Duel at Duczki*
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Date: August 2, 1944*
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Battle Location: Duczki, near Wolomin, Poland*
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Battle Type: USSR vs Germany meeting engagement*
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Description: During the confused fighting near Radzymin and Wolomin the Soviet troops of the 3rd Tank Corps had to defend against German attacks from nearly all directions of the compass, only a perilous link to friendly forces to the south could be maintained.*
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By August 2, the German SS Totenkopf Division was attacking westward from the area of Tluszcs while the Hermann Goering Division struck from opposite direction, both aiming for Wolomin.*
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Near Wolomin they squared off against the soldiers of the Soviet 50th Tank Brigade and the 57th Mechanized Brigade. Near Duczki village Soviet soldiers face troops of the Totenkopf.*
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Notes: If played against the AI the human player should take the Soviet side.*
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Source: Bacyk, Norbert - Pansarslaget vid Praga: IV SS Panzer-Korps mot 1:a Vitryska fronten ("Tank Battle at Praga: IV SS Panzer-Korps vs 1st Belorussian Front").*
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Design by: Ulf Lundstrom.**



