Breaking the Shackles*
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Date: July 28, 1989*
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Battle Location: Nurzec-Stacja, Poland*
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Battle Type: Poland vs Russia meeting engagement*
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Description: The crumbling Soviet Empire re-ignites the Polish lust for freedom and independence, and while conflicts flare up in parts of Europe a coup is staged in Moscow which quickly leads to a Soviet invasion of Finland.*
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Of all the eastern satellites the Poles prove to be the most unwilling and Soviet pressure on Poland results in a severe crisis. Moscow decides to send troops to stabilise the faltering Polish communist leadership, but this backfires when Polish army troops unexpectedly resists the Soviets. At the village of Nurzec-Stacja in eastern Poland, a Polish tank battalion transferred from the western parts of the country is pitted against the tanks of their former Soviet allies.*
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Notes: If  played against the AI the human player should take the Polish side.*
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Sources: Fictional scenario*
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Design by:  Ulf Lundstrom.**
