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GDW Red Army (2)
 
The Destruction of Army Group Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




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Operation Bagration


Deployments during Operation Bagration. The encirclements of Fourth Army east of Minsk and Ninth Army near Bobruisk
are clearly shown, as is the encirclement of the LIII Corps of Third Panzer Army in Vitebsk
Soviet Order of Battle: Operation Bagration

Initial Forces (23 June 1944)

1st Baltic Front
4SA: 1 x 3-7-2 Rifle XXX (83)
6GA: 2 x 4-8-2 Guards Rifle XXX (2, 23); 1 x 4-7-2 Guards
Rifle XXX (22); 1 x 3-7-2 Rifle XXX (103) 43A: 3 x 3-7-2 Rifle XXX (1, 60, 92) NE 2201: 1 x 4-5-5 Tank XXX (1)

3rd Byelorussian Front
39A: 1 x 4-8-2 Guards Rifle XXX (5); 1 x 3-7-2 Rifle XXX (84)
5A: 3 x 3-7-2 Rifle XXX (45, 65, 72)
1 1 GA: 3 x 4-8-2 Guards Rifle XXX (8, 16, 36) NE 2910: 1 x 5-6-5 Guards Tank XXX (2) 31 A: 3 x 3-7-2 Rifle XXX (36, 71, 113)
NE 2908: 1 x 5-6-5 Guards Tank XXX (3); 1 x 4-5-5 Tank
XXX (29)
NE 2707: 1 x 3-4-4 Guards Cavalry XXX (3); 1 x 5-7-5 Guards Mechanized XXX (3)

2nd Byelorussian Front
213R: 7 x 3-7-2 Rifle XXX (19, 38, 62, 69, 76, 81, 121)

1st Byelorussian Front
3A: 1 x 4-7-2 Rifle XXX (41); 4 x 3-7-2 Rifle XXX (35, 40, 46, 80)
SE 2305: 1 x 4-5-5 Tank XXX (9)
48A: 3 x 3-7-2 Rifle XXX (29, 42, 53)
65A: 1 x 4-8-2 Rifle XXX (18); 1 x 4-7-2 Rifle XXX (105) SE 2012: 1 x 5-6-5 Guards Tank XXX (1) C-M G: 1 x 3-4-4 Guards Cavalry XXX (4); 1 x 4-6-5
Mechanized XXX 111
28A: 1 x 4-8-2 Guards Rifle XXX (3); 1 x 4-8-2 Rifle XXX (20); 1 x 3-7-2 Rifle XXX (128)
61 A and 70A: 3 x 1-3-2 Guards Rifle XX (12, 38, 76); 7 x 1-2-2 Rifle XX (1, 23, 55, 160, 212, 397, 415)

Air: 11 air units

Onslaught scenario: The 61A and 70A listing is changed to: 1 x 1-3-2 Guards Rifle XX (12); 1 x 1-2-2 Rifle XX (212).
Reinforcements
Turn 5 - East edge
51 A: 1 x 3-7-2 Guards Rifle XXX (1); 1 x 4-7-2 Rifle XXX (100); 3 x 3-7-2 Rifle XXX (10, 14, 63)

Turn 7 - South edge
47A: 3 x 3-7-2 Rifle XXX (77, 125, 129)
1 BR: 1 x 3-4-4 Guards Cavalry XXX (2); 1 x 5-6-5 Guards Tank XXX (8)

Turn 8
Air: 1 air unit

Turn 9 - East edge
2GA: 2 x 4-8-2 Guards Rifle XXX (11, 13); 1 x 3-7-2 Rifle XXX (54)

Turn 11 - East edge
1 Bal: 1 x 4-5-5 Tank XXX (19)

German Order of Battle: Army Group Center

Initial Forces (23 June 1944)

3rd Panzer Army
9C: 1 x 2-4-2 Infantry XX (252); 1 x 2-4-2 Infantry (XX) (KAD)
53C: 2 x 2-4-2 Infantry XX (206, 246); 2 x 1-3-2 Infantry XX 141L1, 6(L))
6C: 3 x 2-4-2 Infantry XX (197, 256, 299) 3PzA: 2 x 2-4-2 Infantry XX (14, 95)

4th Army
27C: 1 x 2-4-2 Infantry XX (260); 1 x 2-5-2 Infantry XX (78 Sturm); 1 x 4-5-5 Panzergrenadier XX (25)
39C: 3 x 2-4-2 Infantry XX (12, 31, 110); 1 x 1-3-2 Infantry XX (337)
12C: 2 x 2-4-2 Infantry XX (57, 267); 1 x 4-5-5 Panzergrenadier XX (18)

9th Army
35C: 5 x 2-4-2 Infantry XX (6, 45, 134, 296, 383) 41C: 3 x 2-4-2 Infantry XX (35, 36, 129) 55C: 2 x 2-4-2 Infantry XX (102, 292)

2nd Army
2A: 2 x 2-4-2 Infantry XX (7, 211); 1 x 2-4-3 Infantry XX (5 Jager); 1 x 2-4-2 Infantry (XX) (KA-E); 1 x 1-3-2 Security XX (203); 2 x 1-2-4 Cavalry X (3, 4); 1 x 1-2-4 Hungarian Cavalry XX (1); 2 x 1-2-2 Hungarian Infantry XX (5, 23)

Anti-Partisan Forces
NW 2912: 1 x 1-3-2 Security XX (221) NE 0405: 1 x 1-2-2 Security XX (391) NE 1108: 1 x 1-3-2 Security XX (201) NE 1201: 1 x 1-3-2 Security XX (281) NE 1913: 1 x 1-3-2 Security XX (286) SW 2206: 1 x 1-2-2 Security XX (52) SW 2802: 1 x 1-2-2 Security XX (390) SE 0302: 1 x 1-3-2 Security XX (707)

Fortifications: One fortification counter is placed in each of the following hexes:

NE map: 2304, 2305, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2104, 2105, 2412, 2319
SE map: 1506, 1507, 1405, 1406, 1407, 1306, 1307

Air: 3 air units

Onslaught Scenario: The 2A listing is changed to: 1 x 2-4-2 Infantry XX (7); 1 x 1-2-4 Hungarian Cavalry XX (1).

Reinforcements

Initial Reinforcement Pool
1 air unit; 2 x 1-3-2 Infantry XX (50, 196); 5 x 2-4-2 Infantry XX (69, 131, 170, 212, 367); 1 x 2-4-3 Infantry XX (28 Jager); 1 x 5-6-5 Panzer XX (20); 4 x 6-7-5 Panzer XX (4, 5, 7, 12); 1 x 7-8-5 SS Panzer XX (Totenkopf)

Turn 13 Additions

2 air units; 2 x 2-4-2 Infantry XX (1, 17); 2 x 6-7-5 Panzer XX (6, 19)


In the north, The 1st Baltic Front and the 3rd Byelorussian Front, facing the German 3rd Panzer Army
Soviet guards rifles (red tiles) make up a number of divisions in the northern sector


In the centre, 2nd Byelorussian Front, facing the German 4th Army

The central south: 2nd Byelorussian Front facing the German 9th Army



As above, the central south: 2nd and 1st Byelorussian Fronts, and the German 9th Army


South: Continuation of the 1st Byelorussian Front and the German 9th Army
Note Soviet guards: cavalry and tank divisions (red tiles)


South: 1st Byelorussioan Front facing the German 2nd Army, with Hungarian infantry and cavalry divisions
(white text on green tiles)