Toaw Scenario: 1939 series - Strike accross the Bzura

Poland,
September 09, 1939,

Polish army of 137 units opposed to German army of 110 units
for a battle of complexity 0.65 at Company(I) level
on a 2.5 Km/Hex map
for 9 turns of Half Day each.

by Slawomir Breiter submited on 05-02-2005

Rugged-Defense Playing Statistics

Download (current version (total) )
Links	Vol I (147 KB)	Vol II	WotY	CoW (27 KB)	Vol III
Downloaded	59 ( 88 )	( 0 )	( 0 )	247 ( 247 )	0 ( 0 )

If you like this scenario, vote for it:

Briefing
THE BATTLE ON THE BZURA 2 Strike accross the Bzura Polish "Poznan" Army vs. German 8th Army UNIT COLORS GERMAN White on Grey - Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe POLISH Dark Blue on Green - All land units Blue on Green - air force HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Polish "Poznan" and "Pomorze" armies withdraw to the east, towards Warsaw and the Vistula, marching north of the Bzura river. The German 8th Army moves eastwards along the southern banks of the Bzura. The clash is inevitable and gen. Kutrzeba, commanding the "Poznan" Army decides to strike south hoping to capture the initiative and to gain the operational space instead of getting squeezed at the bottleneck of Sochaczew. In order to continue their retreat, Polish troops should secure the line Leczyca - Ozorkow - Strykow - Glowno - Lowicz - Sochaczew. The action was initiated 9th Sept. at 17:30 by the three divisions from the "Poznan" Army (operations group of gen. Knoll-Kownacki) with cavalry brigades on both wings. Two more divisions from the "Pomorze" Army entered later as the second wave. The Polish offensive threatened the supply lines of the 10th Army engaged at the gates of Warsaw. The 8th Army of gen. von Blaskowitz resisted the attack until the night 12/13 Sept., when gen. Kutrzeba withdrew the K-K group northwards, to strike east at Sochaczew. some abbreviations CB - cavalry brigade G-S - Operations Group of gen. Grzmot-Skotnicki ID - infantry division IR - infantry regiment K-K - Operations Group of gen. Knoll-Kownacki Designed by Slawomir Breiter, August 2002.

Briefing

THE BATTLE ON THE BZURA 2
Strike accross the Bzura

Polish "Poznan" Army vs. German 8th Army

UNIT COLORS

GERMAN

White on Grey - Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe

POLISH

Dark Blue on Green - All land units

Blue on Green - air force

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Polish "Poznan" and "Pomorze" armies withdraw to the east, towards Warsaw and the Vistula, marching north of the Bzura river. The German 8th Army moves eastwards along the southern banks of the Bzura. The clash is inevitable and gen. Kutrzeba, commanding the "Poznan" Army decides to strike south hoping to capture the initiative and to gain the operational space instead of getting squeezed at the bottleneck of Sochaczew. In order to continue their retreat, Polish troops should secure the line Leczyca - Ozorkow - Strykow - Glowno - Lowicz - Sochaczew.

The action was initiated 9th Sept. at 17:30 by the three divisions from the "Poznan" Army (operations group of gen. Knoll-Kownacki) with cavalry brigades on both wings. Two more divisions from the "Pomorze" Army entered later as the second wave.

The Polish offensive threatened the supply lines of the 10th Army engaged at the gates of Warsaw. The 8th Army of gen. von Blaskowitz resisted the attack until the night 12/13 Sept., when gen. Kutrzeba withdrew the K-K group northwards, to strike east at Sochaczew.

some abbreviations

CB - cavalry brigade

G-S - Operations Group of gen. Grzmot-Skotnicki

ID - infantry division

IR - infantry regiment

K-K - Operations Group of gen. Knoll-Kownacki