Union troops concentrated their attack on this point, broke through, and 22 hours of brutal, hand-to-hand fighting ensued before the Confederates pulled back to a new position. The trench line bulged forward to protect a piece of high ground, in a curve that became known as the Mule Shoe Salient.
At the Battle of Spotsylvania during the American Civil War, Confederate forces arrived first at a strategic crossroads, and constructed a timber-reinforced line of trenches to stand against the numerically superior Union army. Sickles had held a similar position at Catherine's Furnace in the Battle of Chancellorsville two months earlier, and in both cases his corps was badly mauled and had to be rescued by other units. On the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, during the American Civil War, Union General Daniel Sickles moved his III Corps ahead of the main line of the Union army without orders, causing him to be nearly cut off from the main army when the Confederates attacked. The static nature of the trenches meant that forming a pocket was difficult, but the vulnerable nature of salients meant that they were often the focus of attrition battles. In trench warfare, salients are distinctly defined by the opposing lines of trenches, and they were commonly formed by the failure of a broad frontal attack. An attacker would usually produce a salient in his own line by making a broad, frontal attack that is successful only in the centre, which becomes the tip of the salient. An attacker can produce a salient in the defender's line by either intentionally making a pincer movement around the flanks of a strongpoint, which becomes the tip of the salient, or by making a broad, frontal attack which is held up in the centre but advances on the flanks. If you keep losing, you must be German, (that is the best explanation).Salients can be formed in a number of ways. The German did all these 4 mistakes, that is why they lost. Don't send vast armies in areas where you can't supply them 
Stop attacking when your units are exhausted Try to follow these good strategy lines to win your first game:
If ever you have played Cauldrons of War - Barbarsossa, you won't be disoriented, but you will notice some improvements here and there. Play against the AI or against your friends : with a hot seat mode and a Play By Email ModeĬauldrons of War - Stalingrad is the second opus of the "Cauldrons series". But don't worry, the game contains several scenarios and is challenging enough to keep you entertained for a long time. Some scenarios can be played in 1 or 2 hour. Play the main operations in 1942 on the eastern Front : As the German, will you grasp the Baku oilfields ? As the Soviet, will you trap a whole German army near Stalingrad ? Play fast and often : you don't need a 100+ hours investment in a monster game.
There is no micromanagement here, but more depth than you imagine. Its clean mechanics and low complexity allows the game to focus on what is really important : strategical decisions. From Crimea to Stalingrad and the Caucasus oil fields, lead the Axis or the Soviet forces in the bitter fightings of the eastern Front in 1942.Ĭauldrons of War - Stalingrad is an immersive 'command at the highest level' wargame with tough decisions to make.
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