Impossible Orders*
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Date: December 19, 1942*
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Battle Location: Kasatschi Heights, Stalingrad*
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Battle Type: Germany assault vs USSR defend*
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Description: In a surprising move the heavily depleted Grenadier Regiment is relieved from the front and pulled back to Demitrijewka for rest. There will be no rest however as a Soviet attack has managed to break into the lines of the Austrians of the neighbouring 44th Division.*
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Zank and his 673d Regiment is ordered to counterattack the Soviet penetration and regain the old frontlines near Kasatschi Heights north of Dimitrijewka. Support from artillery and an armoured group under a Hauptmann von Pogrell is promised.* 
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While the tanks show up, Zank is disappointed in discovering that they number only five vehicles. As for his own regiment the strength is that of a reinforced company. On top of everything the terrain is more or less open steppe with little cover. However, orders, even impossible ones, are still orders for the troops of the 673d. The attack is launched.*
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Notes: If played against the AI the human player should take the German side.*
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Source: Zank, H - Stalingrad: Kessel und Gefangenshaft*
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Design by: Ulf Lundstrom.**








