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Ul'yanovo, Russia 1942-08-11 (4 others)

Overview:

The German Army Group Centre had been planning a pincer attack, named Fall Wirbelwind, to eliminate the Soviet held bulge in the front line south of Rzhev. General Zhukov, the new Russian West front commander, ordered his forces into action before the enemy assault was ready. Gaining confidence with their initial success, Zhukov's tanks and cavalry forced the Wehrmacht 4th Armee to go completely over to the defensive in early August. In the southern sector of the bulge, 2nd Panzer Armee began a solo attempt to gain the Wirbelwind objectives, but bad weather had meant very little reconnaissance was possible. The energetic 11th Panzer made better progress than any other German division, grinding 13 km toward the Zhizdra river. A Soviet tank corps refitting nearby had not been detected and its T-34 brigades hurled themselves at the German break-in.

Defender: Russian (61st Army)  

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