Up the Liri Valley MTO (id:#63075)
(From The Cellar Pack # 8 ID: FT213)   [next]   [previous]
Designer: Lionel Colin
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Balance:
Free FrenchGerman
51.785714285714%

Overview:

During Operation Diadem, the 1st “Free French” Division was given the task to shield the right flank of the French Mountain Corps which was to lead the main attack into the difficult Aurunci Mountains. On 17th May, the French were progressing quickly along the Liri River valley thanks to the retreat of the German troops after the breakthrough around Monte Petrella. Around noon, the leading elements of the BM11 (March Battalion 11), abandoned by the accompanying tanks that were stopped sooner by mines, were stopped by MG fire coming from fortified houses on both sides of the road.
Attacker: Free French (Bataillon de Marche n° 11, 1st DFL)
Defender: German (71 Infanterie-Division)  
5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:12.0 D:15.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: D: FB (B23.9)
Overlays: NONE
Errata (source)
On the map depiction, the grain field should be plowed fields.Designer
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-11-10(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs X von Marwitz Free French winGrenadier 2025
2025-11-08(D) X von Marwitz vs Eric Bongiovanni Free French winGRENADIER 2025 - Round 3

I subscribe to what has been said before:
This a very interesting puzzle of dynamic force allocation and VC hexes that both sides want.

The following approach of my opponent worked quite well for him:
Ignore the initial buildings the Germans possess (and yield those 15 VP). Instead concentrate on the center while despatching a token force just large enough to keep the Germans from not leaving their initial buildings. This will give the Free French more power in the center and they can shift it more quickly depending on whether the Germans enter more to the middle or more to the flank.

I managed to get a large force into the flank of the Free French, but in Turn 3, my attack briefly stalled. This was just long enough to bring in Free French reinforcements to plug the most imminent gap and thus enough to keep my attack from gaining momentum again. After that, It was not difficult for the Free French to build a "wall of bodies" to prevent the Germans from getting at one of the valuable 2VP/Game Turn building.
2025-11-08(D) Fabian Schuster vs Federica Mazzucchelli German winGrenadier Round 3
2025-06-20(A) X von Marwitz vs Gerrit Gericke German winA full AAR for my playing as the Free French can be found at Gamesquad Forums under the following link.

https://www.gamesquad.com/forums/index.php?threads/aar-ft213-up-the-liri-valley.205037/

It is an interesting scenario, but it was a frustrating game for the French Foreign Legion.

von Marwitz
2023-08-12(D) Michael Rodgers vs Ron Duenskie German winThis a very interesting puzzle of dynamic force allocation and VC hexes that both sides want.
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Pantera Added a playing2025-11-10 16:09:23
Bongiovanni Added a playing2025-11-10 14:56:01
von Marwitz Added a playing2025-11-09 18:47:15
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 7.81Votes: 47
Views: 9025
To-Play list count: 4
Estimated Play time: 3.1 hours
Recorded Games: 35
Archive recorded plays:
Free French17
German18
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of today)
Up the Liri Valley [Confirmed]
[A] Free French 41
[D] German 36
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