HG Regiment in Russia (Updated for V5)*
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Date: June 23, 1941*                     
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Battle Type: German vs Russian Meeting Engagement*
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Design: CB Blackard*
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Battle Description: The first major tank battle on the Eastern front!  On June 23, 1941, the 11th Panzer Division - nicknamed the "Ghost Division" - encounters a mass of Russian armor, including, for the first, the T-34 near the village of Radziechow.  Assigned to the "Ghost Division" is the General Goring Regiment and its valuable 88mm AA guns.*
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Source:  Kurowski, "The History of the Fallschirm Panzerkorps Hermann Goring", pp. 71-72; Schrodek, "Die 11. Panzer Division 'Gespensterdivision' - Bildodokumente 1940 - 1945" p. 132*
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