In my previous video I did a little combat example of a soviet flotilla and soviet infantry brigade taking on a lone Romanian Cavalry brigade by a major river. Backs pinned to a natural barrier and being attacked by soviet enemies from the water and land what would happen?
The odds turned out to be 1-1, and with a no retreat order placed the Romanians were prepared to go out in a blaze of glory.
"On 15 March 1942, the Romanian cavalry brigades changed their name to divisions, as well did the mountain brigades.
After the battle of Stalingrad, the 7th Cavalry Division was disbanded, because it had sustained heavy losses and the remaining survivors were joined with the 1st Cavalry Division and formed the 1/7th Cavalry Division. On 31 July 1943 it was renamed the 1st Cavalry Division.
Because the equipment and vehicles had to be ordered in Germany and the necessities of the Wehrmacht received higher priority, the deliveries of materials were not sufficient. Thus it was decided in 1944 that only the 8th Cavalry Division was going to be transformed into an armored cavalry division."
The result was a attacker 2 step loss and a defender 1 step loss (roll of 2 plus 1DRM for the No Retreat). The picture below shows the Romanian Cav with its step removed the attackers not so lucky....they only had one step. In a futile attack the Soviet forces disintegrated and faced annihilation.
The 8th Cav Brigade is part of the Romanian 3rd Army:
On 22 June 1941 the 3rd Army comprised the 4th Army Corps (6th and 7th Infantry Divisions), the Cavalry Corps (5th and 8th Cavalry Brigades), the Mountain Corps (1st, 2nd, and 4th Mountain Brigades), two separate artillery battalions, a target acquisition battery, and the Air Forces's 3rd Army Cooperation Command
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