[Poland] "For your freedom and ours" - Za Wolność Waszą i Naszą Campaign/Kampania v1.0 (24/07/25)

[stormbringer3]

Thank you. I've always played the Grand Campaign so I 'm familiar with those values.

[imp44791]

Poznan completed with Triumph. This is rather easy at Normal/Chess as long as you purchase more heavy arty (up to 3 now for me) and a Pz11. If you lure the Stukas within range of the AA then with the 2 fighters (1 gifted with a hero - no portrait here either, but I'm sure you know) you easily get rid of them. The Panzers foolishly attack through the forest, so a good aggressive defender wipes them out easily. I know that the AI is dumb, but can you make the Panzers attack through the centre where there are some nice plains? That will toughen up the scenario a lot, as will the addition of a single 109 - that would make it really tough to get air superiority even with two Pz11s.

Another way to toughen things even more is to cut down on the prestige - just take away the per turn gift to begin with.

[nikivdd]

Poznan completed with Triumph. This is rather easy at Normal/Chess as long as you purchase more heavy arty (up to 3 now for me) and a Pz11. If you lure the Stukas within range of the AA then with the 2 fighters (1 gifted with a hero - no portrait here either, but I'm sure you know) you easily get rid of them. The Panzers foolishly attack through the forest, so a good aggressive defender wipes them out easily. I know that the AI is dumb, but can you make the Panzers attack through the centre where there are some nice plains? That will toughen up the scenario a lot, as will the addition of a single 109 - that would make it really tough to get air superiority even with two Pz11s.

Another way to toughen things even more is to cut down on the prestige - just take away the per turn gift to begin with.

There are only five panzers in this scenario, they all start more or less at the western edge; i like the idea to boost the German airforce somewhat. The prestige per turn is especially for those players who chose one of the easier levels of difficulty.

[imp44791]

Thanks.

Next mission (apologies, but Polish spelling is too challenging for my old and thick brain). Triumph at Normal/Chess. Well balanced, it takes good handling of a core that is getting more experienced along the way to win, but it's perfectly doable.

Again a single 109 or 110 would make it much more challenging though perhaps you could give an additional auxiliary AA to help the player trap the fighter and attrite it before the Pz11s finish it off. A 110 is probably better for balance, as the 109 will be too rough even for 11-strength Pz11s.

I am enjoying this campaign immensely. I love the early war unit mix, especially for the Italians/Soviets where you have to play clever with inferior equipment. The Polish units are excellent in this respect - they pack a punch, but you have to really watch it because they are also fragile. Plus they have a good mix of native equipment with tanks, planes and cannon that is not amazing but can work well if you know how to handle it.

You GOT to make a French campaign after this one, complete with continuation after 1940 in North Africa, Italy and France, even the Normandie squadron in the Eastern Front. I am drooling just thinking about how cool it would be with your skill.

[stormbringer3]

I'm starting The Industrial Line scenario. It says to destroy 5 Industrial Complexes, but I can only find the 3 grouped together. Where are the other 2?
Thanks.

[nikivdd]

I'm starting The Industrial Line scenario. It says to destroy 5 Industrial Complexes, but I can only find the 3 grouped together. Where are the other 2?
Thanks.

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As you can see, they are pretty close to the town of Stalowa Wola.

[stormbringer3]

Thanks for the image, but my screen shows empty hexes where your image shows them. I'm not showing them in hex 30,15 and 31,17.

[nikivdd]

Thanks for the image, but my screen shows empty hexes where your image shows them. I'm not showing them in hex 30,15 and 31,17.

The easiest way to verify if the 5 industrial complexes are there:
1. save the scenario at the point you arrived if you wish to continue your game later.
2. restart the scenario
3. open the cheat panel - Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C
4. type the cheat "fog of war" without the " "
5. check the area of Stalowa Wola for the five industrial complexes - i used the British supply dump icon for those

I followed those steps in my copy and the industrial complexes are showing

[stormbringer3]

That worked. If I put fog of war back on, even though I can't see them, can I still destroy them?
Thanks again.
Disregard, I see that if I move next to them, they appear.

[nikivdd]

That worked. If I put fog of war back on, even though I can't see them, can I still destroy them?
Thanks again.
Disregard, I see that if I move next to them, they appear.

i'm glad that it worked out!

