Strongpoint Mexiko*
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Date: May 25, 1942*
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Battle Location: Jandeba stream, Aunus Isthmus, USSR*
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Battle Type: Sweden/Finland defend vs USSR assault*
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Description: Arrayed along the Jandeba stream on the Isthmus between the great Ladoga and Onega lakes were a series of Finnish strongpoints manned by troops of Infantry Regiment 13 and the attached Swedish Volunteer Company.*
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By early May 1942 the Russians had begun to show great interest in the supply road that ran 
behind the line of strongpoints, roughly parallel to the Jandeba and it was decided to establish two strongpoints on the Russian side of the stream in the most threatened area, in order to keep the supply road somewhat safer.*
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While the initial crossing and establishing of the two strongpoints, named Marocko and Mexiko, went with little interference, the Soviets were not content with leaving them be. A series of skirmishes followed until the night of May 25 when a strong Soviet attack went in. It would prove a bloody fight, that lasted for fourteen hours.*
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"Of all the forces that affect the battle the spirit of the warrior is the single most deciding factor."*
__________- Polybius*
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Notes: If played against the AI the human player should take the Swedish/Finnish side.*
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Source: von Schmidt-Laussitz, Nicolas - Svenskarna vid Jandeba. Svenska Frivilligkompaniet 1942-1944 (“The Swedes at Jandeba: The Swedish Volunteer Company 1942 - 1944”)*
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Design by: Ulf Lundstrom.**
