M4Jess
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I have been playing Gary T in a Stalingrad PBEM, and I thought it would be cool to play a series of battle for the city. So I found what I think are the best damm Stalingrad maps out there (most by Maruader Mel ;) ). I Numbererd the maps 1-7 (so far) and came up with this. All the battles are to be set as German Assault so the Russian played can buy limited mines and forts..any input would be welcome. Thanks! Jess~ STALINGRAD 8.0 PBEM BATTLE ONE** "North-West German Drive"** Date:09-03-42** Map designer: Unknown** German Assault vs. Soviet Defend** PBEM Special Rules:** 1. German Points 5720* __Maximum Artillery 500* __May Not Buy Tiger Panzers Or any SS units** 2. Soviet Points 3200* __Maximum Artillery 300* __Maximium Mines 50* 3.* Set Up** Date:09-03-42* German Player Sets up the Battle* Battle Type: German Assault* Length:22* Weather: Sun and Moon:Dawn Visibility:18* True Troop/Rarity:Off or players Preferences* Air Sections: German 2* Realism Preferences:All on or players Preferences* Command and Control:Off or players Preferences** History** 09/ 01* Stalingrad is burning. The Luftwaffe is bombing the city constantly. In the steppe some 40km away from Stalingrad, people can read newspapers by the intensive fire in the city.** 09/02* At Stalingrad, 6th Army still can't break out. Soviet 62nd Army evades the closing trap. Josef Stalin sends a message ordering Zhukov to counterattack** 09/03* The German 6th Army, now united on a wide front, from Rynok to Pitomnik, west of Stalingrad, begins the direct assault on the city. Zhukov launches a counterattack from the north of Stalingrad, into 14th Panzer Corps with First Guards Army, but the attack is slow to form, as some units are not in position at "H" hour, and achieves only a minor advance in some areas. In Stalingrad, General. Alexander Lopatin, commanding the 62nd Army is fired by Yeremenko. Lopatin thinks that it is unpossible to hold the city.** STALINGRAD 8.0 PBEM BATTLE TWO** "West-Central German Drive"** Date:09-06-42** Map designer: Unknown** German Assault vs. Soviet Defend** PBEM Special Rules:** 1. German Points 6720* __Maximum Artillery 600* __May Not Buy Tiger Panzers Or any SS units** 2. Soviet Points 4200* __Maximum Artillery 400* __Maximium Mines 60* 3.* Set Up** Date:09-06-42* German Player Sets up the Battle* Battle Type: German Assault* Length:18* Weather:1 Sun and Moon:Noon* Visibility:18* True Troop/Rarity:Off or players Preferences* Air Sections: German 3* Realism Preferences:All on or players Preferences* Command and Control:Off or players Preferences** History** 09/04* Again the Luftwaffe is bombing the city. Thousands of civilians are killed. Others are escaping over the Volga river by rescue boats. The Lufwaffe is attacking these boats too. The Soviet airforce was not capable to stop the murdering attacks of the Luftwaffe.** 09/05* A new Russian counterattack is unleashed north of Stalingrad. Unable to break through the German lines, the Russians nevertheless continue to apply pressure in the area for two full weeks, drawing off German strength from the center of the city.** 09/06* The German Panzers are losing their mobility when they are entering the city. They are easy targets for the Russian resistance. For the Germans it seems that what happened before in Rostov will happen again. Fighting for every street and building. Panzers are useless in streetfighting.** 09/07* Hitler is getting nerveous. He declares that the city needs to be taken against September 15th.* STALINGRAD 8.0 PBEM BATTLE THREE** "Station Number One"** Date:09-16-42** Map designer: Bryan Maruader Mel** German Assault vs. Soviet Defend** PBEM Special Rules:** 1. German Points 8720* __Maximum Artillery 700* __May Not Buy Tiger Panzers Or any SS units** 2. Soviet Points 7200 (No Reinforcements Allowed)* __Maximum Artillery 600* __Maximium Mines 60* 3.* Set Up** Date 09-16-42* German Player Sets up the Battle* Battle Type: German Assault* Length:28* Weather:1 Sun and Moon:Noon* Visibility:15* True Troop/Rarity:Off or players Preferences* Air Sections: German 2* Realism Preferences:All on or players Preferences* Command and Control:Off or players Preferences** History** 09/15* The Romanian Third Army reaches the outskirts of Stalingrad. Covering the long left wing of 6thArmy, the Romanians are thinly deployed. The fight for the city on the Volga is now a house to house slugging match, with the 48th Panzer Corps in between the 62nd and 64th Armies. Amid the debris of the city, the Russian defenders adopt fast moving, small unit tactics. The Germans dub the fighting at Stalingrad the "Rattenkrieg" or Rats War. In the early morning the 13th Guards division is crossing the Volga.** 09/16* Heavy fighting in the city when 24th Panzer Division "meets" the 13th Guards Army near Stalingrad station 1 The Germans driving the Soviets out but the Russians recapture it. STALINGRAD 8.0 PBEM BATTLE FOUR** "The Grain Silo"** Night Battle** Date:09-18-42** Map designer: Bryan Maruader Mel** German Assault vs. Soviet Defend** PBEM Special Rules:** 1. German Points 1320* __Maximum Artillery 150* __May Not Buy Tiger Panzers Or any SS units** 2. Soviet Points 900* __Maximum Artillery 100* __Maximium Mines 0* 3.