Corking the Chambois Bottle WTO (id:#66363)
(ASL Journal #13 ID: J209)   [next]   [previous]
Chambois, France 1944-08-20 ()
Designer: Ron Duenskie
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Balance:
German/German (SS)American/Polish
63.636363636364%

Overview:

By the end of July, after weeks of stalemate in the Norman bocage, the Allies finally achieved the breakout for which they had sought. This rapid advance quickly led to the formation of an immense pocket near Falaise, where the German 7.Armee and 5.Panzer-Armee faced entrapment and annihilation. Realizing the danger, German commanders ordered an all-out withdrawal to the east. The escape route contained two key features that control of would be vital. The first was the high ground around Mont Ormel; the second was the crossroads and bridge at Chambois. The Polish 1st Armoured Division were ordered to take both. They linked up with the American 2nd Battalion, 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division and organized their defenses.
Attacker: German/German (SS) (Panzer-Division 116 with SS-Panzer-Division 12 "Hitlerjugend" and Infanterie-Division 353)
Defender: American/Polish ((American) 2nd Battalion, 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division and (Polish) 10th Dragoons and 24th Lancers, 1st Armoured Division)  
7.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:31.0 D:17.5
AFVs: A:15
PzKpfw VIE (L) x 2
PzKpfw VG x 3
PzKpfw IVH x 2
PzKpfw IIIH x 2
StuH 42
StuG IIIG
SPW 251/9
SPW 251/1 x 3

AFVs: D:6
Cromwell VII x 3
Achilles(a)
Carrier B x 2

Guns: A:0
5cm leGrW 36 x 2
D:3
OQF 17-Pounder
M1 57mm AT Gun
OML 3-in. Mortar
M2 60mm Mortar

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules:
Map Board(s): 48 72
Overlays: X14 X15 X16 X18 X19
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2023-09-06(A) Andy Bagley vs Neil Brunger German/German (SS) winA big, exciting and quite chaotic scenario! I concentrated my attack in the centre and to begin with progress was slow, as I avoided MG and mortar fire straight down the road so had to cross the stream. Things speeded up once my reinforcements appeared, and I was generally successful in keeping the Allied MGs in upper level buildings quiet with smoke. Lots of crazy DRs producing unusual results, including a wind change DR of 12 on the final Allied turn, which blew away all the smoke! So his last-ditch stand in the steeple, where I was relying on an American IFT shot of 12 +6 being unsuccessful suddenly became a 12 +3 IFT shot, which broke most of my units on the level below! So those guys held out, but fortunately I was able to grab another building where the British defenders first went berserk then were eliminated with a couple of lucky HE shots. So I was able to move in to a fourth multi-hex stone building on my final turn to win by the narrowest of margins. Great fun for both sides!
2023-02-12(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs D German/German (SS) win
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Avg Rating: 7.67Votes: 3
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Estimated Play time: 15.2 hours
Recorded Games: 2
Archive recorded plays:
German/German (SS)2
American/Polish0
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of October 2023)
Corking the Chambois Bottle
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[A] Polish (British) 5
[D] German 4
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