Hold the Panzers*
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Date: September 9, 1939*
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Battle Location: Ochota suburb, Warsaw, Poland*
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Battle Type: Poland delay vs Germany advance*
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Description: By September 8 the German 4th Panzer Division had cut across Poland and stood before Warsaw putting in a probing attack near the Ochota suburb which was repulsed. After dawn of the following day, September 9, an attack by elements of Panzer Regiment 35 and Schuetzen Regiment 12 was launched.*
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The German effort was met with determined resistance.* 
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Polish anti tank guns and various units thrown together put up a savage fight that blunted the German attack, knocking out a large number of German tanks that had become separated from their supporting arms.*
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Notes: If played against the AI the human player should take the Polish side.*
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Sources: *
Lucas, J - Battle Group: German Kampfgruppen Action of WWII*
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Schlaufer, H - So Lebten und Starben sie: Das Buch vom Panzer Regiment 35*
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Zaloga, S - Poland 1939: The Birth of Blizkrieg*
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Design by: Ulf Lundstrom.**





