Schwerpunkt! ETO (id:#59376)

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Hill 239, East of Lissjanka 1944-02-16 (16 others)

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.' The battles on the Dnieper had been bitter and costly. The salient at Cherkassy was the last crossing still held by the Germans. In January, Russian armored pincers had torn past the salient, boldly netting a pocket containing six and half divisions of the German XI and XLII Army Corps. It fell on the armored force of the III Panzer Corps to relieve the pocket and save the 56,000 men that were trapped within. Due to Hitler's meddling, the Germans had wasted precious time on a flank attack to the north, but soon the 1st Panzer Division was driving on Korsun. In conjunction with Lieutenant Colonel Baeke's Schwere Panzer Abteilung, the division made a thrust for Hill 239. The high ground dominated the surrounding steppe; its capture was critical to the breakout of the forces in the cauldron.

Defender: Russian (5th Guards Tank Corp)  

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