2014 · Lone Canuck Publishing
6 Scenarios for Advanced Squad Leader depicting the Soviet's drive for Minsk during Operation Bagration, the last week of June 1944.
The Germans have deployed the 5th Panzer Division to Minsk, hoping to keep the escape routes open in the face of the onslaught of Red Army juggernaut. The Soviet armoured forces have burst through the German Army Group Centre's defensive front and are streaming westwards. The 5th Panzer Division, a formidable unit with near 300 tanks, and reinforced with Tiger Is of Schewere Panzer Abteilung 505, must fight to keep the roads and rail lines open, allowing for the remnants of the German 4th Army to escape.
Scenario Information:
Krupki Station, Russia, 28 June 1944: On 22 June, three years after the German invasion of the Soviet Union, codenamed: BARBAROSSA, the Red Army launched its own offensive, Operation BAGRATION in Byelorussia. By 28 June, the Red Army steamroller smashed through the German defences of Army Group Centre and were closing in on the city of Minsk. Hastily the Tigers of Schwere Panzer Abteilung 505 was rushed forward to a railway station outside the village of Krupki to block the Russians and keep the highway open...
GERMAN FORCES: 3x AFV
RUSSIAN FORCES: 10x AFV
