Pocket Battle: Rattenkrieg 1: Assault on the Tractor Works

From Turning Point Simulations:

Rattenkrieg 1: Assault on the Tractor Works

A solitaire game on the German attempts to clear the Dzerzhinsky Tractor Factory of Soviet defenders during the 1942 attack on Stalingrad. Much of the city had fallen to the Germans but the Soviets continued to resist due to their ability to hold the eastern bank of the river along the edge of the city. The Soviets turned many key areas into fortress blocks and one of these was the tractor factory. The ruins of the city restricted German movement and aided the Soviet defenders...many of whom maneuvered through sewers and other underground passages, hence the name "Rattenkrieg" (the Rat's War). Ironically, in January 1943, the Germans, who had become trapped inside Stalingrad, formed a northern pocket of resistance centered on the selfsame tractor factory.