The First Blitzkrieg: The Raid on Zhitomir – 25-26 April, 1920

Another game in the system Great Battles of Small Units. Free, for your own printing. This time we will move to April 25 and 26, 1920. The Polish-Bolshevik war is underway from february, 1919. The beginning of the Kiev expedition. Motorized group of Colonel Stefan Dąb-Biernacki attacked Bolsheviks 58th Rifle Division in the Zhitomir. Nothing in this extraordinary, but to reach the city Biernacki legionaries have to overcome from their own line about 80 km. Surprise is a priority here. On foot it is not advisable, so the decisive moment of motorization and armor (2, and perhaps 3 armored cars) of the Biernacki group is decisive. Surprise is complete. A Polish grouping on the deep rear of the enemy causes the units to be confiscated on the first line. During this time, Heinz Guderian is the ordinary captain of the Reichswehr...