Question:

Trucks – rule 21 says “If all friendly (currently controlling) units are eliminated, then the trucks are eliminated as well. However, trucks never retreat. Thus if the currently controlling units retreat, the trucks are left behind and are captured by the other player.”

Situation: The Norwegian defenders of Trondheim suffered a DD (defender disrupted) combat result and as part of that they must retreat. However, they are surrounded and cannot retreat.

Rule 10D1 says “If a unit cannot retreat without violating these rules, it is eliminated instead.”

What happens to trucks where the controlling player’s units are eliminated by being unable to retreat? We can see this going either way.

Answer:

The trucks are eliminated. In effect, the surrounded status of the defending units cancels their retreat and instead they are eliminated (if a unit cannot retreat, it does not retreat). Since all the defending units are eliminated, the trucks are also eliminated.

Source:

Posted by Arthur Goodwin on the Yahoo Europa Mailing list on 13.08.2013 22:04.