Wargaming "Went the Day Well?"

[Onebigriver]

Watched this on Filmfour for the first time yesterday morning, and was wondering if anyone had had a go at wargaming the Battle of Bramley End? From Wikipedia:

"One Saturday during the Second World War a group of seemingly authentic British soldiers arrive in the small, fictitious English village of Bramley End. It is the Whitsun weekend so life is even quieter than usual and there is almost no traffic of any kind. At first they are welcomed by the villagers, until doubts begin to grow about their true purpose and identity. After they are revealed to be German soldiers intended to form the vanguard of an invasion of Britain, they round up the residents and hold them captive in the local church.

The civilians attempt to escape to warn the local Home Guard, but are betrayed by the village squire, who is revealed to be collaborating with the Germans, who ambush and kill the Home Guards. Several attempts are made to escape or contact the outside world, all of which fail until eventually a young boy succeeds in escaping: despite being badly wounded, he alerts the army. British soldiers arrive, and—aided by some of the villagers, including a group of Land Army girls, who have managed to escape and arm themselves—defeat the Germans after a short battle. The squire is shot dead by the daughter of the vicar, who was murdered by the commander of the German soldiers."

Seems ideal for skirmish scenarios and would be a good excuse for buying VBCW figures. As a British propaganda film it's unsurprisingly dripping in Britishness, stiff upper lips, self-sacrifice and of course tea.

Throw in a water mill & Churchill and you can wargame The Eagle Has Landed too.

[Lowtardog]

Aye a good film and one wonders if basis for Eagle has Landed

[grant]

Sounds like a lot of fun - quite a bit of variety there!