The lack of progress by Bittrichs corps is hardly surprising. Spring Awakening p1. The movement of the Sixth Guards Tank Army with some 500 tanks to an assembly area just west of Budapest was completed, and a second attack army was moving in behind the army defending the sector immediately to the north of Lake Valencei. Both Dietrich and General Heinz Guderian, the Army chief of staff, had wanted the Sixth Panzer Army deployed behind the Oder River to protect Berlin and northern Germany, but Hitler would have none of it. Join historians and history buffs alike with our Unlimited Digital Access pass to every military history article ever published (over 3,000 articles) in Sovereigns military history magazines. By 21 January, only 5 days into Operation Konrad III, the Germans had taken the towns of Dunapentele and Adony which are on the Western shore of the Danube. Farther to the west, the 3rd and 4th Cavalry Divisions were forced back to their start lines by Soviet counterattacks. Although there were no tanks in this defensive zone, there was an average of 17 anti-tank guns per kilometer forming 23 tank killing grounds. Soviet counter-offensive (16 March15 April 1945): The operation, initially planned for 5 March, began after German units were moved in great secrecy to the Lake Balaton (German: Plattensee) area. Two of the frontline divisions were to the east of Lake Balaton, immediately in front of I Cavalry Corps, two faced I SS Panzer Corps, two more were opposite II SS Panzer Corps, and a divisional equivalent was in front of III Panzer Corps. This debacle is famous for the "armband order" which followed. [59] While these Armies were preparing for the imminent offensive, the 17th Air Army was busy flying reconnaissance missions, although they could not report on much due to excellent German camouflage. Another part of Sixth SS Panzer Army would then turn south and create a southern spearhead. Lapland The order was issued to the commander of German Sixth SS Panzer Army, Sepp Dietrich, by Adolf Hitler, who claimed that the troops, and, more importantly, the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, "did not fight as the situation demanded. Artillery Regiment (SU-76M), 11th Guards Cavalry Division (71st Tank Regiment: T-34, M4A2(75)W Sherman), 12th Guards Cavalry Division (54th Tank Regiment: T-34), 63rd Cavalry Division (60th Guards Tank regiment: M3 Lee, Valentine Mk. To complicate matters, long-range Soviet artillery was interdicting the bulk of the Hohenstaufens armor still crossing the Sarviz canal at Szabadbattyan. J, StuG III.). By 4 April, Sepp Dietrich's Sixth SS Panzer Army was already in the Vienna area desperately setting up the city's defenses against the anticipated Soviet Vienna Offensive. Spring Awakening, as innovative as it might feel compared to traditional musicals, . IL-2m3. March 12 saw the status quo more or less continue on II SS Panzer Corps front. Hitlers precise aims for Operation Spring Awakening were as wildly ambitious as those in the Ardennes three months earlier. IL-2m3. Finland German General Sepp Dietrich's Sixth SS Panzer Army was responsible for the primary thrust of the German attack. [1] Lithuania The Awakening. The I SS Panzer Corps was now some 25 kilometers ahead of II SS Panzer Corps, and the threat of a Soviet counterattack into its exposed flank appeared ever more likely. The offensive was launched in Hungary on the Eastern Front . Product Description. Artillery Regiment (SU-100), 1068th Self-prop. The immediate Soviet objectives were Tata and Gyr in the north and Varpalota and Veszprem in the south. [56] The 26th Army, which was expected to take the brunt of the German offensive, arranged its three Rifle Corps along a 44km front but only 1015km deep. Sure 5 stars! Meanwhile, the 23rd Panzer Division had managed to clear Saregres on the Sarviz River, but a subsequent attempt to force a crossing of the canal near Cece failed in the face of tenacious resistance. [23] On 20 January, Hitler ordered Von Rundstedt to withdraw forces from the ongoing Battle of the Bulge; the 1st SS, 2nd SS and 12th SS Divisions managed to disengage and withdraw the same day. The campaign game covers the Konrad Operations (I, II, and III) in January 1945. On March 2, General Wilhelm Bittrichs II SS Panzer Corps was placed on an alert status and told to be prepared to move. Okinawa [71] A single fully equipped late 1944 Panzer division would officially have held no fewer than 136 tanks, meaning that by 10 March the entire offensive immediately surrounding Lake Balaton had enough tanks for only 1.7 Panzer divisions as opposed to the 11 which were in action. The II SS Panzer Corps had been decisively halted, and Priesss Corps was now up against five infantry divisions backed by a cavalry corps. 