Rich Wilcox and I played out the second scenario from my Tarnopol 3 Round Campaign called SU-152s Up Close and Personal. The scenario design was based on my experiment with a 2 Foot City.
Tarnopol 1944
Tarnopol cropped up in a couple of my books on WW2 and it struck me as a kind of mini-Stalingrad so I thought I’d write up some notes. The historical significance of Tarnopol is that it was the first city Hitler declared to be a “Fortified Place” (10 Mar 1944). Despite being surrounded the small garrison was ordered to defend the city at all costs … and cost them it did. Check out the Timeline and Order of Battle.
SU-152s Up Close and Personal – A Crossfire Scenario in Tarnopol
This Crossfire scenario features Russian SU-152 Self Propelled Guns clearing the streets of Tarnopol. It can part of the 3 Round Tarnopol Crossfire Campaign but can also be played in isolation. See also the Battle Report.
Russian Recce – A Crossfire Scenario in Tarnopol
This Crossfire scenario is a Russian reconnaissance probe towards German held Tarnopol. It can be played as part of the 3 Round Tarnopol Crossfire Campaign but can also be played in isolation. See also the Battle Report.
Push to the City – A Crossfire Scenario in Tarnopol
This Crossfire scenario represents the pivotal Russian assault that broke the men of the German 949th Grenadier Regiment at Tarnopol on 28 Mar 1944, and the counter-attacks that followed. It is part of the 3 Round Tarnopol Crossfire Campaign but can also be played in isolation.
Breakout from Tarnopol – A Crossfire Scenario in Tarnopol
A Crossfire scenario about the German break out attempt from Tarnopol. It is part of the 3 Round Tarnopol Crossfire Campaign but can also be played in isolation.
Battle Group Friebe – A Crossfire Scenario in Tarnopol
This Crossfire scenario features Panzerverband Friebe’s attempt to break through to Tarnopol. It is part of the 3 Round Tarnopol Crossfire Campaign but can also be played in isolation. See also the Battle Report.
Tarnopol Matrix – An Engle Matrix Campaign
“Tarnopol Matrix” uses Engle Matrix Games mechanisms for a wargaming campaign within the historical context of siege of Tarnopol in Mar-Apr 1944.
Timeline for Tarnopol
A timeline for Fortress Garrison Tarnopol.
3 Round Tarnopol – A Crossfire Campaign
3 Round Tarnopol uses the 3 Round Campaign mechanisms within the historical context of Tarnopol for a Crossfire campaign. The structure of the game guarantees three different Crossfire games are played from a possible set of five scenarios.
Order of Battle for Tarnopol
Orders of Battle for Fortress Garrison Tarnopol.
Moniushko – From Leningrad to Hungary
In 1944 – yes another World War II memoir – Evengii Moniushko (2005) was a Lieutenant in a tank destroyer artillery regiment (IPTAP) along the Vistula River. From March to May 1945 he was an artillery observer in Silesia and Czechoslovakia. His book is largely recollections of civilian and military life during the war, so I can not particularly recommend it to anyone searching for combat accounts. But there are a few interesting bits.