They were able to expand the beachhead to 4km wide and 2km deep within the first day. The force of 250 men, originally intended purely as a diversion with no real hope of survival, managed to establish a beachhead and within hours received reinforcements, originally intended for Ozereika, bringing their force up to 800 men. The Myskhako operation, however, was unexpectedly successful. In total, 1,300 Soviets troops were lost or captured at the beachhead. Rescue attempts were made but either came under fire or were unable to locate the stranded men. By 6:20 AM, the attack was called off and the troops on the beach were left to push inland, with no communication able to be established with their commanders. Less than half of the 30 tanks planned for the operation made it to shore. The final barge was again set on fire and began drift of course, with the loss of more tanks. Another of the barges hit a defensive obstacle and sank, with the loss of 3 of its 10 tanks. One of the ships carrying infantry was sunk before reaching the shore, with the loss of all 100 men on board and when they arrived one of the barges was set on fire by enemy gun fire and sank with the loss of all 10 tanks on board. The barges the Soviets were using proved too slow to make it to the beach on time and so the infantry was forced to land without the tanks. The Ozereika operation ended in disaster. The Soviets lacked proper landing crafts and instead had to use old barges to land their tanks and equipment. The attacks were launched on the night of February 3/4, 1943. At the same time a smaller forces was to land at Cape Myskhako, just to the south of the city, as a diversion for the main force. There would be two landing points, the main amphibious forces was to take land at Ozereika Bay, to the southwest of Novorossiysk. ![]() Following the failed land attack an amphibious landing was planned. However they were unable to breach the German defensive lines and gain a foothold in the city. On 01 February 1943, Soviet forces launched a series of attacks on Novorossiysk from the north east. In early 1943, the Germans began to withdraw back and set up the "Kuban bridgehead", with a defensive line which ran north from Novorossiysk, across the Taman Peninsula. ![]() Towards the end of 1942, the German offensive through the Caucasus slowed as it entered the mountainous terrain in the south. It was deemed important that Novorossiysk be recaptured so that the Black Sea fleet would have a suitable operating base. This, following the capture of Sevastopol earlier that year, left the Soviet Black Sea Fleet without its two main operating bases forcing them to use the small and ill equipped bases at Poti and Gelendzhik. The Port of Novorossiysk was (and still is) a major Soviet/Russian port on the Black Sea.Īs part of the Battle of the Caucasus, German and Romanian forces attacked the Port of Novorossiysk and by 11 September 1942 had complete control over the port and city. The map is an accurate recreation of the Port of Novorossiysk, as it was in the 1940s. The tank battle areas are:ĭomination: 1.2km x 1.2km (in AB & RB) or 2.8km x 2.8km (in SB)Ĭonquest #1: 1.2km x 1.2km (in AB & RB) or 1.8km x 1.8km (in SB)Ĭonquest #2: 1.3km x 1.3km (in AB & RB) or 2km x 2km (in SB)Ĭonquest #3: 1.2km x 1.2km (in AB & RB) or 1.6km x 1.6km (in SB) The air battle area is 65km x 65km in all modes. Dependent on the map configuration and the game mode (AB, RB or SB) the tank battle area changes location and size. The full tank battles map (seen to the right) is 4km x 4km however, the full area is not usually playable, with the map being split into smaller areas. ![]() Additionally tanks can engage each other at reasonably long ranges in the east of the map, by shooting across the water. The map is rather large and features a mixture of urban fighting, in the streets between destroyed industrial buildings in the North and South of the map, with a more open field like area in the west, and a rail yard in the middle allowing for longer range combat. It was added in Update 1.59 "Flaming Arrows". The map is an accurate recreation of the Port of Novorossiysk, a major Russian port on the Black Sea, and scene of heavy fighting during the Battle of the Caucasus. Port Novorossiysk is a ground forces map available in all modes.
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