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[originally posted by Snippersly on April 26, 2010]
Battle for Mamayev Hill
Stalingrad
September 13, 1942 - January 23, 1943
Historical Overview
When the Forces of the German Sixth Army launched their attack against the city center of Stalingrad on 13 September 1942, Mamayev Kurgan (appearing in military maps as "Height 102.0") saw particularly fierce fighting between the German attackers and the defending soldiers of the Soviet 62nd Army. Control of the hill became vitally important, as it offered control over the city. To defend it, the Soviets had built strong defensive lines on the slopes of the hill, including trenches, barbed-wire and minefields. The Germans pushed forward against the hill, taking heavy casualties. When they finally captured the hill, they started firing on the city centre, as well as on the railway station Stalingrad-1 under the hill. They captured the railway station on 14 September.
On the same day, the Soviet 13th Guards Rifle Division commanded by Alexander Rodimtsev arrived in the city from across the river Volga under heavy German artillery fire. The division's 10,000 men immediately rushed into the battle. On 16 September they recaptured Mamayev Kurgan and kept fighting for the railway station, taking heavy losses. By the following day, almost all of them had died. The Soviets kept reinforcing their units in the city as fast as they could. The Germans assaulted up to twelve times a day, and the Soviets would respond with fierce counter-attacks.
The hill changed hands several times. By 27 September 1942, the Germans had again captured half of Mamayev Kurgan. The Soviets held their own positions on the slopes of the hill, as the 284th Rifle Division defended the key stronghold. The defenders held out until 26 January 1943, when the Soviet winter offensive relieved them, trapping and destroying the German forces inside Stalingrad.
When the battle ended, the soil on the hill had been so thoroughly churned by shellfire and mixed with metal fragments that it contained between 500 and 1,250 splinters of metal per square meter. The earth on the hill had remained black in the winter, as the snow kept melting in the many fires and explosions. In the following spring the hill would still remain black, as no grass grew on its scorched soil. The hill's formerly steep slopes had become flattened in months of intense shelling and bombardment. Even today, it is possible to find fragments of bone and metal still buried deep throughout the hill.
Maps:
Map 13 with the number in the upper left corner- The triple hill hex is the North West Corner. Half Hexes are in play
Place water hexes and ½ hexes on the east edge of the map... these represent the Volga River.
Setup:
Soviet 62nd Army begins on or adjacent to Mamayev Hill.
German 6th Army begins in any town or open hex and can deploy adjacent to the enemy. The German 6th Army cannot deploy on the hill.
Soviet 13th Guards Army begins on the east side of the Volga River. See the Special Rules for their arrival and deployment.
Turns: No Turn Limit - There must be a victory!
German 6th Army has initiative on Turn 1.
German 6th Army
JU-87B Stuka (EW)
WE Vet Sniper
SS-Haupsturmfuhrer
MG42 X2
WE Vet Infantry X3
SS-Panzergrenadiers X2
Panzergrenadier
Mauser Kar X5
Fortress Defender X2
Disc Spotter X2
7.5cm LEL G18 X2
81mm Mortar
Opel Blitz & 88mm Flak 36
Soviet 62nd Army
Barbed Wire X2
Mine Fields X2
Pillbox X2
Commisar
Soviet NCO
Fanatical Sniper
Mosin-Nagant X2
Soviet Grenadier
Degtyarev DP-27 X2
PPSH-41 SMG X2
Maxim MG
Red Army FO
82mm PM-37 Mortar
76.2mm Model 1942
Soviet 13th Guards Army - Arrives after crossing the Volga River and retakes hill
Commisar X2
Veteran NCO
Mosin-Nagant X3
Soviet Grenadier X2
Degtyarev DP-27 X2
PPSH-41 SMG X2
Maxim MG
82mm Mortar PM-37
76.2mm Model 1942
Hero of the Soviet Union - Must spawn from the 13th Guards Army.
Special Rules:
Crossing the Volga - Trying to get reinforcements across the Volga was a dangerous prospect. Many were killed by German guns as they tried to make the short passage. For the Soviet 13th Guards Army to enter play, they must make it to the shore.
Starting on Turn 1, at the end of the movement phase, roll a 1D6. On the result of a 1, destroy one infantry unit from the 13th Guards. On a 2-6, whatever is shown on the die is how many units arrive on the west bank of the Volga River and can enter play. Keep rolling 1D6 per turn until all the units arrive.
Victory Conditions:
Major:
Germany - Hold the hill at all costs and place all three artillery pieces and a spotter on the hill.
Minor:
Germany - Contest all the hill hexes and place the 88 on the hill.
Major:
Russian - Destroy the enemy and hold Mamayev Hill uncontested. Destroy all three German artillery units.
Minor:
Hold half of the hill and prevent the placement of enemy artillery.
