AAR: Eagles Strike - Buchholz Station

[Rabbit]

FINAL OUTCOME:



The Germans suffer a major defeat. This is not overly surprising with this scenario as it is heavily favored towards the US.

The Germans could have done a few things better. For instance, they should have avoided using the northeastern side of the ridge for attacking the summit because it was exposed to much of the US forces and, not surprisingly, the Germans units in that hex were easily pinned and they also lost a pair of leaders in that hex. The Germans wasted two squads and a leader by sending them too far down the road to the south where they wound up getting pinned by a single squad. And finally, the Germans might have been able to take the summit had they gone all-out for it in Turn 7 rather than trying and failing to pin the ascending US squads.

On the other side, the US didn't make many mistakes. Their decision in the beginning to push most of their troops to the very front - especially rushing them to the ridge - paid off as they were able to hold those lines. It was a risk to leave their flanks exposed, but the US correctly surmised that the Germans would be hard pressed to take advantage of that due to the brevity of the scenario.

This is a fun scenario to play for either side - even if it is skewed in favor of the US - primarily because both sides have a good amount of flexibility in how they position their units. I probably would consider this a "hall of fame" type scenario if it were just two turns longer.


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