September 1942

Eastern Front

After bitter fighting, the 13th Guards Division clears the central landing stage of German troops and retakes the railway station, it having changed hands 15 times in 3 days' fighting. One regiment of the 13th Guards and another of the 112th Rifle Division counterattack at dawn, storming the 295th Infantry Division's positions on the Mamayev Kurgan. Bloody fighting eventually sees the Soviets retake the summit, but the Germans immeadiately counterattack with tanks and infantry. Despite heavy losses, the Soviets cling to the hill.