Entre le Marteau et l'Enclume ETO (id:#58854)
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Khristishche, USSR 1942-01-26 ()
Designer: Emmanuel Regaudie
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Balance:
RussianGerman
66.666666666667%

Overview:

"Between the Hammer and the Anvil" -- Benefitting from the winter, Marshal Timoschenko decided to launch a significant offensive against German Army Group South. The Russians managed to create significant openings aimed at reaching the basin of Donetz from Izyum. Khristishche, held by the first battalion of the 196th infantry regiment, controlled the road to Slavyansk. From January 23, the Russians made many expensive attempts to take Khristishche but all were pushed back. It was not until dawn of the 25th that a patrol succeeded in penetrating the city.
Attacker: Russian (Siberian Fusilliers Regiment, LVII Army)
Defender: German (1st Bataillon, 196th Infantry Regiment / Reserves of Company M)  
7 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:21.5 D:14.5
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: All buildings are Wooden, No GS but Ground is Frozen, no foxholes
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2026-07-18(D) Robert Modarelli vs Rob St Clair Russian winThis is a challenging scenario for the Germans. Forces divided and outnumbered 3:2 (more than 2:1 at the point of Russian attack). The unique start of overlapping setup areas makes routing issues a major factor. Key for the German must be holding off the reinforcing Russian wave, which is tough to do against an able opponent (such as I faced here) unless things go right with shots, MCs and rallies. They didn't in this case. Germans did get a minor foothold in the victory building by turn 5 but it was clear they wouldn't be able to secure the victory, which requires total control of the victory building. Rather than play for a draw, Germans conceded at top of turn 6. One quirk of this one is both sides have a SAN of 0 -- so feel free to take all those 1+2 shots you'd normally skip!
2024-05-01(D) O Ramaille vs German winThe German were able to get into the victory building before the Russian reinforcements managed to eliminate the German garrison. Once complete control was achieved, the German easily repel Russian offensives.
2023-08-23(D) Andreas R vs Jenny German win
2023-05-19(A) Michael Rodgers vs Nick Faryna Russian winGerman garrison was eliminated by the Russian reinforcements before the German reinforcements could get into the victory buiding.
2018-01-22(D) Jeff Waldon vs Keith Mageau Russian winVASL-Teaching game
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Estimated Play time: 5.8 hours
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