Emergency Miniature Work - 15mm USMC Super Cobra
BLITZKRIEG IN THE WEST – VIDEO BATTLE REPORT – P2
May, 1940. Spearheads of German 1. Panzer Division (XIX Motorized Corps, Panzer Group Kleist, Army Group “A”) have crashed through the Ardennes region of Belgium.
They are met by screening elements of the Belgian 1st Chasseurs d’Ardennais Division, trying to hold narrow woodland roads and river crossings.
Historically, the Belgians held as long as they could and then fell back, awaiting French reinforcement per the Allied “Dyle Plan.”
But the French units in this region of southern Belgium (5e Division Légère de Cavalerie, reporting directly to 2nd Army) were delayed by bad coordination and German bombing of communication and lines of transport.
This game imagines that the Allied Dyle Plan worked a little better, and forward elements of French 5th DLC made it to the line of contact in time to help the Belgian initial defense.
It’s a fun way to get three factions on a Panzer Leader table all at once!
Part 2 of 3. Part 3 should be up later this weekend.
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