The Darkest Day ETO (id:#60111)
Central Stalingrad
1942-09-21 (4 others)
O111.2: RS4: The Nail Factory (On All Fronts #111)
ESG #57: Madagascar Snake Pit (Dezign Pak 5)
HazMo23: Empty Spaces (HazMo Scenario Pack 3: City of Steel)
WO46: Can Opener (Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2024)
ESG #57: Madagascar Snake Pit (Dezign Pak 5)
HazMo23: Empty Spaces (HazMo Scenario Pack 3: City of Steel)
WO46: Can Opener (Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2024)
Designer: Tom Morin
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
GermanRussian
Overview:
On 20 September, a civilian informed Lt. Dragan that a massive German buildup was taking place. Fortifications and street barricades were prepared as well as detachments of men armed with anti-tank rifles and molotov cocktails to combat tanks. The storm broke on 21 September, a day which Dragan would recall as "the darkest day" for his battalion.Attacker: German (Infanterie Regiments 191 & 211, Infanterie Division 71 / Aufklärungs 171 / Abteilung 244 / Pionier Bataillon 171)
Defender: Russian (42nd Guards Regiment, 13th Guards Rifle Division)
6.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:38.0 D:27.0 |
| AFVs: A:7 StuG IIIG x 5 StuG IIIB x 2 |
| AFVs: D:0 |
| Guns: A:2 7.5cm leIG 18 x 2 D:2 45mm PTP obr. 42 x 2 PTRD-41 ATR x 3 |
| Misc Rules: | A: Aerial bombardment and Stukas w D: 3 Fanatic Strongpoint buildings |
| Map Board(s): |
| Overlays: | NONE |
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| Action | Date |
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| Minedog Linked the scenario to ROAR | 2025-04-29 05:33:38 |
| Bongiovanni Added a playing | 2022-08-15 17:04:17 |
| wwillow Added a playing | 2020-07-06 18:05:43 |
| Rich Weiley Added a playing | 2020-06-07 12:05:46 |
| hoxson1 Modified the overlays | 2019-08-08 13:23:11 |
| File | Description | User | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dave vs Martin AAR (dd-aar.txt) | After Action Report | Dave | 2108 |
| The Darkest Day VoTG10 small AAR (This truly was among the darkest of days for the soldat of the Third Reich.rtf) | After Action Report | Panzer | 1647 |
| Set Up for Darkest Day (finalsetup.JPG) | Image | Panzer | 1574 |
| Partway through the German Bombardment (partialprepfire.JPG) | Image | Panzer | 1617 |
| End of German Turn 5 - Blood Fest - Hard going on the German due to CVP cap (End of German Turn 5.JPG) | Image | Panzer | 1643 |
| (!germ-soviet.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 1048 |
| (stalingrad russ inf stone rubble.png) | Image | hoxson1 | 974 |
| The in-play map (darkest-day.jpg) | Map Image | Dave | 1445 |
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Partway through the German Bombardment
Set Up for Darkest Day
End of German Turn 5 - Blood Fest - Hard going on the German due to CVP cap
| Statistics: | ||
| Avg Rating: 7.56 | Votes: 9 | Views: | 4224 |
| To-Play list count: | 2 | |
| Estimated Play time: | 12.1 hours | |
| Recorded Games: | 10 | |
| Archive recorded plays: | ||
| German | 6 | |
| Russian | 4 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |