This big battle used most of the Canadian toys in this set. Two Canadian battalions supported by some armored cars, AT guns, and a reinforcing company of Centurions had to stop a reinforced Soviet motor rifle regiment of three battalions of infantry, one of SMGs, a bunch of MGs, some AT guns, and a battalion of tanks consisting of 4 platoons of T34s and 5 of T44s. It was a big battle packed into two maps.

The night attack by the Soviets was to secure town hexes and high hill hexes, and inflict Canadian losses. The Canadians chose to place their Kangaroo mounted battalion forward, spread across the line in company strength positions. The foot battalion was dug in along the line of hills in the rear.

The Soviets sent two battalions and a provisional battalion of MGs to attack in parallel, pinning the Canadian front and opening their right flank for exploitation by tank and truck-mounted follow on battalions.

Soviet plans rarely survive contact with Canadian infantry. In this case the Soviet MG battalion swept the northernmost town of Canadian defenders, who chose to fall back instead of face the withering Soviet fire. In the center, the Soviet attack on the main town was stymied by stout Canadian defense, as in the south, where two dug in platoons held up a battalion long enough for reinforcing infantry and MG platoons arrived to help them pulverize the Soviet force.

But an opening was found in the thin Canadian line, and Soviet hordes poured through, smashing into the southernmost second line hill defenders. This is where the Soviet attack ground to a halt. Mobile Canadian platoons carried out multiple local counterattacks along the Soviet flank and rear. Losses mounted rapidly. After about 4 hours of battle the Soviets had enough.

They lost more than 2 battalions of infantry, almost the entire battalion of tanks. The Canadians lost a few platoons.

Major Canadian victory.