Fighting Back*
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Date: June 29, 1941*
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Battle Location: Starczyca, USSR*
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Battle Type: USSR vs Germany meeting engagement*
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Description: Although the German assault upon the Soviet Union in 1941 would see the Red Army reeling back in defeat, suffering massive losses as seemingly unstoppable Axis forces broke deep into Russian territory – that very Red Army was to fight back from the very beginning.* 
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To the Germans it was early on clear that the war in the east was something altogether different from what they had previously experienced.*
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By June 28 a detachment of the Das Reich Division had gone forward of the division main body and been cut off in the village of Starczyca as Soviet troops infiltrated back into previously abandoned positions to the west of the village.*
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A rare opportunity of fighting back and striking a blow for the motherland presents itself. 
Regiment Deutschland is massing for a relief attack, but if it can be held there’s a good possibility of destroying the German group trapped in Starczyca.*
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Notes: If played against the AI the human player should take the Soviet side.*
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Source: Lucas, J - Das Reich: The Military Role of the 2nd SS Division*
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Design by: Ulf Lundstrom.**
