CINC-WEST-16JUN0600Z*
FROM: CINC-WEST*
TO: 39th MOTOR-RIFLE DIVISION*
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SITREP 0600*
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Comrades, the initial advance into the GDR has been slowed by stubborn NATO and West German resistance. Our leading Guards divisions have been severely bleeded.*
The follow-on forces have been delayed by the destruction of the bridges over the Elbe river. Our primordial task is to sustain the momentum of the attack and provoke a massive rupture in the NATO front, so as to allow a mechanized exploatation by the OMG.*
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Your division is to attack near the village of Bieben. This village commands a crossroads that we need for further advance. Oposition is estimated to be two bataillons of Bundeswehr, which sustained heavy losses yesterday. A company of American tanks is also seen in this sector.
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The divisional artillery fire support is available. You will also receive some units of the divisional reserve.*
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For the Motherland, comrades!*


