games version of East Front II

Yagodny, 170km NW of Stalingrad: [Best played against Human opponent] While summer wore on the Italian 8th Army was beginning to settle into defensive positions along the Don River, north of Stalingrad, protecting the Axis flank and freeing German divisions for operations at Stalingrad and in the Caucasus. By mid-August the lines were not fully defended and the Soviets saw their chance. For three days, the Italians withstood attack by hordes of Russian infantry. On the 24th the 3rd Rapid Division counterattacked between Yagodny and Chebotarevsky south of the Don River. As the two formations clashed the 47th Bersaglieri Motorcycle Battalion was threatened with being cut-off and destroyed by elements of the Soviet 812th Rifle Regiment. Colonel Bettoni, commanding the 3rd Savoia Cavalry Regiment, eagerly received instructions to charge the enemy! While other motorized units struggled to reach the trapped battalion, the cavalrymen began what would become their Final Hurrah. The last Italian cavalry charge in history!