SOLDIERS OF DESTRUCTION*
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DATE: 10 October 1944*
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Two-Player PBEM Game*
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BATTLE TYPE: Soviet Union advance vs. Germany delay*
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RADZYMIN, POLAND:  The men of the SS Totenkopf Division had stalled the advance of the Fifth Guards Tank Army in late September. Then, silence. No fighting had occurred for the past three weeks. It seemed like a dream. Time to sleep; time to write; time to mend clothing; time to listen to the birds sing. Replacements arrived; weapons were stripped and cleaned. It was too good, too unreal. A feeling of unease pervaded the encampment. There was almost a sigh of relief as the dull thunder of the Russian advance began again.*
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AFTERMATH: The three-week lull around Warsaw ended abruptly with the fury of the renewed Russian offensive. By sheer weight of numbers, the Fifth Guards Tank Army pressed the SS units back 30 kilometers northwest to the confluence of the Vistula and the Bug. There, the SS Totenkopf Division held until the Soviets had exhausted themselves, late in October 1944. Afterwards, another long period of quiet fell as both battered combatants strove to recoup the strength that once had been theirs for the coming effort.*
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NOTES: This scenario is based off of Avalon Hill's Advanced Squad Leader (ASL) General magazine scenario N with some minor modifications. The map is not based on the scenario.*
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Sources:  The "General" ASL Scenario N*
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Design by:  Don Lazov*