JP053: Lend Lease Attack: 28th June, 1944, Krupki, Russia.

History: The seriousness of the situation in Byelorussia after the start of
Operation Bagration had finally compelled the German High Command to accept
that this was not some diversionary action. Bagration was indeed a genuine 
large scale Soviet offensive. The first German reinforcements to arrive in
Minsk from Ukraine were the 5th Panzer Division. Their first contact with the
advancing Russian units took place near Krupki, where lend lease Sherman tanks 
of the Russian 3rd Guards Tank Corps fought a sharp engagement with the defending
Tigers of schwere Panzer Abteilung 505 in the early evening of June 28th.

Aftermath: The fighting continued throughout the night. The Russians captured
Krupki station only after suffering heavy losses. The lead elements of the 
3rd Guards Tank Corps skirted past Krupki and then ran into the engineering troop
of the 5th Panzer Division who were preparing to destroy several key bridges on the
approaches to Borisov.
                  
Play Mode: Best head to head or as Soviets, any difficulty.

Setup: The German player sets up on Board 4 in the box marked "##" German Setup Zone 1. 
The Russians enter from the east edge where indicated.

Units Human Players (AI player units may vary)
German: Squads, Half Squads, Leaders, LMG, PSK, PF, AFV's.
Soviets: Squads, Half Squads, Leaders, LMG's, AFV's.

Map: North is to the right, two maps (1x2) full playing surface.  

Visibility: 12 hexes.

Terrain: Rural, Town, Woods.

Scenario Length: 8 Game Turns

Victory Objective: The side with the most Victory Points at the end is the winner. Both sides get VPs
at the end of the scenario for killing enemy units. The Russians also get Victory Points for exiting units.

Scenario Designer: John M. Pirman [Matrix Callsign: Big Ivan] Special thanks to Ola Nygards for his
original development of this scenario in Advanced Squad Leader.
