"Jort, August 15, 1944 Battlefront WWII AAR" Topic

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Bill Slavin	30 Apr 2014 9:25 a.m. PST
We were back to playing an historical scenario last weekend, a scaled down version of R. Mark Davies' Battlefront WWII scenario, Soldiers' Day, over the weekend. The scenario is based on the Polish 10th Mounted Rifles' (the Polish 1st Division armoured reconnaissance regiment) attempt to forge deep into the crumbling German defences at the Falaise Pocket in order to seize and intact bridge at the village of Jort on the River Dives following Operation Totalize. Here is the AAR: link And here are a few pictures:
Frederick	30 Apr 2014 9:46 a.m. PST
Great AAR!
normsmith	30 Apr 2014 10:26 a.m. PST
Wonderful
Jemima Fawr	30 Apr 2014 12:21 p.m. PST
Great stuff Bill! :)
War Panda	30 Apr 2014 12:21 p.m. PST
Bill…absolutely beautiful photos…amazing terrain and minis…most inspiring AAR… Thanks for posting…and please post more if you have time
SFC Retired	01 May 2014 4:52 a.m. PST
Very nice… SFC Retired
Bill Slavin	01 May 2014 6:31 a.m. PST
Thanks all. I took a photo of the table when I had it half knocked down that I thought some might find interesting. There was a lot of bits of terrain making up this particular scenario!
Jemima Fawr	01 May 2014 11:53 a.m. PST
I should also add that Bill's down-sizing of the original scenario almost certainly makes it a far more playable game and eminently playable in an evening, whereas my original would probably need a full day's play and a second mortgage for all the models.
Bill Slavin	01 May 2014 12:08 p.m. PST
It's true, there was a superfluity of Cromwells (three squadrons) in the original. Great scenario, though, Mark!