Lenino

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Description

This game simulates tactical battle that took place between October 12 and October 13, 1943, north of the village of Lenino in Byelorussia. Polish and soviet forces were trying to break german defense on the river Miereya. Because of the lack of artillery support and bad commands of the soviet HQ, polish 1st Infantry Division lost above suffered 25% casualties, while soviert forces were too weak to succesfully use polish victory. The battle is prominent in Polish military history, as it was one of the first major engagements of Polish Armed Forces in the East. Game was published in the 1st issue of the "Taktyka and Strategia" magazine. It uses rules of the B35 system, meant for all battles fought between 1943-1945. Gathered together, whole rules of this systerm were published in the game "Bitwy II Wojny Światowej".