Toaw Scenario: Hungarian Campaign

Central Europe,
October 06, 1944,

Russian army of 228 units opposed to German army of 151 units
for a battle of complexity 1.42 at Regiment(III) level
on a 10 Km/Hex map
for 61 turns of Half Week each.

by Trey Marshall submited on 01-01-2003

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Hungarian Campaign 1944 Version .90 (5 August 2002) by Trey Marshall (treymarshall@cox.net) Date: 6 October - 5 May, 1945 Location: Northwestern Romania - Hungary - Northern Yugoslavia - Austria Map scale: 10 km per hex Time scale: Half-Week Turns Unit Scale: Divisions - Regiments Length: 61 Turns UNIT COLORS: GERMANY Wehrmacht - White on Grey Waffen SS - Black on Grey Luftwaffe/Fallschrimjaeger - Blue on Grey Hungarian - Blue on Green ALLIED Russian - Yellow on Red Russian Guards - White on Red Romanian - Blue on Red SIGNIFICANT EVENTS: * Axis units east of the Tisza River are in a hold status (cannot move) until the Russians capture Oradea. House Rules: Victory Points: Victory Hexes: Scenario Briefing: The situation that begins the Hungarian Campaign in 1944 is the result of a series of Russian offensives that began in late August 1944 against Army Group South Ukraine along the Dniester River. The offensive combined with the collapse of Romanian military and political support for the Axis resulted in large pockets of German and Hungarian troops with no distinguished front line. Also, many of the former Axis Romanian troops took up arms against the retreating Germans. The dogged German Army retreated to the more defensible Carpathian mountains in Western Romania under constant pressure from the 2nd Ukrainian Front. The 3rd Ukrainian Front assaulted through Southern Romania and into Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. By early October, the remnants of Army Group South Ukraine held on to the mountain passes and the relatively flat Hungarian plain west of Oradea and Debrecen. The new situation presented STAVKA with a juicy target with the German 8th Army and the 2nd Hungarian Army deplyed far east in the mountain passes while the weak 6th Army and 3rd Hungarian Army held a precarious position dug-in on the Hungarian plain west of Oradea. On 6 October 1944, the Russian began their Debrecen operation spearheaded by the 6th Guards Tank Army and Cavalry Groups Pliev and Gorshov. The assualt shattered the 3rd Hungarian and the Russian Cavalry Groups ran amok behind 6th Army. Days later Oradea fell and General Friessner begged Hitler to allow Army Group Ukraine (now renamed Army Group South) to withdraw to the Tisza River. III Panzer Korps launched a successfull counterattack against the 6th Guards Tank Army near Debrecen to allow the 8th and 2nd Hungarian Armies to withdraw. The Tisza River defenses were quickly overcome by the Russian 2nd Ukrainian Front and by mid October, significant Russian forces were across the Tisza near Szeged. The Germans could not contain the Russian offensive and by early November, teh Russians were on the outskirts of Budapest. Designer's Notes: Special Thanks to:

Briefing

Hungarian Campaign 1944
Version .90 (5 August 2002)
by Trey Marshall (treymarshall@cox.net)

Date: 6 October - 5 May, 1945
Location: Northwestern Romania - Hungary - Northern Yugoslavia - Austria
Map scale: 10 km per hex
Time scale: Half-Week Turns
Unit Scale: Divisions - Regiments
Length: 61 Turns

UNIT COLORS:

GERMANY
Wehrmacht - White on Grey
Waffen SS - Black on Grey
Luftwaffe/Fallschrimjaeger - Blue on Grey
Hungarian - Blue on Green

ALLIED
Russian - Yellow on Red
Russian Guards - White on Red
Romanian - Blue on Red

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS:
* Axis units east of the Tisza River are in a hold status (cannot move) until the Russians capture Oradea.

House Rules:

Victory Points:

Victory Hexes:

Scenario Briefing:
The situation that begins the Hungarian Campaign in 1944 is the result of a series of Russian offensives that began in late August 1944 against Army Group South Ukraine along the Dniester River. The offensive combined with the collapse of Romanian military and political support for the Axis resulted in large pockets of German and Hungarian troops with no distinguished front line. Also, many of the former Axis Romanian troops took up arms against the retreating Germans. The dogged German Army retreated to the more defensible Carpathian mountains in Western Romania under constant pressure from the 2nd Ukrainian Front. The 3rd Ukrainian Front assaulted through Southern Romania and into Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. By early October, the remnants of Army Group South Ukraine held on to the mountain passes and the relatively flat Hungarian plain west of Oradea and Debrecen. The new situation presented STAVKA with a juicy target with the German 8th Army and the 2nd Hungarian Army deplyed far east in the mountain passes while the weak 6th Army and 3rd Hungarian Army held a precarious position dug-in on the Hungarian plain west of Oradea.
On 6 October 1944, the Russian began their Debrecen operation spearheaded by the 6th Guards Tank Army and Cavalry Groups Pliev and Gorshov. The assualt shattered the 3rd Hungarian and the Russian Cavalry Groups ran amok behind 6th Army. Days later Oradea fell and General Friessner begged Hitler to allow Army Group Ukraine (now renamed Army Group South) to withdraw to the Tisza River. III Panzer Korps launched a successfull counterattack against the 6th Guards Tank Army near Debrecen to allow the 8th and 2nd Hungarian Armies to withdraw.
The Tisza River defenses were quickly overcome by the Russian 2nd Ukrainian Front and by mid October, significant Russian forces were across the Tisza near Szeged. The Germans could not contain the Russian offensive and by early November, teh Russians were on the outskirts of Budapest.
Designer's Notes:

Special Thanks to: