Atheory's Project: Operation Fischreiher (Stalingrad42)

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Serafimovich is very key to the events that unfolded in the scenario. It took nearly a month for German and Italian forces to clear out the Russian foothold there. While at the same time advancing eastward. This however, did not stop the Russians from establishing yet another bridgehead to the west. The German player will find he is strapped for units to cover the entire advance to Stalingrad and may face tough choices. There is incentive for the Russian player to keep up the pressure in attacks early on, before additional German forces arrive on the map.

As at Kharkov and many places elsewhere, it will be the mobile forces that drive the battle for the Germans. Even if the Russian player withdrew behind the Don River, he risks keeping intact an unbloodied Sixth Army for the final push on Stalingrad. The 4th Panzer Army is there to help ensure the Sixth Army crosses the river at some point as well.

Now the question remains, can the scenario as is help to create that sense of intensity.