951st Ground Attack Regiment (IL-2m3 Sturmovik) White diagonal tail-cap with 1 short diagonal stripe, e.g. At army group and army level, German intelligence had detected part of the Soviet buildup on the 13th, but the moves had been misinterpreted as local reinforcements, and it was not until the evening of the 14th that the Army Group South War Dairy recorded: Todays movements leave no doubt of the enemys intentions. Approaching and encircling the Austrian capital were the Soviet 4th and 6th Guards Tank, 9th Guards, and 46th Armies.[72]. Download Operation Spring Awakening Now Description + Dugouts will from now on be available via Build Dugout action by a general (this option alternates by turn/general with Operation Movement action on the menu) white, 2nd Guards Mechanized Brigade (BA-64, e.g. Plastic Soldier Battlegroup Spring Awakening Book is a general overview of the war in Hungary in 1945. Nevertheless, during the afternoon SS Panzergrenadiers managed to expand the Simontornya bridgehead to some five square kilometers. By January 1945, it was clear to almost everyone that Germany had lost the war. white, Separate Recce. From all the available evidence it seems clear that the corps did not in fact launch any serious attacks on the 6th. [61] A prime example of the scale of defensive installments can be seen in the 26th Army's 135th Rifle Corps. Conducted from March 6-16, 1945, Spring Awakening's objective was to secure oil fields southwest of Lake Balaton. The German military launched Operation Spring Awakening in 1945 to preserve access to oil fields in Hungary, but the Red Army responded decisively. However, although it is remarkable that such an effective fighting machine could have been produced within a month of the Ardennes disaster, the more so when one takes into account that many of the men involved had received only minimal training, the question arises as to whether this elite SS Panzer Corps should have been used in this operation at all. German offensive (615 March 1945):Germany. The remnants of the German 2nd Panzer Army were south of Graz in the Maribor area, facing the Soviet 57th Army and the Bulgarian First Army. The XVIII Tank Corps, with about 75 tanks and armored assault guns, provided a mobile reserve in the area of Sarosd, directly in the path of II SS Panzer Corps, and four more rifle divisions and a guards mechanized corps were situated just to the west of the Danube directly covering II SS Panzer Corps objectives of Dunaujvaros and Dunafldvar. Artillery Regiment (SU-100, ~ e.g. Company (T48/SU-57, e.g. I have been spending the time since the fall started building up lots and lots of compost to enrich the soil of the new garden for the Spring. The whole study is written in the heroic style. To compound this already desperate situation, the routes they had to take and share through Szkesfehrvar with III Panzer Corps were a morass of mud. Artillery Regiment (SU-100), 1011th Self-Prop. The failure of II SS Panzer Corps to make progress on the east side of the Sarviz canal was inevitably causing deep concern at Headquarters Army Group South and Sixth Panzer Army and this led, on the night of the 8th, to the release of the 23rd Panzer Division from the Army Group South reserve to I SS Panzer Corps. [69] The attack was spearheaded by the 6th SS Panzer Army and included elite units such as the LSSAH division. Between 18 February and 3 March the 233rd Rifle Division had dug 27 kilometers of trenches, 130 gun and mortar positions, 113 dugouts, 70 command posts and observation points, and laid 4,249 antitank and 5,058 antipersonnel mines, all this on a frontage of 5 kilometers. Hungary The area over which the Waffen SS divisions were to advance, although very open, is gently rolling country with a number of significant hill features and ridges. Occupation of Japan By 7 February, on orders of Hitler, strict secrecy rulings were put into place: death penalty for command infractions, license plates were to be covered, insignia on vehicles and uniforms to be covered, no reconnaissance in forward combat areas, unit movements only by night or overcast conditions, no radio traffic, and the units were not to appear on situation maps. [38] Many of the incoming units also received cover names to help further mask the build-up of forces from the enemy. Yugoslav Front 615th Ground Attack Regiment (IL-2m3 Sturmovik), e.g. Leningrad Philippines They were to push east through the Soviet 27th Army and to the Danube River. In January 12, 1945, Adolf Hitler received the news he had been dreadingthe Soviet Red Army had launched its winter offensive. It was not uncommon for the Soviets to actually search out and exploit the boundaries between the OKW and OKH as they knew these areas would suffer from poorer military command;[62] the advance to Budapest is an example.