My second ftf against Matt W.

I took the Germans because I wanted to experiment with the swamps as defensive position. I moved up four platoons to my left flank (with 9-1-2 captain) and 6 platoons to my right (9-1-1 and 9-0-0 lieutenants), hoping to force the Russians to go through the swamp.

Matt moved up his infantry towards my center before committing them to my left just before arriving at the swamp. As my captain decided to be demoralized early and often, I could not slow down the Russian advance enough for my right flank to shift to my left.

Six steps exited the map on turn 10 or 11 for an easy Russian victory,

I believe I could have made the Russians task much harder had I deployed 3 platoons on each flank and kept 4 platoons in reserve at the back center of the swamp. The idea is to able to move them quickly in front of the Russians once their commander commit them to a flank.

Matt's strategy was a good one. Advance in the middle and only commit the troops to the weaker flank at the last second. This forces the Germans to leave the swamp and be vulnerable to the Russian OBA.