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Eight Million Bayonets MTO (id:#65277)
(ASL Roma 2020 ID: ROMA1)   [next]   [previous]
Kalpaki, Greece 1940-11-02 (2 others)
ASLUG15: Mount Pissoderi (ASLUG # 7)
FT226: Veni Venezia! (Franc-Tireur#14)
Designer: Ken Dunn
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Balance:
ItalianGreek
75%

Overview:

Italy's invasion of the Kingdom of Greece on 28 October initially resulted in an advance of several miles and the general withdrawal of light Greek forces at the border. Bad weather, poor roads, and general lack of infrastructure such as bridges held up the Italian forces more so than the Greek troops., who had only one division in the area. Still, few expected that the small Greek army would be able to hold the field against Italy's vaulted "eight million bayonets." Preparations on the Italian side left much to be desired, however, while Greek intelligence had been able to generally pinpoint the date of the attack, which then came as no surprise. By 2 November, the Ferrara Division reinforced by armor from the Centauro Division were finally nearing their first major objective, the critical road junction town of Kalpaki.
Attacker: Italian (23rd Infantry Division (Ferrara) and 131st Armored Division (Centauro))
Defender: Greek (8th Infantry Division)  
5.5 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:13.0 D:8.0
AFVs: A:8
L3 aa
L3/35 x 6
L3 Lf

AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:1
Mortaio da 45 Brixia x 2
Mortaio da 81/14
D:3
65mm wz.06 x 2
Bofors 75mm M34

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Mud (E3.6)
Map Board(s): 81 86
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultComments
2022-10-07(D) Michael Rodgers vs Clifford Smith Italian winWe played the mud correctly; only one tank bogged. We gave the Greeks the balance and diced for sides. Our game was slightly skewed by a 45mm mortar getting 4 CH over 3 fire phases to remove an 8-1 and two squads from play. My defensive setup could have been better.
2021-05-24(D) Herbert Heyman vs Greek win
2021-05-10(A) Eric Partizan Eric vs Italian win
2021-04-21(A) patrick palma vs Zeb Tingley Italian win
2021-03-25(A) Scott Sherer vs Jeff Buser Greek winGave the Greeks the balance bases on early results from this one. Came down to the very end, but the Italians couldn't claim quite enough buildings or knock out enough Greek guns in the hills. The fact that the 81mm mortar only got one shot off and the FT tank bogged in the mud and then immobilized trying to free itself without ever firing a shot in anger was probably the difference.
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Bongiovanni Added a playing2022-10-10 11:50:18
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hoxson1 Linked the scenario to ROAR2022-01-14 20:26:34
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Statistics:
Avg Rating: 5.63Votes: 19
Views: 0
To-Play list count: 1
Estimated Play time: 4.8 hours
Recorded Games: 16
Archive recorded plays:
Italian12
Greek4
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of November 2021)
Eight Million Bayonets [Confirmed]
[A] Italian 9
[D] Greek 3
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