﻿Out of The Fold

NIZNA PISANA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC (CZECHOSLOVAKIA) / October 25, 1944:
STAVKA's plans for a series of offensives throughout the summer of 1944 included attacks through the Carpathian
 mountains. This way, they could separate Hungary from the rest of the Reich, and finish carving up the last
 of Germany’s Eastern European allies. A Slovak uprising would secure the northern flanks, while several
 Mechanized Corps would proceed through the valley passes to support the assault on Budapest. However, When
 the uprising stalled, German forces secured bottlenecks such as the Dukla pass.
Wanting to keep the Slovaks in the fold a bit longer, Hitler ordered the Carpathians to be fortified along the
 Arpad Line, and armoured reserves were moved in from Poland. Throughout the months of September and October,
 Slovakia would be the scene of some bloody fighting.

Scenario Length: 7.5 Full Game Turns

Units Human Players (AI player units may vary)
Set up First - German: Squads, LMG, MMG, PSK, PF, AT, INF Gun, AFV 
Move First - Russian: Squads, LMG, MMG, MTR, DC, AFV

Maps: Two maps
Terrain: Rural village buildings, Hills 

Victory:
Russians win if at game end they have scored >10VP more than the Germans.
Germans score 3VP for each level 3 hill location and 1VP for each stone location controlled at game end plus
 CVP.
Russians score CVP & EVP for units exited between 24Y10 and 24I10 inclusive.

Aftermath:
The Carpathian mountains are anything but tank country, and the Autumn rains made the ground even more
 treacherous for the mechanized units of Konev's First Ukrainian Front. Nevertheless, the Dukla Pass was cleared
 of Axis forces by 06 Oct. As many Slovaks fled to join the Russians or local partisans, the Landsers of
 Heinrici's First Panzer Armee felt safe in their extensive fortifications, so they were surprised to see
 Soviet tanks bearing down from the ridgelines as the rain and fog cleared at the end of October.
Counterattacked by the 8th Panzer Div., the Soviet onslaught was slowed enough for German artillery to
 finish the job. The attack through the Carpathians was halted, but for all military purposes, Slovakia was
 lost as an effective ally to the Reich.