Danish Crossroads ETO (id:#67007)
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See Also: Danish Crossroads by Supporting Fire
Bredevad, Denmark 1940-04-09 ()
Designer: Jens Thomander
Starter kit scenario?:    Deluxe scenario?:
 
Balance:
GermanDanish
51.282051282051%

Overview:

At 0630 parts of the Infanterie-Division 170 and Schützen-Brigade (mot.) reached the outskirts of Bredevad, a hamlet just north of the German-Danish border. Here at the crossroads of Bredevad itself. a company of the Danish 4th Bicycle Battalion had hurriedly dispatched to set up a roadblock before the Germans could arrive to seize the intersection. They managed to reach the crossroads moments before the armored cars of Schützen-Brigade (mot.) appeared.
Attacker: German (Infanterie-Division 170 and Schützen-Brigade (mot.) 11)
Defender: Danish (1st Company, 4th Bicycle Battalion)  
5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:10.0 D:6.0
AFVs: A:4
PzKpfw IIF
PSW 222
PSW 221 x 2

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:2
20mm M-35 Machinecannon x 2

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Bldgs: Stone. Orchards: Open ground, Orchards in road hexes do not exist.
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
The 3x 457 Danish 1st Line Squads do NOT have Assault Fire Capability. This has been pointed out by Klas Malmström, who was one of the playtesters of the scenario at GameSquad forum under the following link: https://www.gamesquad.com/forums/index.php?threads/j248-danish-crossroads-aar.208223/#post-2221016Playtester Klas Malmström
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2026-08-08(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs Rich Domovic German win

(VASL Log)		Friday Night Fight
2026-08-08(D) Douglas Leslie vs Frazer Greenshields German win

(VASL Log)		Tough sledding for the Danes in this FNF game when they broke both ATGs without scratching the paintwork of any German AFVs. Frazer then used his ACs aggressively to try to freeze defending infantry to allow the Germans to make progress. This led to a rare event when the Danes managed to stun and capture an immobilized AC when the crew abandoned it. I had hopes that this might nail the reinforcing MkII at point blank range on the final turn but a DR of 11 kind of summed up the performance of Danish ordnance here. The final act came when the Germans had one unbroken squad in a victory hex in the final turn. An adjacent building contained a broken crewed and ATG with an 8-0 leader and 457 which was frozen by the MkII. The Danes managed to repair the gun, spin it and retain ROF with a shot at the tank. A hull hit bounced off the armour (needing a DR of 6 to kill). An intensive fire shot generated multiple hits, both of which resulted in DRs of 8. The tank survived and the 457 was denied the chance to try to break the adjacent German squad. That was that when the Danish stack broke under heavy defensive fire. Considering the complete failure of Danish guns to do any damage whatsoever, it was surprising that the finish was as close as it was. At least the capture of an enemy AFV ticked off an item on my ASL bucket list!
2026-08-07(D) Grant Hewitt vs Herbert Heyman German win3 hrsHerbert played extremely well. I foolishly placed the non-HIP 20mm cannon too far forward and his MG fire group broke the crew in Axis T1 prep fire, followed by one of my squads going berserk in Axis T1 AFPh. After that, my defence of the woods in the center crumbled but not before inflicting morale checks on advancing German infantry. I was lucky with the remaining 20mm cannon and the MMG, turning two of the armored cars into blazing wrecks by the end of turn 3. I was also lucky enough to immobilise the PzKpfwII with a street fighting attack one hex away from the victory crossroads in Axis T4 Mph. Sadlyy, the advancing Germans overwhelmed the Danes in Axis T5 and I was obliged to concede (although I did already consider conceding at the end og Game Turn 4). Well done to Herbert.
2026-08-07(A) Rob Tyson vs Paul Legg Danish winPaul played a nice tight defense that I just couldn't crack. He hunkered down in the stone buildings and my guys kept breaking once they got adjacent. It also didn't help that I was too aggressive with the armored cars on the first turn and saw two of them taken out. Fun little scenario. I'd play it again.
2026-08-07(D) Paul Legg vs Rob Tyson Danish win

(VASL Log)		Friday Night Fight

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To-Play list count: 3
Estimated Play time: 2.8 hours
Recorded Games: 31
Archive recorded plays:
German17
Danish14
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Danish Crossroads [Confirmed]
[A] German 23
[D] Danish 24
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