An Army At Dawn, scenario One: Fold or Fight?

I find the Vichy French actions in WWII interesting and wanted to get some action in on North Africa, so this is the scenario I played tonight.

Both sides have weak morale, the French 7/6 and the green Americans 7/5 so it wasn’t easy attacking the St. Cloud town, even with the weaker French Infantry units. Both sides had some off-board artillery which really did play a factor at critical times for both sides.

I won’t go into any details as there has been a ton of AARs on this scenario already but the fighting was pretty heavy for these forces. The Americans lost 7 steps and a Leader and the French lost 6 steps and a Leader. The Americans only controlled one town hex and the French the other two, so neither side achieve a victory level, making this scenario a Draw. A few dice rolls either way and maybe one side or the other could have won. The American Infantry have stronger fire power but could not recover enough units with a 7/5 morale to do much.

A fun scenario to try once.