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1939.09.01 - Invasion of Poland - "2 hours early"The context
The Nazi party, led by Adolf Hitler, took power in Germany in 1933. At first, Hitler pursued a policy of rapprochement with Poland and signed the German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact of 1934. He also tried to attract Poland in the Anti-Commintern Pact, a cooperative front against the Soviet Union. Poland would be granted territory of its own, to its northeast, but would become largely dependant on Germany. From 1938 Hitler’s attitude towards Poland became more aggressive and started having territorial demands. In August 1939, he signs a secret peace treaty with the Soviet Union, which would divide between the two powers several independent countries, including Poland. Following a German-staged “Polish attack”, the Germans invade Poland from the north on Sep. 1, 1939. As requested by the French, who thought that there was still room for diplomatic solutions, the Poles have delayed full mobilisation of their army. However, despite a guarantee offered a few months earlier by both France and Britain, when the invasion began none of the two powers sent troops to defend Poland.
The Scenario
Due to miscommunication, a small force of German tanks and mechanised troops enter Poland a couple of hours before the invasion begins. Without artillery or air support, they march towards their objective, a town near the border, where they encounter a small force of surprised Polish troops.
* The Poles deploy first. They can deploy only in the areas marked as "Polish initial deployment" and only up to 3 units in each. The remaining Polish units will be deployed in the area marked as "Polish deployment" after turn 1 at the beginning of the later turns, up to 3 units per turn.
The Objectives
* The Germans win 25 pts for each small town they control at the end of turn 9 and 50 pts for the large one (The Germans control a town if they have at least one unit in it and there is no Polish unit in any of the town’s hexes)
* The Poles win 30 pts for each small town the Germans do not control at the end of turn 9 and 50 pts for the large one
* Bonus pts awarded equal to the cost of enemy units killed
German Army:
2x Skoda Pz38t light tanks
2x PzIV.D tanks
3x Mauser kar98 riflemen
1x SS commander
2x SDkFz 251
1x BMW R75
2x MG34 machine-Gun Teams
Polish Army:
1x 7TPdw light tank
2x R-35 light tanks
7x Determined infantrymen
1x Determined officer
2x Anti-tank guns wz.36
1x Taczanka Wz.30
1x Polish Cavalrymen
1x TKS-20mm
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The scenario is optimised for the following set of cards (I'd suggest you copy-paste them in one Word sheet and print it twice for the two players).
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