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July 7, 2023 at 5:14 am #1827093

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Battle of Kursk – Drive on Verkopenye (Avalon Hill’s “PanzerBlitz” Game Video)

We continue our series of wargames and discussions commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Kursk, switching to Avalon Hill’s classic “PanzerBlitz” system.

We’re now a few days into “Operation Citadel” – the gigantic German pincer attack aiming to slice off the Soviet-held Kursk Salient. Along the southern German attack axis, Panzergrenadier Division “Grossdeutschland” spearheads the XLVIII Panzer Corps / 4th Panzer Army, grinding through successive belts of Soviet defenses and now forcing a way across the Pena River at the town of Verkopenye.

Badly-mauled Soviet defenders of the 3rd Mechanized Corps (1st Tank Army, Voronezh Front) are maintaining a coherent withdrawal … barely … but now the Soviets have released the 6th Tank Corps as well, who are rushing forward to mount a local counterattack at Verkopenye.