The Final Assault: 30 April 1945, Alsenstrasse, Berlin, Germany

History: The battle for the Reichstag was no longer in doubt, and the only remaining question was the date the former
parliment would fall.  The situation was desperate but the defenders still held.  A new Soviet attack was launched
at 1130 under the shelling of German guns firing from the Kroll Opera, and soon Russian infantry reached the anti-tank
ditch and the edge of the Alsenstrasse.  In the face of this danger, the Germans quickly gathered a counterattack
force:  a battalion of marine cadets.

Notable Units
German:  Kriegsmarine cadets and an 88 (FlaK 18 AA).  Plus, an 11-hex overlay of the Reichstag.
Russian: Got a 76.2 P 39 artillery piece.  Turn three reinforcements: a T-34/85 and an ISU-152.

Map:  Two maps:  23 and 6, heavily modified by overlays and ASL SSR directives.  North is to the right.
There is a flooded Anti-Tank Ditch. TOTH doesn't have that terrain type, so I substituted Trench. 

Victory objective:  German must capture and hold 5 (or more) Stone building locations beyond the starting positions.

Terrain:  Ravaged City

Set Up:  Germans in the bottom half of the map, Russians in the top half.

Aftermath:  The Alsenstrasse was crossed under enemy fire and the Cadets seized a foothold in the western side of 
the avenue.  After a promising start, the German counterattack collided with elements of the 525th Infantry Regiment.
Russian reinforcements quickly arrived to bolster the defense, and soon the Germans were thrown back to their 
starting line with heavy losses.  The last attack to delay the end of the Reich, now reduced to just a few 
square-kilometers, had failed.

Scenario conversion: Javafiend
Source scenario is TAC66, published by Tactiques, and translated by Coastal Fortress.  This scenario is #3 in a 
four-scenario mini-campaign, "To The Reichstag!".  The scenario sequence is:  TAC65, The Last Bridge; TAC73, 
Himmler's House; TAC66, The Final Assault; and TAC74, Red Flag. Campaign scoring is based on scoring in the four 
scenarios.

Mod Support:  KhanDam2 has made a custom terrain mod specially for this Mini-Campaign.  Recommended.

Commentary:  This scenario is different -- in that the Germans conduct a last ditch counterattack.  Since TOTH
currently does not implement squad-delivered Smoke, the Kriegsmarine Cadets will get roughly handled.  But,
historically, I can easily believe scratch units would not have a full TOE of Smoke as the Third Reich collapsed.
<smile>
