L'Union Fait la Force ETO (id:#58903)
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Designer: Philippe Naud
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Balance:
BelgianGerman
49.390243902439%

Overview:

"Strength Through Unity" -- At the end of May 1940, the Belgian army was in dire straits and backed into the western part of the country. However, the German advance was anything but a cakewalk. The Lys river line was stubbornly defended by Belgian troops whose zeal was reminiscent of their fathers’ 25 years earlier on the Yser. Near Oostrozebeke, the Germans managed to penetrate the 8th division’s front. They used civilians as human shields and infiltrated through grain which was already tall enough to provide cover. Infantrymen of the 21st Line Regiment fell back and fought side by side with the gunners of the 5th Artillery who had to blow up their own guns. Major Leclerq, commanding officer of the 1st Battalion of the 21st, decided to counter-attack with a combined force of infantrymen, gunners and engineers. At 1830, the bugles signaled the charge.
Attacker: Belgian (1st Battalion, 21st Line Regiment, 4th Group, 5th Artillery Regiment and 10th Engineers Regiment)
Defender: German (1st Battalion, 455th Infantry Regiment)  
4.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:6.5
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0
50mm DBT MTR
D:0
5cm leGrW 36

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Bore Sighting and Kindling are NA. Grain is in season.
Overlays: NONE
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2026-03-15(A) Don Berg vs Solo Belgian winI used a German set-up from a Let's Play which put the MMG and the lt. mortar in the north woods. The Belgians moved into the large grainfield, while trying to get their MMG across open ground to the wooden building in the south. The mortar advanced into the north end of the grain. The Belgian mortar was able to neutralize the MMG on turn 2, while the MMG made it to the wooden building as well. The Germans in the grain stood and fought for a turn and then fell back. The Belgians were able to break all of the defenders in the south woods, except for a hero which fell in cc. Two German squads along with their 7-0 leader were taken prisoner along with the mortar hs. By turn 3 the Germans were down to one good order squad, which was not positioned to stop the southern rush to the victory area.
2026-02-28(D) Jobbo Fett vs RootinPutin German winThe Germans managed to break or pin anyone attempting to get close on Turn 1 and things simply spiraled out of control from there. Having a deadly stack in X1, that can then be almost completely safe in Z1, is probably the only puzzle the Belgians need to solve, but it is neither fun or particularly engaging. Frankly, I'm surprised that the ROAR data is so close - the German side is favored in this one and the scenario needs multiple changes before it can start to look fun.
2025-02-12(D) manzoli andrea vs andrea noia German win
2025-02-04(A) manzoli andrea vs andrea noia Belgian win
2025-01-01(D) Andrea Noia vs Andrea Manzoli Belgian win2 hrsAgainst an expert opponent, German was too shy and tried to retain concealement to delay the advance of the belgian troops. MMG squad broke too early and never been able to recover it.
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Guru Bob Added a playing2026-03-15 16:35:06
Guru Bob Rated the scenario2026-03-15 16:25:46
Jobbo_Fett Added a playing2026-03-03 03:13:25
Jobbo_Fett Linked the scenario to ROAR2026-03-01 01:00:36
jgarlic79@gmail.com Added a playing2025-11-04 19:56:40
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 6.20Votes: 51
Views: 9095
To-Play list count: 4
Estimated Play time: 2.1 hours
Recorded Games: 37
Archive recorded plays:
Belgian15
German22
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
L'union fait la force (Strength Through Unity) [Confirmed]
[A] German 66
[D] Belgian 61
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