H2H-Last offensive - Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

Version: 01.2 Scenario name: The last Offensive Date: February 1945 Time: dawn Weather: overcast Ground conditions: light snow Flags: 6 large Turns: 38 variable Battle type: Axis attack Recommended as a H2H battle ORIGINAL MAIN BRIEFING Reetz, 70km Southeast of Stettin, Germany. Following the Red Army's drive across Poland from the Vistula River to the German border along the Oder in January 1945, the Soviets were forced to pause and regroup. Long supply lines and the stress of maintaining an offensive across a wide front was having its effect on men and equipment and the prospect of further advance with the coming spring thaw was not good. With the Western allies still recovering from the effects of the Ardennes offensive, Guderian, now the Chief of Staff of the German Army, planned a strike against Zhukov's Army's east of the Oder River. On 15 February the 11th SS Panzer Army launched Operation Sonnenwende, the last German offensive of WW II, from southeast of Stettin. On the 17th the 2nd/102 Panzer Battalion from the Fuehrer Begleit Division pushed through Reetz and stumbled into the assembly area for the Russian 47th Guards Tank Brigade and 6th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment. NOTES: This scenario is based on the original Talonsoft East front scenario by D.Bevard. Original main briefing by D.Bevard. Converted to CMBB by British Tommy. Email: [email protected] There are two versions of this scenario. This one I'm releasing to the Blitzkrieg site and version 2 will be released to the Scenario depot II site.Version 2 is a bigger battle with a slightly different map. In the real battle ground conditions were muddy after the recent thaw but no one likes playing CMBB in muddy conditions so I changed it to light snow. Not suitable to be played against the AI due to loaded vehicles. Special thanks to the following play testers: Lars Mr bad example Figo Jack Marrison There were two Blitz members who kindly play tested the first version but I lost their details when my computer died. One I think was Warhammer?