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Overall Rating, 1 vote |
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Scenario Rank: --- of 940 |
Parent Game | Deluge |
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Historicity | Historical |
Date | 1939-09-01 |
Start Time | 05:30 |
Turn Count | 0 |
Visibility | Day |
Counters | 62 |
Net Morale | 1 |
Net Initiative | 2 |
Maps | 2: 105, 8 |
Layout Dimensions | 56 x 43 cm 22 x 17 in |
Play Bounty | 166 |
AAR Bounty | 227 |
Total Plays | 1 |
Total AARs | 0 |
Battle Types |
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Hill Control |
Inflict Enemy Casualties |
Road Control |
Conditions |
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Off-board Artillery |
Terrain Mods |
Scenario Requirements & Playability | |
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Broken Axis | Maps |
Deluge | Base Game |
Fire in the Steppe | Maps + Counters |
Introduction |
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The Polish 55th Reserve Infantry Division had not completed its mobilization when it rushed into the OWS Fortified Zone protecting the industrial center of Katowice. One battalion of the 203rd Infantry Regiment occupied a forward position on what the Germans called Hill 341, a pile of industrial waste known to the local Poles as Halda Skalny. The hill offered a wide unobstructed view of the German approach routes. |
Conclusion |
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Nothing grew in the environmentally-devastated area around the Slag Heap, giving the Germans little cover as they approached the Polish fortifications. The Polish National Guardsmen held out throughout the day, inflicting heavy casualties on the attacking Germans - a first-line division of the First Mobilization Wave - which eventually abandoned the attack and looked to outflank the hilltop. |
3 Errata Items | |
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The reduced direct fire value of the Heer HMG became 5-5 starting with Fall of France. (plloyd1010
on 2015 Jul 31)
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The morale and combat modifiers of German Sergeant #1614 should be "0", not "8". (Shad
on 2010 Dec 15)
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The movement allowance on the counters in Airborne is misprinted. It should be "3." (rerathbun
on 2012 Jan 30)
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