Operation Iskra: Battle for Mar'ino

DATE: 29/11/2020

TIME (GMT): 19:00

ERA: WW2

TYPE: COOP

GAME: Arma 3

EVENT: Official

AUTHOR(S): Seedorf

SLOTS: 53 / 62

RATING: (11)

Operation Iskra, a Soviet military operation that was set in january 1943 during WWII, aimed to break the Wehrmacht's siege of Leningrad. The German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad in late 1942 had weakened the german front. 

The night before the start of the operations, the Soviet night bombers attacked the German divisional headquarters and artillery positions to disrupt the German command and control. The bombers also attacked German airfields and communication centres to disrupt the flow of reinforcements.

Operation Iskra began on 12 of january when the two fronts, Leningrad front and Volkhov front, launched an offensive. 
The Leningrad Front forces achieved their greatest success between Shlisselburg and Gorodok 1. Here, the Soviet 136th and 268th Rifle Divisions with supporting tanks and artillery captured a bridgehead approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) wide and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) deep. 

The battle for Mar'ino occurred on the first day of the offensive, the sappers built a bridge crossing the frozen Neva river to enable the rifle divisions and armored vehicles to cross the Neva river safely and attack the fortified position inside towns. 

At the end of the first offensive day, Soviets had capture almost all cities near the margin of the Neva river.