Wiking near Warsaw 10/44*
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Date:  October 12, 1944*                     
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Battle Type: German defend vs. Russian assault*
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Design: CB Blackard*
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Battle Description: Since August 1944, the defense of Warsaw had been the 
responsibility of IV SS Panzer Corps under the leadership of General Gille.  The corps, consisting of the 5th SS WIKING, 3rd SS TOTENKOPF, and 19th Panzer Divisions, proved to be a  formidable opponent for the advancing Soviets, repelling three major attacks during the latter months of 1944.*
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This scenario depicts the battle on October 12, 1944 in the Letniska forest north of Warsaw near Zegrze, an area known as the "wet triangle."  Hstuf. Eberhard Heder, commander of the WIKING pioneer battalion, was ordered to take command of a hastily assembled alert battalion attempting to hold the line against a major Soviet assault aimed at capturing the Vistula crossings
and Modlin.*
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Sources:  Strassner, "European Volunteers"; "Panzergrenadiere der Panzerdivision 'Wiking'"; "Verweht sind die Spuren*




