Haase to Hold On

The Soviet Moscow counteroffensive aimed to encircle Army Group Center’s 4. Armee and 4. Panzerarmee by cutting through their rear area and supply lines in the Vyazma and Iukhnov regions. To achieve this, General Zhukov employed deep cavalry, airborne, and partisan operation. Hitler countermanded his generals’ plan to …

1942-02-25

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The Soviet Moscow counteroffensive aimed to encircle Army Group Center’s 4. Armee and 4. Panzerarmee by cutting through their rear area and supply lines in the Vyazma and Iukhnov regions. To achieve this, General Zhukov employed deep cavalry, airborne, and partisan operation. Hitler countermanded his generals’ plan to fall back from Moscow with his own “Stand fast as all costs” order. As a result, every German-occupied hamlet was turned into a strongpoint. One such location, 50 kilometers southwest of Vyzama, was the Ugra railroad station, held by four companies of Major Alfred Haase’s kampfgruppe. The station was adjacent to the strategically important Ugra River bridge – right in the heart of the Soviet 4th Airborne Corps’ drop zone.

Ugra Station, Russia

The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a 600 km (370 mi) sector of the Eastern Front during World War II. It took place between October 1941 and January 1942. The Soviet defensive effort frustrated Hitler's attack on Moscow, the capital and largest city of the Soviet Union. Moscow was one of the primary military and political objectives for Axis forces in their invasion of the Soviet Union.

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Scenario Type = Starter Kit