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National Socialist Ardor
Armata Romana #19
(Attacker) Germany
(Attacker) Romania
vs Soviet Union (Defender)
Formations Involved
Romania 38th Infantry Regiment
Soviet Union 25th Guards Rifle Division
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Side 2 0
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Scenario Rank: --- of 966
Parent Game Armata Romana
Historicity Historical
Date 1941-09-17
Start Time 06:00
Turn Count 40
Visibility Day
Counters 115
Net Morale 1
Net Initiative 0
Maps 6: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Layout Dimensions 86 x 84 cm
34 x 33 in
Play Bounty 198
AAR Bounty 167
Total Plays 2
Total AARs 1
Duplicates EFDx068
Battle Types
Inflict Enemy Casualties
Road Control
Rural Assault
Conditions
Entrenchments
Off-board Artillery
Joint Forces Battle
Scenario Requirements & Playability
Armata Romana Base Game
Fire in the Steppe Maps + Counters
Introduction

Fort weeks, German staff officers had offered patronizing critiques or outright insults to every Romanian failure in the trenches before Odessa. finally, the German command acceded to Antonescu's request and attached engineers were to train the Romanians in proper assault technique and lend their tougher moral fiber to Romanian attacks. A few days after their arrival, they went into action on the left flank of Lt. Gen. Nicolae Dascaclescu's 21st Infantry Division.

Conclusion

After enduring weeks of Teutonic verbal abuse, Dascaclescu unleashed a torrent of scorn on his German liaison officers when the attached German troops broke under Soviet fire and fled the battlefield, forcing him to commit his divisional reserve to plug the gap. "If you were Romanian," he raged, "I'd have you shot." Rene von Courbiere in turn blamed Dascaclescu for not pressing the attack with his Romanian regiments to relieve pressure on the Germans, and the Luftwaffe for failing to deliver promised dive-bomber sorties, a promise all the Romanian divisional commanders had seen unredeemed since the siege's start. Neither man seemed willing to acknowledge that they faced one of the Red Army's premier formations, dug in and fanatically determined to hold the Hero City.

Additional Notes

This scenario is a revision of Eastern Front Deluxe, Scenario 68 "Odessa: National Socialist Ardor" and is playable with pieces & maps from Eastern Front Deluxe.


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