The Mace (DC1)

On the Chambois-Vimoutiers Road, France, August 20, 1944: Increasingly desperate to 
escape the Falaise Pocket, the trapped remnants of the German 7th Army and 5th Panzer 
Army found their path blocked by a fortified ridgeline which came to be known as "The 
Mace." Isolated behind German lines the Polish 1st Armored Division repelled attack 
after attack from their elevated positions, taking hundreds of prisoners and blocking an enemy breakout. But on the morning of August 20th, the exhausted Poles faced one last assault. The Mace stood square in the path of the 2nd SS Panzer Division's counter-attack 
from outside the pocket - a last ditch effort designed to free their trapped comrades.

Game Length: 8 turns

For the Germans to win they must take the ridge
For the Poles to win they must defend The Mace

Germans: Squads, MMG, LMG's, PSK's, AFV's, OBA
Poles: Squads, MMG, LMG's, PIAT, mtr, AT Gun, AFV's

Boards: #15, #16, #18

Aftermath: A series of furious assaults against The Mace went on throughout the day. But 
the Poles held firm, repulsing both armor and infantry, and serviving several withering artillery bombardments. By 7 PM that evening the last German assault troops had been driven back from the ridge. The next day, Canadian armor relieved the totaly exhausted Poles. Many of 1st Armour's dead were buried on the Mace where they had fallen, and the Canadians erected a sign saying simply, "A Polish Battlefield," in honor of their heroic defense of the ridge.

Source: ASL Scenario DC1 designed by David Craig, 2003
