"The Defence of Pokrov, 1917" Topic
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| Tango01 | 24 Sep 2026 1:38 p.m. PST |
"The Brusilov offensive has run out of steam. The Russian army is reeling backwards under the sustained assaults of the German army, and is becoming increasingly fragile as the seeds of revolution foment within it ranks. The town of Pokrov stands in the path of the German advance, defended by the 5th Division. An armoured train sits in the rail yards outside the town, the rhythmic bang of its donkey pump echoing across the fields on the outskirts. It's guns pointed westward. The Russian commander is confident, although he feels some concern about the growing rates of desertion amongst his troops. Is his confidence well founded?…" link
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Frederick  | 24 Sep 2026 2:57 p.m. PST |
Good AAR – I am just reading Nick Lloyd's "The Eastern Front" about WWI in the East- and by 1917 Russian generals were very very right to worry about just how ready their troops were to die for the Motherland – one of the reasons Brusilov's offensive failed was that a number of Russian units just refused to attack |
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