Briefing
Northern Germany, June 10th 1985
The north flank of the 3rd Shock Army was to be covered by the 8th Mot Rifle (GDR) Division, an East German unit attached to a Soviet Army. Their battle plan, although on a smaller scale, was taken from the Germans in WWII who twice swept through the rough terrain of the Ardennes. Here, the Warsaw Pact attempted to slip this division through the Lueneberger Heide, a forested area of northern Germany. It met stiff resistance early from elements of the 11th Panzergrenadier Division's 33rd Pz Brigade, and a cat and mouse struggle ensued as the NATO elements fought a delaying action, while the Warsaw Pact forces drove on to their objectives, the bridges over the River Weser.
Map
Initial Dispositions
NATO OOB
British: 22nd Armoured Brigade
Dutch: 41st Armoured Brigade
West German: HQ elements from the 1st Panzer Division and a single battalion from the 2nd Panzer Brigade
West German: 2 Brigades from the 11th Panzer Division
Northern Germany, June 10th 1985
The north flank of the 3rd Shock Army was to be covered by the 8th Mot Rifle (GDR) Division, an East German unit attached to a Soviet Army. Their battle plan, although on a smaller scale, was taken from the Germans in WWII who twice swept through the rough terrain of the Ardennes. Here, the Warsaw Pact attempted to slip this division through the Lueneberger Heide, a forested area of northern Germany. It met stiff resistance early from elements of the 11th Panzergrenadier Division's 33rd Pz Brigade, and a cat and mouse struggle ensued as the NATO elements fought a delaying action, while the Warsaw Pact forces drove on to their objectives, the bridges over the River Weser.
Map
Initial Dispositions
NATO OOB
British: 22nd Armoured Brigade
Dutch: 41st Armoured Brigade
West German: HQ elements from the 1st Panzer Division and a single battalion from the 2nd Panzer Brigade
West German: 2 Brigades from the 11th Panzer Division
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