Counters

In some games the Soviet SB-2bis air units may be misprinted.

The Luftwaffe counter He 123A should be Hs 123A as per the German order of battle.

Most Slovakian counters were printed using the wrong color scheme (i.e., Luftwaffe light blue). This does Dot affect play of the game.

Maps

Map 37.- Hex 0801 (Kalmar) is missing its minor port symbol. (The corresponding hex on map 13A is okay.)

Map 13A: Hex 2106 (Stolpmunde) should be a wooded swamp, vice clear terrain hex. (The corresponding hex on map 37 is okay.)

Orders of Battle

Slovakian Europa Draft Order of Battle, Regular Reinforcements, Dec I 39.- -Full: 1x 2-1-10 Tank III should be 1x 1-8 Tank III.

Polish Europa Order of Battle, High Command Reserves, Page 16: The unit ID of the 1-8 mot hv AA II should be the 11th, vice the 1st.

Questions and Answers

(Polish Campaign, Polish Order of Battle, turn 2 reinforcements) Why is the mobilization of the 24th Infantry Division listed apart from the other three mobilizations, when all the units in question have the same strengths?

This was just an oversight when compiling the OB; it has no play implications.

The 4th paragraph of Rule 29 on page 22 gives an example of this procedure. Based strictly on setting up "at least 3 hexes from the Polish border," your placement in hex 37:2934 would be legal. BUT... there are other considerations! The AG South Reserves must be placed in the 8th, 10th, and 14th Armies areas, and the easternmost hexrow of these areas is hexrow 37:2233-1835. Hex 37:2934 lies outside these areas, so units of the AG South Reserves may not deploy there. In actual play, the easternmost hex available for deployment of AG South Reserves is 37:2034. However, note that only the mountain divisions of the AG South Reserves may deploy there, since the hex is in Slovakia (see the deployment instructions on page 5 of the OB booklet).

"Any" units are 2-10 mot hv AA III and 0-6 Railroad Engineer III. For example, when deploying the Army Group South Reserves, you select any one (1) Railroad Engineer M and any one (1) mot hv AA III from the units listed in the "Other Forces" section of the OB.

It is removed from play during the German initial phase of turn 6, regardless of where it may be on the board or what it might be doing.

It is a c/m unit and an artillery unit.

Europa makes no distinction between the ZOCs of c/m units and the ZOCs of other types of units. The costs listed in the ZOC Movement Costs Table are the MPs paid by the moving unit. Therefore, a phasing c/m unit would pay +5 MPs to enter any enemy ZOC, and all other units would pay +3 MPs.

No, only at the instant of rail movement.

Yes.

No, defending units must take losses and retreat before attacking units take losses and advance. Therefore, the German cadre is eliminated, since at the time it retreats it must retreat through ZOC.

The unit would mobilize before supply is checked, and so it would count as 3 REs.

No, the German units would spend 2 MPs for leaving a ZOC, 5 MPS for entering a ZOC, 3 MPs for the overrun and 1 MP for the hex totals 11 MPs, making the overrun impossible.

(Rule 14A2) Can combat engineers achieve a +1 combat resolution die roll modifier against fortified hexsides?

No.

It may move 40 hexes.

Yes, as per Rule 7A1

Yes.

At any friendly airbase within 3 times its printed movement rating.

Yes.

Air units flying defensive support must announce this during the mission resolution step prior to AA fire, since AA fire against them occurs later. All other missions are announced in the mission resolution step after AA is fired.

A harassment hit affects every enemy ground unit leaving the hex. This would include those that start in the hex, as well as those that move through the hex from other hexes.

A Polish city captured on game turn 1 would incur a victory point penalty starting with the German initial phase of turn 3 if lacking its garrison at that time.

Yes. This isn't in the spirit of the rules, but isn't a big enough problem to worry about.

Polish cities captured by Soviet units must be garrisoned per the guidelines of Rule 27A5, except that the garrisoning units are Soviet, and not German. Failure to adequately garrison such cities with Soviet units results in the VP penalties for the German player, as stated in the rule. Also note that the capture of Polish cities and fortresses by Soviet units counts towards several German player VP awards.

Yes. The German player must garrison captured Polish cities with units he controls; thus, the garrisons may consist of either German or Soviet units (except position AA units).

Polish air units evacuate by flying the transfer mission to any airbase in a neutral country.

German fighters may patrol attack an evacuating Polish air unit only in non-neutral hexes. If returned due to a patrol attack, an evacuating Polish air unit may treat neutral airbases as friendly airbases during the air return step.

Interception is not possible, as it would require the German fighters to fly over one or more hexes of the neutral nation to reach the target hex, and they are not allowed to do so per Rule 27E.

Yes. Per Rule 27D2 if the French air unit appears in the game, it is treated the same as other Polish air units.

First, players may ignore unit designations when playing the game, as they are for historical interest only. If this has been done during set up, then the 24th Infantry Division may already be somewhere on the board at its full 5-6-6 strength. So when ignoring unit designations, clearly one could mobilize any 2-6 Infantry cadre in play to its 5-6-6 divisional side.

Second, visualize mobilization in First to Fight as follows: a group of hastily assembled reservists rush to the front to be attached to a unit in dire need of warm bodies. Normally, this would be the understrength unit listed in the order of battle. However, if the unit is unavailable, or if there are pressing needs elsewhere, it is logical to assume that these reservists would be assigned to another unit.

In answer to the specific question, it is okay to mobilize any Polish 2-6 Infantry cadre possessing a 5-6-6 full-strength side to its divisional strength and not just the 24th Infantry Division. For example, it would be okay to flip over the 6th Infantry Division.

As explained above, the men are available and waiting for an opportunity to be used. So it is okay to accumulate the unused mobilization until there is again a 1-6 cadre on the board during a subsequent Polish initial phase.

As an optional rule to simplify this process (and add variety), try the following: Each mobilization listed in the order of battle may be used to flip one Polish cadre (regardless of strength) to its full-strength side. A mobilization may be used in any Polish initial phase on or after the turn that it is specified in the order of battle. Note that this treatment of the rule benefits the Polish player.

Yes, treat as German units per Rule 31.

No, only in western Poland, as defined in the rule.