[36]. The Deutschland Regiment and elements of the 44th Panzergrenadier Division were just to the north of the small town, and the armored group continued to beat off repeated attacks on its positions at Heinrich Major. Select from premium Operation Spring Awakening of the highest quality. Artillery Regiment (SU-100), 1922nd Self-prop. The attack reached a high point about five kilometers northwest of Sarosd but then bogged down. On the same day, the 23rd Panzer Division, despite heavy antitank and artillery fire from the east side of the Sarviz canal, closed up to Saregres. Operation Spring Awakening was launched in the East by elements of three German panzer armies in the spring of 1945. The Soviet defenses between Lakes Balaton and Valencei were constructed in great depthon average some 30 kilometers. [40] Other units from other armies were also sent to the Hungarian theater, for example the 16th SS Panzer Grenadier Division Reichsfhrer-SS who was brought up from Italy through the Brenner straight and sent to the 2nd Panzer Army. On 28 February, the start date for Operation Spring Awakening was finally moved back to 6 March, though many commanders felt that a greater delay was necessary. Berlin [57] The 26th Army's Corps' would be layered in two belts whose defensive preparations had originally begun back on 11 February,[57] prior to any sign of German offensive intentions. [18] Their push resulted in the annihilation of the Soviet 7th Mechanized Corps. Apart from the adverse ground and weather conditions, II SS Panzer Corps was now up against the major part of six infantry divisions (with two more sited in depth farther east), albeit most of them seriously understrength, and significant elements of two armored formations. This bridgehead would jeopardize the upcoming Spring Awakening's South-Eastern push past Lake Balaton to secure the southern Hungarian oilfields while also exposing a straight route towards Vienna. Nazi plunder [45] On 27 February, Army Group South hosted a Chiefs-of-Staff conference to which the Chiefs-of-staff of the 2nd Panzer Army, 6th SS Panzer Army, 6th Army, 8th Army, and Luftflotte 4 attended; here the plans for Operation Spring Awakening were laid out. Ten armoured (Panzer) and five infantry divisions, including a large number of new heavy Tiger II tanks, struck 3rd Ukrainian Front, hoping to reach the Danube and link up with the German 2nd Panzer Army forces attacking south of Lake Balaton. Between 16 and 25 April, the Hungarian Third Army was destroyed about 40 kilometres (25mi) west of Budapest by the Soviet 46th Army which was driving towards Bratislava and on to the Vienna area. The only natural oil deposits in German-controlled territory were those around Nagykanizsa in southern Hungary and, with Allied air attacks disrupting and often neutralizing the synthetic gasoline production sites for long periods, it was essential to protect them. [55] The main differences between the Soviet defenses during the Battle of Kursk and the Balaton defensive operation (the Russian name for Operation Spring Awakening) was the relative short time frame allowed for defensive preparations (half a month), the smaller number of Soviet forces partaking in the defensive, and a reduced focus on perfecting the defensive lines as after all the 3rd Ukrainian Front would need to start its offensive from these lines. Whler ordered Dietrich to move I SS Panzer Corps to the area north of Varpalota and subordinate it to Army Group Balck. Lend-Lease The most surprising thing about these figures is that the Hohenstaufen had six Panthers and eight MK IVs more than when it started the offensive and was only two Jagdpanzers and one Sturmgeschtze worse off, and Das Reich was down only seven Panthers, two Mk IVs, one Jagdpanzer, three Sturmgeschtzes, and 38 armored cars and self-propelled weaponsthe