Hammer of the Guards ETO (id:#62819)

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Bogushevsk, Russia 1944-06-25 (32 others)

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Overview:

Scenario and VASL map available for free on Lone Canuck website . . . .Operation Bagration was scheduled to start on 23 June, to coincide with the three-year anniversary of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union. The great offensive was to fall on Army Group Centre and break the front open. Stavka, the Soviet General Headquarters, recognized that the key to success was to capture the major railway junctions in Byelorussia and then press towards Minsk. Once Army Group Centre was destroyed, the Soviet juggernaut would be unstoppable. Hitler had ordered that German forces maintain a static line of defence, while also holding several fortified cities, or "Festerplatz". The major communications and supply centres of Vitebsk, Orsha, and Mogilev all became Festerplatz towns. The Soviet northern hammer swung towards Minsk on 23 June with Osilovskiy Cavalry-Mechanized Group leading the way. The group’s 3-y Gvardeyskiy Mechanizirovanniy Korpus (3rd Guards Mechanized Corps) bust through the gap at Bogushevsk and moved towards the Berezina River. The group first fought their way through scattered German remnants, penetrating past Senno towards the Berezina River. Although the Germans threw together various improvised defensive positions and counterattacks, the rapid mechanized troops overwhelmed, or simply bypassed them.

Defender: German (1068,Grenadier (Walküre) Regiment, Kampfgruppe Metz and Luftwaffe II.FlaK-Korps and Divisional Support)  

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