700 White Eagles #39 |
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(Defender) Poland | vs | Germany (Attacker) |
Formations Involved | ||
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Germany | 10th Panzer Division | |
Germany | Lotzen Brigade | |
Poland | Wizna Local Defense Unit |
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Overall Rating, 1 vote |
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3
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Scenario Rank: --- of 940 |
Parent Game | White Eagles |
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Historicity | Historical |
Date | 1939-09-09 |
Start Time | 08:00 |
Turn Count | 30 |
Visibility | Day |
Counters | 109 |
Net Morale | 1 |
Net Initiative | 0 |
Maps | 6: 10, 14, 21, 3, 6, 7 |
Layout Dimensions | 86 x 84 cm 34 x 33 in |
Play Bounty | 172 |
AAR Bounty | 227 |
Total Plays | 1 |
Total AARs | 0 |
Battle Types |
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Rural Assault |
Conditions |
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Entrenchments |
Minefields |
Off-board Artillery |
Terrain Mods |
Scenario Requirements & Playability | |
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Afrika Korps | Counters |
Airborne - IE | Counters |
Battle of the Bulge | Maps |
Eastern Front | Maps + Counters |
Road to Berlin | Maps |
White Eagles | Base Game |
Introduction |
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Near the town of Wizna, the Poles had constructed a series of bunkers and entrenchments overlooking the crossings of the Narew River and protecting the flanks of the defenses at Warsaw and Brest-Litovsk from a rapid German advance. When most of the border forces withdrew to defend the capital, a National Guard battalion of 700 men led by Capt. Wladyslaw Raginis remained isolated in the fortified post. The Germans dropped leaflets claiming that Warsaw had fallen and resistance was futile, but Raginis swore that he would not leave his post alive and exhorted his troops to fight to the last man. |
Conclusion |
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Fighting continued into the night, as the Germans destroyed the bunkers one by one and the Poles fought back with suicidal courage. In a scene that could have come straight from Sienkiewicz's Deluge, German corps commander Hienz Guderian had Polish prisoners shackled and paraded in front of the Polish positions at noon the next day. If Raginis refused to surrender, the barbaric Panzer Leader raged, he would have them shot one by one. Despondent, Raginis allowed his surviving troops to give up and then killed himself with a hand grenade. |
Additional Notes |
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Use strongpoints from either Airborne or Edelweiss, or download the Polish Strongpoints from APL (http://www.avalanchepress.com/pdf/SovietPolishStrongpoints.pdf) |
AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle |
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4 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 Pz IVe appearing in the original Panzer Grenadier game had an Anti tank value of 4-7. As of Afrika Korps (2002), continuing onward through the 3rd and 4th edition games, the anti tank value has been 4-4. (plloyd1010
on 2016 Jul 25)
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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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One unit of Polish Calvary from White Eagles has a printed movement of 5, it should be 6 like the rest. (garbare83686
on 2023 Aug 13)
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