#1214_01 Kaluga : 49th Army Attacks West (HTH) - PzC 21 Moscow 42

Oka River - Dec 14th to Dec 21st, 1941. Zhukov chose to wait to release the armies in the centre of Western Front. He needed to be confident that the German Panzergruppe was pushed back from their threatening positions near Moscow, before committing the remainder of his forces. On the 14th, with Guderian's troops in full retreat, 49th Army began its push towards Kaluga. Possession of the city would drive a wedge between 4th Armee and 2nd Panzergruppe as well as cut a number of key North/South transport links. (Size, Medium) This scenario is recommended for HTH or Soviet player vs. the AI. The Soviet player has to clear and use the highway from Aleksin. It is also necessary to advance on a broad enough front to prevent the German from massing his forces. For the German player it is difficult when facing a range of Siberian and fresh Infantry Brigades. It is important to be aware that Maloyaroslavets is a high value objective and a full Russian effort in this direction will be difficult to stop.