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Designer: Perry Moore Developer and Editor: Paul
Rohrbaugh Graphics: Bruce Yearian Playtesting:
Brian Brennan, Paul Rohrbaugh, Jon Tascoe
Mounted counters are available for an additional $5.00
Four 11" x 17" map sections |
Two sheets of 280 playing pieces | One Players' Aid Sheet | One, 12
page rule book
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Breakout From the Crimea
covers General Wrangel's Russian White Army
offensive from their trapped environs of the
Crimea. Wrangel and his 25,000 men were
evacuated from Novorisisk in March 1920,
later reforming and re-supplied by the
British. The Red 13th army was responsible
for Wrangel's containment, as well as the
Communist's attempt to break through to
Sevastopol. In April, both sides tried in
vain to achieve their goals.
Wrangel's forces were not numerically as
strong as the 13th Army, but their morale,
as well as skillful use of tanks and
aircraft, returned the balance of power to
their favor. By May 1920, Wrangel had up to
20 operational tanks and an equal number of
DH9A bombers. Their tankers and pilots
trained since March, and learned well the
lessons taught by their British advisors in
combined arms tactics.
During the battle, both sides fought
tenaciously, but it was the use of tanks and
aircraft that tipped the scales. The DH9A
bombers faced little Red air opposition and
flew constant missions over the front. The
tanks were massed into a hammering force for
a breakthrough. All of these lessons were
ignored by Wrangel's former superior,
General Denikin, a year earlier. To
supplement the attack, Wrangel also had
several divisions land along the Black Sea
coast, which was weakly held by the
Communists. By June 12th, the Communist 13th
Army lost 8,000 men and was fleeing to the
protection of the Dniepr River. Wrangel,
lost nearly the same amount and exploiting
the White victory was not easy. The Reds
counter-attacked a few days later and briefly
retook Melitopol. Eventually, the
Whites recaptured the city and the lines
became static, with neither side having the
strength to overcome the other. |
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