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| A Romanian air raid. A rare sight indeed! |
6 Armee
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| Von Rapier briefs his generals. The game afforded some opportinities for silly hat wearing... |
III Armeekorps
1 Infantry Division Romanian
18 Infantry Division Romanian
19 Infantry Division Romanian
2 Mountain Division Romanian
11 Infantry Division (link)
72 Infantry Division
Corps artillery & Flak
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| 19ID was by far the strongest of the Romanian divisions. As well as luxuries like tractor-drawn artillery and an AT battalion, it also had atached a (weak) battalion of (clapped out) R-35 tanks! |
19 Panzer Division (both PDs similar to 2PD)
23 Panzer Division
corps artillery & flak
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| The gathering storm. LI Korps massing near Kharkov |
Elements of the Luftwaffe and Romanian air force were also present.
Coming next - battle commences!
9 comments:
A good shot of Romanian power. These are not fancy boys!
Eagle eyed readers are invited to follow the course of the battle and see if it conforms to the path planned for it by von Rapier. Dotted line is planned maximum advance allowed the Russians, thick line is the southern 'firm shoulder' and the big arrow up the middle is the 'backhand blow'.
Whoever said no plan survives contact with the enemy....
Paul
The words 'Romanian' and 'power' were seldom heard in the same sentence on Saturday...
Martin Rapier
I now have a copy of the 6 Armee report on the battle. I'll post it once it's been security cleared...
What I love about playing at this level is the detail you get later.
As in ... the was a Romanian air raid? As in ... the was a Romanian Air Force :)
A nice surprise. Did they hit anything?
SoA Shows North
I'm the last person to ask about detail! That said, I did witnedd the Forţele Aeriene Regale ale României (Royal Romanian Air Force) flying at least two missions. For more on their hi-tech kit see my earlier post: http://megablitzandmore.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/fortele-aeriene-regale-ale-romaniei.html
"A nice surprise. Did they hit anything?"
Oh yes, they bombed Soviet airfields but spent most of their time knocking seven bells out of the Soviet northern forward detachment as it assembled to cross the river.
Recent archives and regimental diaries have revealed the following : http://notquitemechanised.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/a-grand-afternoon-out/
Martin Rapier
It was nice to see some of the aircraft living up to their painting!
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