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This is from the start of a scenerio playing with my modified NGP 89 database. The scenerio is what I designed, and I am playing it as a hotseat match against myself. It covers the battle for northern Germany, from the Baltic to the area south of the Harz Mountains. Lots of fun so far.


The Baltic Sector
The Warsaw Pact offensive began in the early morning hours of 14 July, 1989. From the Baltic to the Swiss border the Red Horde slammed across the Inner German Border hoping to quickly overwhelm NATO defenders. NATO for its part had deployed forces to the border only hours earlier.

In the far north, between the Baltic and the Elbe River the inital WP assault was conducted not by Soviet forces, but by soldiers from Poland and East Germany. In the vicinity of Lubeck, the DDR 8th MRD was making slow progress against elements of the FRG 6th PzG Div. On the 1st MRD's left flank the DDR 1st MRD was heavily engaged with the 1st Brigade of the Danish Jutland Div. The fight around Molln, on the east of bank of the Elbe-Lubeck Canal had been ferocious with both sides savagelly introduced to the violence of modern warfare.

Along the northern bank of the Elbe the Dutch 4th Mech Div was slugging it out with the Polish 12th MRD. The small town of Lauenberg had been reduced to rubble as the Dutch attempted to repel the only WP bridgehead over the Elbe-Lubeck. The 42nd Mech Bde still had prevented the spread of the Polish forces, but it had become evident to the Dutch division commander that they wouldn't stem the tide for much longer. Around Noon he sent a battalion from the 43rd Mech Bde, his reserve brigade, to alleviate some of the pressure off the hard pressed defenders.
 

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The Luneburg Heide

South of Hamburg and the Elbe River lay the forest and marshes of the Luneberg Heide. Here the FRG I Korps along with the Dutch 1st Mech Div were responsible for holding the WP atack. The Soviet 2nd GTA along with the Polish 20th TD driving along the south bank of the Elbe crossed the IGB in hopes of pushing aside the western defenders.

On the left flank of the Polish forces the Pole's 20th TD had seized a crossing over the Elbe. By mid morning recon elements had found a gap in the lines of the Dutch 1st Mech, and lead a regiment north around the defenders at Luneburg. The tanks crossed the Neetze Canal unopposed before a engineer unit racing towards Luneburg stumbled upon them. The engineers were devestated, but the alarm had been sounded. The 59th Armored Bn, the reserve for the 11th Mech Bde raced north and coducted a hasty counterattack. By early afternoon the 59th along with freshly arrived units from the 13th Mech Bde had significantally depleted the number of tanks on the west bank, but had not recaptured the bridgehead.

To keep the pressure on the Dutch the Poles were also pressing hard to cross the Elbe-Seiten Canal at Luneburg. The attack at Luneburg pinned down the remainder of the 11th Mech Bde, and by noon had forced the Dutch to move the 12th Mech Bde's reserve, the 101st Armor Bn, to the north to be in a position to assist the forces holding the canal line. South of Luneburg, the 12th Mech Bde's sector remained quiet.



South of the Dutch, the two West German Divisions, the 1st Pz and 11th PzG, holding the Elbe-Seiten Canal had deployed their recon elements to slow the inital attack, and buy the units more time to prepare their defensive positions. Only at Bodenteich had any major Soviet forces reached the canal. The Soviet 21st MRD had run into the 11th PzG's 32nd PzG Bde which held strong positions in town and to the north along some low wooded hills overlooking the canal. The fighting had been intense, but the Germans had managed to destroy the bridges over the canal and stopped the first attempted crossing.

 
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The British I Corps had the responsibility of defending the approaches to Hannover and the upper Wesser River. The rolling countryside surrounding cities like Braunschweig, Salzgitter, and Hildesheim was perfect for sweeping armored assualts. It was through this picturequese terrain that the Soviet 3rd Shock Army crossed the IGB.

The UK 1st Armoured Div deployed two briagades, the 22nd and 12th Armoured Bde on a line from Wolfsburg through Konigslutter. Here the terrain favored the defender more than in the rest of I Corps' sector. Despite the advantageous positions the Brits occupied they were hard pressed to hold against determined assaults by not only 3rd Shock Army's 10th Guards TD, but the left flank of 2nd GTA spearheaded by the 207th Guards MRD.

The 207th MRD was initially slowed by the 9th/12th Royal Lancers, attached to the division. By early afternoon the 9/12 along with the units from the 22nd Armoured were holding their own, never allowing the Soviets to overwhelm a spot or punch through into their rear.

Further south though the 10th Guards TD was having more success. Success that threatened the right flank of the 22nd Arm Bde. The lead tank regiment from the division had fought all morning in a massive tank battle against the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards of the 12th Armoured Bde. The regiment backed by all the division's artillery finally succeeded in driving most of the RSDG from its position along the autobahn east of Konigslutter.

 

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In the wide open rolling plains southeast of Braunschweig the British had deployed the 13th/19th Royal Hussars and a Battlegroup based around the 4th Armoured Bde's 1st Bn, Royal Scots Infantry. This force spread out to screen the southeastern approach to the key city of Braunschweig. By dawn on the first day lead elements of the 12th Guards TD were advancing against the lightly armed force. Only at Schorpenstadt where the the Scots had found good defensive positions were the Soviets somewhat bloodied. The rest of the screen line was overwhelmed by the Red armor and simply ceased to exist. The battlegroup managed to disengage from the Soviets, and limp back to the main defensive line of the 3rd Armoured Division.

Along the northern edge of the Harz Mountains, the UK 4th Armored Division was locked in heavy fighting with the 47th Guards TD. By late morning the Russians had pushed into the city of Goslar as intense fighting layed waste to much of the city. The 33rd Armoured Brigade was tasked with holding the area around Goslar and were paying a heavy price for that defense. Soon the 4th Armoured's commander was rushing the Warrior MCVs of the 1st Bn, The Black Watch and the Challengers of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment to help the defneders in Goslar.

The 33rd Armoured Bde also held the ground around the town of Schladen, and here too was holding against determined attacks by the 47th Guards. The brigade was forced to committ its reserves, the Queens Own Hussars to aid the infantry of the 2nd Bn, The Queen's Own.

 
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