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Title
With Tigers on Their Tail
Description
The 4th Ukrainian Front’s summer offensive had already liberated most of Galacia. Now the task at hand was to clear out Ruthenia and invade Hungary – perhaps knocking the Axis ally out of the war for good. A major barrier to this plan, however, was the imposing Carpathian …
Publisher
Date
1944-07-23
Scenario#
117
Scenario Description
The 4th Ukrainian Front’s summer offensive had already liberated most of Galacia. Now the task at hand was to clear out Ruthenia and invade Hungary – perhaps knocking the Axis ally out of the war for good. A major barrier to this plan, however, was the imposing Carpathian mountain range where the Hungarian defenses utilized a series of fortified “lines” covering the mountain passes. Under pressure from the advancing Russians, the Hungarian 1st Army charged with protecting the “Tatar Pass” began withdrawing from the “Prinz Eugene Line” to the “Hunyadi Line”. Helping to cover the withdrawal were two Tiger tanks obtained from the German 503rd Pz Abteilung. The Hungarian crews would now test the two months of training they had just received at Nadworna. Mobile Russian forces were close behind the retreating column, threatening to turn the orderly withdrawal into a rout.
Location
Saturnia, Galacia
Battle Narrative
The Lublin–Brest Offensive was a part of the Operation Bagration strategic offensive by the Soviet Red Army to clear the Nazi German forces from the Eastern Poland and Western Belarus. The offensive was executed by the left (southern) wing of the 1st Belorussian Front and took place during July 1944; it was opposed by the German Army Group North Ukraine and Army Group Centre.
Narrative Source
Combatants
Russian
Hungarian
Additional Information
Scenario Type = Standard
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