July 1st, 1941 - Overwhelmed the Russian defenses placed in defense of the Bug River, the Heeresgruppe Mitte, commanded by Field Marshal Fedor von Bock and strong of 57 divisions, focusing on the speed factor, is moving rapidly on the Smolensk-Moscow route, marching through Belarus and the Soviet Union central-western regions.
The Soviet forces, under the orders of General Erëmenko, in order to prevent the Germans from conquering the city of Barysaŭ to establish a bridgehead across the Berezina River, stood on the only bridge in the area to form a line of resistence.
Will the two battalions of the 52nd infantry regiment be able to conquer the important position and allow the forces of the Wermacht to continue towards Moscow?
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316 A Matter of Initiative