Toaw Scenario: Battle of Piotrkow 1939

Poland,
September 04, 1939,

Polish army of 211 units opposed to German army of 251 units
for a battle of complexity 0.88 at Battalion(II) level
on a 2.5 Km/Hex map
for 12 turns of 6 Hours each.

by Bartek submited on 09-10-2006

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Briefing

Battle of Piotrkow 1939

Version: 1.6
Scenario is to be played PBEM or Polish side vs. computer.
Scenario based on ;
Boardgame "Piotrk?939" edited by Wojciech Zalewski
and scenario "Fall Weiss'39" designed by CSTO
Author of the OOB : Przemo
1. Special notes
  • 1)The real scale of terrain is less than 1.5 km / hex ,but I think it doesn't matter very seriously.Especially the game is much more tactical and , I hope , very fast.
    Wargame created by Wojciech Zalewski is very interesting and I think it is a good idea to converse it on TOAW-COW scenario.
    For that reason I've changed all artillery equipment to ER guns,especially howitzers,it improves the artillery support.
  • 2)Polish forces are using heavy ATRs,because of fact that all Polish 75mm gun had been fitted with anti-tank rounds.Next reason is that Polish Bofors 37mm ATG was much more better than German PAK 35/36.
  • 3)There are some 37mm ATGs and HMGs at Polish armoured units ,because some of TKS were been armed in 20mm ATG,and some Ursus wz 34 were been armed in 37mm Pateaux ATG.At TOAW all of them looks like being armed only with MGs.
  • 4)If Germans take hex 62 , 0 ,a way to Warsaw ,before morning of 6th of September,they win by sudden death option.
  • 5)The overhelming German airsuperiority made Polish forces to march at nights,for that reason Polish player starts the game.He may spend that turn on improving defence or preparing delaying actions.
  • 6)If Germans take Piotrk? 41 / 16 ) Army "Prusy" will be withdrawn ,except 13th ID
  • 7)If Germans take L?( 35 / 0 ) Polish supply will decrease.
  • 8) 8 Polish independent reserve engneering companies were been connected into 3 engneering batalions.
  • 9) Polish cavalry was using Taczanka's,it was Mounted MMG Fast Horse Team,for that reason there are additional motorcycles and scouts cars at cavalry regiments.
2. Background
From the first hours of war Polish Army "L? was under heavy pressure of German 10th Army supported by elements of 8th Army.At that time Army "L? consisted only from three infrantry divisions ( 30th,28th,10th ) and one cavalry brigade ( Woly? CavBde),the destruction of Polish 7th ID near Czestochowa opened left flank of the Army,from that reason contact with Army "Krak?was lost.Commander of A."L? ,gen.Juliusz R?l hoped that the gap on left flank would be closed by Northern Group of Army "Prusy" near Piotrk?rybunalski.Unlucky for R?l gen.Dab-Biernacki ,commander of Army "Prusy" was unable to coordinate actions of his divisions,after 19th ID was destroyed at the outskirts of Piotrk?e withdrawn the rest of his divisions to the east bank of Wisla river.
There were also second chance to hold blitz near L?or Piotrk? There were Polish Army "Pozna?n the right flank of A."L?,still fresh,and slowly withdrawing deeper to the east.Com. of Army "Pozna?en.Kutrzeba all the time was asking for permission for counterattack to support A."L?,but Polish Chief Commander marsh.Rydz-Smigly ordered him to withdraw his army without any actions against German 8th Army.
At that situation for soldiers and officers of Army "L? the only way was to fight and die with honour with no hope for victory.
Bartek