The Battle of Algiers DTO (id:#63865)
(From The Cellar Pack # 9 ID: FT261)   [next]   [previous]
Prior Publication: VV37
Algiers, Algeria 1942-11-08 ()
Designer: Philippe Naud
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Balance:
Vichy FrenchAmerican
40.625%

Overview:

As part of Operation Torch, direct assaults on Oran’s and Algiers’ ports were planned in order to prevent sabotage. The operation aimed at Algiers, nicknamed Terminal, had been entrusted to the 3rd Battalion,135th Infantry Regiment and to sailors of the Royal Navy. These troops logically received the “Terminal Force” code name. This unit, ferried by the British destroyers Malcolm and Broke, arrived in sight of Algiers’ harbor on 8 November in the morning. Hopes of symbolic resistance were swept away by sustained fire from coastal defenses. The Malcolm fell back but the Broke managed to land her troops by 0530. Disembarked troops seized several buildings but at 0940 the destroyer was forced to weigh anchor because of sustained damage. Part of the “Terminal Force,” under Colonel Swanson’s command, chose to remain.
Attacker: Vichy French (Elements of 11eme Regiment de Tirailleurs Senegalais and armor of 5eme Regiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique)
Defender: American (Elements of Terminal Force)  
5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:13.0 D:7.0
AFVs: A:2
AMC 29 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: Treat Woods and Brush as Lumberyards. D: AS
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2024-08-01(A) Dan Best vs Kermit Mullins American win
2024-08-01(D) Kermit Mullins vs Dan Best American winAmerican defensive fire was tough on Turns 1 and 2 with many French KIA'd. By Turn 3, the French were at 7 CVP of the 10 CVP cap. Then disaster hit the Americans with the 9-1 KIA'd by the sniper and two squads with him broken. This gave the French the opening to surge through the Cemetery and cut off the routing Americans with the armored cars. But then a Close Combat casualty reduced both the American and the Vichy unit. CVP cap at 8. Then a Vichy 2-3-7 with a captured American squad was KIA'd in CC by a 6-6-6 on a snakes. CVP was at 9. Then the completion of the ongoing Melee saw the American half-squad KIA'd and the Vichy 2-3-7. With that the 10 CVP cap was hit and an American win. CVP cap might be a tad low for this scenario.
2024-04-13(A) Craig Renier vs Jack Wilson American winThe French started out strong when they broke a MMC with MMG on the opening Prep removing a critical Fire Lane. The French stormed around the American left flank. In the center and right, the French advanced slowly establishing blocking shots keeping the American forces divided. The French were able to push into the west VC building, but took casualties in the effort. On the right, the French HTs parked on the east side and began to shell the east VC building. Even though the American's were losing ground, they were able to steadily eliminate French units gaining CVPs. The French made a mistake and moved the HTs attempting VBM freezing an American unit. However, the HT was wrecked by a MMG, adding 2 more CVP. Finally, the French 2-2-8 broke twice under DFF for 2 more CVP and the American victory.
2024-04-13(D) Jack Wilson vs Craig RenierA American winAs Craig mentioned, this was a tight one that came down to a MC DR. With one turn to go, the Americans were clinging to a couple of hexes in each VC building with 2.5 SE in both. If that French crew had not succumbed to double-breaking on the American turn 4 DFPh, I believe the French would have either pushed the Amis out of both buildings or eliminated enough SE to get the win. In the end, the dice were kind to the Americans.
2024-04-10(D) Mark Thompson vs Jeff Taylor (Vichy French) American winThe Americans elected to defend only the North Victory Building (surrounded mostly by OG), placing the bulk of their forces there, with a 7-0/MMG/667/3-4-6 stack in G5 and a spotted mortar in the street, and only dummies in the South Victory Building (with a covered approach through the cemetery). The ruse worked, with the Vichy Schwerpunkt concentrating on the South Building, with an approach through the cemetery. However, they were decimated crossing the street by a Fire Lane from the MMG in G5, and reached their CVP cap in Turn 2. G5 IMHO is the key to game, and the French must place Prep or Op Fire on this hex to clear out the South Building.
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The Battle of Algiers [Confirmed]
[A] Vichy 8
[D] American 11
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