Thanks, Leg and Chico.
I was skimming through my v1.0 U.S. Army Vehicle Guide last night and several divisions are mentioned as either...
A.) having withdrawn from Warsaw or...
B.) having participated in every major offensive in Poland/Central Europe (emphasis added).
Both of these tags seem to imply participation in the encirclement and/or the siege itself. The former implies either direct partipation in the siege, at some stage, at least, while the latter is more open to interpretation.
The units mentioned are:
2nd armored (A)
8th Mech ID (A)
3rd ACR (A)
107th ACR (A)
116th ACR (A)
3rd armored (B)
1st Mech ID (B)
2nd ACR (B)
11th ACR (B)
It seems strange for so many ACRs to be involved. Perhaps they provided the spearheads during the encirclement and well as the main counterattacking/rearguard formations of the withdrawal. The relative dearth of infantry seems strange as well. Maybe the Germans provided the bulk of the assault infantry. I don't know. Chico's explanation makes more sense than the purely canonical sources do.
Last edited by Raellus; 12-23-2008 at 11:57 AM.
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