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Orp, Belgium 1940-05-13 (56 others)

Designer: Peter Struijf and Chris Mazzei

Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:

Balance:

GermanFrench

Overview:

The main aim of the northern thrust of Fall Gelb was to limit the strongest elements of the French First Army in northern Belgium. The Wehrmacht reached the area just two days after the start of the invasion, with 3rd and 4th Panzer Divisions in the lead. The French dispatched two armored divisions, the 2nd and 3rd DLM for a delaying action. French infantry of the 11th Dragoons held numerous strongpoints in the area. Against a combined force of German artillery, armor and infantry, French resistance began to crumble around 1130. As the Dragoons prepared to withdraw, two Hotchkiss squadrons counterattacked and pushed the German armor back to the stream. Losses were about even, the French claiming six Panzers for the loss of four H39s. For a few hours, it appeared that the front at Orp might hold.

Attacker: German (Elements of the 3rd Panzer Division)

Defender: French (Elements of 2nd Battalion, 11th Dragoons and of 3rd DLM)

6.5 turns

Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No

Unit Counts:

Squads: A:20.0 D:16.0

AFVs: A:10

PzKpfw IIF x 3
PzKpfw IVA x 2
Kfz 1 x 2
PzKpfw IA x 3

AFVs: D:10

S35 x 5
H39 x 5

Guns: A:2 D:3

Misc Rules:

Grain is Plowed Ground. DTF SRs. A: Air Support. (Player Aid below as Misc File)

Map Board(s):

FrFA

Overlays:

Wd1

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Date	Reporter		Opponent	Result	Comments
2021-01-17	(D) David Garvin	vs	Mark Chapman	German win	The Germans needed 20 VP and that's exactly what they earned on the final turn. My French armour was quite robust and I was able to eliminate a number of German tanks. Unfortunately for me, his persistence was enough to destroy enough French tanks to secure the win. Highlight of the game? Scenario designer Peter Struijf came over to watch Mark and me play a turn or two. What a class act!
2020-03-07	(A) Andy Beaton	vs	Wai-Kwong Wong	French win	Went for the stream-crossing attack, stifled by deadly French dice. Stukas came to early and flew home before the scary tanks arrived. A painful flop for the Germans.
2019-10-31	(A) Gordon Jupp	vs	Neil Brunger	German win	Cracking game - I attacked the Western village in strength but also put a platoon out to the far east which was pretty much unchallenged for most of the game and they took 6 building.... The air support arrived on T3 and took out two of the S35's...From a shaky start ther German infantry recovered and generated no less than FOUR heroes during the game...unsurprisingly the western village was taken and Neil called it on T6 when it was clear the Germans were going to sweep all before them :)
2019-08-08	(A) Jeff B	vs	Steve Etzelmueller	German win	Yet another DtF scenario that went right down to the wire. This really does seem to be a great pack. Other than a token force on Board 72, the Germans came on hard from the west. They had the village completely in hand by the end of Turn 3, but losing both PzIVs in the process. Air came on early (too early, as none of the S35s had come onboard yet) but managed to bomb into oblivion two H39s. Meanwhile in the east the Germans carefully made their way across the stream. The guns got situated on the east edge of the FrFA village, where they remained throughout the game, hoping to get lucky. The French tanks just kept pouring in to bolster the west side of the Board 66 village, while the Germans looked like Russians amassing themselves for a human wave ready to assault it. Everything gelled for the Germans on the last couple turns as they grabbed a few buildings in the far east, central east, and blitzed the middle. Some key shocks on French tanks helped (about the only way the Germans could damage them), and by the last turn they had a guaranteed 20+ CVP, with easily a few more in their reach.
2019-08-04	(A) Jeff Waldon	vs	Mike Van Hoy	French win	FtF - Spreading Blaze '19

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Action	Date
Lorenzoknight Added a playing	2022-11-25 20:14:55
Lorenzoknight Rated the scenario	2022-11-25 20:14:19
SRenaudin Modified the Attacker's AFVs	2022-08-03 18:52:47
SRenaudin Modified the unit counts	2022-08-03 18:52:47
hoxson1 Uploaded the Board image	2022-03-30 19:04:19

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(hotchkiss dead.png)	Image	hoxson1	489
(Player_Aid_DTF_2_4.pdf)	Misc.	hoxson1	512
(blitzkrieg_french map.png)	Map Image	hoxson1	79

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Views:	3663
To-Play list count:	3
Estimated Play time:	11.3 hours
Recorded Games:	10

Archive recorded plays:
German	5
French	5
Drawn:	0

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