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Bog Poland and Prussia BAND OF GAMERS TOUR OF POLAND & PRUSSIA 2016 with Mark Simonitch and Jaro Andruszkiewicz WHY POLAND? RACE TO THE RHINE Poland, which lies on the North European plain, is a perfect bat- No gas, no ammo, no food. ere’s no time to spare to cross the tleground. The only true obstacles to military campaigns are Rhine before the enemy closes all the gaps. You need to secure a rivers, lakes and forests. Here Gustav Adolf learned the hard bridgehead before the others do. at’s the only way to Victory and way from Polish hussars how to effectively employ cavalry, which your own personal glory. turned so useful at Breitenfeld. Here Suvorov received the famous two-word letter from Catherine the Great (Hurrah, Field-Mar- 1944 Race to the Rhine is a new game experience. You can’t win this game with- shal!). From here Napoleon, and Hitler launched their failed Rus- out proper planning. Your tanks need gas to move and ammo to ght. But don’t sian adventures. forget to feed your GIs. So what will be your transport priority? The Poles had many enemies, who were always looking for plun- Will you follow Patton’s strategy and discard ammo in order to bring along der: Swedes, Russians, Tatars and Turks, and Prussians, for Po- additional fuel barrels to move forward boldly? Will you risk your prestige and land was a very wealthy state at the time. This largest state of gamble on Operation Market-Garden as Montgomery did? Will you cross the Europe and second constitutional nation in the world, Poland was Rhine quicker than Bradley managed, with the help of your hard work and a finally defeated and divided by her neighbours. It took her 123 little luck? years to raise from the ashes. This was possible only after the Poles, as the only nation in the World, defeated Soviet armed forc- “In preparing for battle I have always es at Battle of Warsaw 1920 dubbed Miracle at Vistula and subse- found that plans are useless, but quently forced a treaty on Soviet Russia. planning is indispensable”* SO, HOW ARE YOU PLANNING YOUR VICTORY? Campaign. Source: Bundesarchiv. Campaign. Source: Barbarossa 1941 prior to in Poland somewhere German forces 4 * General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. 2 Find more at www.phalanxgames.co.uk 3 TRIP NOTES ’’GO TO POLAND FOR AN AUTHENTIC JOIN US! HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE’’ Travelweekly.co.uk Join renowned American game designer Mark Simonitch and Jaro Andruszkiewicz, Polish journalist, tour leader, game publisher and JOIN US Poland is Best in Travel 2016 destination by Lonely Planet. There amateur historian for their Tour of Poland. Book now, we can only is a lot things to see and experience. There are many hidden offer limited number of spaces on this trip and they are running gems, which are only known to local people. Poland is also a home out fast! to a great cuisine. We will be happy to introduce you to both the places and the food. BAND OF GAMERS TOUR OF WHY MASURIA? POLAND 2016 INCLUSIONS Masuria, in northern Poland made it to the Best Trips 2016 ac- cording to National Geographic. The region, once in the hands of Meals the Teutonic Order and King in Prussia is dubbed by the Poles a Breakfast: 6 District of Thousand Lakes. It has witnessed many military cam- Light lunch: 6 paigns, including that of Napoleon in 1807. Two famous battles Dinner: 5 take name from Tannenberg - one saw Teutonic Knights defeated at the hands of a multinational army led by two brothers: Vytautas, Transport Van or mini-bus with dedicated driver, depending on number of Prince of Lithuania and Jogaila, King of Poland. 500 years later, participants. armies of two cousins, grandsons of Queen Victoria and Emperors of Germany and Russia, clashed in the Battle of Tannenberg and Accommodation Battle of the Lakes. This time the Germans had the upper hand. Hotel: 3 nights (of which one in converted palace/castle) Guesthouse: 2 nights Russian PoWs after Battle of Tannenberg. Source: Bundesarchiv. Source: Tannenberg. of after Battle PoWs Russian We share rooms at 2 per room basis. Single rooms may be ar- ranged at premium. Included Activities Guided tour of Warsaw Polish Army Museum entry + guide Marienburg Castle entry + guide Westerplatte guided walk Wolf’s Lair entry + guide Warsaw Uprising Museum entry + guide Days: 6 | USD 1100 | EUR 1000 | GBP 750 Contact us 4 5 ITINERARY , Sep 6th: Gdansk to Wolf’s Lair C Tuesday Gdańsk Westerplatte visit Dantzig Gdańsk & Gdynia and lunch D Malbork B Marienburg Transfer to Mrągowo (arrange military vehicles driving for next day) Transfer to Wolfsschanze Dinner & night in Wolfsschanze Mrągowo ITINERARY Grunwald Wednesday, Sep 7th: Wolf’s Lair and Masuria Wolfschanze E Lunch Narew Tykocin Late afternoon: optional attractions/side trips Toruń Thorn Dinner in