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Fall of France 2 #38 - The Swamps of Bouchain Road to Dunkirk #9 - The Wattrelos Counter Attack
Last Days of May #1 - Before the Stop Order Road to Dunkirk #13 - Parallel Wars
Last Days of May #2 - Ancient Walls Road to Dunkirk #21 - Calais Perimeter
Last Days of May #3 - Trench of Bayonets Road to Dunkirk #22 - The Hell of Boulogne
Nihon Silk #8 - Okinawa: The Giretsu Incident Road to Dunkirk #26 - Reliable Friends
Heraklion #2 - Hielan Laddie Road to Dunkirk #27 - 350,000 Rations
Parachutes Over Crete #22 - Turkish Fort Sinister Forces #13 - Partisan Spring
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Brownshirts
Fire and Sword #8
(Attacker) Germany vs Soviet Union (Defender)
Formations Involved
Germany 60th "Feldherrnhalle" Panzergrenadier Division
Germany 8th SS "Florian Geyer" Cavalry Division
Soviet Union 6th Guards Mechanized Brigade
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Scenario Rank: --- of 967
Parent Game Fire and Sword
Historicity Historical
Date 1944-11-03
Start Time 12:30
Turn Count 14
Visibility Day
Counters 89
Net Morale 0
Net Initiative 2
Maps 2: 53, 54
Layout Dimensions 56 x 43 cm
22 x 17 in
Play Bounty 227
AAR Bounty 223
Total Plays 0
Total AARs 0
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Road Control
Urban Assault
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Introduction

On the evening of 2 November, the forward detachment of the 6th Guards Mechanized Brigade resumed its drive on Budapest. Shortly after midnight, these units entered Ullö, a town located at about 20 kilometers southeast of Budapest, after a brief but violent battle. The fall of Ullö, an important road and railway junction, gave the Axis command an unpleasant surprise. However, the Soviets were numerically weak with very little ammunition and fuel, and they had almost no food. Thus, they stopped to advance and settled there.

The area remained quiet until the afternoon, when the Germans launched a powerful counterattack. They pressed the Soviets from three sides: a battle group of the Feldhermhalle Division's former SA Brownshirts attacked from Vecsés in the northwest; elements of the 8th SS Cavalry Division struck from the north while another battle group of the 8th SS attacked from the northeast. The main blow of the German assault fell on the 2nd Rifle Battalion which was attacked on a narrow front by 15 tanks (most probably assault guns and tank destroyers) and at least a battalion of infantry.

Conclusion

The attackers had support from very strong artillery and mortar fire. The Guards waited in their foxholes for the enemy to come closer. The leading German tank was hit, then another was set ablaze, but the rest kept rolling forward. Some of the panzers managed to reach the battalion's positions and began to crush the trenches and the emplacements, smashing several machine guns, anti-tank rifles and guns. Then, firing point-blank, they succeeded in separating the Soviet infantry from their tanks. The defenders finally halted the advance in the northern part of the town. The first German attack was followed by another at 1530, and then yet another, but they were all beaten back. The 6th Guards Mechanized Brigade even counterattacked and succeeded in pushing back the enemy approximately one kilometer beyond the northwestern outskirts of the town.


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