RETURN TO DENMARK - CWC Weekend 2025 (Part Three)

So now the action begins. 

Although any of you who have organised and run a wargames event with multiple players will know it's very difficult to keep track of everything happening as there are many other things to keep you busy. Organising air support, answering rule queries and terrain queries, sorting out food for 13 hungry wargamers and most importantly keeping the kettle topped up! So what follows is more of an overview of the event and a load of photos. Where possible I will provide some more information on each of the photos and I will provide links to some of the players excellent write ups which will give a more detailed account of the action on their sections of the table.

Danish forces on the Island of Fyn occupy a BUA in preparation for the WP assault

Outskirts of Odense on Fyn with Danish troops digging in

Russian Naval forces move inland past the lighthouse from their landing beach on the west coast of Fyn 

Danish armour and APC's on the Jutland Peninsula north of Kolding 

Elements of Stewart L's Russian Tank Regiment take up position against a railway embankment before their push towards the E20

More of Stewart L's Tank Regiment move north towards the E20

Mike M's Russian TR moves north towards the caravan site while artillery unlimbers in front of the hop fields

Nick G's Danish troops occupy Odense and it's surrounding fields

The right flank of Nick G's Danish forces take up position in woods near Odense. Engineers have laid minefields to the left of the woods

Nick G's Danish forces keep watch near the HAWK Battery

Andy M's USMC ready to defend the airfield

Mike M's BTR mounted infantry prepare to leave the cornfields and move north

A pair of Frogfoots (or Frogfeet :-)) come in low to attack NATO armour

More of Mike M's troops occupy woods south of the E20 just visible at the top of the picture

WP troops disembark from their BTR transports and prepare to assault the town

Martin K's Russians approach the outskirts of Kolding

Russian Naval troops approach Odense. The town saw heavy fighting with PT-76's and Danish armour going head to head

Joe H's British take up positions in old WW2 defensive works

More of Joe H's British take up positions along the E20

Mark W's Danish troops occupy Kolding. This was to see some heavy infantry hand to hand fighting through the streets of the town

Russian Landing craft (A bit modern for the game but they look nice!)

YAK 38 comes in low to attack the Danes on Fyn

I'll post more ASAP. After Day One it was clear that NATO would have their work cut out defending the E20 stop line meanwhile on Fyn Nick G's Danish troops were proving a hard nut to crack but the Russian Naval forces had been reinforced by a large VDV force which was moving inland from the beaches to support the assault. Russian forces were nearing the HAWK battery and NATO were in danger of losing that position. On the main table the majority of the Russian forces had moved into positions that would see them in striking distance of the E20. A large force of Russian armour commanded by Gerard had begun to advance on the airfield on the western end of table. On the eastern end, around Kolding, Martin K had advanced his MRR to the outskirts of the town and both he and Mark W prepared for some heavy fighting on Day Two. In the centre Ian W, Mike M and Stewart L continued to advance on NATO positions along the E20.

RETURN TO DENMARK - CWC Weekend 2025 (Part Two)

On Saturday 17th October 2025 the Cold War Commanders gathered at The Unit Wargames in Stone, Staffordshire for one of the big weekend games. This years theme was Denmark with NATO represented by Danish troops supported by West German, British and US forces defending against a large Warsaw Pact push north up the Jutland Peninsula with a simultaneous Naval and VDV assault on the Island of Fyn to secure the eastern flank of the advance. 

Originally we had 14 players due to attend but unfortunately we lost one player due to a health scare on the Friday evening resulting in a long wait at A&E. Thankfully everything was ok and the player is already planning forces for next years games! So with 13 players a quick reshuffle resulted in 6 NATO players against 7 WP players.

NATO

Nick G (Danish - FYN), Mark W (Danish - JUTLAND), Andy T (West German), Joe H (British), Jim S (US Airborne) and Andy M (USMC).

WARSAW PACT

Simon W (Russian Naval - FYN), Neil M (Russian Naval/VDV - FYN), Martin K (Russian MRR), Stewart (Russian TR), Mike M (Russian TR), Ian T (East German TR), Gerard (Russian TR)

16' x 6' Table with the E20 running along the length with the 8' x 6' Table in the distance.

There were two tables, one large 16' x 6' table (5 NATO Players vs 5 WP Players) that represented the E20 running across Denmark that NATO were using as a stop line to try and hold back the WP advance and one 8' x 6' (1 NATO Player vs 2 WP Players) representing the Island of Fyn. 

On the eastern edge of the 16' x 6' table was a small section of bridge which corresponded with a similar small section of bridge on the western edge of the 8' x 6' table. This represented the bridge that links Jutland to Fyn around Middlefart. There were various bits of terrain to represent features that would have been found in Denmark but not necessarily in the correct geographic location. 

Old WW2 defences here occupied by British forces

A NATO Hawk Battery which was one of the objectives for the WP forces on Fyn. 

Also I had placed in various places on both tables field boundaries that consisted of large piles of rocks that exist throughout Denmark. These would block LoS and allow units against them to claim hard cover. Although on the down side they were impassable to vehicles. I'll provide more information on these in a separate post.

So while players made a brew and began deploying their forces I delivered the initial briefings and indicated the NATO and WP objectives. NATO's main objective was to try and hold the WP advance and stop them from cutting the E20 as this was a major route from the west coast of Jutland to bring further USMC reinforcements into the area. For WP players they were each allocated specific objectives which included taking the airport, cutting the E20 highway and securing the western end of the bridge and also the town of Kolding. On the Island of Fyn NATO were tasked with holding the eastern end of the bridge and if possible hold onto the HAWK battery to prevent Russian Heavy Bombers to support the offensive. WP had been tasked with securing thr HAWK battery and taking Odense and the bridge approaches.

In Part Three I will report how Day One went, stay tuned for further reports from Denmark!