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Title
Shouting Into The Storm
Description
In early February, following the Red Army’s breakthrough and rapid advance in Poland, the northern flank of Zhukov’s 1st Belorussian Front in Pomerania was fluid. His worn-out and thinly spread troops pushed northward in an attempt to keep the enemy off balance, while the German 11th Army struggled to …
Publisher
Date
1945-02-08
Scenario#
AP062
Scenario Description
In early February, following the Red Army’s breakthrough and rapid advance in Poland, the northern flank of Zhukov’s 1st Belorussian Front in Pomerania was fluid. His worn-out and thinly spread troops pushed northward in an attempt to keep the enemy off balance, while the German 11th Army struggled to re-establish and stabilize the front line by making numerous local counterattacks to regain lost ground. On the 4th, the Soviets surrounded the Germans defending Arnswalde, and on the 7th captured the smaller town of Reetz northeast of it along the Ihna River. The next morning, one King Tiger and three assault guns were ordered to attack east through the tiny village of Ziegenhagen to nearby Klein-Silber in order to cut off a Soviet column moving north from Reetz. A quick recon resulted in a call for reinforcements; and with the addition of two more King Tigers, a company of paratroopers and additional assault guns, the force set out around noon. The attack surprised the Russians, and quickly eliminated an anti-tank position west of the bridge in Ziegenhagen. With paratroopers in the lead, the column crossed the bridge into Klein-Silber.
Location
Klein-Silber, Germany
Battle Narrative
The Vistula–Oder offensive was a Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in the European theatre of World War II in January 1945. The army made a major advance into German-held territory, capturing Kraków, Warsaw and Poznań. The Red Army had built up their strength around a number of key bridgeheads, with two fronts commanded by Marshal Georgy Zhukov and Marshal Ivan Konev. Against them, the German Army Group A, led by Colonel-General Josef Harpe (soon replaced by Colonel-General Ferdinand Schörner), was outnumbered five to one. Within days, German commandants evacuated the concentration camps, sending the prisoners on their death marches to the west, where ethnic Germans also started fleeing. In a little over two weeks, the Red Army had advanced 300 miles (483 km) from the Vistula to the Oder, only 43 miles (69 km) from Berlin, which was undefended. However, Zhukov called a halt, owing to continued German resistance on his northern flank (Pomerania), and the advance on Berlin had to be delayed until April.
Narrative Source
Combatants
German
Russian
Additional Information
Scenario Type = Standard
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