10_12: Through the Lueneberger Heide - MC 04 North German Plain '85

Northern Germany, June 10th 1985: The north flank of the 3rd Shock Army was to be covered by the 8th Mot Rifle (GDR) Division, an East German unit attached to a Soviet Army. Their battle plan, although on a smaller scale, was taken from the Germans in WWII who twice swept through the rough terrain of the Ardennes. Here, the Warsaw Pact attempted to slip this division through the Lueneberger Heide, a forested area of northern Germany. It met stiff resistance early from elements of the 11th Panzergrenadier Division's 33rd Pz Brigade, and a cat and mouse struggle ensued as the NATO elements fought a delaying action, while the Warsaw Pact forces drove on to their objectives, the bridges over the River Weser. [Size: small] Designer note: Play as Side 2, Human NATO defender.