Grumble Jones November Scenario - GJ051 - Garden Party

For this month's scenario, I turned to the events of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. My primary source material would be Osprey Publishing's Warsaw 1944 - Poland's Bid for Freedom  by Robert Forczyk. This is one of the better sources out there for understanding the entirety of the Warsaw Uprising.

While reading through the book, I came across a short passage that mentioned the Nebelwerfers, which SS Gruppenfuehrer Heinrich Reinefarth deployed during the battle. Pictures and film of these Nebelwerfers in action are fairly easy to find.  So I decided to create a hypothetical scenario depicting an attempt by the Polish Home Army (AK) to take out these Nebelwerfers.

Forczyk's book indicates that the Nebelwerfers were placed in the Saxon Gardens and from there lobbed rockets into Napoleon Square. So while this aspect of my scenario is historically accurate, we will quickly enter the realm of the hypothetical.

Historically, we know that the AK managed to capture at least two Panther Tanks from the 19th Panzer Division. Apparently, neither was used to any great extent. But in my November scenario, I speculate what would have happened if the AK were able to use a Panther to support one of their counter-attacks. I would also throw in two half-tracks.


Again, historically, the AK had at least one German Half-Track and did utilize it during the battle. So I figured if one is good...then two is better!!

So the idea was to create mini-AK Kampfgruppe complete with armor and half-tracks to move into the Saxon Gardens and eliminate the Nebelwerfers.

For my Germans, I selected the grenadiers of Kampgruppe Reck. This force was one of the better ones to select in terms of confining their activities to fighting for the most part. Too many other German force choices would be to distasteful to put in a scenario.



Under the command of Max Reck, this unit of young, inexperienced Grenadiers would see a bit of action, which would clearly show their lack of training in fighting an urban battle.

For this scenario, the men of Kampfgruppe Reck would be responsible for holding key roadblocks south of the Saxon Gardens.

The use of Sturm Tigers during the Warsaw Uprising have also been documented. During the battle, they shelled the Prudential Building. For our November scenario, the Sturm Tiger is on the move to the Saxon Garden to join with the nebelwerfers in shelling Napoleon Square.

So here now is the November Scenario.

As always these monthly "Basement Quality" Scenarios are offered for fun only and as a thank you to the readers of this blog.

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And as always, the PDF for this scenario can be downloaded from The ASL Scenario Archive 

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