Independence Day WTO (id:#67274)
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See Also: Independence Day by Le Franc Tireur
Designer: Noah Brentlinger
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Balance:
CzechoslovakianGerman
50%

Overview:

As the Allies pushed through the French interior in the late summer of 1944, many German coastal defenses were in danger of being cut off and encircled. Instead of evacuating these positions, Hitler declared them Festungen and ordered their defenders to fight to the last man. Dunkerque, the strongest of these fortresses, was put under seige by the Canadian and British armies of the 21st Group until handed off to the 1st Czechoslovak Independent Armoured Brigade, under the command of Major General Alois Liška, in October. The Czechs then began a series of raids in the hopes of shortening the German perimeter. One of the biggest would come on 28 October, Czechoslovakia's Independence Day.
Attacker: Czechoslovakian (1st Czechoslovak Independent Armoured Brigade)
Defender: German (Festung Dünkirchen Garrison)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:8.0
AFVs: A:2
Cromwell VII 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: Czech: British Counters
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2026-03-01(A) Robert Oler vs Derek Rowe Czechoslovakian winThe Czechs don't have to move very far, but shrinking the German perimeter takes time. The Germans have to skulk and survive. This one is nice and simple, and plays quickly. This was a close game, and came down to CC on the last turn. The Czechs had a pretty big CC odds advantage, but victory was not guaranteed until the final DRs. With fairly high SANs on both sides, we thought those would play a role, but not this time. Although there were several activations, only one hit, and just pinned the Czech sniper. Major weapons were unreliable for both sides. The first shot with the German MMG was a 12 and a second repair attempt was a 6. One of the Czech tanks had its MA break on its second shot, and by the end of the game, both AFVs had malfunctioned MA.
2026-02-28(A) Jason Nichols vs Hugh Harvey German winThe Germans managed to keep concealment and skulk away from DF which made it difficult to advance without Prep Fire. The tanks were a good source of smoke but the Czechs couldn't pass their MC's when taking fire. Ran out of time and capitulated at end of turn 5.
2026-01-14(A) Will Willow vs Randy Shurtz German winFun little scenario with some wild swings. Went to the last turn.
2025-12-16(D) Douglas Leslie vs Eric Partizan Eric Czechoslovakian winTook an an absolute pasting as the Germans in this one. The Czechs passed every morale check and Eric did a great job of cutting off rout paths for the broken German defenders. Breaking the MMG didn't help the defence and it was all over by the end of turn four.
2025-12-16(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs Douglas Leslie Czechoslovakian win
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 5.88Votes: 8
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To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 3 hours
Recorded Games: 6
Archive recorded plays:
Czechoslovakian3
German3
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Independence Day [Confirmed]
[A] Czech 5
[D] German 5
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