Operation Roesselsprung*
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Date: July 12, 1944*
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Battle Type: Nazi Germany Assault vs Yugoslav Defend*
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NOTE: THIS SCENARIO HAS SPECIAL VICTORY CONDITIONS, STATED BELOW*
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The Partisan Resistence gradually tied up so many German troops at Yugoslav soil, that Hitler decided to decapitate the Resistence by capturing the Partisan leader Josip Broz Tito. Although many capture reward posters were issued all over the country, nobody betrayed the Partisans. With time, the Partisan guerrilla squads emerged as well-equipped combat force, disrupting the German troops while the incoming Red Army kept closing from the East.*
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Somehow, the German Abwehr (military intelligence) learned that Tito was in the Free Territory of Drvar, in north-western Bosnia. Quickly, a daring air-assault was planned. The Fallschirmjaeger troops were to be dropped around the city, while a linkup Panzer Grenadiere force had to arrive from the northern and the southern access to Drvar. Croatian puppet-regime forces, the Ustasha, were to provide support by engaging any opposing Partisan troops in the way towards Drvar.*
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The assault was crippled by heavy Partisan resistence. Many Fallschirmjaegers were killed while descending from the clear morning sky. Gradually, understrength Partisans traded space for time, as Tito's HQ, placed in a cave east of the town of Drvar, was evacuated. The linkup force eventually arrived to the cave, but found it empty. The assault was a resounding failure. However, the German and Ustasha forces retaliated against the civilian population.*
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NOTE: This was the last German parachutist operation in the WW2.*
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SPECIAL VICTORY CONDITIONS:*
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1) The German side wins if Militia HQ is destroyed or has surrendered. Any other result is Partisan victory.*
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This scenario is designed to be played on the German side. If you desire to play the Partisans I suggest blocking the northern and southern access to Drvar and eventually evacuating the HQ -- and increasing German Tank Toughness and Searching to 150% to counteract the AI's lack of tactics.*
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Design: Edin Kapic*
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