GATEWAY TO BERLIN*
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Russia Assault*
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Germany Defense*
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Date: April 17, 1945.*
Location: Seelow, Germany.*
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By early 1945, three Russian army groups were poised near the river Oder, intent on crushing the Third Reich by capturing its capital, barely 50 miles to the west. On April 16th, preceded by huge artillery and air bombardments, Red Army tanks of the 1st Belorussian Front thrust westwards from the Oder. The attack was stalled through a twenty mile sector between Wriezen and Seelow, across the marshy bottomland of the Oder towards the line of bluffs a mile or two west of the river known as the Seelow Heights.* 
	After the 3rd and 5th shock Armies and 8th Guards Army again failed to make any progress on the morning of the second day, Sokolvsky threw in the Reserve 47th Army and concentrated on Wriezen and Seelow. Two reserve Panzer divisions, although slowed by air attacks, arrived in time to hold them to minor gains. Even though General Heinrici was a master of defensive tactics, his Central Army Group was shattered and the route to Berlin was opened.*
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Number of Turns: 12.*
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The Russian side is suggested for the human player.*