[nikivdd]

Development update and campaign outline

Polish September Campaign (1939)
For your freedom and ours" - Za Wolność Waszą i Naszą

Introductionary scenario: Return to Zaolzie (released). Campaign splits in two (threeways under consideration).
Leg 1: 14 scenarios (released) - historical
Leg 2: under development - historical
Leg 3: under consideration - ahistorical
Final scenario: Fight or Flight? (released). Core army is saved at the outro briefing.

Leg 2 Introductory text:

Tension hangs over Poland like a thundercloud. For months we have watched the Germans arm themselves, tear apart Czechoslovakia, and issue ultimatums. Now, on the eve of September, all illusions are gone. The enemy is coming — and we stand alone.

The Polish Army is outnumbered and outgunned. Their tanks are faster, their skies full of bombers. But we have more than machines. We have the will to resist. We have our homes to defend.

From the cavalry fields of Mokra to the river crossings of the Narew, from the trenches of Wizna to the burning streets of Warsaw — Poland will fight.

And though defeat may come, we will not vanish quietly. For this is not only a battle for our freedom, but for yours as well.

More about leg 2 soon

And now i announce the continuation campaign for the Polish after the Fall of Poland.

Polish Exile Campaign (1940–1945).
The Fighting Eagle - Orzeł Walczący

Core army is imported from the Polish September Campaign!
Likely number of scenarios at release: 21.

Polish Exile Campaign introductory text:

In September 1939, Poland was crushed between two giants. Though the homeland fell, her soldiers did not surrender. Thousands escaped through Hungary, Romania, and the Baltic, finding new battlefields under foreign flags.

This is the story of those who refused to let the white eagle fall.

From the frozen fjords of Norway and the collapsing fronts of France, your journey will take you through the sun-scorched deserts of North Africa, the bloodied mountains of Italy, and the shattered cities of Western Europe.

Your men will fight in British uniforms, with Allied weapons, but their hearts remain fiercely Polish — loyal to a government in exile and the dream of a free homeland.

As the war reaches its conclusion, you will face a grim choice: to lay down arms, or to defy history once more and challenge the new tyrant rising in the East.

The world may have abandoned Poland... but Poland has not abandoned the world.

Let the eagle rise and strike.


We wrześniu 1939 roku Polska została zduszona między dwoma gigantami. Choć Ojczyzna upadła, jej żołnierze nie złożyli broni. Tysiące przedarły się przez Węgry, Rumunię i kraje bałtyckie, by dalej walczyć — pod obcą flagą, lecz z sercem wiernym Polsce.

To opowieść o tych, którzy odmówili pogodzenia się z losem.

Od lodowatych fiordów Norwegii, przez upadające fronty Francji, po spalone słońcem pustynie Afryki Północnej, krwawe szczyty Italii i ruiny Europy Zachodniej — twoi ludzie będą walczyć wszędzie tam, gdzie jest nadzieja na zwycięstwo.

Będą nosić brytyjskie mundury, posługiwać się aliancką bronią, lecz ich serca zawsze pozostaną polskie — wierne rządowi na uchodźstwie i marzeniu o wolnej Ojczyźnie.

Gdy wojna dobiegnie końca, staniesz przed dramatycznym wyborem: złożyć broń… czy jeszcze raz sprzeciwić się historii i stawić czoła nowemu tyranowi na Wschodzie.

Świat mógł porzucić Polskę... lecz Polska nie porzuciła świata.

Niech orzeł wzleci i uderzy.

[imp44791]

Excellent plan. Looking forward to it.

Triumphed the retreat from Krakow. The Luftwaffe definitely needs some fighter cover, now it's becoming easy after buying a a big 75 mm AA in addition to the auxiliary 40mm and two overstrength fighters. The AI predictably has trouble attacking through hills, and as long as you have enough arty it's a walk in the park. But that's fine. The ease of winning air superiority is a little odd.

[imp44791]

BTW I assume that you will include the famous 303 squadron in the continuation campaign?

[imp44791]

The forest ambush was easy with a standard forward defence luring the Germans in forest hexes and smashing them with heavy artillery and MG infantry. Again the Germans suffer from no fighter cover. With 3 Pz11s in the core by now it's easy to gain air supremacy in 2 rounds.

On to the Bzura, to try that handy PzL37 tactical bomber.