Final Desperation ETO (id:#59379)

(Internet: Jeffery D. Shields ID: Hill 239d)   [next]   [previous]

Hill 239, east of Lysyanka, USSR 1944-02-17 (18 others)

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Overview:

This series of scenarios depicted different phases of the battle on Hill 239. The first scenario is the main relief attempt, 'Schwerpunkt!' The next depicts the final relief attempt that occurred later that day, 'Nimm das Jetzt!' The third scenario portrays the first elements of the organized breakout 'The Ride of The Walkyrie' and ends with a last ditch effort by survivors of the trapped corps, 'Final Desperation.' As the breakout continued the Germans found themselves continuously facing the tanks and anti-tank guns of the Russians. Shells were bursting everywhere as the ragged remainder of the XI and XLII Army Corps pushed through the cauldron. Hill 239 was attacked time and time again by the desperate Germans but the Russian armor was too strong for the quickly disintegrating infantry. While in the end the hill remained in Russian hands, packets of German infantry succeeded in bypassing it to the south and filtering through to safety.

Defender: Russian (5th Guard Tank Corp)  

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