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De Zwarte Duivels ETO (id:#62843)

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Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1940-05-13 (63 others)

Designer: Evan Sherry

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DutchGerman

Overview:

On the 12th of May, the commander of Dutch troops in Rotterdam, Colonel Scharoo, was ordered to clear the Germans from the north shore and to destroy the Nieuwe Maas River bridge. Scharoo in turn directed the commander of the Rotterdam Marine Garrison to complete the tasks. Two batteries of 105mm howitzers and two armored cars, along with six 81mm mortars were to support the attack.

Attacker: Dutch (Korpsmariners Bataljon, Rotterdam Garrison and cars 18 & 24, 2nd Armored Car Squadron (2e E. Paw.))

Defender: German (Zug 3 "Gruppe Kerfin", Kompanie 11, Fallschirmjaeger Regiment 1, Fleigerdivision 7 and Kompanie 11, Battalion Cholitz, Infanterie Regiment 16, Luftlande Division 22)

4.5 turns

Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No

Unit Counts:

Squads: A:10.0 D:9.0

AFVs: A:2

Landsverk M38 AC x 2

AFVs: D:0

Guns: A:1

Brandt Medium MTR

D:0

Misc Rules:

Swimming is NA. D: 9-1 leader is Heroic but wounds like leader

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ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (1st Edition)	20
ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (1st Edition)	23
ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (2nd Edition)	20
ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (2nd Edition)	23
ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)	20
ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)	23

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Date	Reporter		Opponent	Result	Time	Comments
2025-11-03	(A) Andy Bagley	vs	Neil Brunger	Dutch win	3.33 hrs	Both of us had good and bad luck here. As the Dutch, my mortar broke down on its first shot, and one of my armoured cars was set ablaze by a lucky ATR shot. On the other hand, the Germans lost their heroic leader early to an unlucky wound, and I created a hero to help battle for the large building. I also used my HMG and 9-2 leader to prevent the Germans crossing the western bridge, and the German HMG on that side of the board never really got into the action. In the end it was Dutch weight of numbers that swung it, as I managed to cause German casualties and take enough of the building to prevent them gaining enough VP to match my total (final score was Dutch 13, Germans 11)
2024-12-25	(D) Jon Jaramillo	vs	Justin J	Dutch win	3 hrs	I lost this as the Germans due to several errors. I didn't take advantage of the hero well enough as I should have spread out troops into several hexes and had him participate in FGs. Second, instead of setting up the heavy south of the canal, I thought I could get those troops across the bridges. Big mistake as the heavy was left laying in the street for most of the game. A bit of bad luck, the 8-1 was killed by a sniper and the Heroic 9-1 was taken out in turn 3 with a wound dr. I played the last few turns with no way to rally. I conceded after CR my only self rally of turn 4, giving the Dutch a 14-8 lead in CVP and almost assuring that they would take two HSs prisoner in their turn 5. Always a fun time playing quick moving SP scenarios but there's no bouncing back from mistakes or bad luck.
2024-04-14	(D) Dan Best	vs	Kermit Mullins	German win
2024-04-14	(A) Kermit Mullins	vs	Dan Best	German win		My Turn 1 Prep Rolls were trash. So not able to prepare the way. Dutch lost one AC and managed to get 11 CVP vs. German 13 CVP. German win.
2024-03-01	(A) Mark Thompson	vs	Peter Catchpole (Germans)	German win		German strategy was to defend the two large buildings north of the canal and to try to move the units from the south of the canal over the bridges, mindful of the fact that defending two buildings with only one leader is risky. The Dutch set-up featured the HMG/8-1 leader in one building covering the left bridge and the mortar with a spotter covering the right, with attack groups positioned to move on both large buildings. Fortunately for the Germans, the mortar malfed in German turn 1 - after demonstrating how effective it could have been - and never came back. The leader directed HMG got off a lot of shots but never managed to land a critical blow against the squad in the left building, which stymied the Dutch's attempts to seize it in early turns and thereafter interdict the left bridge. Some of the highlights included the armored cars moving as platoon into vehicular bypass of two hexes in the central building containing German defenders (one of them went CE to impose fire selection limits on squads on both ground and first levels). They brushed aside the ATR and Reaction Fire attacks from the infantry (one of whom pinned by failing their PAATC) which allowed the Dutch - including the 9-2 and two 458s - to close for CC. These CC probably determined the outcome of the scenario. Somewhat improbably (at least in one case), the Germans ambushed in both hexes - withdrawing from one and eliminating the Dutch in the other. If the Dutch had prevailed, this would have giving them a double victory of sorts in the form of CVP gains and fewer German units to obtain "LOS to Bridge" VPs. From there the Germans simply retreated to the upper stories of the central building (and almost slipped up by moving to a hex where the LOS to the bridges was blocked by orchards), and created too great a VP advantage for the Dutch to overcome with one turn left. 5-4-8s in +3 TEM (especially with LMGs) are tough to overcome with a little luck or negative DRM. Nice little scenario.

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Action	Date
Andy_Bagley Added a playing	2025-11-03 14:59:26
tatumjonj Added a playing	2024-12-26 06:01:07
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Estimated Play time:	2.7 hours
Recorded Games:	15

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Dutch	10
German	5
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De Zwarte Duivels
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[A] German	15
[D] Dutch	17

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