A dismounted Polish cavalry formation desperately defend a treeline against the surging German panzers. Towards the end of the game, the Poles had lost most of their anti-tank capability and their infantry defending the village were hard pressed.
Two players were left to finish the game as the rest of us left the club for the evening, so we are unsure of the final result. Either way, some great early war armour on display!
In this hard fought scenario, a rag tag group of Germans and Hungarians make an attempt to break out of the encirclement of Budapest and make for Vienna. The Axis remnants, which included some Panthers, Stugs, infantry and cavalry formations, were further hindered by truck loads of wounded personnel.
Despite being significantly outnumbered by the Soviets lying in wait for them, somehow a handful of Germans and Hungarians managed to escape off board, including some cavalry, infantry and a truck load of wounded men.
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| Heroes of the 'Great Escape' from Budapest |
Two WWII games were hosted on Monday night. One using Rapid Fire Reloaded, the other, Flames of War. The FoW game witnessed marauding hordes of Stuarts/Honeys go head-to-head with one another in a US vs British Mid War encounter - there were 28 of them on the table at one point!
It was interesting to see some 1939 Poles take the field to defend against the distinctively marked German Panzers of the early war Polish campaign. I think that the Polish infantry, despite shooting up quite a few German infantry units on motorcycles, ran out of anti-tank options and were eventually overrun by their better armed opponents.
It is believed that there is some Polish armour on one of the club member's painting blocks currently, so hopefully we will see them take to the battlefield soon.
The other games are one set in the Sudan, and a Prussian vs French Napoleonic match-up.
