Panzer Grenadier Battles on May 31st:
Broken Axis #34 - Operation Katja Scenario 2: Operation Sonja: Day Two
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The Fall
Elsenborn Revised #15
(Attacker) Germany vs United States (Defender)
Formations Involved
Germany 18th Volksgrenadier Division
Germany 506th Heavy Panzer Battalion
United States 7th "Lucky Seventh" Armored Division
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Scenario Rank: --- of 968
Parent Game Elsenborn Revised
Historicity Historical
Date 1944-12-21
Start Time 15:00
Turn Count 30
Visibility Day & Night
Counters 121
Net Morale 0
Net Initiative 2
Maps 4: 22, 23, 24, 25
Layout Dimensions 86 x 56 cm
34 x 22 in
Play Bounty 251
AAR Bounty 223
Total Plays 0
Total AARs 0
Duplicates ElsR022
Battle Types
Inflict Enemy Casualties
Urban Assault
Conditions
Off-board Artillery
Reinforcements
Severe Weather
Scenario Requirements & Playability
Elsenborn Revised Base Game
Introduction

The American 7th Armored Division had raced to St. Vith and flung its units into defensive positions haphazardly as they arrived. A handful of troops from the shattered 106th Infantry Division joined them, and a few small units of the 9th Armored Division also became intertwined. Nevertheless they put up stout resistance, but when the Germans sorted out their own confusion and launched a mass attack numbers made a difference.

Conclusion

Though unsettled by the rocket fire, the Americans resisted with the aid of tanks and tank destroyers. When the huge Royal Tiger tanks finally rumbled into the battle zone, the Germans blinded the American tankers with flares and while there were still stunned the huge 88mm guns annihilated the Shermans. The American commander apparently suffered a nervous breakdown and fled the battlefield, yet his junior officers refused to give up the now-uncoordinated fight and 7th Armored Division's Combat Command B lost over 900 men in fierce close-quarters fighting. By midnight the Germans had secured St. Vith.

Additional Notes

This scenario is completely playable using the maps and pieces from Battle of the Bulge 2: Elsenborn Ridge


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