SicSuchedniów 2023

 We gathered recently to play large multiplayer battle. Attack on Szomor (Hungary) during Konrad I operation in early 1945. Battle was long and bloody and finished close to a historical result with German forces capturing Szomor itself but being unable to clear and move through pair of hills that dominated terrain. Here are some photos of this beautiful looking game (Thanks mostly to Fromhold terrain making and painting skills )

Here is layout and the city with towering hills.

Roads to Szomor

Hills visible over the town

First victim

Szomor panorama with Filip deploying Russian tanks

Objectives from the German perspective

Here are some photos from the game without coherent narrative.

German assault on the city starts.

City from the top of a hills (Russian perspective), Both flank of German attack clearly visible with infantry and tanks on the left flank and fight in the city with gepanzert grenadiers in the support on the left German flank. Russian trenches and pakfront visible close to the hills.

Russian pakfront

Armored reinforcements

Wave after wave after wave

Bloody tank battle at the city outskirts

Tank battle ended close to mutual destruction

But Germans took the church and city center after bloody fight

Bloody house to house fighting

Pz IVs in the mud

City was cleared but at high cost in life and armor

My forces used in battle

Fromhold beautiful winter Germans with  dice rolling mug that added greatly to German successes in tank combat (and was awarded Iron cross)

As a bonus Fromhold's cute doggo