Burzevo

Burzevo, 27 miles Southwest of the Kremlin, December 2, 1941:  By the end of November,
Operation Typhoon had broken down; resolute Soviet resistance, exhaustion, and sub-zero 
temperatures had almost completely halted the Germans. Along the Minsk-Moscow highway,
the fastest and most direct to the Russian capital, von Kluge's Fourth Army made a last
desperate attempt to dislodge the defending Russians by an encircling attack from the
south. The real progress was made by the 258th Infantry Division, whose spearheads managed
to capture the village of Burzevo on the afternoon of December 2nd. The battalion of the
47th regiment was ordered to hold there, its men anticipating a brief respite from the
-30 degree fahrenheit night. But at 0200 hours the Russians counterattacked...

Game length: 5 turns


For the Germans to win they must destroy 4 AFV's
For the Russians to win they must eliminate Squads and/or AFV's and/or AA Gun to get 
	required VP's.

Germans: Squads, MMG, LMG's, DC's, ATR, AA Gun, AFV's
Russians: AFV's


Aftermath: Amid blazing buildings and tanks the Infantry tackled the T-34's with demo
charges and grenade bundles, and with heavy losses to the defenders. That same day 
Fourth Army suspended the offensive and ordered its units to withdraw back across the
Nara River. The trials of its own men however, was far from over, the Russian Winter
Offensive was only days away.

Source: Insert for volume 15, No. 6 of the General, Scenario A, Burzevo
 