Make Way for the King ETO (id:#61968)
Hagevold Farm, Dombås, Norway
1940-04-16 (3 others)
Designer: Mattias Rönnblom
Starter kit scenario?: Deluxe scenario?:
Balance:
NorwegianGerman
Overview:
To prevent a British advance from Andalsnes, Hitler ordered a paradrop to block the rail line and Riksvei 50 road from Dombas. The planning for the mission was absymal, and the execution criminally naive. The enemy and weather situation at the drop zone was unknown, and there were no maps. But the Ju-52s carrying I. Komapnie, Fallschirmjager-Regiment 1 flew. Accurate anti-aircraft machine gun fire and bad weather took a terrible toll, and only seven of the fifteen Junkers returned. The paratroopers and their weapon containers were scattered over the difficult and snow-covered terrain. The part of I. Kompanie that wasn't killed or captured cut the rail and telephone lines just south of Dombas. On April 15, the Norwegians mounted a failed attempt to open the road to secure a route for the escape of the Norwegian royal family and cabinet. By the next day, the Fallschirmjager were surrounded, short on ammunition and food, and freezing to the bone. The Northmen attacked again.Attacker: Norwegian (2nd Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment; 1st Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment)
Defender: German (1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Fallschirmjager-Regiment 1, 7. Flieger-Division)
5.5 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No| Unit Counts: |
| Squads: A:11.0 D:7.5 |
| AFVs: A:0 |
| AFVs: D:0 |
| Guns: A:1 81 Savunheitin M/42 MTR D:0 5cm leGrW 36 |
| Misc Rules: | GS, Plowed Ground is OG. Buildings single story. A: WC w D: 9-1 leader Wounded |
| Map Board(s): |
| Overlays: | OG2 | B2 | Wd12 |
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| Date | Reporter | Opponent | Bal. | Result | Time | Comments | |
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| 2025-03-08 | (D) Jobbo Fett | vs | RootinPutin | German win | The Germans held out on the hill despite giving up the left flank too early (since I forgot about the reinforcements). Lots of back and forth between both sides and the Norwegians took a lot of advantage of their winter camouflage to sneak up on the Germans. Both mortars made small dents in each others OOBs, but nothing substantial. Smoke from the Norwegian mortar is a worthwhile thing to explore as an option. | ||
| 2016-10-25 | (A) Eric Partizan Eric | vs | Michel Bongiovanni | German win | |||
| 2015-03-15 | (D) Richard Jenulis | vs | Allen Evenson | German win | |||
| 2015-03-14 | (A) Allen Evenson | vs | Richard Jenulis | German win | Fun scenario - I got off to a slow start as the Norwegians and had a slight chance of pulling it out in the last turn but couldn't quite get there. | ||
| 2014-06-29 | (D) Paul Legg | vs | Joss Attridge | German win | Double One 2014 |
| Action | Date |
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| Jobbo_Fett Added a playing | 2025-03-09 02:03:10 |
| Bongiovanni Added a playing | 2023-01-25 11:50:18 |
| hoxson1 Modified the overview | 2021-02-05 05:19:02 |
| hoxson1 Modified the Defender's Guns | 2021-02-05 05:06:39 |
| hoxson1 Modified the unit counts | 2021-02-05 05:06:39 |
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| Avg Rating: 5.79 | Votes: 14 |
| Views: | 3747 |
| To-Play list count: | 1 |
| Estimated Play time: | 2.4 hours |
| Recorded Games: | 12 |
| Archive recorded plays: | ||
| Norwegian | 4 | |
| German | 8 | |
| Drawn: | 0 | |
| ROAR Data: (as of today) Make Way for the King [Log in to Confirm or Edit] |
| [A] Norwegian | 6 |
| [D] German | 19 |