OAF 40.2"A Polish Battlefield"

updated 061015

This scenario was originally published in ON ALL FRONTS number 40 (March 1986).. The original scenario author is Jeff Cebula .Original credited play testers are Howard Sylvester, Rich Mierzwa, Jim Smith, George Sedivy and Jeff Cebula. Further development, clarifications and modification have been made to the original published scenario by Bill Thomson.


Coudehard, France, August 29, 1944: After having broken through enemy lines elements of the 1st POlish Armoured Division had succeeded in establishing themselves upon hill 262 ("The Mace") effectively cutting off all German troops in the Falaise pocket. Borne of desperation, the Germans within the picked fanatically attempted to break out encouraged with the knowledge of a relief attempt by the SS Division 'Das Reich'.

VICTORY CONDITIONS: The Germans win by controlling all 3rd level hill hexes of hill 621. No unbroken full squads (not H5s) or AFVs with functioning armament of any kind may occupy these hexes at game's end.

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SCENARIO SEQUENCE:
German sets up first
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American move first
FREE POLISH FORCES within the British Army:
GERMANS FORCES:
SPECIAL SCENARIO RULES:

AFTERMATH: Eager to repay the Germans for their defeat attacks from east and west. Casualties were heavy on both sides. The POles were pushed back from the northern tip of "The Mace", enabling a scant 30% of the encircled force to escape. AFter being relived by Canadian troops, sappers of the Royal Canadian Engineers raised a makeshift sign atop "The Mace". It read, in tribute, "A Polish Battlefield".