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    Operation Rosselsprung

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Originally posted by Glider:

    Anyway, if you need help with translating local sources I will be more than willing to help!

    I did find something that was in a language I didn't recognize... let me see if I can find it again.

    Would you happen to know how deep and wide the river Unac is, and if there were any bridges over it in the Drvar area?

    Would you be interested in helping me playtest this operation? I'm pretty sure I've got the basics down right, just may need a little fine tuning. It's defintely a very hard fight from the Axis side. They start off well, but then they quickly start running low on ammo just as the partisans start getting reinforcements.

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    Operation Rosselsprung

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Originally posted by painfbat:

    Hey Red Dog,

    being busy making a Holland 1940 scenario I found that the German sources are far from correct.They lie about almost everything, like their losses, strenght, behaviour towards POW. As soon as they got their ass kicked they come up with stories about arty, mines, tanks,

    I quess the partisan's story are the nearest too the truth.

    Greatings,

    Painfbat

    Haven't done enough research on the topic to say for sure. But in this particular operation I doubt very much that the partisan's report is very accurate. Paratroopers just don't jump with lots of ammo and heavy weapons for one thing. Which is one thing that the partisan report claims... From reading the partisan report you'd think that the Germans dropped a whole division and they were beaten by a company size force of poorly armed, but VERY patriotic, partisans. Communist propaganda at its finest. :rolleyes:
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    Operation Rosselsprung

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    I need a couple of vict... uh I mean volunteers to help me beta test Operation Rosselsprung.

    I've made it up as a 10 battle operation. Each battle is 10 turns. The operation starts at dawn, and ends shortly after dawn on the next day (when the SS 500 Para Battalion was relieved by ground forces).

    It should work well as a two play or Axis player vs Soviet AI.

    The Germans will have to take their objectives quickly or they'll be overwelmed by the Partisan reinforcements and run out of ammo.

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    King Tiger question

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Originally posted by Alech:

    Apparently they started development of a Panther MkII, but the war stopped before it got anywhere.

    Actually, there was a single prototype produced (and there's some question as to if it ever saw combat). The project was cancelled in favor of further development of the Panther. The prototype Panther II currently resides in the Patton Armor Museum.
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    Operation Rosselsprung

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Thanks for the email. I'm sure it will be of use.

    I've managed to come up with a satalite photo of Drvar and the surrounding area. I don't think the area has changed that much in the last 60 years (at least not geographicaly...)

    I also came up with a report of the battle from the partisan point of view. Rather interesting... many of the things said don't match up with the German version. For example, it stated that the SS 500th para battalion jumped with 81mm mortars and 75mm guns, they had plenty of ammo and outgunned and outnumbered the partisans. While other sources state that they had nothing heavier than an MG42 and rifle grenades, were outgunned by the partisans, and had to conserve their ammo.

    I think I'm more inclined to believe the German version in this case. Besides, it will make for a better battle that way. smile.gif

    However, I am finding conflicting accounts of which units were actually involved in the glider landings. I guess nothing worthwhile is ever easy...

    Apparently there's even been a movie made about this battle. Can't seem to find anything about it in english though, so I'm not sure if it's any good or how accurate it is.

    Anybody know if Canada still has troops in Bosnia? Durring my research I found that they have (or at least had) a base in Drvar. If anyone knows any Canadian soldiers that were/are there I'd appreciate it if you could try and get me a topographic map of Drvar and the surrounding area.

    Guess I better get back to my research. This is turning out to be a much bigger project than I had originally thought. But I think it will make for a great CMBB operation if I can get it done right.

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    Operation Rosselsprung

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    Thanks for the info. I just did a check over at the Scenario Depot and came up with a couple of matches. Though, imho, neither of them are very accurate depictions of Operation Rosselsprung. So I think I'm going to go ahead and work this up myself. Most likely as an operation considering the time delays between the various drops and the arrival of partisan reinforcements.

    My main problem is I can't seem to find a good map of the area. I'd like to be as accurate as I can.

    I'll be concentrating on the actions involving the SS 500th Para Battalion up until the point when they were relieved by ground forces. So it souldn't interfere with your work if you decide to do it.

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