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| Parent Game |
Swallows of Death |
| Historicity |
Historical |
| Date |
1940-05-30 |
| Start Time |
12:30 |
| Turn Count |
20 |
| Visibility |
Day |
| Counters |
81 |
| Net Morale |
0 |
| Net Initiative |
1 |
| Maps |
1: 32 |
| Layout Dimensions |
43 x 28 cm
17 x 11 in |
| Play Bounty |
229 |
| AAR Bounty |
227 |
| Total Plays |
0 |
| Total AARs |
0 |
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Introduction
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The German attack on Lille opened on 27 May with three panzer divisions attacking from west of the big city. By the next day the Germans had Lille surrounded. In the north-west suburbs, Gen. Albert Mellier arrayed the remnants of his 1st Moroccan Division to face the besiegers. The night of the 29th passed rather calmly, but by 0600 the enemy had made contact with the Moroccan outpost line. Shortly after noon, the Germans began to attack in earnest.
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Conclusion
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The French refused repeated demands for their surrender, and fighting grew more intense. By 1300 German fire had disabled all of the French strongpoints along the railway line, but the Moroccan infantry pulled back inside the nearby factories to fight on the courage born of despair. In an inferno of fire, ruins and wrecks, ferocious house-to-house combat slowed the German advance to a snail’s pace. The Rue de Dunkerque leading to the railway bridge became the focal point of desperate assaults by tirailleirs, sapeurs and Zouaves to buy a few more hours. The French eventually surrendered on the afternoon of the following day.
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Additional Notes
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Swallows of Death may be played with the 1st edition pieces and maps from 1940: Fall of France. |
Display Relevant AFV Rules
| AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle |
- Vulnerable to results on the Assault Combat Chart (7.25, 7.63, ACC), and may be attacked by Anti-Tank fire (11.2, DFT). Anti-Tank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon (7.62, 11.0).
- AFV's are activated by tank leaders (3.2, 3.3, 5.42, 6.8).
They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this way would need a tank
leader in order to carry out combat movement.
- AFV's do not block Direct Fire (10.1).
- Full-strength AFV's with "armor efficiency" may make two anti-tank (AT) fire attacks per turn
(either in their action segment or during opportunity fire) if they have AT fire values of 0 or more
(11.2).
- Each unit with an AT fire value of 2 or more may fire at targets at a distance of between 100% and 150% of its
printed AT range. It does so at half its AT fire value. (11.3)
- Efficient and non-efficient AFV's may conduct two opportunity fires per turn if using direct fire
(7.44, 7.64).
Units with both Direct and AT Fire values may use either type of fire in the same turn as their opportunity fire,
but not both (7.22, 13.0).
Units which can take opportunity fire twice per turn do not have to target the same unit both times (13.0).
- Demoralized AFV's are not required to flee from units that do not have AT fire values (14.3).
- Place a Wreck marker when an AFV is eliminated in a bridge or town hex (16.3).
- AFV's do not benefit from Entrenchments (16.42).
- AFV's may Dig In (16.2).
- Closed-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables. Do not take step losses from Direct or Bombardment Fire. If X or #X result on Fire Table, make M morale check instead (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT).
- Closed-top AFV's: Provide the +1 modifier on the Assault Table when combined with infantry. (Modifier only applies to Germans in all scenarios; Soviet Guards in scenarios taking place after 1942; Polish, US and Commonwealth in scenarios taking place after 1943.) (ACC)
- Armored Cars: These are Combat Units. They are motorized instead of mechanized. All have their own armored car leaders, who can only activate armored cars (6.85). Do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC).
- Reconnaissance Vehicle: 8.23 Special Spotting Powers Both foot and vehicle mounted recce units (1.2) possess two special spotting abilities. The first ability is that they can spot enemy in limiting terrain at one hex further than the TEC specifies for other units and leaders. For example, an enemy unit in town can normally be spotted at three hexes or less, but a recce unit can spot them at four hexes.Their second ability is that they can place a Spotted marker on any one enemy unit they can spot per turn, just as if the enemy unit had "blown its cover" by firing. Such Spotted markers are removed as described earlier.
- Prime Movers: Transports which only transport towed units and/or leaders (May not carry personnel units). May or may not be armored (armored models are open-top). All are mechanized. (SB)
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| 4 Errata Items |
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In 1940: Fall of France, the units show Direct Fire. All units are Indirect Fire.
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This is actually another ½track vehicle, simiar to the AMR33 & AMR35. It used the mechanized movement rate.
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The reduced direct fire value of the Heer HMG became 5-5 starting with Fall of France.
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The movement allowance on the counters in Airborne is misprinted. It should be "3."
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