Bergen U-Boat base : Norway 1940

Probably the last battle in the dungeon before Christmas although possibly not  the last of the year. Nothing very historical but a chance to get the U-boat back on the table. This time the Norwegians will be attacking. The scenario was originally developed as a remote game but due to some last minute changes it was expanded to a slightly larger face to face battle.

The Norwegians have three objectives, the large bunker in the foreground, the Uboat of course and a second bunker by the gate in the distance. The Kreigsmarine start the game on the boat, whilst German reserves will arrive from two possible roads accessing the harbour area. The Norwegians will arrive from three of the corners as directed by their commander. All the squads are fairly small to ensure a quick moving battle.

A Norwegian sniper and a single squad get into the harbour

More arrive from the woods beyond the fence

German reserves also arrive

The Kreigsmarine after some initial shooting move off the boat to delay the attack, the Norwegians have a light Howitzer which manages to hit the machine gun on the top of the U boat with its first shell !

The bulk of the Norwegian infantry break through the fence, more Germans arrive behind them down the road through the woods and a firefight starts in the woods

Harbour guards run off across one of the bridges

Some of the sailors are cut down, but the Norwegians don’t want to break cover yet

But then suddenly they run out into combat, they are then cut down themselves before getting onto the boat

At the other end another unit makes a break from cover to try and make it onto the boat

They make it and knock out the machine gun set up on the deck

Again these Norwegians are themselves knocked out by German reinforcements.

The Germans are now clinging on ! As nearly all of their units have been knocked out, the Norwegian commander makes a bid to get onto the boat

At this point the German defence collapsed with pretty much all their forces knocked out, the Norwegians have blown the bunker by the gate, and have made it to the Uboat even if it hasn’t been blown up in time.

The end result which wasn’t really important was somewhere between a draw and a minor victory to the Norwegians, they certainly have the advantage  at this point. They were slightly slow to set off which cost them a stronger victory.

A fun time and a suitable game to finish up before Christmas. I will be posting a Christmas post with some reviews of 2023 in the next few days. But for now I hope you enjoyed the picture of the U boat at least it survived for another battle.

Thanks as always Matt