Adapted from CLAWS OF THE TIGER (By Easy Eight Enterprises)
Judge
RUSSIANS:
1. The KV-1 may start the game in a hull down position. 2. Russian infantry may be dug-in in foxholes.
GERMAN
1. The German infantry must start the game mounted in their half tracks„ one per squad and one for the Platoon Command.
NARVA:
The German III SS Panzer Corps, consisting of the under strength 11th SS Nordland Division, 20th SS Estonian Division, and 4thi SS Brigade Nederland, have fallen back to hold the city of NARVA, on the Luga River. Elements of what was left of the 9th and 10th Luftwaffe Field Divisions joined them. NARVA is the northern end of the Panther Defense Line. Its loss will allow the Russians to turn the panther Line and break through the strong German defensive line, threatening the entire German position. Reserves consist of 11th SS Panzer Battalion and a Tiger company under the command of Lt. Otto Carius. SS Brigade, Nederland holds a bridgehead on the Soviet side of the river. The Luftwaffe troops hold the north flank and SS Regiment 23 the south flank.
Opposing the German III SS Panzer Corps is the 2°d Shock Army with three infantry divisions and an engineer brigade and 8th Army with three infantry divisions, an artillery division, a tank regiment, and a SP artillery regiment. Ninth Air Division is in support. Orders are to crush the German positions.
On 3rd February 1944 Soviet forces pushed across the frozen Luga River and formed a bridgehead. German forces are moving to attack the bridgehead.
Carius in Action: February, 1944 A Battleground WWII Battle
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