From the very beginning
of the invasion, Polish defenses had proven to be woefully unprepared for
the German onslaught. The blitzkrieg tactics employed by the German armored
columns allowed great territorial gains in just a few short days. As the panzers
raced across the Polish countryside conducting their breakthrough-and-pincer
maneuvers, it ultimately fell upon the German infantry to mop up areas of
bypassed Polish resistance. One such operation occurred in the farm community
of Pabianice, just outside the city of Lodz. As the German Eighth Army
advanced along the eastern and western flanks of Lodz, the grenadiers of Die
Leibstandarte were sent into Pabianice to clear out its staunch garrison.
Attacker: German (SS) (SS-Regiment Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler)
Defender: Polish (2nd Infantry Division, Army Lodz)
7 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:9.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0
Misc Rules:
A: Leibstandarte units treated as non-SS German w D: Elite and 1st Line squads Assault Fire
Map Board(s):
43
Overlays:
NONE
Errata (source)
Delete the two Allied Minor LMG and give the Polish Elite and 1st Line squads Assault Fire.
MMP
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Last game played in the big room at ASLOK 2022. I had a pretty fair defense set up for my little walled garden but was unable to attrit the onrushing Hun hordes to a sufficient extent to warrant extending the game to its inevitable Close Combat bloodbath. Conceded after the 5th turn. Thanks for the game Andy…safe trip back to Oz!!
2022-05-16
(A) Owen Edwards
vs
Solitaire
German (SS) win
Went down to functionally the last roll of the German DFPh, as the MMG managed to keep ROF, and, firing down from the First Floor of one of the village buildings, broke the last Polish forces in their trenches in the village centre. It was generally a tale of steady German advance, managing to take a number of prisoners and generally get the better of 50/50 results, but staved off by a strong Polish position near the objective. The Polish still nearly pulled it off, though, as one DM unit in the village HOBbed on the final RPh - only to go Berzerk!
2022-02-26
(D) Steve Gibson
vs
Tim Stevens
German (SS) win
I set up with half my force in blocking positions on the left and right. The Germans took got a kill stack in the woods on their left, and with good ROF rolls and great fire grouping were able to systematically neutralize my forces on both sides and in the first floor of the farm building. My rolls didn't help. Really great game, with a great opponent.
