Invasion of Greece Battlefront WWII at the Hobby Bunker Game Day

The Hobby Bunker and Battle Group Boston held their annual Game Day on Saturday August 25, 2018.  Steve Umbrell and I ran "the Invasion of Greece, Germans against Australians and British using Battlefront WWII rules."  This is a WWII version of the Fire and Fury rule set and makes for excellent gaming and historicity. Dave Soucy and I took the Germans and Steve and Mike Paine the Commonwealth Forces (defenders).  The Commonwealth forces set up using hidden markers and the Germans rolled onto the board from the west.  Victory Conditions were to take the hill and exit road to the south and destroy 50% of your opponents troops. 

The hill and road exit as the action begins



The German Plan was to roll up the British left flank on the hill with a mixed force of tanks (tank fright is a negative modifier to morale for the Brits) and infantry while the remaining tanks kept the British Armor occupied. 

Proust! Dave and I formulate our evil plan.

Dave's Command in the German center and left flanks

A view from behind Dave's crew.

Peter's troops prepare to roll forward.



Battlefront WWII has a neat spotting mechanism which kept the British on the hill hidden until we neared there position.

 

 

Dave fired Smoke to cover my advance on the trench line.

A Boise anti-tank rifle and machine gun occupied the trench.

Under cover of the smoke my half tracks brought my  infantry up for a close assault in coordination with the tanks.



 The British 2 Pdr Anti-tank gun took out two of my PZIII's before I cleared out the western section of the trenches.  Dave was cautiously advancing and spotted the British Armor east of the road.  He engaged them at long distance and began to move forward.

The British Armor

Another shot of the three troops of Armor.

Dave advances his armor.

Back on the hill the advance to roll up the trench line continues. 

Support vehicles spotted as the German's crest the hill

The tanks push back the Boise Anti-tank unit and take out an infantry stand.

The Bren Carrier is destroyed.

The 2pdr destroys 2 of my PZIIIs as the Boise gun and truck perish.

The action continues with Dave pinning the British armor and the roll up on the hill moving along but paying a bloody toll to do so. Mike Paine was making us pay for each inch we gained.

Roll up the line

taking out the 2 pdr and the next couple of units in the trench.

Steve detached one of the armored units to move to support the hill.  Dave sent his tanks around behind the British Armor and began to chew them up.

Steve advanced closer to the Germans.  Not a good idea.

The Panzers advance continues

Combined arms pressure the infantry along the trenchline.

Steve's armor arrives on the hill in time to slow the German advance there, but his remaining armor is destroyed by Dave. The hill would be taken in the four turns remaining and the British were already over 50% casualties.  Mike and Steve put up a fierce fight, but superior German armor created a historical outcome.  A German Victory.

A great time was had by all.