Despite the heavy fighting against 1st Mountain Division and its neighbor, 68th Infantry Division, the Red Army’s veteran 97th Rifle Division fell back in good order and formed a new line of resistance. The German advance continued and on the next day Hubert Lanz’s mountain troops renewed their assault. The rifle divisions on either flank began to crumble, and the position could not be held for long – but help was supposedly on its way.

A day of hard fighting and incessant air attacks had worn down the 97th Rifle Division, but it remained a very capable formation and only slowly gave ground. The road to Lvov was not yet open for the mountain troops, but the Soviet Sixth Rifle Corps had suffered terrible losses already and lost touch with some of its subordinate units. But the crack 4th Mechanized Corps was expected to crush the invaders and relieve the pressure on the hard-fighting Red Army riflemen.

Gebirgsjäger leaders in 49th Mountain Corps, which are taken from Parachutes Over Crete, use conventional named ranks. The library was setup using German rank references.

Players not owning Parachutes Over Crete may substitute counters from Edelweiss, Edelweiss Expanded or Edelweiss IV. Players using Edelweiss counters should download the Gebirgs leaders from Avalanche Press. Edelweiss IV is available through the Gold Club portal.