Mrągowo or Wolfschanze Osowiec Night at Mrągowo Wisła Pułtusk Bug Thursday, Sep 8th: Wolf’s Lair to Pultusk Transfer to Boyen Fortress A Warszawa Warsaw Boyen Fortress Lunch Transfer to Osowiec START: Osowiec Fortress Warsaw, Poland, Transfer to Pułtusk via Tykocin & Różan September 4, Sunday (11am) Dinner & Night at Pułtusk Sunday, Sep 4th: Warsaw all day Friday, Sep 9th: Warsaw Slaughter of Praga 1794 Cross (Praga) Transfer to Warsaw German WW2 bunker (Praga) Warsaw Uprising Museum NKVD/UB HQ (Praga) Lunch Kościuszko Infantry Division Memorial (Praga) Old Town Walk: Polish Army Museum in Warsaw (Indoor. Old Town) Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Old Town) Cavalry Monument (Mokotów) Maly Powstaniec (Old Town) Monument in Memory of the Fallen Polish Airmen in WWII Bank Polski redoubt (Pole Mokotowskie) Warsaw Uprising Monument (Old Town) Soviet Cemetary (Mokotow) Monument to the Battle of Monte Cassino (Old Town) Polish Army Museum in Warsaw (Outdoor. Mokotow) Monument to the Ghetto Heroes (Old Town) Dinner & Night at Warsaw Optional POLIN Museum visit Monday, Sep 5th: Warsaw to Gdansk END: Transfer to Torun Warsaw, Poland, Walk + Lunch at Torun September 9, Friday (5pm) Transfer to Malbork Malbork Castle Days: 6 | USD 1100 | EUR 1000 | GBP 750 Transfer to Gdansk Dinner & night in Gdansk Contact us 6 7 DAY ONE WARSAW PRUSSIA Welcome to Warszawa, Poland. Our adventure begins when, not Teutonic Knights. Settled at the border by Prince of Mazovia back long after breakfast we head out on a tour of Warsaw, which will in early 13th Century, and after conquering Prussia and taking her give some insights into history of the city and the Nation. We will name, finally turning against Poland remaining a thorn in her body DAY TWO see signs and evidence of both Nazi and Soviet aggression, pres- for 600 years. On Monday we will visit their famous city of Thorn, ence, and occupation; and the glorious Polish and Jewish resist- place of birth of Nicolaus Copernicus. Later in the day, we travel to ance. Teutonic capitol and at the same time one of the largest medieval We will see the last still standing German WW2 street bunker, fortresses in Europe - Marienburg. The evening drive brings us to NKVD headquarters, and memorials to the Poles, those slaugh- Gdansk (Dantzig) an ancient Baltic port, often contested by Prus- tered in 1794 by Suvorov’s army and those trying to relieve fighting sia and Poland. Warsaw in 1944. We will spend considerable time in the Polish Army Museum, where you can see armour of famous Polish winged hussars as well as uniforms of not less famed Napoleonic Vistula Legion. There is also a great collection of Warsaw Pact armor, artillery and planes at the outdoor exhibition grounds of the Museum, which we will also be exploring. We will also pay a visit to Soviet Cemetary to understand the cost that nations of Soviet Union paid for liberating, and subsequently subduing Central Europe. destroyed in or after the Uprising. Source: Bundesarchiv. in or after the Uprising. Source: destroyed has been substance Warsaw’s in action. 80% of German flamethrower Source: Bundesarchiv. Source: 8 woods Westerplatte. at battered German Infantry advancing through 9 DAY THREE GDANSK WOLFSSCHANZE We start the day with a visit at Westerplatte, where 77 years ago, Wolf’s Lair - Hitler’s Eastern Front military headquarters, built the first shots of WW2 were fired by SMS Schleswig-Holstein, Ger- as a command center for Operation Barbarossa. Later a place of man battleship on her ceremonial visit to Gdansk. assassination attempt known as 20th July plot. DAY FOUR DAY FOUR We will also have a chance to visit Polish ORP Blyskawica, the old- est preserved destroyer in the world and the most heavily armed Half a day visit to the headquarters is followed by optional tours, and fastest destroyer of WW2. After lunch at Gdansk Old Town, we including a trip to nearby military museum, where a drive in any of are heading to Masurian Lakes district. On our way, we will pay the museum vehicles, including T-34 and T-55, can be arranged. a short visit to the battleground of Grunwald/Tannenberg, where Teutonic Knights were defeated by Polish and Lithuanian armies in the largest battle of Middle Ages. We will be arriving to Mragowo by night. Source: Bundesarchiv. Source: Schleswig-Holstein. and German battleship Burning Westerplatte assassination attempt. Source: Bundesarchiv Source: attempt. assassination Hitler and Mussolini inspect the site of Stauffenberg’s failed failed Stauffenberg’s of inspect the site and Mussolini Hitler 10 11 DAY FIVE EASTERN POLAND WARSAW After breakfast, we leave for Boyen Fortress, witness to great Ger- We arrive back to Warszawa in late morning and head out to the man victory over Tsarist Russia at Battle of Tannenberg in 1914.
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