Seela's Pioneers (Updated for V5)*
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Date: August 11, 1943*                     
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Battle Type: German Advance vs Soviet Delay*
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Design: CB Blackard*
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Battle Description:  After successfully eliminating the Russian bridgehead along the Mius, the 3rd SS Panzer Panzer Division "Totenkopf" is transferred to a new crisis area.  On 3 August 1943, the Russians launched Operation "Rumyantsev", a massive assault by the 5th Guards Army, 5th Guards Tank Army and and 1st Tank Army against Armee Abteilung Kempf located west of Kharkov.  By the second week of August, German panzer units, including the "Totenkopf" were probing the advanced positions of the Russian attackers.  In this scenario,  a kampfgruppe of I./Pioniere Abteilung 3 under the leadership of Knight's Cross winner, Max Seela, leads a night attack against Soviet units occupying the villages of Levandolovka and Vysokopol'ye.*
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Source:  Nipe, "Decision in the Ukraine Summer 1943", p. 290*
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