Blocking Action at Lipki
Blocking Action at Lipki | |
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Publication: ASL Annual '92 | |
Location: Borisov, Russia | |
Scenario Date: 3 July 1941 | |
# of Turns: 7.5 | |
# of Maps: 3 | |
Maps Used: 4, 5, 16 | |
Attacker: Russian | |
Defender: German |
Conflict
During the opening stages of Barbarossa, the first great pincer movement on the Central Front occurred between the cities of Bialystok and Minsk. As a result of the encirclement of four Soviet armies in the pocket, the high command was forced to commit whatever units were available in an effort to form a new defensive line. To gain more time, a crack unit – the 1st Moscow Motor Rifle Division – was sent to intercept Guderian’s 18th Panzer Division as it struck towards Smolensk. The enemy had to be slowed if they could not be stopped. A little more than six miles east of Borisov, near the village of Lipki, the two armored spearheads met in a series of clashes.
Versions
- Scenario A44 in ASL Annual '92
Victory Conditions
The Russian must exit units or eliminate German units
Balance
Errata
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Analysis
- "Personal Tens: My Favourite Scenarios" in ASL Journal 1
- Robert Banozic and Rich Spilky in Banzai vol 22 no 2
After Action Reports
- Robert Banozic and Rich Spilky in Banzai vol 22 no 2
VASL Logs
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