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Title
Prussia in Flames
Description
On January 14th, Rokossovskiy's 2nd Byelorussian Front attacked north and nortwest from the Narew bridgehead. The aim was to reach the debouch of Weischel and Danzig. On the 20th Stavka suddenly ordered Rokossovskiy to change the attack in a notheasterly direction into the center of East Prussia. …
Publisher
Date
1945-01-28
Scenario#
J111
Scenario Description
On January 14th, Rokossovskiy's 2nd Byelorussian Front attacked north and nortwest from the Narew bridgehead. The aim was to reach the debouch of Weischel and Danzig. On the 20th Stavka suddenly ordered Rokossovskiy to change the attack in a notheasterly direction into the center of East Prussia. On the right flank, the 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps advanced quickly and took Allenstein at 0300 in the morning of the 23rd. On the left flank, Volskii's 5th Guards Tank Army advanced towards the city of Elbing. Parts of the lead Tank Brigade headed into the city on January 23rd after being mistaken for German tanks. A violent and chaotic engagement arose in the streets of the old city. On the 28th the attack renewed.
Location
Elbing, East Prussia
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
Russian
German
Additional Information
Scenario Type = Standard

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