In late June 1944, the Soviets began what eventually would be known as the “Destruction of Army Group Center”. The key to this offensive was the city of Minsk. Should it be captured, numerous German formations would be hopelessly cut off. One of the vital routes for the German retreat was via Stolbtsky Highway which ran behind a series of low ridges and then crossed the Berezina River south of Minsk. On July 1st, the much overworked and understrength German 170th Infantry Division was overwhelmed by elements of the Fifth Guards Army. The survivors took to their heels and attempted to patch together a defense along the last line of ridges overlooking the escape route to Minsk. The Russians, in probing for a weakness in the German line, had managed to overrun the German-held village of Letornovski and were boiling towards the ridges. Hurriedly gathered German reinforcements were converging in an attempt to patch up the line and hold Hill 621, key to the defense.
Attacker: Russian (5th Guards Army)
Defender: German (170th Infantry Division: Letornovski Garrison)
10 turns
Players: 2 OBA: German Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:56.0 D:13.0
AFVs: A:11
SU-152 x 2 SU-122 x 3 T-34 M43 x 6 ZIS-5 x 2
AFVs: D:15
PzKpfw IVH x 4 PzKpfw IIIN StuG IIIG (L) x 2 StuH 42 SPW 251/sMG SPW 251/1 x 5 SPW 250/1
Guns: A:0 D:2
7.5cm PaK 40 5cm PaK 38
Misc Rules:
At start all German units undergo morale checks, if they fail, they are broken.
One of the best and I got to play with my best friend from High School when we played this as SL scenario back in the day. Did not disappoint with lots of twists and turns. It took to the very end to overrun and break a German position on one of the hilltops to win, but the valiant Russians were able to get the job done.
2022-06-24
(D) Craig Renier
vs
Dave Mareske
Russian win
2021-04-27
(A) Russell Dewhurst
vs
Gordon
Russian win
2020-06-02
(A) Gordon Jupp
vs
Simon Church
Russian win
Game went to the last turn with the Germans clinging on, but a CH from a 152 and Russian numbers overwhelmed them at the end :)
2020-04-10
(A) patrick palma
vs
Zeb Tingley
German win
2020-01-04
(A) Jason Wert
vs
Michael Daschbach
Russian win
2020-01-03
(D) Louis Langdeau
vs
Lee M
German win
Crazy game. I set up too far forward, and my inexperience with artillery showed with how badly my 80mm spotter was positioned. I managed to scrape together just enough resistance that Lee didn't beat my fourth turn reinforcements to the hill, and set up in a reverse slope defense with my Panzers on the south hill overlooking the approaches to L3 of Hill 621. At this point, a big armor battle kicked off, with Lee pushing aggressively around the top to clear a path for his infantry, while shelling from afar with his SU-152s. I got the better of the exchanges, and once it was clear that my armor was going to finish off the last of his tanks, he called it.
2019-12-02
(A) B-E Karlsson
vs
German
German win
2019-07-26
(A) O Ramaille
vs
Russian win
The German retreating elements tried to delay the Russian waves of attack without much success. The arrival of the 4 Panzer IVH caused some chaos among the Russian first troops in the grain. However, the appearance of 6 T-34/43 tanks caused mayhem among the German panzers. Nothing could prevent the Russian troops to reach the hill 621 ridge. Ober Greup and his assault engineers defended it during some time before being torn to pieces by the T-34s. The OBA also took his toll among the Russians. The 75L AT gun wrecked some assault guns. The reinforcements by Stugs relieved the hopeless defense a few minutes. But it did not help at the end. The Russians were too numerous for the Germans.
2019-06-22
(A) Dave Mareske
vs
Bob Zinselmeyer
Russian win
Played at Texas Tournament. Great scenario and despite early German bad luck it still took the Russians to the end to win after the German 10-3 ripped through my squads with a HMG. Bob was fun to play!
2019-03-21
(A) David Garvin
vs
Chuck Tewksbury
Russian win
2019-03-17
(D) Gordon Jupp
vs
Nick Holmshaw
German win
Russian infantry suffered badly from the MG fire and OBA....Called it on T6....
2019-01-18
(A) A Fifteen
vs
Stephen Frum
German win
2019-01-12
(A) Will Willow
vs
David Lamb
German win
FTF
2018-08-06
(D) todd Rezack
vs
Peter D
Russian win
2017-08-05
(D) Dan Best
vs
Kermit Mullins
German win
2017-08-05
(A) Kermit Mullins
vs
Dan Best
German win
My all-time favorite scenario! I never get tired of playing it, but this time was rough. As the Russians, I was spanked hard on the behind by Dan's well-placed fire lanes. His arty and machine guns decimated me on Board 4. His armor came in and mopped up. My armor failed to do anything and by Turn 4 it was clear that the Germans were not going to lose. So I offered the concession and asked for a truce to collect my battalion's worth of dead and wounded Russians. Oh the countermanity.
2017-01-15
(D) Miikka Sohlman
vs
Petri Rissanen
German win
2016-01-17
(A) Kevin Duval
vs
Dwayne Duval
German win
2016-01-17
(D) Dwayne Duval
vs
Kevin Duval
German win
2015-09-14
(A) B-E Karlsson
vs
German
German win
2014-06-23
(A) Jeff B
vs
David Mareske
Russian win
The Russians hid from the initial OBA and the reinforcement OBA radio broke, never even getting a chance to unleash its doom. The Russian tanks held their own, the MG nest came alive when the
9-2 leader came aboard, and it was just a matter of time before the hoard swarmed the hill.
2013-06-23
(A) Andy Hershey
vs
Keith Spurlock
German win
[Imported from ROAR]
2013-06-23
(D) keith Spurlock
vs
Andy Hershey
German win
[Imported from ROAR]
2013-04-24
(A) Jeff T
vs
Jerry
Russian win
We played this in 2 and 3 hour sessions, once a week over the last couple months. It started out well for the Russians who didn't have many infantry losses early. The Germans came on strong about Turn 8 as the OBA finally came down hard and a couple of good kills on Russian armor and 2 malf'd guns on Russian SP guns left the Russian infantry exposed to the Panzer counterattack. However the dice gods turned again and the Russians got hot. A critical roll in the scenario was Jerry rolling boxcars on his radio contact roll on Russian Turn 9 (DFPh). With the OBA out of action, the Russians swarmed the hill in numbers. Jerry got 2 half-squads into the 5th level 3 hill hex (one via berserk) but it wasn't enough to survive the point blank advancing fire in Russian turn 10 and the Russians won a very close affair. Really a classic, fun scenario. Highly recommended.
2013-02-04
(A) Andy Beaton
vs
Richard Hooks
German win
Awesome scenario - 23 hours of tight action and the Germans pulled it out at the last second with some awesome rolling. One of the all time greats.
2010-05-01
(A) Glen Taylor
vs
Hegdahl
German win
Great scenario. Russian loss due to some good OBA from the from the Germans. Lots of fun!!!
2009-11-12
(D) Paolo Cariolato
vs
Alessandro Canevese
German win
2009-06-01
(A) William Raynovich
vs
Anthony Galica
German win
2009-06-01
(A) William Raynovich
vs
Anthony Galica
German win
2009-03-30
(A) James Lowry
vs
Patch Bunny
German win
2009-03-28
(A) Jeff Waldon
vs
Frank Tozier
Russian win
FtF
2008-10-25
(A) David Ramsey
vs
Martin Barker
Russian win
The Germans were just swallowed up in this one. Next to no units survived from the initial attack and the reinforcements had too much to do, coming onto the map under heavy fire.
