First To Strike

After weeks of bitter conflict in the Stalingrad cauldron, little had been decided. Heavy assaults on the Tractor Works were repulsed with many casualties to both sides. The newly arrived 37th Guards Division of General Zholudev lent new strength to the battered Soviet defenses. After a relatively quiet day of …

1942-10-07

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After weeks of bitter conflict in the Stalingrad cauldron, little had been decided. Heavy assaults on the Tractor Works were repulsed with many casualties to both sides. The newly arrived 37th Guards Division of General Zholudev lent new strength to the battered Soviet defenses. After a relatively quiet day of regrouping, each side was set to attack the other. The Germans forestalled the Soviet counterattack by striking first. Zholudev’s Guards slowly fell back, but in doing so exacted a heavy toll in German lives for every foot of ground.

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 = Deluxe