BATTLE FOR NUREMBERG : 2019

EVENT INFORMATION


DATE: October 4 - 6, 2019
LOCATION: Youngstown, Ohio

This is a full immersion campaigner event, it is NOT a tactical. It combines high authenticity standards, with living history and combat scenarios, taking you as close to experiencing history as is possible.

Our goal is to immerse ourselves as accurately as possible into every aspect of life of the common soldier that was fighting around Aachen in 1944. This means eating period correct rations (no granola bars or modern packaging or driving down to Denny’s), sleeping in a fox hole dug by you and your buddies or on the concrete floor of a bombed out factory, receiving mail or chow, keeping yourself occupied during periods of inactivity, pulling guard shifts in an OP or forward area, writing letters, shaving, using all that cool pocket litter and period personal items you have stuffed in your bags or pockets, making regular activity reports to command, operating under the command of an officer or NCO and following period tactics, participating in night time prisoner snatches or land mine laying or barbed wire laying parties, utilizing the event provided field phones to coordinate movement attacks and information, etc.

Once you enter the site through registration and go through the safety and authenticity check, the “game is on” you are now in a forward area. Anything can happen day or night, keep your head down and we highly discourage any returning to your vehicle or leaving the site until the event concludes on Sunday at 11:00AM. Anyone who does leave will have to go back through registration and redo the safety check.

There is no set time for when “the battle starts”. The battlefield is in play the entire weekend. Units will be assigned positions, given orders and will be expected to complete the tasks given to them using period tactics. Attacks will be based on accurate intel gathered from reconnaissance and reports from front line units.

The battle never really stops until Sunday; the only exception is that there can be NO gunfire at night between the hours of 21:00-09:00 (9PM and 9AM) - this comes directly from the police department. This does not stop the battle or end the threat posed by the enemy.

There will be no “walking dead” at this event! When you take a hit, you are to report back to your sides perspective aid station before you are redeployed as a replacement. If you need to rest, go back to the aid station. There will be no lounging around the battlefield. You are either in play or making your way back to the aid station; there is no “just hanging out” option anywhere on the battlefield. You may be able to catch some down time in a hole with your friends, but you can not sit in the middle of the battlefield.

We as event coordinators will reach out to those who identify themselves as unit commanders after we have closed pre registration and organize every soldier into a command structure. We will have our commanders briefing via phone and/or email to discuss the site, attack plans , OP shift and guard rotations. We want to make sure every commander is on the same page, but it is up to them to keep command and control of their soldiers and coordinate with other unit commanders to take or defend the factory, feed their soldiers, coordinate a rest plan, chow plan etc.

The authenticity regulations are a minimum standard that must be met to attend. The rules will be enforced at the event and are designed to provide the most enjoyable experience for all involved. We will turn people away at the gate and without refund, if you do not meet these standards! You have several months to tweak your impression to avoid this.
Coordinators will be making themselves available to answer any questions you may have and assist in any way possible to encourage growth and positive changes to anyone’s impression.

You may submit a photo of you in your kit front and back if you are unsure of anything and want to avoid being turned away at the gate. You can send it to [email protected]

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Authenticity will be strictly enforced. Please read the guidelines posted under the "Aachen" tab.

Also, please write which impression you will be doing in the "Notes" tab..

Registration closes October 1st. Registration increases from $39.00 to $49.00 September 18th. If you miss either deadline, we can not back date the price. 


Event address: 4136 E. Dennick Ave Youngstown, OH 44503 (this address may not work in all GPS, if it doesn't, try 299 E. Dennick Ave)

IMPRESSION REQUIREMENTS

All Allied attendees will be required to portray members of the 3rd Infantry Division.

Please find impression standards below:

US: 30th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
All Axis attendees will be required to portray members of the 3. Panzer-Division. There is however one other accepted impression of the 183. Volksgrenadier-Division. The Volksgrenadier Zug is invite only.

Please find impression standards below:

GERMAN: Kampfgruppe Nurnberg

ADJUNCT INFORMATION : ALLIED

US Adjunct Able Co., 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division

ADJUNCT INFORMATION : AXIS

German Adjuct: 1. Kompanie/29. Panzergrenadier-Regim

EVENT PHOTOS