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| ISBN-13: | 9781472839039 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication date: | 04/30/2020 |
| Series: | Bolt Action Series , #35 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 144 |
| File size: | 82 MB |
| Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
About the Author
Peter Dennis was inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn, leading him to study Illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK.
Warlord Games is one of the world's leading producers of wargaming miniatures, as well as the publisher of the successful Black Powder and Hail Caesar rule sets. Their Bolt Action range of 28mm World War II miniatures is the most extensive on the market and continues to grow and develop.
Table of Contents
Introduction 5
Timeline 6
Prelude 7
State of the Belligerents 8
Planning the Offensives 8
Second Battle of Kharkov 8
Case Blue Launched 10
Pivot Southward 10
Directive Number 45 13
Not A Step Back 14
The Approach to Stalingrad 16
Fight for the Don Bridgeheads 17
Scenario 1 Last Bridge Over the River Don (August 12th, 1942) 18
Aftermath 19
Crossing the Don 20
Scenario 2 Dawn Crossing (August 21st, 1942) 21
Aftermath 23
Dash to the Volga 24
Scenario 3 Spartanovka (August 24th, 1942) 26
Aftermath 28
Scenario 4 "Do Not Retreat." (August 26th, 1942) 29
Aftermath 30
Fourth Army's Southern Thrust 31
Breakthrough Attempt 32
Scenario 5 Hill 154.2 (September 10th, 1942) 32
Aftermath 34
The Initial Assault 36
Stalingrad Besieged 37
Downtown Stalingrad 38
Scenario 6 Rail Station No. 1 (September 15th, 1942) 40
Aftermath 41
Scenario 7 Verdun Revisited (September 15th, 1942) 42
Aftermath 43
Southern Stalingrad 44
Scenario 8 Concrete Monolith (September 19th, 1942) 46
Aftermath 47
Scenario 8 Dragan's Last Stand (September 26th, 1942) 49
Aftermath 50
Charnel House
Paulus Shifts North 52
The First Attack on the Workers' Villages 53
Scenario 10 Workers' Villages (September 29th, 1942) 54
Aftermath 55
Reduction of the Orlovka Salient 56
Second Attempt at Workers' Villages 56
Scenario 11 Sniper Duel (October 1942) 58
Aftermath 60
Stalemate in Southern Stalingrad 61
Scenario 12 Pavlov's House (September 27th, 1942) 63
Aftermath 65
The Factory District 66
Paulus Requests Help 67
Capture of the Tractor Factory 68
Struggle for the Barrikady Arms Factory 70
Scenario 13 Factory Assault (October 18th, 1942) 71
Aftermath 73
The Red October Steel Factory 73
Scenario 14 Martenovskii Shop (October 25th, 1942) 74
Aftermath 76
Attempt on the Landing Stage 76
Last Gasp 76
Operation Hubertus 78
Scenario 15 Operation Hubetus (November 13th, 1942) 78
Aftermath 80
Dwindling Supplies 80
Scenario 16 Lyudnikov's Island (November 14th) 81
Aftermath 82
Beginning of the End 83
Operation Uranus 84
Conceiving Operation Uranus 84
Scenario 17 God of War (November 19th, 1942) 87
Aftermath 89
Breakthrough 91
Scenario 18 Collision Course (November 19th, 1942) 92
Aftermath 93
The Stalingrad Front Attacks 94
Scenario 19 Full Speed Ahead (November 22nd, 1942) 96
Aftermath 97
The Trap Closes 98
Der Kessel 99
The German Response 100
Operation Winter Tempest 101
Scenario 20 Operation Wintergewitter (December 15th, 1942) 104
Aftermath 105
Operation Little Saturn 106
Operation Thunderclap 107
Scenario 21 Operation Thunderclap (December 19th, 1942) 108
Aftermath 110
A Frozen Grave 111
Scenario 22 Operation Ring (January 16th, 1943) 112
Aftermath 114
Legacy 116
Soviet New Units 118
Infantry Squads and Teams 119
Headquarters Units 119
Infantry 121
Vehicles 123
Tanks 123
German New Units 124
Infantry Squads and Teams 125
Infantry 125
Vehicles 129
Transports 129
Romanian New Units 130
Vehicles 131
Tankettes And Armoured Cars 131
New Options 132
Messengers 133
Demolition Charges 133
Rifle Grenade Adaptors 133
New Theatre Selectors 134
Soviet Union 135
Don-Volga Reinforced Platoon (August 1942) 135
Tractor Factory Reinforced Platoon (August 1942) 136
"Not A Step Back!" Reinforced Platoon (September 1942) 137
"No Land Beyond the Volga" Reinforced Platoon (September-November 1942) 138
1942 Soviet Cavalry Troop (November 1942) 139
Operation Uranus Tank Platoon (November-December 1942) 140
Operation Uranus Forward Detachment Platoon (November 1942) 142
1942 Anti-Tank Artillery Battery (December 1942) 143
235th Flame Tank Brigade Armoured Platoon (December 1942) 144
Germany 145
Gates of Stalingrad Reinforced Platoon (August-September 1942) 145
Stalingrad Armoured Kampfgruppe Reinforced Platoon (August-September 1942) 146
Rattenkrieg Reinforced Platoon (September 1942) 147
Into Hell Reinforced Platoon (October-November 1942) 148
22nd Panzer Division Armoured Platoon (November 1942) 149
57th Panzer Corps Armoured Platoon (December 1942) 149
Alarmeinheiten Reinforced Platoon (November-December 1942) 150
Operation Thunderclap Reinforced Platoon (December 1942) 152
Romania 153
1st Romanian Armoured Division 153
Romanian Cavalry Troop 154
Scenario Special Rules 155
Constant Bombardment 156
Snow 157
Digging In 157
Dug In Rules 157
Dug In Vehicles 158
Dug In With Hidden Set-Up 158
Dug In Vs Preparatory Bombardment 158
Dug In Vs Tank Assault 158
Digging In During a Game 158
Fuel Shortages 159
Ammunition Shortages 159
Supply Drop 159
City Fighting 160
Utter Bedlam 160
Rubble 160
Buildings 163
Buildings with Multiple Floors/Sections 163
Sewers 163
Sewer Movement 163
Battlefield Damage 164
Protracted Battle 164
Stalingrad Campaign 166
Introduction 167
Campaign Rules 167
Map 167
Objective 167
Turn Sequence 167
Grand Stalingrad Campaign (August 1942) 170
Campaign - Attack on the Factory District (September 1942) 171
Campaign - The Final Onslaught (October 1942) 172
Two Player Variant for Larger Campaigns 173
Credits 175
Selected Bibliography 176