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Himmler's Sword
Edelweiss: Expanded #30
(Attacker) Soviet Union vs Germany (Defender)
Formations Involved
Germany 13th SS "Volunteer" Gebirgs Division
Soviet Union 73rd Guards Rifle Division
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Scenario Rank: --- of 965
Parent Game Edelweiss: Expanded
Historicity Historical
Date 1945-01-29
Start Time 09:00
Turn Count 24
Visibility Day
Counters 69
Net Morale 0
Net Initiative 0
Maps 3: 1, 12, 3
Layout Dimensions 84 x 43 cm
33 x 17 in
Play Bounty 153
AAR Bounty 223
Total Plays 1
Total AARs 0
Duplicates Edel023, EdIV038
Battle Types
Exit the Battle Area
Urban Assault
Scenario Requirements & Playability
Battle of the Bulge Maps
Edelweiss: Expanded Base Game
Eastern Front Maps
Road to Berlin Counters
Introduction

Hapless as the 6th and 7th SS proved in battle, neither counts as the worst German formation of the war. In early 1943 the head of the SS, Heinrich Himmler, hatched a plan to recruit a Croatian mountain division. Volunteers proved hard to come by, and the division was soon enrolling large numbers of Bosnian Muslims (deserters from the Croatian puppet state's army), ethnic Germans and the dregs of Balkan prisons. Ordered to the front to stop the Red Army, the smarter members of the division promptly deserted. The remnant was posted in front of the key Danube bridgehead at Apatin in southern Hungary, a spot Hitler himself ordered held as a launching pad for a future grand offensive that would destroy the Soviets.

Conclusion

The "Handschar" ("Sword") Division crumpled under the first Soviet attack. The Red Army swept over the Danube and continued their advance. Handschar remained in the German order of battle until the end of the war, but never again would be trusted alone with a key position.


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