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Operation Neva - Leningrad 1944

On January 14th 1944, Leningrad Front and Volkhov Front launched a combined offensive against the German 18th Army still standing at the outskirts of Leningrad. The plan was to break through to Luga from north and East and encircle the army, before continuing the attack to the Panther Line still under construction and break into the Baltic.
The Germans had in the previous months severely weakened the army by transferring many divisions south, and was planning a withdrawal to shorten the front line. The offensive started before they could implement this plan 'Blau'.
Despite a near collapse of the German front, a few key locations were held long enough to allow the majority of the army to escape encirclement. Beaten but not destroyed it fell back to the Panther Line, where fierce Soviet attacks tried to punch trough before the snow melted.
This scenario covers the time from the initial offensive until the weather puts a damper on operations in mid April.


* OPERATION NEVA *

The Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive
January 1944

v. 1.3

Designer: Stefan O. Kristensen
'Snefens'
E-mail: snefens@ac-smolf.dk

TOAW-4 ver.4.1

:: PBEM or vs. Soviet PO::

- Scenario details -

Date: January 14th - April 1944
Location: Ingria, Russia
Map Scale: 2.5km per hex
Time Scale: Half a day turns
Unit Scale: Battalion/Regiment
Length: 30 - 190 turns