Bomb Poland!?

[Spoonfrog]

My Flight of the Giants rulebook is in French. I speak French pretty well but I have been lazily using the English pdf of the rules available online. I was somewhat puzzled when I read the scenario "Bomb Poland", where two Italian Ca.3 bombers face off against the Austrians. How could the Italians have bombed Poland and if they had the ability why would they choose to bomb somewhere in Poland...? Why had I not heard of the audacious raid and how was it carried out?

Then I had a look in the French rules and I realise it is a misprint / mistranslation - it should be "Bomb Pola" (referring to the Croatian city of Pula, which was part of Austria-Hungary and was bombed multiple times by the Italians). Mystery solved!

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Andy will be relieved Dom!

Rob.

[monse]

Very well noticed, Dom
(rep sent for proofreading)

It is to be noted that the German version has the same issue as the English version.
“Bomben über Polen” means “Bomb over Poland”.
Italian, French and Spanish versions seem to be accurate.

a grammar error in French : it should be “Bombardez Pola” (it is an order) and not “Bombarder Pola” (it is the infinitive verb “to bomb”).


Flight of the Giants italian rulebook


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[Spoonfrog]

Thanks for the rep. Nice comparison of the rules there. My guess is that the original is Italian and lazy translators mistook "Pola" for "Polania"...