EXTRAORDINARY BRAVERY

ASL SCENARIOS52 Scerturio Design: Tont Morin und Carl Nogueira

DANZIG, POLAND, I September 1939: The German blir:krieg began its thrust
into Poland early on I Septemberas the Germansattackedkey points in the city of
Danzig. beginning with the shelling of the Westerplattegarrison. In another part of
the city, 100 VGAD (Reinforced Border SurveillanceService,or Verstiirker-Gren:-
At(sichts-Dicnsl. made up of nrostly Sturnubrcilung (SA) men, the "Brownshirts")
and Police troops began to attack the Post Office. The Gdansk-l Post Office was a
sturdy building the Poles had further strengthened.and it was garrisonedby ex-Pol-
ish Army reserveofficers that had been ordered by Marshal Ridz-Smigly to hold
u n t i l r e l i e v e db y P o l i s h c a v a l r y .A f i e r a n i n i t i a l s u r p r i s ea t t e m p tb y t h e V G A D t o
s e i z et h e P o s t O f f i c e h a d f a i l e d . a n i n f a n t r y g u n p l a t o o n f r o n t t h e D a n z i g e r - S S
H e i n t v ' e h rA b t e i l u n g w a s b r o u g h t u p f o r s u p p o r t . M a n y o f t h e c r e w s i n t h e S S
detachmentwould be employed as infantry in the attack. The SS quickly positioned
their guns in the cobblestonedstreetand trained their sights on the Post Office only
60 metersdistant,and beganto open fire.

BOARD CONFIGURATION:

V I C T O R Y C O N D I T I O N S : P r o v i d e dt h e y s u f l e r < l 2 V i c t o r y P o i n t s( V P ) .
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BALANCE:
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SPECIALRULES: AFTERMATH: In spite of supporttionr infoqv Sunsand a Police mrrored cu. tunher anacksby
thc SS and VGAD units s'ithered under accuratemuchincgunmd ritle tlrc. The guns were having
l.Gemransand Axis Minors arecollectivclyref'erredto as "Axis." Gcrmanlnfantry
difficultv becausethey recoilcd out of positirn uith every shot. ard thcy wcrc exposedk) blisterinc
havean ELR ol'J: Axis Minor Infantry havc an ELR of l. Cerman .l-4-7l2-3-7SS rctum llrc. Afier a brief pause tie atlack resumcd itt lTOl hours. rcinfurccd by a hcavl lTOmnr
MMC areinrmuneto ELR Rcplaccnrerrt (-5.1).A +l DRM appliesto IFT/CC artacks nrittcttucrler.a WWI-era trenchnlortu. which begank) blast holes in the side of the building.
i in whichboth Gemransand Axis Minors participate.Axis lnlanrry suffbr Captured Eventuallvthe defendersretreatcdto thc cellu but still would not relinquishthc building. Thc stub-
| fruipmentpcnalties(5.-5)whenusin-uweaponsof a differentnationaltty.Axis le.ad- txlm "postal workcrs' :unerrderedonly after gasoline rvas punrped into the cellu ud igniled. At
ersmustapplya + | DRM when attentptincto Rally unitsof a diflerentnationality. Itl-10hours the Gemar batlle flag wus finallv raiscdovcr thc Cdansk-I Post Otllce . Thc Gcmms
] captured3 machineguns md nrary smallms. including30 pistds urd 150grenades. The valiant
I one hex of building L5 as being"Forti-
Z.fn. Polishplaicr nra) sccretlypre-recorcl Polcs had defendedthe building u,ith what one SS ofticer recalledas 'extraordinm'braven." but
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