* Set Up** Date 09-18-42* German Player Sets up the Battle* Battle Type: German Assault* Length:9* Weather:3 Sun and Moon:No Moon* Visibility:2* True Troop/Rarity:Off or players Preferences* Air Sections: 0* Realism Preferences:All on or players Preferences* Command and Control:Off or players Preferences** History** Heavy fighting near and in the grain elevator. The Russians won't surrender. But the Red Army can not hold the building.Germans and Russians are so close to each other that they here each other breathing. Again, Zhukov launches a counterattack into the northern flank of 6th Army. Positioning his First Guards Army against the German 8th Infantry Corps, he hopes to break through what appears to be a weak point in the line. It is actually only a forward position, and the attack runs headlong into very strong German defenses further back from the initial battle lines. As in the past, the fruitless attacks serve more to siphon off German resources that would have otherwise been employed against Chuikov’s men. Thousands of Soviets are killed in the attacks, which continue for several days. STALINGRAD 8.0 PBEM BATTLE FIVE** "MAMAYEV KURGAN"** Date:09-19-42** Map designer: Bryan Maruader Mel** German Assault vs. Soviet Defend** PBEM Special Rules:** 1. German Points 8220 (No Reinforcements Allowed)* __Maximum Artillery 800* __May Not Buy Tiger Panzers Or any SS units* __Maximium Mines 20** 2. Soviet Points 8200 (No Reinforcements Allowed)* __Maximum Artillery 600* __Maximium Mines 50* 3.* Set Up** Date 09-19-42* German Player Sets up the Battle* Battle Type: German Assault* Length:26* Weather:2* Sun and Moon:Noon* Visibility:* True Troop/Rarity:Off or players Preferences* Air Sections: 0* Realism Preferences:All on or players Preferences* Command and Control:Off or players Preferences** History** Heavy fighting on Hill 102, Mamjev Kurgan and again near Station 1. 13th Guards that crossed the Volga the day before yesterday is whiped out. Both sides suffering heavy losses.* The Russian suffering heavy casualties when they try to drive the Germans away from Mamajev Kurgan. (Hill 102) STALINGRAD 8.0 PBEM BATTLE SIX** " The Tractor Factory"** Date:09-15-42** Map designer: Bryan Maruader Mel** German Assault vs. Soviet Defend** PBEM Special Rules:** 1. German Points 9220 (No Reinforcements Allowed)* __Maximum Artillery 800* __May Not Buy Tiger Panzers Or any SS units** 2. Soviet Points 7200 (No Reinforcements Allowed)* __Maximum Artillery 600* __Maximium Mines 50** 3.* Set Up** Date 09-15-42* German Player Sets up the Battle* Battle Type: German Assault* Length:24* Weather:2* Sun and Moon:Dawn* Visibility:28* True Troop/Rarity:Off or players Preferences* Air Sections: 0* Realism Preferences:All on or players Preferences* Command and Control:Off or players Preferences** History** 10/11* Roumenian 3th Army is taken position to protect the left flank of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad.* 10/12* Mindful of the previous winter’s experiences with the weather in Russia, Hitler already orders the entire Army to take defensive postures, and hold its current positions throughout the season. Paulus, after gathering his forces for another surge against the Russians still fighting inside Stalingrad, attacks headlong into the Red Army.* 10/13* With the 14th and 24th Panzer Divisions behind the 305th Infantry Division attacked into the Tractor Factory.* 10/14* Near the Tractor Factory about 200 German panzer breaking through the Russian lines. 2000 Luftwaffe sorties are flown on this day alone, in support of the effort to get the fight over with. Even for the veterans of 6th Army, this fighting is described as unprecedented in ferocity. 5000 of the 8000 soldiers of the 37th Russian Brigade were killed in action.* 10/15* The tractor factory is attacked by the 305th German infantry and it splits the 62nd Army. At the north end of the factory the 24th Panzer Division reaches the bank of the Volga.* 10/16* Stalin is ordering all available planes to the Stalingrad area.* 10/17* Paulus is asking his subordinate division commanders for his actual ration strength vice combat strength. On hand he has 334,000 men. Only 66,549 are combat troops. STALINGRAD 8.0 PBEM BATTLE SEVEN** "RED BARRICADS"** Date:10-22-42** Map designer: Bryan Maruader Mel** German Assault vs. Soviet Defend** PBEM Special Rules:** 1. German Points 10220* __Maximum Artillery 1000* __May Not Buy Tiger Panzers Or any SS units** 2. Soviet Points 8200* __Maximum Artillery 700* __Maximium Mines 60** 3.* Set Up** Date 10-22-42* German Player Sets up the Battle* Battle Type: German Assault* Length:35* Weather:2* Sun and Moon:Dawn* Visibility:28* True Troop/Rarity:Off or players Preferences* Air Sections: 0* Realism Preferences:All on or players Preferences* Command and Control:Off or players Preferences** History** 10/21* Some positive changes for the Russians. The Russian aircrafts are now dominating the night sky over Stalingrad., much to the surprise of the Germans. A new German attack on the factories is taken place.* 10/22* The new attack of yesterday is bringing the Germans into the Red October and Barrikady factories. But Paulus’s operations are eating up his infantry strength at the rate of a division Every five days. And there are no more replacements for him.* 10/23* The Germans are holding the tractor factory and most of the Barrikady factory.* 10/24* The Russians holed up inside the furnaces of the Red October factory, with the Germans at the other end of the foundry.* 10/25* The Germans 100th Division is to attack in the Barrikady area along a railroad embankement. They are waiting for the Stuka’s to pave the way for them. The Stuka’s are there but their bombs are falling almost on the Germans. The attack failes. The Germans are capturing the center of Spartakovka. The 6th Army is nearly reaching the Volga here. But they are pushed back.*
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