[originally posted by Snippersly on April 26, 2010]
Battle for Mamayev Hill
Stalingrad
September 13, 1942 - January 23, 1943
Historical Overview
When the Forces of the German Sixth Army launched their attack against the city center of Stalingrad on 13 September 1942, Mamayev Kurgan (appearing in military maps as "Height 102.0") saw particularly fierce fighting between the German attackers and the defending soldiers of the Soviet 62nd Army. Control of the hill became vitally important, as it offered control over the city. To defend it, the Soviets had built strong defensive lines on the slopes of the hill, including trenches, barbed-wire and minefields. The Germans pushed forward against the hill, taking heavy casualties. When they finally captured the hill, they started firing on the city centre, as well as on the railway station Stalingrad-1 under the hill. They captured the railway station on 14 September.
On the same day, the Soviet 13th Guards Rifle Division commanded by Alexander Rodimtsev arrived in the city from across the river Volga under heavy German artillery fire. The division's 10,000 men immediately rushed into the battle. On 16 September they recaptured Mamayev Kurgan and kept fighting for the railway station, taking heavy losses. By the following day, almost all of them had died. The Soviets kept reinforcing their units in the city as fast as they could. The Germans assaulted up to twelve times a day, and the Soviets would respond with fierce counter-attacks.
The hill changed hands several times. By 27 September 1942, the Germans had again captured half of Mamayev Kurgan. The Soviets held their own positions on the slopes of the hill, as the 284th Rifle Division defended the key stronghold. The defenders held out until 26 January 1943, when the Soviet winter offensive relieved them, trapping and destroying the German forces inside Stalingrad.
When the battle ended, the soil on the hill had been so thoroughly churned by shellfire and mixed with metal fragments that it contained between 500 and 1,250 splinters of metal per square meter. The earth on the hill had remained black in the winter, as the snow kept melting in the many fires and explosions. In the following spring the hill would still remain black, as no grass grew on its scorched soil. The hill's formerly steep slopes had become flattened in months of intense shelling and bombardment. Even today, it is possible to find fragments of bone and metal still buried deep throughout the hill.
Maps:
Map 13 with the number in the upper left corner- The triple hill hex is the North West Corner. Half Hexes are in play
Place water hexes and ½ hexes on the east edge of the map... these represent the Volga River.
Setup:
Soviet 62nd Army begins on or adjacent to Mamayev Hill.
German 6th Army begins in any town or open hex and can deploy adjacent to the enemy. The German 6th Army cannot deploy on the hill.
Soviet 13th Guards Army begins on the east side of the Volga River. See the Special Rules for their arrival and deployment.
Turns: No Turn Limit - There must be a victory!
German 6th Army has initiative on Turn 1.
German 6th Army
JU-87B Stuka (EW)
WE Vet Sniper
SS-Haupsturmfuhrer
MG42 X2
WE Vet Infantry X3
SS-Panzergrenadiers X2
Panzergrenadier
Mauser Kar X5
Fortress Defender X2
Disc Spotter X2
7.5cm LEL G18 X2
81mm Mortar
Opel Blitz & 88mm Flak 36
Soviet 62nd Army
Barbed Wire X2
Mine Fields X2
Pillbox X2
Commisar
Soviet NCO
Fanatical Sniper
Mosin-Nagant X2
Soviet Grenadier
Degtyarev DP-27 X2
PPSH-41 SMG X2
Maxim MG
Red Army FO
82mm PM-37 Mortar
76.2mm Model 1942
Soviet 13th Guards Army - Arrives after crossing the Volga River and retakes hill
Commisar X2
Veteran NCO
Mosin-Nagant X3
Soviet Grenadier X2
Degtyarev DP-27 X2
PPSH-41 SMG X2
Maxim MG
82mm Mortar PM-37
76.2mm Model 1942
Hero of the Soviet Union - Must spawn from the 13th Guards Army.
Special Rules:
Crossing the Volga - Trying to get reinforcements across the Volga was a dangerous prospect. Many were killed by German guns as they tried to make the short passage. For the Soviet 13th Guards Army to enter play, they must make it to the shore.
Starting on Turn 1, at the end of the movement phase, roll a 1D6. On the result of a 1, destroy one infantry unit from the 13th Guards. On a 2-6, whatever is shown on the die is how many units arrive on the west bank of the Volga River and can enter play. Keep rolling 1D6 per turn until all the units arrive.
Victory Conditions:
Major:
Germany - Hold the hill at all costs and place all three artillery pieces and a spotter on the hill.
Minor:
Germany - Contest all the hill hexes and place the 88 on the hill.
Major:
Russian - Destroy the enemy and hold Mamayev Hill uncontested. Destroy all three German artillery units.
Minor:
Hold half of the hill and prevent the placement of enemy artillery.