Initiative (The Red Gambit Series Book 6) - Plot & Excerpts
Brigadier Haugh was grim-faced. There was no way he could wrap this attack up in pretty ribbons and pass it off as a cakewalk. None of his experienced officers would buy it for a moment. It would be a total nightmare. 71st Brigade had already taken a heavy hit, hammering through the Soviet defences as they strove to destroy the Soviet pocket and permit the port to begin resupplying the Allied armies. In Wandsbek, they had ground to a halt, until Allied air forces took a hand, reducing the area in an attack of great ferocity. Fig # 185 - Opposing forces at Hamburg 17th June 1946. Fighting in Barmbek, Eilbek, Uhlenhorst, and Hamm drained the fighting battalions, although they gave a good account of themselves. But it had been St Georg that had proved the costliest of all. The 1st Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry had been smashed in an unexpected combination of heavy defence and counter-attack, that left the battalion leaderless and below 40% effective strength.
What do You think about Initiative (The Red Gambit Series Book 6)?
