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Title
The Paw Of The Tiger
Description
Throughout the winter of ‘42-’43, the Soviets launched repeated attacks to relieve the siege of Leningrad. The hard-pressed Germans rebuffed one attack after another, but in so doing, their lines became progressively thinner. Finally, the Germans had to develop a …
Subject
Publisher
Date
1943-01-12
Scenario#
13
Scenario Description
Throughout the winter of ‘42-’43, the Soviets launched repeated attacks to relieve the siege of Leningrad. The hard-pressed Germans rebuffed one attack after another, but in so doing, their lines became progressively thinner. Finally, the Germans had to develop a trip wire defense of light local forces, backed by a “fire brigade” mobile force, which was quickly dispatched to the inevitable breakthrough sector. Such a fire brigade was 1st Company, Schwere Panzer Battalion 502, with ace tanker Cpt. Hans Bolter, who was called upon to halt a major Russian armored incursion by a full battalion of the 122nd Tank Brigade. The Tigers and their Pz III escort arrived just in time to bolster the feeble infantry positions. Though heavily outnumbered, the combination of Tiger superiority and Bolter’s superb gunnery carried the day, and the backbone of the Russian 122nd Tank Brigade was shattered.
Location
Leningrad, Russia
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
Operation Iskra, a Soviet military operation in January 1943 during World War II, aimed to break the Wehrmacht's siege of Leningrad. Planning for the operation began shortly after the failure of the Sinyavino Offensive. The German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad in late 1942 had weakened the German front. By January 1943, Soviet forces were planning or conducting offensive operations across the entire German-Soviet Front, especially in southern Russia; Iskra formed the northern part of the wider Soviet 1942–1943 winter counteroffensive.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Operation Iskra
Combatants
Russian
German

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