Assault on Narvik! - The Matrix Games version of West Front

Shortly before midnight on May 27th 1940 the Allies opened up the bombardement that was to precede the amph assault that was aimed at capturing the harbor at Narvik.Two btns of the LE and a Norwegian btl was to conduct the landing while the Poles attacked from the SW at Ankenes trying to cut-off the Germans before they could evade the encirclement and slip away to the east.The Germans managed to keep the landing force at bay by holding the Taraldsviksfjell-mountain while evacuating Narvik itself.Once again the hard-pressed mountain troops managed to slip out of the trap. Allied Victory: -Capture Narvik and open the railroad to the eastern mapedge. German Victory: -Contain the Allied bridgehead and take up new positions around Sildvik blocking any Allied advance along the railroad. Special rules: -The Allied Naval arty may only be used during GT 1-6 and only against Narvik-hexes or hexes adjacent to any Narvik-hex. -The Fr and Norw HQ/AT/Tank units will be disembarked at Orneset and Straumsnes.