Battle of Wroclaw

The Battle of Wroclaw was a friendly fire incident in the Soviet army, occurred during Third World War Soviet Europe invasion.

The Battle
The Soviet army, approximately 150,000 strong, was setting up camp around the town Wroclaw. First regiment of the army crossed the river Oder to scout for the presence of the Allied forces. There was no sign of the Allies, but the Soviets came across a group of Polish people, who offered to sell alcohol to the weary soldiers. Russians bought all stock of vodka and some schnapps and started to drink.

Soon afterwards, second regiment crossed the river. When they saw the party going on, soldiers of second regiment demanded alcohol for themselves. First regiment refused to give them any of the vodka or schnapps, and while still drunk, set up makeshift fortifications around the barrels. A heated argument ensued, and one soldier fired a shot.

Immediately, Soviet infantry regiments engaged in combat with one another. During the conflict, some first regiment infantrymen began shouting "Allies! Allies!". The second regiment fled the scene, thinking that the Allied Nations army's attack was imminent. Most of the first regiment soldiers also ran away.

As the soldiers fled through the camps, a corps commander, Colonel Egor Alexander Zimov, thought that it was a charge by the Allied forces, and ordered artillery fire. Meanwhile, the entire camp awoke to the sound of battle and, rather than waiting to see what the situation was, everyone fled. The troops fired at every shadow, thinking the Allies were everywhere; in reality they were shooting fellow Soviet soldiers. The incident escalated to the point where the whole army retreated from the imaginary enemy, and Colonel Egor Zimov was pushed off his horse into a small creek.

Two days later, the Allied army arrived. They discovered dead and wounded soldiers and easily took Wroclaw.