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(Thread). Outside the small village of Skrunda, located on the Courland Peninsula, mid-November 1944. 14.Pz.Div infantry strengthen their defensive positions amongst the ramshackle wooden houses, small village church and a perimeter line of slit trenches, and bunker. #BoltAction 
Forward of the line of slit trenches, the ground is interspersed with pockets of dense coniferous forestry, patches of waterlogged marsh and small ponds. German officers have sited their defences accordingly, hoping to canalise the approaching Soviets into their MG kill zones.
As dawn slowly breaks, shapes materialise in the mist - lead elements of the 52nd Guards Division, 6 Guards Army advance forward. Veterans themselves of the long slog westwards, they form up with impressive discipline, moving swiftly through the difficult, though open terrain.
