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ATS Westerplatte: Opening Shots of World War 2

ATS Westerplatte: Opening Shots of World War 2

Critical Hit, Inc. · 2015Expansion
1–2120–360 min14+ yrs6CouplesStrategy
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From the publisher's website: Westerplatte Peninsula, FREE CITY OF DANZIG, POLAND, 1 September 1939: In 1925 the League of Nations allowed Poland to keep only 88 soldiers in their positions on the Westerplatte peninsula.

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From the publisher's website:

Westerplatte Peninsula, FREE CITY OF DANZIG, POLAND, 1 September 1939: In 1925 the League of Nations allowed Poland to keep only 88 soldiers in their positions on the Westerplatte peninsula. Secretly, however, the garrison was slowly expanded to 176 men and six officers. The position was separated from Danzig by the harbour channel, and only a small pier connected them to the mainland. The Polish-held part of the Westerplatte was separated from the territory of Danzig by a brick wall. Fortifications built at Westerplatte were in fact not very impressive: there were no real bunkers or underground tunnels, there were only five small concrete outposts (guardhouses) hidden in the peninsula's forest; and a large barracks prepared for defense, supported by a network of field fortifications such as trenches and barricades. Cellars of outposts were fit to fire heavy-machine guns from within them. In case of war, the defenders were expected to withstand a sustained attack for 12 hours. Beginning on September 1, 1939, German naval forces and soldiers launched World War two with their attack on the Polish Military Transit Depot (Wojskowa Skladnica Tranzytowa, WST) on the peninsula of Westerplatte. Despite estimates of their ability to hold out, the Polish garrison held on for seven days in the face of a German onslaught that included Stuka dive bomber attacks. The defense of Westerplatte served as an inspiration for the Polish Army and people in the face of the debut of the Blitzkreig amidst German Case White. Their struggle is still regarded as a symbol of resistance to the Nazi invasion that plunged the world into war.

This is ATS WESTERPLATTE: FIRST SHOTS OF WORLD WAR II, an amazing assault that will live proudly in the martial history of Poland forever. The battleship Schleswig-Hiolstein stood off Westerplatte to shell the defenders into submission.

There was just one thing the aggressors did not count on: the Poles would ... not ... submit! They stood, stoic, as the world watched in awe. And against every onslaught the Germans could hurl at them. Stukas, more Stukas, artillery... engineers. An amazing struggle on a map that has been described as a ‘work of art’ and is one of the more unique pieces of wargame cartology ever to see print. Includes all the combat counters needed to play.

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CouplesStrategy
Play time
120–360 min
Players
1–2
Recommended age
14+ yrs
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ATS Westerplatte: Opening Shots of World War 2 is played by 1–2 players.
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A game of ATS Westerplatte: Opening Shots of World War 2 takes about 120–360 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is ATS Westerplatte: Opening Shots of World War 2 for?
ATS Westerplatte: Opening Shots of World War 2 is recommended from age 14.
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