1130_07: Struggle for Urdom - PzC 09 Rzhev '42

Molodoi Tud, November 30th 1942: Zhukov threatened Maj Gen Zygin with the loss of his command if he could not capture Urdom immediately. Zygin released his last reserve, the 348th Rifle Division, and prepared his divisions for an attack on November 30th. By this time, most of the 14th Infantry Division (mot) had arrived to help in the German defense. General Hilpert, the commander of the XXIII Armee Korps, had to decide if he wanted to defend Urdom, and watch his forces be probably ground up in that battle, or to initially hold, and then withdraw to a new defensive line. [Size, medium]