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Down by the River ETO (id:#66356)
(ASL Journal #13 ID: J202)   [next]   [previous]
Demyansk, Russia 1942-04-20 (0 others)
Designer: Michael Koch
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Balance:
German/German (SS)Russian
40.350877192982%

Overview:

In February, two German Armeekorps -- six divisions -- were stuck in the area around Demyansk. The harsh winter had hit the unprepared Germans hard and, combined with stiff Soviet resistance, forced them into defensive positions. On 8 February, the Soviets closed the ring around the Germans, forming the Demyansk pocket. Nearly 100,000 Germans soldiers were trapped an the only way to supply then was by air. To solve this the Germans launched Operation BRUCKENSCHLAG on 29 March to crack open the Demyansk pocket and relieve their trapped comrades there.
Attacker: German/German (SS) (Leichte Infanterie-Division 8, Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 184, and Kampfgruppe Eicke, SS-Panzer-Division 3)
Defender: Russian (384th Rifle Division, 11th Army)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:19.5 D:19.5
AFVs: A:2
StuG IIIB x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
5cm leGrW 36
D:1
45mm PTP obr. 42
50mm RM obr. 40
PTRD-41 ATR

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Flooded river, Soft Ground. H-t-H can be declared by both sides
Map Board(s):
7 32 62 Show/hide map dependencies
PublicationBoard
ASL 5a - For King and Country7
ASL 5a - For King and Country32
ASL Action Pack # 762
ASL 4 - Partisan!32
Overlays: Wd5 Wd12
Errata (source)
Streams are Flooded (B20.43)Scenario Designer, https://www.gamesquad.com/forums/index.php?threads/j202-down-by-the-river-ssr.179915/#post-2120240
ATTENTION - Correction: Streams are NOT Flooded, but Deep (B20.43)Scenario Designer, https://www.gamesquad.com/forums/index.php?threads/j202-down-by-the-river-ssr.179915/#post-2120240
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-11-08(A) Hennie van der Salm vs Albrecht Dekker Russian win[Imported from ROAR]
2025-05-14(D) X von Marwitz vs Chris Hofland Russian winInteresting tactical situation beginning with two separate battles that can turn into one influencing the other.
I played the Russian defenders.

In the east (=bd32) I managed to bog down the hard-ass German SS long enough so that they did not reach the river.

In the west (=bd62), the Germans tried a two-pronged attack. I was able to check the push along the southern edge. The assault along the northern edge, supported by the two StuGs was more difficult. Basically, I think that good dice allowed me to break quite a number of Germans there repeatedly, which was just enough to prevent him maitaining the overwhelming pressure he had on that flank to force a breakthrough. That my Russians managed to defeat one of the StuGs with their bare fists did not help the German cause either.

Russian win.
Great recommendable scenario.
2024-05-21(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs Bruno Nitrosso Russian winLille 2024
2024-05-18(D) Michel Bongiovanni vs Philippe Briaux German/German (SS) winASL Ring, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, 2024
2024-03-04(D) Eric Partizan Eric vs Thomas Harjo German/German (SS) winASO 2024
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von Marwitz Added a playing2025-05-15 12:36:24
von Marwitz Added Errata2025-01-31 08:03:49
von Marwitz Uploaded a VASL file2025-01-30 23:11:43
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.00Votes: 20
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To-Play list count: 2
Estimated Play time: 5.5 hours
Recorded Games: 20
Archive recorded plays:
German/German (SS)8
Russian12
Drawn:0

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Down by the River
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[A] German 15
[D] Russian 22
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