Probably not a good idea

What could go wrong?  Famous last words...

 One of my regulars just announced a four month hiatus from gaming. That's almost three years in dog time. Kind'a makes the idea behind this post, making a background to 1941 scenarios less useful. 

Best laid plans...such as they were, shown here for your reading pleasure. 

 

So along with Barabrossa Derailed  resources and a set of old GDW maps in the Europa series scale, it should be easy to give a little bit of flavor to the 1941 set of scenarios.

 I could use the bath-tubbed versions of the Order of Battle from the Bathtub Barbarossa supplement. 

   

Of course I have one!

 

 

All I need is a map. Say, showing Minsk and environs ...just the sort of place for my Army Gruppe Central troops and panzers to romp around .  Let us say, the border region and the Western Military District is the start  of the Soviet units.              

   Map of area, originally from Fire in the East

 Minsk is in the near middle of the map. The actual border between Germany and Russia, after the 1939 partition, is just off the bottom (west) of the map.  So the Soviets will have two rifle brigades and a tank brigade, two light artillery regiments (76 mm) , an engineer, anti tank, anti aircraft, light howitzer (122 mm) one medium howitzer (152 mm) and some NKVD Border guards.  

The Germans will have a portion of a Panzer regiment, a portion of a  gepanzer regiment, a direct support artillery battalion (105mm) an Infantrie regiment with a direct support (105mm). A portion of the divisional assets ( Aufklarung, engineer, general support medium (150 mm)  artillery 

  Some air support will be available to both sides.  The delayed reaction to invasion handicap will be in effect for the first turn. After all orders are issued, the roll will be made. The weather is good at the start of the first turn. 

The scenarios cover the June II turn (beginning of campaign) through the July I and II  turns.            

All the German player(s) have to do is capture Minsk, Mogilev, Orsha, Polotsk, and Vitebesk. By the end of the third  day (strategic turn six). All the Soviet  player is to prevent this. 

 The German units will not receive reinforcements nor replacements. The Soviet player will receive replacements companies from Minsk only, and only reinforcements listed in the July turns as specified in the area being covered.