The Last Bid

Hoping that one last great push might be enough to finally shatter all organized resistance in the city, German assault troops prepared for a final onslaught. In the meantime, fresh Pioniere battalions specially trained in urban warfare were flown in, to be supported by a dozen experimental assault guns …

1942-11-11

RB05

Hoping that one last great push might be enough to finally shatter all organized resistance in the city, German assault troops prepared for a final onslaught. In the meantime, fresh Pioniere battalions specially trained in urban warfare were flown in, to be supported by a dozen experimental assault guns boasting a 150mm gun. Each frontline German division formed a Sturmkompanie comprised of 150 select men heavily-laden with automatic weapons. The Russians, discerning the Germans’ intentions, busily braced for the expected encounter, turning every pile of rubble and blasted building they still held into a formidable fortress. On 11 November, daybreak came early at 0300 hours as a heavy fusillade of German artillery shells lit up the night, to open the final bid to capture Stalingrad.- - - - -It's big. Possibly the biggest single scenario in the system. Initially 80 or so Russian squads hold off around a similar number of German elite and first line squads. There's OBA, trenches, pillboxes over the entire RB Map. Oh and 21 turns for the Germans to control a whole host of buildings and a couple of factories.

Stalingrad, Russia

In the Battle of Stalingrad, Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. Marked by fierce close-quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians in air raids, it is one of the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare, with an estimated 2 million total casualties. After their defeat at Stalingrad, the German High Command had to withdraw considerable military forces from the Western Front to replace their losses.

German

Russian

Scenario Type = Standard