latter despite the fighting at Heinrich Major. This was a major understatement. Poland IL-2m3, 165th Guards Ground Attack Regiment (IL-2m3 Sturmovik), 166th Guards Ground Attack Regiment (IL-2m3 Sturmovik), 167th Guards Ground Attack Regiment (IL-2m3 Sturmovik), 56th Fighter Air Regiment (La-5F, La-5FN), 530th Fighter Air Regiment (La-5F, La-5FN), 848th Fighter Air Regiment (La-5F, La-5FN), 267th Fighter Air Regiment (Yak-1b,-3,-9), 117th Guards Fighter Air Regiment (Yak-1b,-9), 168th Guards Fighter Air Regiment (Yak-1b,-9), 611th Fighter Air Regiment (Yak-1b,-3,-9D,DD,M) White diagonal tail stripe with a wide bar on the rudder, 659th Fighter Air Regiment (Yak-3, -9D,DD,M,T) Long white arrow on fuselage, 897th Fighter Air Regiment (Yak-1b,-3,-9D,DD,M,T), 31st Fighter Air Regiment (La-5F, La-5FN,-7FN) Lightning bolt on fuselage, diagonal tail stripe, 116th Fighter Air Regiment (La-5F, La-5FN) Lightning bolt on fuselage, diagonal tail stripes, 164th Fighter Air Regiment (La-5F, La-5FN) Lightning bolt on fuselage, diagonal tail stripes, 244th Bomber Air Division (Douglas A-20 Boston), 260th Bomber Air Regiment (A-20B,C,G,J, UA-20C Boston) Lightning emblem on the nose, 449th Bomber Air Regiment (A-20B,C,G UA-20C Boston) Bomb dropping seagull emblem on the nose, 861st Bomber Air Regiment (A-20B,C,G,J UA-20C Boston), 97th Guards Night Bomber Air Regiment (Po-2), 39th Separate Air Reconnaissance Regiment (Pe-2R, Yak-9D,M,R), 130th Guards Ground Attack Regiment (IL-2m3 Sturmovik), 131st Guards Ground Attack Regiment (IL-2m3 Sturmovik), 187th Guards Ground Attack Regiment (IL-2m3 Sturmovik), 188th Guards Ground Attack Regiment (IL-2m3 Sturmovik), 190th Guards Ground Attack Regiment (IL-2m3 Sturmovik), 235st Ground Attack Regiment (IL-2m3 Sturmovik) white tail cap, 451st Ground Attack Regiment (IL-2m3 Sturmovik), 31st Guards Fighter Air Regiment (Yak-1b, -9), 73rd Guards Fighter Air Regiment (Yak-1b, -9), 85th Guards Fighter Air Regiment (Yak-1b, -9), 48th Bomber Air Regiment (A-20G Boston) red tail cap, 452nd Bomber Air Regiment (A-20G Boston) white tail cap, 453rd Bomber Air Regiment (A-20G Boston) dark blue tail cap, 14th Guards Bomber Air Regiment (B-25D,J Mitchell), 238th Guards Bomber Air Regiment (B-25D,J Mitchell), 251st Guards Bomber Air Regiment (B-25D,J Mitchell), 53rd Bomber Air Division (Li-2 cargo planes, etc. KorsunCherkassy [17], On 16 March, the Soviets forces counterattacked in strength. [24] A glimpse of the ensuing verbal exchange during this argument was captured in Alfred Jodl's (OKW) post-war interrogation where he quotes Hitler saying: "You want to attack without oil good, we'll see what happens when you attempt that". [47] During the first days of March, alarming reports about road and terrain conditions due to the spring thaw flooded Army Group South Headquarters. Territorial changes of Germany : U.S.A. 3080508), 9th Guards Tank Brigade (M4A2(76)W Sherman, markings: '9xx', e.g. The only real success seems to have occurred at Aba, which was cleared by the 44th Panzergrenadier Division. The Soviet study of the Balaton offensive confirms that by 8 pm on the 7th the Leibstandarte had breached the second-line defenses of the 68th Guards Division on a five-kilometer front, and this caused the division to withdraw behind the Sarviz canal where the Armys reserve rifle division had already taken up defensive positions. During a Situation Conference on 7 January, 1945 at which both Hermann Gring and OB West Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt were present, Hitler proposed his intention of pulling the 6th SS Panzer Army to form a reserve due to severe Allied air attacks. Open your mission on LIVE and push the button "Copy the mission URL". Marshal Tolbukhin reinforced Lt. Gen.Gagyen, the Twenty-Sixth Army commander, with two tank brigades and three antitank regiments from his reserve XVIII Tank Corps, and Gagyen ordered these units to take up positions confronting III Panzer and II SS Panzer Corps. The primary component of the Spring Awakening offensive can be narrowed down to the area between Lakes Balaton and Valencei. Joni's games are getting better all the time.This game is well balanced for great game play and trying out different strategies.Top marks for historical accuracy. Lots of variety in German divisions; King Tigers, Waffen SS, Panzer Grenadier, Mark IV, Stug III, Motorized infantry, Mountain Infantry, as well as Hungarian and Croatian Infantry. white, 11th Guards Separate Motorcycle Battalion, 