Germany - Northern Germany 1990 - Century of Warfare, TOAW III, and TOAW IV

GERMANY - NORTHERN GERMANY 1990 Gateway to the Rhine Designer: Trey Marshall ([email protected]) TOAW ver. 3.0.0.0 :: PBEM :: :: Warsaw Pact PO, NATO PO :: Date: May 9th, 1990 Location: Northern Germany Map scale: 5 km per hex Time scale: six hour turns Unit scale: Companies / Battalions / Regiments Length: 28 turns UNIT COLORS Warsaw Pact White on Red - Soviet White on Light Red - Polish NATO AFNORTH White on Brown - British 1st Armoured Division White on Grey - German Bundeswehr elements of I Korps White on Green - US 3rd Brigade/2nd Armor Div Orange on Green - Dutch I LegerKorps Order of Battle: Warsaw Pact: Soviet 2nd Guards Army 16th Guards Tank Division 21st Motorized Rifle Division 94th Motorized Rifle Division 207th Motorized Rifle Division Soviet 11th Guards Army (Baltic Military District) 1st Guards Tank Division 40th Guards Tank Division 1st Guards Motorized Rifle Division 26th Guards Motorized Rifle Division 3rd Guards Motorized Rifle Division Polish Pomerian Military District 12th Mechanized Division 8th Mechanized Division 20th Armored Division 16th Armored Division NATO: Bundeswehr I Korps: 6th PanzerGrenadier Division 3rd Panzer Division 11th PanzerGrenadier Division 3 Pz Bde/1st Panzer Division British I Corps: 1st Armoured Division Dutch I LegerKorps 1st Mechanized Division 4th Mechanized Division 5th Mechanized Division United States III Corps forward 3rd Brigade/2nd Armored Division Background - A crisis situation turns into an international conflict once United States and Russian troops clash in Iran. Warsaw Pact forces mobilize all along the border while NATO begins a general recall of all its forces. NATO forces are not allowed to assume their general defense positions because of German political considerations. At 0600 on the 5th of May, H-Hour for the general Warsaw Pact invasion of Western Europe began highlighted by intense artillery barrages, spetznatz raids, and air strikes on strategic targets. NATO finds itself in a dangerous position. Almost all NATO units are located in their motorpools and are in the process of uploading ammunition from local ammunition depots. It will be hours until the ammunition is uploaded, driven back through refugee traffic jams, and downloaded to the units. Also, NATO units are dispersed all across Germany and it may take a day or two until they will arrive in their GDP positions. The only asset NATO has is its thin line of Armored Cavalry Troops and Companies already deployed on the border. These small units most delay the Warsaw Pact long enough for NATO units to build a cohesive defense. The North German Plain will probably be the Warsaw Pact's primary avenue of approach reinforced with significant second and third echelon armies to achieve a considerable breakthrough to the Rhine bridges in Holland. The terrain is relatively flat and has a lesser amount of forested regions than other areas of Germany. Once Warsaw Pact forces break out of the primary NATO defenses, a withdrawing NATO player will find it difficult to find defensible terrain. The main problem with this sector is the soft soil which could easily become a quagmire after armored vehicles traverse across it. Offensives could become limited to major autobahns if it begins to rain.