AK'44 ETO (id:#63484)
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Warsaw, Poland 1944-08-07 ()
Designer: Peter Struijf and Chris Mazzei
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
German (SS)Partisan
16.666666666667%

Overview:

On 1 August, the Home Army launched its Rising against German occupation forces in Warsaw. 40,000 AK insurgents fanned out across the city, armed with captured weapons, home-made flamethrowers and Molotov Projectors. The Wehrmacht, heavily engaged against Russian forces outside the city, insisted the SS deal with the Warsaw Rising. Himmler ordered the formation of an anti-insurgent corps of some 50,000 men. Among them was "SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger", an infamous anti-partisan unit made up of former poachers and released violent criminals. They had gained such a reputation for looting, atrocities against civilians and indiscipline that SS-Gruppenführer Fegelein described them as "real Scum". Several days after their arrival in Warsaw, the Sturmbrigade was deployed in the western City Center. They would find the Polish Home Army no mean adversary.
Attacker: German (SS) (SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger and 1st Paratroop Panzer Division Hermann Göring)
Defender: Partisan (Chodry II Company, Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa-AK))  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:17.0 D:15.0
AFVs: A:2
PzKpfw VG x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: DTR SRs, SW Purchase, Player Aid below as Misc File
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2022-10-03(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs Michel Bongiovanni Partisan win
2022-10-03(A) Michel Bongiovanni vs Eric Bongiovanni German (SS) win
2021-11-13(D) David Garvin vs Mark Chapman German (SS) win
2020-07-18(D) Paul Works vs James Treu Partisan winSS must move fast in this scenario, force the Partisans to reveal themselves, then move up with larger-FP stacks to break the defenders. Partisans have room to fall back through the buildings to multiple defensive locations. Infiltrating units can really cause issues for the SS if the Russian sniper is placed (or lands) in an opportune location(s). In this game, James' initial attack resulted in 1.5 SS squads KIA (primarily due to two "12" MCs by him). He moved his Panthers to cover the edges of his infantry and VBM-locked two of my units, resulting in both of those partisans being KIA. My hero used a PSK to flame one of the Panthers (that dude must have been practicing); although the back blast wounded him in the process. All three of my infiltrating Partisans came on into hexes occupied by SS units. In the ensuing melees, the SS lost 1.5 squads and a leader - and it forced the SS to move back to previously-cleared areas to take out the infiltrators. Te SS reinforcements came on along the west side and ran into my other leader and the captured German MMG. The SS reinforcements entered with an FT (a good idea, in my opinion); but during his fourth turn's move - as it was getting a bit desperate for the SS - he attempted to get the manning 6-5-8 across the street and into the Partisan backfield. Not a bad idea; however, my 5-2-7, German MMG, and 8-1 leader took a 7-1 shot at him and rolled a "2;" KIAing the squad. At this point we called it. Not enough Germans remained to carry on to the victory.
2019-10-11(A) patrick palma vs Derek Ritter Partisan win
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Michel Bongiovanni Added a playing2025-10-02 06:38:11
Hutch Modified the misc. rules2025-09-30 13:30:52
Hutch Modified the Attacker2025-09-30 13:00:29
Hutch Modified the gps location2025-09-30 12:53:47
Hutch Modified the overview2025-09-30 12:50:53
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Estimated Play time: 4.5 hours
Recorded Games: 11
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Partisan10
Drawn:0

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