Browse Items (11 total)
- Collection: Combat! Kursk
Battle At Arm’s LengthScenario#: K02 Date: 11 July, 1943 Location: Prokhorovka, RussiaAfter a long night of struggling to secure little more than a tentative hold on the north bank of the Psel, the Totenkopfs Panzer Regiment received orders to expand the bridgehead and explore the Russian defensive positions in the region. Unbeknownst… Combat! — Kursk |
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Clash of TitansScenario#: K06 Date: 12 July, 1943 Location: Prokhorovka, RussiaWhile the SS mopped up local resistance on the eleventh of July including the seizure of the southern slopes of the tactically vital Hill 226.6, the Russian juggernaut in the form of the Fifth Guards Tank Army bored down on them. As the SS prepared… Combat! — Kursk |
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Graveyard of SteelScenario#: K04 Date: 11 July, 1943 Location: Prokhorovka, RussiaAs the battle north of the Psel roared, both sides threw in their reserves in order to carry the day. The better part of a Russian tank and infantry corps was committed to flattening the bridgehead, while the 2nd SS Corps committed the bulk of the… Combat! — Kursk |
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Heirs BridgeheadScenario#: KCG1 Date: 10 July, 1943 Location: Prokhorovka, RussiaIt came as no surprise, especially to the Russians, that the German 2nd SS Panzer Corps would spear head the summer offensive against the Kursk salient. The Germans were involved in some of the heaviest fighting in the most crucial sector of the… Combat! — Kursk |
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High Water MarkScenario#: K08 Date: 13 July, 1943 Location: Prokhorovka, RussiaThe second night Totcnkopf spent in the PscI bridgehead was far from secure. It was spent taking the northern slopes of Hill 226.6 from it's tenacious defenders while the division’s panzer regiment drove 3km northeast to the edge of the highway… Combat! — Combat! Dairy #2 |
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Hill 226.6Scenario#: K09 Date: 12 July, 1943 Location: Prokhorovka, RussiaDisappointed by their lack of success at nearby Prokhorovka, Corps commanders now decided to exploit their successes in the Psel bridgehead. Their efforts were to be concentrated on securing ail of Hill 226.6 that still remained in enemy hands. With… Combat! — Combat! Dairy #2 |
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Just Over The HighwayScenario#: K03 Date: 11 July, 1943 Location: Prokhorovka, RussiaHaving established themselves across the Psel River the previous evening, the Totenkopf was deter mined to expand their bridgehead and outflank the Russian defenses near Prokhorovka. This would protect the flank, and ease the progress of rest ofthe… Combat! — Kursk |
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Komsomolets CollisionScenario#: K07 Date: 12 July, 1943 Location: Prokhorovka, RussiaAs SS General Hausser’s 11 SS Panzer Corps began its final assault toward Prokhorovka, it met Lieutenant General P.A. Rotmistrov’s 5th Guards Tank Army less than 5 kilometers from the German objective. When the opposing forces crashing into one… Combat! — Combat! Dairy #2 |
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Last Line Before OboyanScenario#: K01 Date: 10 July, 1943 Location: Oboyan, RussiaAs the battle of Kursk intensified in the southern half of the salient, the Totenkopf division reached the last Russian barrier before Oboyan. Lightly defended fortifications lined the River Psel, constructed over the previous weeks and months.… Combat! — Kursk |
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Schwerepunkt BluntedScenario#: KCG2 Date: 13 July, 1943 Location: Prokhorovka, RussiaWith the Germans now more thoroughly in control of a foothold across the Psel River, they now sought to strengthen their hold while driving north toward Oboyan and Kursk itself. Having secured Hill 226.6, the Germans pushed northeast, while tunneling… Combat! — Kursk |
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To the Last RoundScenario#: K05 Date: 14 July, 1943 Location: Prokhorovka, RussiaAfter nearly two days of extremely intense fighting, the seesaw battle for the Totenkopfs bridgehead over the Psel was ending. Like two punch-drunk prizefighters, the Germans and Russians had exhausted each other. Gathering their remaining strength… Combat! — Kursk |