864th Self-prop. (Pz)/SG 2), JGr.101 Royal Hungarian Air Force (Bf 109G, Fi 156), 102 Royal Hungarian Air Force (Fw 190F), 1951st Self-prop. Brig. SS-Pz.Rgt 3 (Panther Ausf. The remnants of the German Second Panzer Army were south of Graz in the Maribor area, facing the Soviet 57th Army and the Bulgarian First Army. Lots of variety in German divisions; King Tigers, Waffen SS, Panzer Grenadier, Mark IV, Stug III, Motorized infantry, Mountain Infantry, as well as Hungarian and Croatian Infantry. Pearl Harbor By 14 March, Operation Spring Awakening was in serious trouble. On 10 March, the Axis forces fighting under Operation Spring Awakening around Lake Balaton had a total of 230 operational tanks and 167 operational assault guns between their 17 divisions. Another somewhat surprising success on the 12th came in the I Cavalry Corps sector, where the 3rd Cavalry Division managed to cross the Sio canal and secure a bridgehead to the west of Mezkomarom while the 4th Cavalry Division closed up to Balatonszabadi. To ensure sufficient supply of war materials and fuel, additional temporary bridges and gas pipeline were built on the river Danube. From Joni Nuutinen: by a wargamer for the wargamers since 2011. [55] The two tanks Corps would remain under the 26th and 27th Armies to be utilized only in dire need. Operation Spring Awakening. Although it failed to identify the correct designation and exact positioning of every formation, it estimated the number of armies, corps, and divisions in the attack area with remarkable accuracy. The latter were genuine mounted troops and were a considerable asset in the conditions of the Eastern Front where the horse sometimes had advantages over motorized transport. It took place in Western Hungary on the Eastern Front and lasted from 6 March until 15 March, 1945. It was to advance from an area north of Lake Balaton, through the two lakes (Balaton and Velence), and southeast to capture territory from the Si Channel to the Danube. App activity and App info and performance. Hungary The Leibstandartes attack on the town of Simontornya on March 12 was launched from the high ground north of the Sio canal. [61] Each anti-tank position had 8-16 artillery guns and a similar number of anti-tank guns. To save them and secure the borders of . [55] Other minor differences included the lack or limited use of barbed wire installations, anti-tank obstacles, and bunkers,[55] although the 4th Guards Army command did suggest to place the burnt out wrecks of 38 previously destroyed German tanks into advantageous positions; it is unclear how many were actually set up. The Los Angeles-based Deaf West Theatre, which has been in operation since 1991, . In one last desperate attempt to change his fortunes, Hitler would launch the. The offensive was launched by the Germans in great secrecy on 6 March 1945. [22] Von Rundstedt received the withdrawal orders on January 8, and the Panzer Army's divisions began preparations to withdraw from the Front. Since the Russians had depleted their defenses in this area to meet previous German attacks in the north, this new offensive was initially very successful. West Hunan While the Sixth Panzer Army persisted in its efforts to implement the basic strategy of Operation Spring Awakening, the Soviet preparations for their own offensive were nearing completion. This was one of the last successful German offensives in the Second World War. The II SS Panzer Corps final assembly area was just to the south of Szkesfehrvar and its initial mission was to establish a bridgehead over the Danube between Dunaujvaros and Dunafldvar, some 60 kilometers away. Moscow refused, saying that these armies were earmarked for the forthcoming general offensive and that he would have to make do with what he had. Operation Spring Awakening was a failure for Germany. Neptune Without this crude oil the war could not be continued. Despite all the measures taken to disguise the arrival of the Sixth Panzer Army on the Hungarian front, units of I SS Panzer Corps were soon detected in the Gran bridgehead operation. Blitzkrieg In early 1945, the Fhrer launched his final offensive operationin Hungary. The attack order was a Fhrer Order, and that was that. Two tanks disappeared in mud up to their turrets, and the rest of the lead company had to stay on the only hard surface road in the attack zone. Operation Spring Awakening conflict. Adolescence and the Spring Awakening. 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