Once blooded in the Balkans, 11.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadierdivision "Nordland" and the rest of II SS-Panzerkorps were sent north to Leningrad om January 1944 to help contain the imminent Soviet breakout. Barely had the Nordland men dug in around the city before the Russians exploded through the beleaguered German siege force. The Nordland division was forced to fight a 20-mile rearguard action to Oranienbaum. This action was followed a week later by a harried withdrawal 65-miles farther west to the Baltic Sea port of Narva, on the Estonian coast. Armee Gruppe Nord had set up defensive positions on the Narva River to halt the Russian advance and reorganize for a counter offensive. At dawn on 1 March, the Red Army began a 20 minute artillery barrage and then advance units from the 2nd Shock Army followed.
Last turn Human Wave drove the final holdouts out of the victory area.
2022-12-07
(A) JP Laurio
vs
Ron
Russian win
2022-01-07
(A) Dan Best
vs
Kermit Mullins
German (SS) win
First to play and post.
2022-01-07
(D) Kermit Mullins
vs
Dan Best
German (SS) win
The Russian attack came up both board edges and got hung up on the barbed wire. The Germans would break both HMG's and then fall back to an Alamo trench in Hex D6. On the final turn, the Russians Rushed the Germans at the F7 area and locked three of the German stacks in Melee, but the German 9-1 and 2 squads were still good order in Hex D6 for the win.
