Tag: Ukraine
Stew’s Replays: Bridge to Nowhere (54)
AAR by: Stephen “Stew” Stewart
Stew’s Replays: Bridge to Nowhere (54)
Here's the historical situation:
Date: August 12, 1941
Location: Yasnaya Polyana, Ukraine
Attacker: Italian (1º Battaglione, 80º "Roma" Reggimento Fanteria)
Defender: Russian (Soviet 9th Army)
In July 1941 Mussolini sent the 62,000-strong CSIR (Italian Expeditionary Corps) to the Eastern Front. Its three divisions and attached troops linked up with the Wehrmacht in Romania, where...
