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Gezelschapsspellen 7 Days of Westerplatte Manual

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Playing me: 45-60 min.
Players: 1-4
Age: +8
INTRODUCTION
German battleship ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ started the bombardment of Polish Military Transit
Depot on the 1
st
of September 1939 at 04:48 a.m. This was followed by the attack of the
Krigsmarine assault company, supported by Gdansk SS regiments. The double German
onslaught collapsed under continuous Polish defence fire. Each following day of defending
the Depot strengthened the morale of Polish soldiers. At the same time, the Germans
confronted with fierce resistance and well planned defence system were helpless. The
German Blitzkrieg turned into war of attrition, which could not be concluded by either
battleship bombardment on 1
st
of September, artillery bombardments from both land and
sea, or heavy air bombardments on the 2
nd
of September. The Westerplatte peninsula,
covered with bomb craters, was easier to defend. The morale of the defenders was rising,
and a small number of wounded soldiers did not significantly weaken the defence abilities
of Polish troops.
The German helplessness elicited Adolf Hitler’s fury. Unl the 7
th
of September, apart from
gathering informaon about their enemy, Germans did not manifest much acvity on land. Aer
the reconnaissance aack on the 7
th
of September, the Germans decided to block the Depot
without trying to conquer it. The Germans were waing for the outcome of bales for Gdynia
and Kepa Oksywska. The greater was their surprise when unexpectedly, above the barracks, no
ght occurred and the white ag was hanged out. The defenders were startled and despaired
aer the capitulaon was announced by the commander of the Depot: Henryk Sucharski.
I hope that thanks to ‘7 days of Westerplae’ – game which loosely refers to the history of
defending the Polish Military Transit Depot, many players (especially the young ones), will
become interested in this event of Polish history.
Mariusz Wojotowicz-Podhorski
The president of the Society for the Reconstrucon
of the Historical Military Transit Depot Westerplae.
www.westerplae.org
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