Turn 97 – 2 June 1945
Weather: cloudy and dry
Open core slots: 130 (+6)
Ostfront:
Königsberg has fallen, Lublin has been evacuated and Russian tanks have reached the Vistula River between Warsaw and Bromberg. Also from the east, Russian troops are advancing towards Warsaw across the Bug River. Timed to coincide with the Russian advance towards Warsaw, a major Polish uprising occurred in Warsaw to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. However, the Polish resistance was defeated given the retreating German forces in the area (
and please note: historically, due to the fact that the Red Army temporarily halted combat operations). It was the single largest military effort taken by any European resistance movement during the war.
(Please note: the actual troops of the Warsaw Uprising, historically it happened in August/September 1944, are not visible in the below screenshot anymore as they appeared and were defeated during the same turn)
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A single (but very fast) Russian armored scout car broke through to Lvov. Looking at the map, it is expected to be heading towards Kassa or Debrecen to eventually reach Budapest, the undefended Hungarian capital. By all means, this has to be avoided as such an event might trigger additional (unpleasant) events and/or even further Russian troop movements into this direction/across the Carpathian Mountains. Therefore, some available light troops were moved to Kassa and to the Tisza River crossing. Let’s see what will happen…
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A Russian AT attack across the Southern Bug River could be ambushed while at the same time, von Manstein agreed to send the remaining Tigers north towards Vinnitsa. However, it is unclear if they can still reach Guderian’s troops or might even get cut off as Lvov (with the connecting road to the north) already represents the forward line of enemy troops in the area.
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