A raid was launched at this place and surrounding area in 1945. Who launched the raid? ... and for what reason?
Question421: Who raided this place in 1945? And why?(On 5th Feb 1945 a German raid)
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Mehlsack
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On 5th Feb 1945 a German raid (Dyhernfurth raid) was organized by Generalmajor Max Sachsenheimer to recapture a plant for the manufacture of the nerve agent tabun from the Russians. (On Ricos picture you see the Dyhernfurth castle which is situated not far away from the plant.)
A German unit with roughly the strength of a battalion crossed the Oder River, seized the factory, and deployed an anti-tank screen. On that day, the Germans destroyed documentation and evidence of the camp's atrocities and pumped tabun into the Oder River, while the screening force resisted two small-scale Soviet counter-attacks. In the evening of February 5, the German force pulled back behind the Oder River.
http://www.fireandfury.com/scenarios/scendyhernfurth.pdf
A German unit with roughly the strength of a battalion crossed the Oder River, seized the factory, and deployed an anti-tank screen. On that day, the Germans destroyed documentation and evidence of the camp's atrocities and pumped tabun into the Oder River, while the screening force resisted two small-scale Soviet counter-attacks. In the evening of February 5, the German force pulled back behind the Oder River.
http://www.fireandfury.com/scenarios/scendyhernfurth.pdf
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Wastemoreland
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I was gona say Daffodils, but aside from that I stand by Mehlsacks answer.
Yep. Mehlsack got it in one. And there I thought it was a tough question.
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Ulf Norman
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Would make a great scenario once we have the CM module for it. Found a AMS/GSGS Map over the area, German original from 1941: http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/GermanyMaps/id/1979/rec/1