#0307_01_Gross Deutschland leads the way - Korp Raus attacks - PzC 19 Kharkov 43

Gross Deutschland leads the way - Mar 7th to Mar 11th, 1943. The day after the SS Panzer Korp launched the attack to recapture Kharkov, Korp Raus ordered the rejuvenated Gross Deutschland Division and Thule Regiment from Totenkopf to push north towards Bogodukhov. Gross Deutschland returned from refit, rejuvenated and having received a second tank battalion and a new Tiger company. Raus' plan was trap 69th army to the west of his forces, which would then be hit by LII Armee Korp from the 2nd Armee. The Soviets, seeing the danger launched a counterattack on the morning of Mar 10th out of the Bogodukhov area with four Rifle Divisions which utterly failed. (Size, Large) This scenario can be played either German vs. the Soviet AI or HTH. For the German player it is a long way to Bogodukhov and its capture is probably required to win. Gross Deutschland is at full strength and will be decisive wherever it is employed. For the Soviet player this is again a very tough situation with essentially an infantry force facing off against the strongest mechanised division in the German inventory. The terrain will funnel the advance - work out how to use this to your advantage. Every turn delayed is a turn closer to victory.