Dnjestr Crossing*
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Date: July 17, 1941*
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Battle Location: Dnjestr river, USSR*
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Battle Type: Germany assault vs USSR defend.*
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Description: To the men of the 76. Infanterie Division the crossing of the Dnjestr river was when the war proper against the Soviet Union began. The fighting in Bessarabia had been a liberation. Now the troops plunged into a war of conquest.*
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Crossing the river proved to be relatively easy, but on the heights east of the river the Soviets waited in their entrenchments.*
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Notes: If played against the AI the human player should take the German side.*
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Source: Loeser, J – Bittere Pflicht*
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Design by:  Ulf Lundstrom.**
