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Title
The Fire Brigade
Description
With the arrival of decent spring weather, the Soviets launched an offensive at the start of May into Romania using the combined weight of both the 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts. German and Romanian forces had more than held their own during some April battles, but this massed attack …
Source
Publisher
Date
1944-05-02
Scenario#
S055
Scenario Description
With the arrival of decent spring weather, the Soviets launched an offensive at the start of May into Romania using the combined weight of both the 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts. German and Romanian forces had more than held their own during some April battles, but this massed attack immediately put the Romanian Army on the ropes. Panzergrenadier-Division “Grossdeutschland”, in an effort to stem the Russian tide, was called upon to serve in a familiar role – as “fire brigade.”
Location
Targu Frumos, Romania
Battle Narrative
The Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive, also known in Soviet historical sources as the liberation of right-bank Ukraine, was a strategic offensive executed by the Soviet 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Ukrainian Fronts, along with the 2nd Belorussian Front, against the German Army Group South, Army Group A and elements of Army Group Center, and fought from late December 1943 to early May 1944. The battles on the right-bank Ukraine and in the Crimea were the most important event of the 1944 winter-spring campaign on the Eastern Front. Consisting of a whole series of closely linked operations, the goal of this offensive was to split Wehrmacht's Army Group South and to clear the German-Romanian-Hungarian forces from most of the Ukrainian and Moldovian territories, which were occupied by Axis forces. It was one of the biggest offensives of World War II, stretching over a 1,200 km (745 mi) front, to a 450 km depth (280 mi) and involving almost 3,500,000 troops from both sides.
Combatants
Russian
Romanian / German
Additional Information
Scenario Type = Starter Kit
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